Investigating subclasses of abstract dialectical frameworks

M. Diller, A. Keshavarzi Zafarghandi, T. Linsbichler, S. Woltran

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Abstract

© 2018 The authors and IOS Press.Dialectical frameworks (ADFs) are generalizations of Dung argumentation frameworks where arbitrary relationships among arguments can be formalized. This additional expressibility comes with the price of higher computational complexity, thus an understanding of potentially easier subclasses is essential. Compared to Dung argumentation frameworks, where several subclasses such as acyclic and symmetric frameworks are well understood, there has been no in-depth analysis for ADFs in such direction yet (with the notable exception of bipolar ADFs). In this work, we introduce certain subclasses of ADFs and investigate their properties. In particular, we show that for acyclic ADFs, the different semantics coincide. On the other hand, we show that the concept of symmetry is less powerful for ADFs and further restrictions are required to achieve results that are similar to the known ones for Dung's frameworks. We also provide experiments to analyse the performance of solvers when applied to particular subclasses of ADFs.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Models of Argument - Proceedings of COMMA 2018
EditorsS. Modgil, K. Budzynska, J. Lawrence
PublisherIOS Press
Pages61-72
ISBN (Print)9781614999058
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event7th International Conference on Computational Models of Argument, COMMA 2018 - Warsaw, Poland
Duration: 12 Sept 201814 Sept 2018

Publication series

NameFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
ISSN (Print)0922-6389

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Computational Models of Argument, COMMA 2018
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityWarsaw
Period12/09/1814/09/18

Funding

Acknowledgements. This research has been supported by FWF projects I2854, P30168, and W1255. The second researcher is currently embedded in the Center of Data Science & System Complexity (DSSC) Doctoral Programme, at the University of Groningen.

FundersFunder number
Austrian Science FundI2854, W1255, P30168

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