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Acceptability of arguments as ‘logical uncertainty’

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Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning and Uncertainty (ECSQARU 1993)

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Abstract

We briefly discuss the argumentation-paradigm as a unifying framework for practical reasoning and then turn to the definition of a system of argumentation that induces a novel concept of logical uncertainty over conclusions drawn from inconsistent databases.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Advanced Computation Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, WC2A 3PX, London, UK

    Morten Elvang-Gøransson, Paul J. Krause & John Fox

  2. Centre for Cognitive Informatics, University of Roskilde, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Morten Elvang-Gøransson

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  1. Morten Elvang-Gøransson
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Michael Clarke Rudolf Kruse Serafín Moral

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Elvang-Gøransson, M., Krause, P.J., Fox, J. (1993). Acceptability of arguments as ‘logical uncertainty’. In: Clarke, M., Kruse, R., Moral, S. (eds) Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning and Uncertainty. ECSQARU 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 747. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0028186

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