On formalising dialogue systems for argumentation in the event calculus
Lianne Bodenstaff, Henry Prakken, Gerard A. W. Vreeswijk · University of Twente Research Information · 2006
This paper studies the logical formalisation and implementation of dialogue systems for argumentation, motivated by the claim that this benefits their formal investigation and implementation. A case study is described in which a dialogue system of Prakken is formalised in Shanahan’s version of the ‘full’ Event Calculus and then implemented as a Prolog program. Then a second case study is briefly summarised in which a dialogue system of Parsons, Wooldridge and Amgoud is formalised in the same way. From the case studies some conclusions are drawn on the usefulness of the formalisation method.