Here, we define a framework where defeasible argumentation is used for reasoning about beliefs, desires and intentions. A dialectical filtering process is introduced to obtain a...
In this paper we apply a general account of practical reasoning to arguing about legal cases. In particular, we provide a reconstruction of the reasoning of the majority and dissen...
Intelligent agents embedded in physical environments need ity to connect, or anchor, the symbols used to perform abstract reasoning to the physical entities which these symbols ref...
This paper explores how to characterise security properties of software components, and how to reason about their suitability for a trustworthy compositional contract. Our framewo...
Purpose – This paper aims to address some security issues in open systems such as service-oriented applications and grid computing. It proposes a security framework for these sy...