Measuring Inconsistency in Argument Graphs
This work tackles the problem of quantifying inconsistency in argument graphs for researchers in computational argumentation, but it is incremental as it builds on existing logic-based approaches.
The paper addresses the limited development of inconsistency measures for computational models of argument by providing a general framework for measuring inconsistency in abstract argumentation, including specific proposals and applications to logic-based instantiations.
There have been a number of developments in measuring inconsistency in logic-based representations of knowledge. In contrast, the development of inconsistency measures for computational models of argument has been limited. To address this shortcoming, this paper provides a general framework for measuring inconsistency in abstract argumentation, together with some proposals for specific measures, and a consideration of measuring inconsistency in logic-based instantiations of argument graphs, including a review of some existing proposals and a consideration of how existing logic-based measures of inconsistency can be applied.