Authors:
Jörn Sprado
and
Björn Gottfried
Affiliation:
University of Bremen, Germany
Keyword(s):
Decision support, Argumentation systems, Ontologies, Spatiotemporal knowledge management.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications of Expert Systems
;
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Data Engineering
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Group Decision Support Systems
;
Health Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Knowledge Management
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Strategic Decision Support Systems
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
Decision Support Systems play a crucial role when controversial points of views are to be considered in order to make decisions. In this paper we outline a framework for argumentation and decision support. This framework defines arguments which refer to conceptual descriptions of the given state of affairs. Based on their meaning and based on preferences that adopt specific viewpoints, it is possible to determine consistent positions depending on these viewpoints. We investigate our approach by examining soccer games, since many observed spatiotemporal behaviours in soccer can be interpreted differently. Hence, the soccer domain is particularly suitable for investigating spatiotemporal decision support systems.