IT WAS an English judge who once thanked God that the law of England was not a science.
The sense of gratitude to God is often somewhat capricious; but there can be no doubt that …

Abstract Argumentation theory conceptualises the human practice of debating. Implemented
as computational argumentation it enables a computer to perform a virtual debate. Using …

In this chapter we provide a brief description of the thesis. In the first and second sections a
complete introduction in both Italian and English languages is presented. Some answers to …

Analogical reasoning is an important component of natural language understanding.
Humans are faced daily with the task of recognizing and understanding analogies …

This study, part of a larger effort to develop a methodology for evaluating intelligent
computer systems (Artificial Intelligence Systems), explores the use of benchmarking as an …

Autonomous software components, more commonly referred to as software agents, are often
cited as a key enabling technology for the next-generation of online services. However, in …

We trace the evolution of argumentation from the mid-1980s, when argument systems
emerged as an alternative to nonmonotonic formalisms based on classical logic, to the …

Automatic newspaper design requires feature organization. An intermediary between an
article database and the graphic designer is implemented that organizes features with …

GATE user’s manual Introduction A tutorial introduction to GATE Page 1 GATE user’s manual
Version 2.2 by Erik T. Mueller Introduction GATE is an AI development tool for Common Lisp …

The editorial is not a simple text which remains at the level of recounting an event; it
engages into a profound, multidirectional analysis, taking into account the way in which …