Title
Looking-ahead in backtracking algorithms for abstract argumentation.
Abstract
We refine implemented backtracking algorithms for a number of problems related to Dung's argumentation frameworks. Under admissible, preferred, complete, stable, semi stable, and ideal semantics we add enhancements, what are so-called global looking-ahead pruning strategies, to the-state-of-the-art implementations of two problems. First, we tackle the extension enumeration problem: constructing some/all set(s) of acceptable arguments of a given argumentation framework. Second, we address the acceptance decision problem: deciding whether an argument is in some/all set(s) of accepted arguments of a given argumentation framework. The experiments that we report show that the speedup gain of the new enhancements is quite significant.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.ijar.2016.07.013
Int. J. Approx. Reasoning
Keywords
Field
DocType
Algorithms,Argumentation semantics,Argument-based reasoning
Argumentation framework,Computer science,Argumentation theory,Implementation,Theoretical computer science,Artificial intelligence,Backtracking,Speedup,Decision problem,Enumeration,Algorithm,Semantics,Machine learning
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
78
C
0888-613X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.43
20
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Samer Nofal1544.85
Katie Atkinson284977.06
Paul E. Dunne31700112.42