CFP: Workshop on Argumentation and Case-based Reasoning at ICCBR Sept 12-15, 2011

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Call for Papers

Workshop on Argumentation and Case-based Reasoning at ICCBR 2011

A workshop at

ICCBR 2011: The International Conference on Case-based Reasoning, Septemb=
er 12-15, 2011
Argumentation and Case-based Reasoning (ACBR 2011)

Workshop Date and Location:
September 12, 2011
Greenwich, London, United Kingdom

Submission Date:
Paper submission deadline: 03 June 2011 by 00:00 GMT

See website for further information:
http://wyner.info/LanguageLogicLawSoftware/?p=3D1035Overview:

Overview:
Case-based reasoning is standardly formalised as having four-steps =96 re=
trieve, reuse, revise, and retain. In this formalisation, there is little=
 scope for debate. However, in domains such as law, medicine, and product=
 selection, participants (lawyers, doctors, or consumers) may argue for o=
r against a given legal determination, clinical treatment plan, or produc=
t choice based on what is retrieved from the case base, how the cases are=
 reused, and what revisions are made to a case. The participants must not=
 only justify their argument, but also defend it against counter-argument=
s; as well, subsidiary arguments must be justified and defended. Moreover=
, the information in the case base may be incomplete; different individua=
ls to the dispute may hold alternative views, values, or consumer-oriente=
d goals; and the reasoning itself may only be plausible rather than certa=
in. Given this, we resort to defeasible argumentation on information deri=
ved from the case base, where claims only presumptively follow from premi=
ses and reasoning about the overall =91network=92 of arguments can be rel=
ated to alternative contexts or audiences. At the end of the reasoning pr=
ocess, some decision must be made, which may vary depending on audiences.

Recent research on formalising or supporting decision-making in social sy=
stems (law, medicine, consumer discussion websites) shows the crucial rol=
e of argumentation in structuring, clarifying, and reasoning with respect=
 to complex, possibly inconsistent information. Bringing researchers toge=
ther to discuss results across domains will lead to greater understanding=
 of commonalities or problems and forward state-of-the-art research on th=
e intersection of and interaction between case-based reasoning and argume=
ntation.

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