Probabilistic Argumentation Systems with Decision Variables
Volume 16, Issue 1 (2005), pp. 3–18
Pub. online: 5 August 2022
Type: Research Article
Open Access
Received
1 July 2004
1 July 2004
Published
5 August 2022
5 August 2022
Abstract
The general concept of probabilistic argumentation systems PAS is restricted to the two types of variables: assumptions, which model the uncertain part of the knowledge, and propositions, which model the rest of the information. Here, we introduce a third kind into PAS: so-called decision variables. This new kind allows to describe the decisions a user can make to react on some state of the system. Such a decision allows then possibly to reach a certain goal state of the system. Further, we present an algorithm, which exploits the special structure of PAS with decision variables.