Argumentation is a vital form of human cognition. Constantly in our daily lives, we are
confronted with information that conflicts, and we are forced to deal with the resulting …

Abstract Argumentation is a reasoning model based on the construction of arguments and
counter-arguments (or defeaters) followed by the selection of the most acceptable of them. In …

Abstract Argumentation is a promising approach to handle inconsistent knowledge bases,
based on the justification of plausible conclusions by arguments. Because of inconsistency …

Argumentation is a promising model for reasoning with uncertain knowledge. The key
concept of acceptability enables to differentiate arguments and counterarguments: The …

The paper presents a focused survey about the presence and the use of the concept of
“preferences” in Artificial Intelligence. Preferences are a central concept for decision making …

Abstract The Pseudo-Boolean Optimization (PBO) and Maximum Satisfiability (MaxSAT)
problems are natural optimization extensions of Boolean Satisfiability (SAT). In the recent …

In preference-based argumentation theory, an argument may be preferred to another one
when, for example, it is more specific, its beliefs have a higher probability or certainty, or it …

Dung's argumentation framework consists of a set of arguments and an attack relation
among them. Arguments are evaluated and acceptable sets of them, called extensions, are …

Abstract A Multi-Agent System (MAS) is an organization of coordinated autonomous agents
that interact in order to achieve common goals. Considering real world organizations as an …

Consider an argument A that is attacked by an argument B, while A is preferred to B. Existing
approaches will either ignore the attack or reverse it. In this paper we introduce a new …