This article reviews formal systems that regulate persuasion dialogues. In such dialogues
two or more participants aim to resolve a difference of opinion, each trying to persuade the …

The study of multi-agent systems (MAS) focuses on systems in which many intelligent agents
interact with each other. These agents are considered to be autonomous entities such as …

An increasing number of computer systems are being viewed in terms of autonomous
agents. There are two main drivers to this trend. Firstly, agents are being advocated as a …

In this article, we present a novel approach for parsing argumentation structures. We identify
argument components using sequence labeling at the token level and apply a new joint …

Predictive accuracy has been widely used as the main criterion for comparing the predictive
ability of classification systems (such as C4. 5, neural networks, and Naive Bayes). Most of …

People are interacting with online systems all the time. In order to use the services being
provided, they give consent for their data to be collected. This approach requires too much …

Negotiation is essential in settings where autonomous agents have conflicting interests and
a desire to cooperate. For this reason, mechanisms in which agents exchange potential …

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 …

The abstract nature of Dung's seminal theory of argumentation accounts for its widespread
application as a general framework for various species of non-monotonic reasoning, and …

We introduce and investigate a natural extension of Dung's well-known model of argument
systems in which attacks are associated with a weight, indicating the relative strength of the …