A distributed argumentation framework using defeasible logic programming

Abstract. Defeasible Logic Programming (DeLP) by García and Simari is an approach to realise non-monotonic reasoning via dialectical argu-mentation. We extend their approach by explicitly supporting distributed entities in the argumentation process on a structural basis. This makes the modelling of distributed argumentation systems like a jury court by using DeLP techniques possible. In this framework possibly many differ-ent agents with different opinions argue with each other on a given logical subject. We compare our framework with general DeLP and present the results