We present a procedure for computing the sceptical “ideal semantics” for argumentation in assumption-based frameworks. This semantics was first proposed for logic programming in [1], extending the well-founded semantics. The proof procedure is defined by means of a form of dispute derivations, obtained by modifying the dispute derivations given in [2] for computing credulous admissible argument...

Knowledge frontier discovery is a novel technique for identifying interesting subpopulations of a dataset with respect to classification performance. A knowledge frontier is a collection of meaningful groups where any sub-partition with significantly different predictive accuracy is not meaningful. This research introduces knowledge frontiers and knowledge frontier discovery. The first knowledg...

This paper uses the concept of Meta-frontier to investigate the relationship between Meta Technology Ratios (MTR) and different varieties in datepalms including; Mazafati, Rabi and Zardan that are produced widely in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. We used a stratified sampling of 300 date farmers of this province in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and estimated a stochastic production frontier usi...

Disputes are an inevitable event in all facets of life and in the same vein it permeates society, from family quarrels to multinational corporate clashes. The dynamics of today society which revolve around competition, misunderstandings, wrongful termination of contracts, product liability and hostility among communities have contributed greatly to the endemic nature of dispute in our society. ...

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In this paper, we report early lessons learned from a new project to understand how Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) can improve efficiency, effectiveness and fairness in Government dispute resolution and how ODR systems can gain acceptance.