Compact Argumentation Frameworks.

Compact Argumentation Frameworks.

Abstract

Abstract argumentation frameworks (AFs) are one of the most studied formalisms in AI. In this work, we introduce a certain subclass of AFs which we call compact. Given an extension-based semantics, the corresponding compact AFs are characterized by the feature that each argument of the AF occurs in at least one extension. This not only guarantees a certain notion of fairness; compact AFs are thus also minimal in the sense that no argument can be removed without changing the outcome. We address the following questions in the paper: (1) How are the classes of compact AFs related for different semantics? (2) Under which circumstances can AFs be transformed into equivalent compact ones? (3) Finally, we show that compact AFs are indeed a non-trivial subclass, since the verification problem remains coNP-hard for certain semantics.

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Authors
  • Baumann, Ringo
  • Dvořák, Wolfgang
  • Linsbichler, Thomas
  • Strass, Hannes
  • Woltran, Stefan
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Category
Paper in Conference Proceedings or in Workshop Proceedings
Event Title
21st European Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Divisions
Theory and Applications of Algorithms
Subjects
Kuenstliche Intelligenz
Theoretische Informatik
Event Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Event Type
Conference
Event Dates
18-22 Aug.
Series Name
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
ISSN/ISBN
978-1-61499-418-3
Page Range
pp. 69-74
Date
August 2014
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