Description
Count supplied attack-edge incidences, including repeated edges and self-attacks as listed.
A logical calculation operates on a stated representation: truth values, token lists, counts, or an explicitly supplied relation. Checking one assignment, pair, trace, or witness is different from proving a formula or validating an entire argument. Empty domains, duplicate tokens, and scope conventions can change the result.
Count supplied attack-edge incidences, including repeated edges and self-attacks as listed.
When to use this tool
Use Argument Attack Inout Degree when you need this exact local truth, count, token, relation, or witness check within a larger logic workflow.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter argument, attackers, targets. Keep parallel arrays aligned. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read incoming, outgoing. Use the output convention below.
Require aligned attackers and targets; return incoming as occurrences of argument in targets and outgoing as occurrences in attackers.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| argument | Argument | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| attackers | Attackers | Required. Array of text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192; maximum items 256. |
| targets | Targets | Required. Array of text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192; maximum items 256. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| incoming | Incoming | Required. Safe integer. |
| outgoing | Outgoing | Required. Safe integer. |
{
"input": {
"argument": "a",
"attackers": [
"a",
"b",
"a"
],
"targets": [
"b",
"a",
"a"
]
},
"output": {
"incoming": 2,
"outgoing": 2
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Duplicate attacks count separately and a self-attack contributes once to both degrees. The tool does not calculate argumentation extensions, acceptability, or attack validity.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use a parser, scope-aware representation, model checker, or proof procedure when the supplied token or witness representation is insufficient. A local passing check should not be promoted to global validity.
References
Similar or alternative tools
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