Conflict Resolution Tactic / Function

Summary

Implements the specificity tactic.

Signature

specificity instantiation1 instantiation2 => result

Arguments

instantiation1

An instantiation object.

instantiation2

An instantiation object.

Values

result

A boolean.

Description

The function returns true if and only if instantiation1 is preferred to instantiation2 by the conflict resolution tactic specificity, otherwise false. The function is intended to be used primarily by including it in the conflict resolution strategy for a context.

Examples

(defcontext my-context1 :strategy (specificity))

(defcontext my-context2

  :strategy (priority specificity))

See also

defcontext
deftactic
-specificity
instantiation
conflict-set
fire-rule