ON THE EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION OF STRUCTURAL SIMILARITIES IN ARGUMENTATIVE DISCOURSES

George Gkotsis, Nikos Karacapilidis

2010

Abstract

Motivated by the fact that contemporary argumentation systems provide low or no support with regards to argument and information processing, this paper presents a generic computational model that is able to identify and assess structural similarities in argumentative discourses. Focusing on the structure of such discourses, we sketch representative scenarios where the proposed model can be applied at a wide range of argumentation systems in order to define, elaborate and mine meaningful argumentation patterns. We argue that the proposed model is of considerable contribution to both theoretical and practical aspects of argumentation.

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Gkotsis G. and Karacapilidis N. (2010). ON THE EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION OF STRUCTURAL SIMILARITIES IN ARGUMENTATIVE DISCOURSES . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-674-025-2, pages 137-143. DOI: 10.5220/0002845201370143


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@conference{webist10,
author={George Gkotsis and Nikos Karacapilidis},
title={ON THE EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION OF STRUCTURAL SIMILARITIES IN ARGUMENTATIVE DISCOURSES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2010},
pages={137-143},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002845201370143},
isbn={978-989-674-025-2},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - ON THE EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION OF STRUCTURAL SIMILARITIES IN ARGUMENTATIVE DISCOURSES
SN - 978-989-674-025-2
AU - Gkotsis G.
AU - Karacapilidis N.
PY - 2010
SP - 137
EP - 143
DO - 10.5220/0002845201370143