An ECSQARU'2001 Workshop
Toulouse, September 2001
However, there are also many problems surrounding proposals for argumentation, both at the theoretical level and at the applications level. Problems include computational complexity, viable implementations, semantics for arguments, richer ontologies for describing different kinds of argument, incorporation of domain or world knowledge in argumentation systems, handling time in argumentation, handling uncertainty in argumentation, presentation of arguments to non-technical users, finding applications where users can use the results of argumentation, the need for toolkits, and so on. We need to better understand these problems, and many others besides, and some of them seem to call for bold new proposals.
This workshop is intended to be a small informal workshop for researchers
in the area of argumentation to present ongoing research and ideas.
Furthermore,
we would like to encourage papers that are speculative or even provocative
positions, with a view to having a lively and interesting workshop.