Reasoning about preferences in argumentation frameworks

Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 173, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 901-934

  Modgil, Sanjay ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Dung; Logic programming; Non monotonic reasoning; Preferences

Indexed keywords

ARGUMENTATION; ARGUMENTATION FRAMEWORKS; DEFEASIBLE REASONINGS; DUNG; LOGICAL THEORIES; NON-MONOTONIC REASONING; PREFERENCE INFORMATIONS; PREFERENCE RELATIONS; PREFERENCES; SPECIAL CLASS;

ABSTRACTING; INFORMATION THEORY; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; SEMANTICS;

FORMAL LOGIC;

EID: 64549136645     PISSN: 00043702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artint.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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