than a non-neutral network that biases network traffic in a fashion that is unfavorable to end users. The contribution of this paper is linking the total value of network infrastructure based on the degree of its neutrality to market uncertainty. Rapidly changing Internet technology has created a very uncertain market (market uncertainty is defined below) in the context of providers being able ...

Abstract argumentation allows to determine in an easy, formal way which claims survive in a conflicting dispute. It works by considering claims as abstract entities, and expressing attack relationships among them. However, this level of expressiveness prevents abstract argumentation systems from being directly applied to reasoning processes where the context is relevant. An outstanding example ...

Arguments are more or less persuasive depending on the values their outcomes promote and demote. This idea, closely related to Perelman’s ideas work on argumentation, has been formally modeled by Bench-Capon in his well-known Value-Based Argumentation Frameworks, based on Dung’s abstract argumentation. In this paper, the question is addressed how arguments about which values are promoted and de...

Value creation by individuals and firms plays a central role in the evolution of populations by enabling adaptive efficiency. Once created, value may become embedded in resources which require deployment for value to be appropriated. Value appropriation is a two-step process through which a firm first competes against other firms to create and protect appropriation streams (i.e., inter-organiza...

More than two decades of research on information systems (IS) value still leaves the issue of IS value in an organization a less understood concept. Considering that information systems require significant investments and commitment, the compelling issue for organizations, from a strategic perspective, is to sustain and prolong the value accorded by IS to the firm. In this study, we propose a f...

In some cases of disagreement, particularly in areas of practical reasoning such as ethics and law, it is impossible to provide any proof or other conclusive demonstration. The role of argument in such cases is to persuade rather than to prove, demonstrate or refute. Drawing on ideas of Perelman, we argue that persuasion in such cases relies on a recognition that the strength of an argument in ...

Much work using argumentation frameworks treats arguments as entirely abstract, related by a uniform attack relation which always succeeds unless the attacker can itself be defeated. However, this does not seem adequate for legal argumentation. Some proposals have suggested regulating attack relations using preferences or values on arguments and which filter the attack relation, so that, depend...