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Most existing computational tools for assumption-based argumentation (ABA) focus on so-called flat frameworks, disregarding the more general case. In this paper, we study an instantiation-based approach for reasoning in possibly non-flat…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-05-27 Tuomo Lehtonen , Anna Rapberger , Francesca Toni , Markus Ulbricht , Johannes P. Wallner

We present an accurate and interpretable method for answer extraction in machine reading comprehension that is reminiscent of case-based reasoning (CBR) from classical AI. Our method (CBR-MRC) builds upon the hypothesis that contextualized…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Dung Thai , Dhruv Agarwal , Mudit Chaudhary , Wenlong Zhao , Rajarshi Das , Manzil Zaheer , Jay-Yoon Lee , Hannaneh Hajishirzi , Andrew McCallum

The semantics as to which set of arguments in a given argumentation graph may be acceptable (acceptability semantics) can be characterised in a few different ways. Among them, labelling-based approach allows for concise and flexible…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-07-14 Ryuta Arisaka , Takayuki Ito

In many expert and everyday reasoning contexts it is very useful to reason on the basis of defeasible assumptions. For instance, if the information at hand is incomplete we often use plausible assumptions, or if the information is…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-04-25 AnneMarie Borg

Various structured argumentation frameworks utilize preferences as part of their standard inference procedure to enable reasoning with preferences. In this paper, we consider an inverse of the standard reasoning problem, seeking to identify…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-05-13 Quratul-ain Mahesar , Nir Oren , Wamberto W. Vasconcelos

Logic-based argumentation is a well-established formalism modelling nonmonotonic reasoning. It has been playing a major role in AI for decades, now. Informally, a set of formulas is the support for a given claim if it is consistent,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-02-24 Yasir Mahmood , Arne Meier , Johannes Schmidt

A case-based reasoning (CBR) system solves a new problem by retrieving `cases' that are similar to the given problem. If such a system can achieve high accuracy, it is appealing owing to its simplicity, interpretability, and scalability. In…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-10-12 Rajarshi Das , Ameya Godbole , Nicholas Monath , Manzil Zaheer , Andrew McCallum

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

Case-based reasoning (CBR) as a methodology for problem-solving can use any appropriate computational technique. This position paper argues that CBR researchers have somewhat overlooked recent developments in deep learning and large…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Ian Watson

We augment Assumption Based Argumentation (ABA for short) with weighted argumentation. In a nutshell, we assign weights to arguments and then derive the weight of attacks between ABA arguments. We illustrate our proposal through running…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Paolo Baldi , Fabio Aurelio D'Asaro , Abeer Dyoub , Francesca Alessandra Lisi

Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Formal Argumentation have received significant attention in recent years. Argumentation-based systems often lack explainability while supporting decision-making processes. Counterfactual and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Gianvincenzo Alfano , Sergio Greco , Francesco Parisi , Irina Trubitsyna

Document-based question answering (QA) increasingly includes abstract questions that require synthesizing scattered information from long documents or across multiple documents into coherent answers. However, this setting is still poorly…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Shu Wang , Shansong Zhou , Xinyang Wang , Shiwei Wang , Hulong Wu , Yixiang Fang

Causal discovery amounts to unearthing causal relationships amongst features in data. It is a crucial companion to causal inference, necessary to build scientific knowledge without resorting to expensive or impossible randomised control…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Fabrizio Russo , Anna Rapberger , Francesca Toni

When assessing relations between argumentative units (e.g., support or attack), computational systems often exploit disclosing indicators or markers that are not part of elementary argumentative units (EAUs) themselves, but are gained from…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-06-11 Juri Opitz , Anette Frank

We propose a novel approach to logic-based learning which generates assumption-based argumentation (ABA) frameworks from positive and negative examples, using a given background knowledge. These ABA frameworks can be mapped onto logic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-26 Maurizio Proietti , Francesca Toni

Automated legal reasoning and its application in smart contracts and automated decisions are increasingly attracting interest. In this context, ethical and legal concerns make it necessary for automated reasoners to justify in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-01-29 Joaquín Arias , Mar Moreno-Rebato , José A. Rodríguez-García , Sascha Ossowski

We evaluate two large language models (LLMs) ability to perform argumentative reasoning. We experiment with argument mining (AM) and argument pair extraction (APE), and evaluate the LLMs' ability to recognize arguments under progressively…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Adrian de Wynter , Tangming Yuan

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 introduce Argument Representation Coverage (ARC), a bottom-up evaluation framework that assesses how well summaries preserve salient arguments, a crucial issue in summarizing high-stakes domains such as law. ARC provides an interpretable…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Mohamed Elaraby , Diane Litman

Causal discovery seeks to uncover causal relations from data, typically represented as causal graphs, and is essential for predicting the effects of interventions. While expert knowledge is required to construct principled causal graphs,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Zihao Li , Fabrizio Russo