The paper presents a focused survey about the presence and the use of the concept of
“preferences” in Artificial Intelligence. Preferences are a central concept for decision making …

Abstract Argumentation-based negotiation describes the process of decision-making in multi-
agent systems through the exchange of arguments. If agents only have partial knowledge …

This book provides an argumentation model for means end-reasoning, a distinctive type of
reasoning used for problem-solving and decision-making. Means end-reasoning is modeled …

This chapter gives an overview of the history of formal argumentation in terms of a distinction
between argumentation-based inference and argumentation-based dialogue. Systems for …

In this paper we present the argument-based model proCLAIM, intended to provide a setting
for heterogeneous agents to deliberate over safety critical actions. To achieve this purpose …

Much research has been devoted in recent years to argumentationbased decision making.
However, less attention has been given to argumentation-based decision making amongst …

This work reports on the literature on grounding in conversational agents, as one of the
pragmatic aspects adopted to ensure a better communicative efficiency in dialogue systems …

Abstract Models of deliberative dialogue are fundamental for developing autonomous
systems that support human practical reasoning. However, we must consider whether these …

Hamblin distinguished between formal and descriptive dialectic. Formal normative models of
deliberation dialogue have been strongly emphasized as argumentation frameworks in …

Abstract Models of deliberative dialogue are fundamental for developing autonomous
systems that support human practical reasoning. The question discussed in this paper is …