Argumentation-Based Non-Monotonic Reasoning of Agents
LIAO Bei-Shui1,2, DAI Jian-Hua1,3
1.Center for the Study of Language and Cognition,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310028 2.Department of Philosophy,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310028 3.College of Computer Science and Technology,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310027
Abstract：Most of existing theories and methods for belief revision, deliberation, means-ends reasoning etc. are based on classical first order logic, and therefore effective mechanisms are absent in handling incomplete and inconsistent knowledge. Argumentation-based non-monotonic reasoning, including epistemic reasoning and practical reasoning, has become a promising theory to solve the above-mentioned problem. However, as an emerging research area, the basic notions, theories, methods, as well as the existing research problems, are still unclear. In this paper, after presenting the basic notions of argumentation, the recent development of argumentation-based non-monotonic reasoning of agents is analyzed. Finally, some challenging problems are discussed, and the possible future work is pointed out.
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