Dung's Argumentation Framework: Unveiling the Expressive Power with Inconsistent Databases

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Main Authors: Mahmood, Yasir, Hecher, Markus, Ngomo, Axel-Cyrille Ngonga
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author Mahmood, Yasir
Hecher, Markus
Ngomo, Axel-Cyrille Ngonga
author_facet Mahmood, Yasir
Hecher, Markus
Ngomo, Axel-Cyrille Ngonga
contents The connection between inconsistent databases and Dung's abstract argumentation framework has recently drawn growing interest. Specifically, an inconsistent database, involving certain types of integrity constraints such as functional and inclusion dependencies, can be viewed as an argumentation framework in Dung's setting. Nevertheless, no prior work has explored the exact expressive power of Dung's theory of argumentation when compared to inconsistent databases and integrity constraints. In this paper, we close this gap by arguing that an argumentation framework can also be viewed as an inconsistent database. We first establish a connection between subset-repairs for databases and extensions for AFs, considering conflict-free, naive, admissible, and preferred semantics. Further, we define a new family of attribute-based repairs based on the principle of maximal content preservation. The effectiveness of these repairs is then highlighted by connecting them to stable, semi-stable, and stage semantics. Our main contributions include translating an argumentation framework into a database together with integrity constraints. Moreover, this translation can be achieved in polynomial time, which is essential in transferring complexity results between the two formalisms.
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spellingShingle Dung's Argumentation Framework: Unveiling the Expressive Power with Inconsistent Databases
Mahmood, Yasir
Hecher, Markus
Ngomo, Axel-Cyrille Ngonga
Logic in Computer Science
Databases
The connection between inconsistent databases and Dung's abstract argumentation framework has recently drawn growing interest. Specifically, an inconsistent database, involving certain types of integrity constraints such as functional and inclusion dependencies, can be viewed as an argumentation framework in Dung's setting. Nevertheless, no prior work has explored the exact expressive power of Dung's theory of argumentation when compared to inconsistent databases and integrity constraints. In this paper, we close this gap by arguing that an argumentation framework can also be viewed as an inconsistent database. We first establish a connection between subset-repairs for databases and extensions for AFs, considering conflict-free, naive, admissible, and preferred semantics. Further, we define a new family of attribute-based repairs based on the principle of maximal content preservation. The effectiveness of these repairs is then highlighted by connecting them to stable, semi-stable, and stage semantics. Our main contributions include translating an argumentation framework into a database together with integrity constraints. Moreover, this translation can be achieved in polynomial time, which is essential in transferring complexity results between the two formalisms.
title Dung's Argumentation Framework: Unveiling the Expressive Power with Inconsistent Databases
topic Logic in Computer Science
Databases
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11617