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Argumentation is an important topic of AI for modelling and reasoning about arguments. In abstract argumentation, we consider directed graphs, so-called argumentation frameworks (AF), that express conflicts between arguments. The semantics…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Johannes K. Fichte , Markus Hecher , Yasir Mahmood , Zhengjun Wang

We contemplate a higher-level bipolar abstract argumentation for non-elementary arguments such as: X argues against Ys sincerity with the fact that Y has presented his argument to draw a conclusion C, by omitting other facts which would not…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-01-21 Ryuta Arisaka , Stefano Bistarelli , Francesco Santini

Argumentation frameworks, consisting of arguments and an attack relation representing conflicts, are fundamental for formally studying reasoning under conflicting information. We use methods from mathematical logic, specifically…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Uri Andrews , Luca San Mauro

Gradual semantics with abstract argumentation provide each argument with a score reflecting its acceptability, i.e. how "much" it is attacked by other arguments. Many different gradual semantics have been proposed in the literature, each…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-02-02 Nir Oren , Bruno Yun , Srdjan Vesic , Murilo Baptista

In this paper, we present a preliminary work on an approach to fill the gap between logic-based argumentation and the numerous approaches to tackle the dynamics of abstract argumentation frameworks. Our idea is that, even when arguments and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-03-30 Jean-Guy Mailly

Weighted gradual semantics provide an acceptability degree to each argument representing the strength of the argument, computed based on factors including background evidence for the argument, and taking into account interactions between…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-08-21 Assaf Libman , Nir Oren , Bruno Yun

Argumentation is a very active research field of Artificial Intelligence concerned with the representation and evaluation of arguments used in dialogues between humans and/or artificial agents. Acceptability semantics of formal…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Zlatina Mileva , Antonis Bikakis , Fabio Aurelio D'Asaro , Mark Law , Alessandra Russo

Abstract argumentation provides us with methods such as gradual and Dung semantics with which to evaluate arguments after potential attacks by other arguments. Some of these methods can take intrinsic strengths of arguments as input, with…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-02 Jeroen Paul Spaans

Dung's abstract argumentation theory is a widely used formalism to model conflicting information and to draw conclusions in such situations. Hereby, the knowledge is represented by so-called argumentation frameworks (AFs) and the reasoning…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-04-01 Ringo Baumann , Thomas Linsbichler , Stefan Woltran

Detecting semantic arguments of a predicate word has been conventionally modeled as a sentence-level task. The typical reader, however, perfectly interprets predicate-argument relations in a much wider context than just the sentence where…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Paul Roit , Aviv Slobodkin , Eran Hirsch , Arie Cattan , Ayal Klein , Valentina Pyatkin , Ido Dagan

In this paper, we present a learning-based approach to determining acceptance of arguments under several abstract argumentation semantics. More specifically, we propose an argumentation graph neural network (AGNN) that learns a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-28 Dennis Craandijk , Floris Bex

We present an approach for representing abstract argumentation frameworks based on an encoding into classical higher-order logic. This provides a uniform framework for computer-assisted assessment of abstract argumentation frameworks using…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-10-19 Alexander Steen , David Fuenmayor

In this paper, we discuss necessary and sufficient explanations for formal argumentation - the question whether and why a certain argument can be accepted (or not) under various extension-based semantics. Given a framework with which…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-11-05 AnneMarie Borg , Floris Bex

In abstract argumentation theory, many argumentation semantics have been proposed for evaluating argumentation frameworks. This paper is based on the following research question: Which semantics corresponds well to what humans consider a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-08-23 Marcos Cramer , Leendert van der Torre

Argumentation is a central subarea of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for modeling and reasoning about arguments. The semantics of abstract argumentation frameworks (AFs) is given by sets of arguments (extensions) and conditions on the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-19 Johannes Fichte , Nicolas Fröhlich , Markus Hecher , Victor Lagerkvist , Yasir Mahmood , Arne Meier , Jonathan Persson

An answer set is a plain set of literals which has no further structure that would explain why certain literals are part of it and why others are not. We show how argumentation theory can help to explain why a literal is or is not contained…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-02-19 Claudia Schulz , Francesca Toni

An abstract argumentation framework can be used to model the argumentative stance of an agent at a high level of abstraction, by indicating for every pair of arguments that is being considered in a debate whether the first attacks the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-07-28 Weiwei Chen , Ulle Endriss

Abstract argumentation offers an appealing way of representing and evaluating arguments and counterarguments. This approach can be enhanced by a probability assignment to each argument. There are various interpretations that can be ascribed…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-05-15 Anthony Hunter , Matthias Thimm

Reasoning is a crucial part of natural language argumentation. To comprehend an argument, one must analyze its warrant, which explains why its claim follows from its premises. As arguments are highly contextualized, warrants are usually…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-03-07 Ivan Habernal , Henning Wachsmuth , Iryna Gurevych , Benno Stein

Argument graphs provide an abstract representation of an argumentative situation. A bipolar argument graph is a directed graph where each node denotes an argument, and each arc denotes the influence of one argument on another. Here we…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-09 Anthony Hunter