Applying argumentation to structure and visualize multi-dimensional opinion spaces
Argument & Computation, 2018•journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents OpMAP: a tool for visualizing large scale, multi-dimensional opinion
spaces as geographic maps. OpMAP represents opinions as labelings on a structured
deductive argumentation framework. It uses probabilistic degrees of justification and
Bayesian coherence measures to calculate how strongly any two opinions cohere with each
other. The opinion sample is, accordingly, represented as a weighted graph, a so-called
opinion graph, with opinion vectors serving as nodes and coherence values as edge …
spaces as geographic maps. OpMAP represents opinions as labelings on a structured
deductive argumentation framework. It uses probabilistic degrees of justification and
Bayesian coherence measures to calculate how strongly any two opinions cohere with each
other. The opinion sample is, accordingly, represented as a weighted graph, a so-called
opinion graph, with opinion vectors serving as nodes and coherence values as edge …
This paper presents OpMAP: a tool for visualizing large scale, multi-dimensional opinion spaces as geographic maps. OpMAP represents opinions as labelings on a structured deductive argumentation framework. It uses probabilistic degrees of justification and Bayesian coherence measures to calculate how strongly any two opinions cohere with each other. The opinion sample is, accordingly, represented as a weighted graph, a so-called opinion graph, with opinion vectors serving as nodes and coherence values as edge weights. OpMAP partitions the nodes of the opinion graph by using clustering methods. Finally, the graph is visualized as a geographic map using a method based on a particular (e.g., force-directed) layout.
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