An empirical evaluation of structured argumentation using the Toulmin argument formalism

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 340-347

  Adelman, Leonard ^a   Lehner, Paul E ^b   Cheikes, Brant A ^b   Taylor, Mark F ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Argument support systems; Structured argumentation tools; Toulmin argument formalism

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

ARGUMENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS; STRUCTURED ARGUMENTATION TOOLS; TOULMIN ARGUMENT FORMALISM;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247196525     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2007.893488     Document Type: Article

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