Disjunctive argumentation semantics (DAS) for reasoning over distributed uncertain knowledge.

by Benson, Ng Hin Kwong.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-117).Abstract also in Chinese.Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.9Chapter 1.1 --- Our approach --- p.11Chapter 1.2 --- Organization of the thesis --- p.12Chapter 2 --- Logic Programming --- p.13Chapter 2.1 --- Logic programming in Horn clauses --- p.14Chapter 2.1.1 --- Problem with incomplete information --- p.15Chapter 2.1.2 --- Problem with inconsistent information --- p.15Chapter 2.1.3 --- Problem with indefinite information --- p.16Chapter 2.2 --- Logic programming in non-Horn clauses --- p.16Chapter 2.2.1 --- Reasoning under incomplete information --- p.17Chapter 2.2.2 --- Reasoning under inconsistent information --- p.17Chapter 2.2.3 --- Reasoning under indefinite information --- p.20Chapter 2.3 --- "Coexistence of incomplete, inconsistent and indefinite information" --- p.21Chapter 2.4 --- Stable semantics --- p.22Chapter 2.5 --- Well-founded semantics --- p.23Chapter 2.6 --- Chapter summary --- p.25Chapter 3 --- Argumentation --- p.26Chapter 3.1 --- Toulmin's informal argumentation model --- p.27Chapter 3.2 --- Rescher's formal argumentation model --- p.28Chapter 3.3 --- Argumentation in AI research --- p.30Chapter 3.3.1 --- Poole's Logical Framework for Default Reasoning --- p.30Chapter 3.3.2 --- Inheritance Reasoning Framework of Touretzky et. al --- p.31Chapter 3.3.3 --- Pollock's Theory of Defeasible Reasoning --- p.32Chapter 3.3.4 --- Dung's Abstract Argumentation Framework --- p.33Chapter 3.3.5 --- Lin and Shoham's Argument System --- p.35Chapter 3.3.6 --- Vreeswijk's Abstract Argumentation --- p.35Chapter 3.3.7 --- Kowalski and Toni's Uniform Argumentation --- p.36Chapter 3.3.8 --- John Fox's Qualitative Argumentation --- p.37Chapter 3.3.9 --- Thomas Gordon's Pleading Games --- p.38Chapter 3.3.10 --- Chris Reed's Persuasive Dialogue --- p.39Chapter 3.3.11 --- Ronald Loui's Argument Game --- p.39Chapter 3.3.12 --- "Verheij's Reason-Based, Logics and CumulA" --- p.40Chapter 3.3.13 --- Prakken's Defeasible Argumentation --- p.40Chapter 3.3.14 --- Summary of existing frameworks --- p.41Chapter 3.4 --- Chapter summary --- p.42Chapter 4 --- Disjunctive Argumentation Semantics I --- p.46Chapter 4.1 --- Background --- p.47Chapter 4.2 --- Definition --- p.48Chapter 4.3 --- Conflicts within a KBS --- p.52Chapter 4.4 --- Conflicts between KBSs --- p.54Chapter 4.4.1 --- Credulous View --- p.56Chapter 4.4.2 --- Skeptical View --- p.57Chapter 4.4.3 --- Generalized Skeptical View --- p.58Chapter 4.5 --- Semantics --- p.60Chapter 4.6 --- Dialectical proof theory --- p.61Chapter 4.7 --- Relation to existing framework --- p.61Chapter 4.8 --- Issue on paraconsistency --- p.63Chapter 4.9 --- An illustrative example --- p.63Chapter 4.10 --- Chapter summary --- p.65Chapter 5 --- Disjunctive Argumentation Semantics II --- p.67Chapter 5.1 --- Background --- p.68Chapter 5.2 --- Definition --- p.70Chapter 5.2.1 --- Rules --- p.70Chapter 5.2.2 --- Splits --- p.71Chapter 5.3 --- Conflicts --- p.74Chapter 5.3.1 --- Undercut conflicts --- p.75Chapter 5.3.2 --- Rebuttal conflicts --- p.76Chapter 5.3.3 --- Thinning conflicts --- p.78Chapter 5.4 --- Semantics --- p.80Chapter 5.5 --- Relation to existing frameworks --- p.81Chapter 5.6 --- Issue on paraconsistency --- p.82Chapter 5.7 --- An illustrative example --- p.83Chapter 5.8 --- Chapter summary --- p.85Chapter 6 --- Evaluation --- p.86Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.86Chapter 6.2 --- Methodology --- p.87Chapter 6.3 --- DAS I --- p.88Chapter 6.3.1 --- Inoue's Benchmark problems --- p.88Chapter 6.3.2 --- Sherlock Holmes' problems --- p.96Chapter 6.4 --- DAS II --- p.100Chapter 6.4.1 --- Inoue's benchmark problems --- p.100Chapter 6.4.2 --- Sherlock Holmes' problem --- p.103Chapter 6.5 --- Analysis --- p.103Chapter 6.5.1 --- Possible extension --- p.104Chapter 6.6 --- Chapter summary --- p.106Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.108Chapter 7.0.1 --- Possible extension of the present work --- p.109Bibliography --- p.117Chapter A --- First Oreder Logic (FOL) --- p.118Chapter B --- DAS-I Proof --- p.121Chapter B.1 --- Monotone proof --- p.121Chapter B.2 --- Soundness proof --- p.122Chapter B.3 --- Completeness proof --- p.123Chapter C --- Sherlock Holmes' Silver Blaze Excerpts --- p.125Chapter C.1 --- Double life --- p.125Chapter C.2 --- Poison stable boy --- p.12