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Complexity of logic-based argumentation in Post's framework
Aix-Marseille Université, France.
Aix-Marseille Université, France.
TWT GmbH, Germany.
Institut für Informationssysteme, Technische Universität Wien, Austria.
2011 (English)In: Argument and Computation, ISSN 1946-2166, Vol. 2, no 2-3, p. 107-129Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Many proposals for logic-based formalisations of argumentation consider an argument as a pair (Φ,α), where the support Φ is understood as a minimal consistent subset of a given knowledge base which has to entail the claim α. In case the arguments are given in the full language of classical propositional logic reasoning in such frameworks becomes a computationally costly task. For instance, the problem of deciding whether there exists a support for a given claim has been shown to be Σ 2 p-complete. In order to better understand the sources of complexity (and to identify tractable fragments), we focus on arguments given over formul in which the allowed connectives are taken from certain sets of Boolean functions. We provide a complexity classification for four different decision problems (existence of a support, checking the validity of an argument, relevance and dispensability) with respect to all possible sets of Boolean functions. Moreover, we make use of a general schema to enumerate all arguments to show that certain restricted fragments permit polynomial delay. Finally, we give a classification also in terms of counting complexity.

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2011. Vol. 2, no 2-3, p. 107-129
Keywords [en]
complexity, counting, enumeration, logic based argumentation, Post's lattice, Knowledge based systems, Boolean functions
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Computer and Information Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-31619DOI: 10.1080/19462166.2011.629736Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84863410712OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-31619DiVA, id: diva2:957130
Available from: 2016-09-01 Created: 2016-09-01 Last updated: 2018-01-10Bibliographically approved

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