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Classification and strategical issues of argumentation games on structured argumentation frameworks

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Matthias Thimm,

Alejandro J. GarcíaAuthors Info & Claims

AAMAS '10: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems: volume 1 - Volume 1

Pages 1247 - 1254

Published: 10 May 2010 Publication History

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This paper aims at giving a classification of argumentation games agents play within a multi-agent setting. We investigate different scenarios of such argumentation games that differ in the protocol used for argumentation, i.e. direct, synchronous, and dialectical argumentation protocols, the awareness that agents have on other agents beliefs, and different settings for the preferences of agents. To this end we employ structured argumentation frameworks, which are an extension to Dung's abstract argumentation frameworks that give a simple inner structure to arguments. We also provide some game theoretical results that characterize a specific argumentation game as strategy-proof and develop some argumentation selection strategies that turn out to be the dominant strategies for other specific argumentation games.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.ijar.2016.06.014
Dupin de Saint-Cyr FBisquert PCayrol CLagasquie-Schiex M(2016)Argumentation update in YALLA (Yet Another Logic Language for Argumentation)International Journal of Approximate Reasoning10.1016/j.ijar.2016.04.00375:C(57-92)Online publication date: 1-Aug-2016
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Classification and strategical issues of argumentation games on structured argumentation frameworks
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Distributed artificial intelligence

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AAMAS '10: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems: volume 1 - Volume 1

May 2010

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Hunter AThimm M(2016)Optimization of dialectical outcomes in dialogical argumentationInternational Journal of Approximate Reasoning10.1016/j.ijar.2016.06.01478:C(73-102)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.ijar.2016.06.014
Dupin de Saint-Cyr FBisquert PCayrol CLagasquie-Schiex M(2016)Argumentation update in YALLA (Yet Another Logic Language for Argumentation)International Journal of Approximate Reasoning10.1016/j.ijar.2016.04.00375:C(57-92)Online publication date: 1-Aug-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.ijar.2016.04.003
Hadoux EBeynier AMaudet NWeng PHunter A(2015)Optimization of probabilistic argumentation with Markov decision modelsProceedings of the 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence10.5555/2832415.2832527(2004-2010)Online publication date: 25-Jul-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2832415.2832527
Belardinelli FGrossi DMaudet N(2015)Formal analysis of dialogues on infinite argumentation frameworksProceedings of the 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence10.5555/2832249.2832368(861-867)Online publication date: 25-Jul-2015
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Schwarzentruber FVesic SRienstra T(2012)Building an epistemic logic for argumentationProceedings of the 13th European conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence10.1007/978-3-642-33353-8_28(359-371)Online publication date: 26-Sep-2012
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Thimm MGarcía A(2010)On strategic argument selection in structured argumentation systemsProceedings of the 7th international conference on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems10.1007/978-3-642-21940-5_17(286-305)Online publication date: 10-May-2010
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