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2009

  • T. Bench-Capon and K. Atkinson (2009): Abstract argumentation and values. Chapter 3 in: I. Rahwan and G. Simari (editors) Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence. Springer, Berlin, Germany. To appear in 2009.

  • F. Bex, T. Bench-Capon and K. Atkinson (2009): Did he jump or was he pushed? Abductive practical reasoning. Artificial Intelligence and Law. Accepted for publication, to appear in 2009.

  • E. Black and K. Atkinson (2009): Dialogues that account for different perspectives in collaborative argumentation. In K. S. Decker, J. S. Sichman, C. Sierra and C. Castelfranchi (editors): Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2009), Budapest, Hungary, pp. 867-874. [PDF file]

  • T. Bench-Capon, K. Atkinson and P. McBurney (2009): Altruism and agents: An argumentation based approach to designing agent decision mechanisms. In K. S. Decker, J. S. Sichman, C. Sierra and C. Castelfranchi (editors): Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2009), Budapest, Hungary, pp. 1073-1080. [PDF file]

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2008
  • K. Atkinson (editor) (2008): Special Issue on Modelling Legal Cases. Artificial Intelligence and Law. Vol. 16(4), pp.329-402.

  • F. Bex, T. Bench-Capon and K. Atkinson (2008): Did he jump or was he pushed? Abductive practical reasoning. In E. Francesconi, G. Sartor and D. Tiscornia (editors): Legal Knowledge and Information Systems. JURIX 2008: The Twenty First Annual Conference, Florence, Italy, pp. 138-149. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 189. IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [PDF file]

  • A. Wyner, T. Bench-Capon and K. Atkinson (2008): Three senses of "argument". In P. Casanovas, G. Sartor, N. Casellas and R. Rubino (editors): Computable Models of the Law. Languages, Dialogues, Games, Ontologies, pp. 146-161. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 4884, Springer, Berlin, Germany.

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2008): Abstract argumentation scheme frameworks. In: Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems and Applications, pp. 220-234. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 5253, Springer, Berlin, Germany. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International AIMSA Conference, Varna, Bulgaria. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2008): Value-based arguments in the dictator game. In: Proceedings of the Fourth Multidisciplinary Workshop on Advances in Preference Handling (M-PREF 2008), Chicago, USA, pp. 1-6. AAAI Press, Technical Report WS-08-09. [PDF file]

  • D. Cartwright and K. Atkinson (2008): Political engagement through tools for argumentation. In P. Besnard, S. Doutre and A. Hunter (editors): Computational Models of Argument, Proceedings of COMMA 2008, Toulouse, France, pp. 116-127. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 172. IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2008): Co-ordination and co-operation in agent systems: social laws and argumentation. In I. Rahwan and P. Moraitis (editors): Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS 2008), Estoril, Portugal, pp. 58-73. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson, R. Girle, P. McBurney and S. Parsons (2008): Command dialogues. In I. Rahwan and P. Moraitis (editors): Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS 2008), Estoril, Portugal, pp. 9-23. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2008): Addressing moral problems through practical reasoning. Journal of Applied Logic. Vol. 6(2), pp.135-151.

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2007
  • A. Wyner, T. Bench-Capon and K. Atkinson (2007): Arguments, values and baseballs: Representation of Popov v. Hayashi. In A. Lodder and L. Mommers (editors): Legal Knowledge and Information Systems. JURIX 2007: The Twentieth Annual Conference, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 151-160. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 165. IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [PDF file]

  • P. Tolchinsky, K. Atkinson, P. McBurney, S. Modgil and U. Cortés (2007): Agents deliberating over action proposals using the ProCLAIM Model. In: MultiAgent Systems and Applications V, pp. 32-41. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 4696, Springer, Berlin. Proceedings of the Fifth International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (CEEMAS 2007), Leipzig, Germany. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2007): Practical reasoning as presumptive argumentation using action based alternating transition systems. Artificial Intelligence. Special Issue on Argumentation, edited by P. E. Dunne and T. Bench-Capon. Vol. 171 (10-15), pp. 855-874.

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2007): Action-based alternating transition systems for arguments about action. In: Proceedings of the Twenty Second Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2007), Vancouver, Canada, pp. 24-29. AAAI Press, Menlo Park, CA, USA. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2007): Argumentation and standards of proof. In: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on AI and Law (ICAIL 2007), Palo Alto, CA, USA, pp. 107-116. ACM Press, New York, NY, USA. [PDF file]

  • A. Wyner, T. Bench-Capon and K. Atkinson (2007): Three senses of "argument". In: Proceedings of the 2007 workshop on Argumentation and Non-Monotonic Reasoning, (ArgNMR 2007), Tempe, Arizona, USA, pp.1-16. [Word file]

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2006
  • K. Atkinson, T. Bench-Capon and P. McBurney (2006): PARMENIDES: facilitating deliberation in democracies. Artificial Intelligence and Law, Special Issue on eDemocracy, edited by T. van Engers and A. Macintosh. Vol. 14 (4), pp. 261-275. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2006): Zeno revisited: Representation of persuasive argument. In T. van Engers (editor): Legal Knowledge and Information Systems. JURIX 2006: The Nineteenth Annual Conference, Paris, France, pp. 1-10. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 152. IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

  • K. Atkinson, T. Bench-Capon and P. McBurney (2006): Computational representation of practical argument. Knowledge, Rationality and Action, a special section of Synthese Vol. 152 (2), pp. 157-206. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson (2006): Value-based argumentation for democratic decision support. In P. E. Dunne and T. J. M. Bench-Capon (editors): Computational Models of Argument, Proceedings of COMMA 2006, Liverpool, UK, pp. 47-58. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 144. IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson, T. Bench-Capon and S. Modgil (2006): Argumentation for decision support. In S. Bressan, J. Küng and R. Wagner (editors): Database and Expert Systems Applications, pp. 822-831. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 4080, Springer, Berlin, Germany. Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2006), Krakow, Poland. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson (2006): Computational support for public debate and policy justification. In A. Grönlund, H. Jochen Scholl, K. V. Andersen and M. A. Wimmer (editors): Electronic Government. Communications Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on eGovernment (EGOV 2006), Krakow, Poland, pp. 35-42. Trauner Verlag, Linz, Austria. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2006): Addressing moral problems through practical reasoning. In L. Goble and J-J. Ch. Meyer (editors): Deontic Logic and Artificial Normative Systems, pp. 8-23. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 4048, Springer, Berlin, Germany. Eighth International Workshop on Deontic Logic in Computer Science (DEON 2006), Utrecht, The Netherlands. [PDF file]

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2005
  • K. Atkinson (2005): What Should We Do?: Computational Representation of Persuasive Argument in Practical Reasoning. PhD Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. [In postscript format (4.65 MB)] [In PDF format (894 KB)]

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2005): Why argue? Dialogue types and argumentation in agent interaction. AgentLink Newsletter, AgentLink, November 2005, Issue 19, pp. 12-13.

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2005): Legal case-based reasoning as practical reasoning. Artificial Intelligence and Law. Special Issue on Argumentation in AI and Law, edited by P. E. Dunne and T. Bench-Capon. Vol. 13 (1), pp. 93-131. [PDF file]

  • T. Bench-Capon, K. Atkinson and A. Chorley (2005): Persuasion and value in legal argument. Journal of Logic and Computation, Vol. 15, pp. 1075-1097. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2005): Theory and practice in AI and Law: A response to Branting. In M. F. Moens and P. Spyns (editors): Legal Knowledge and Information Systems. JURIX 2005: The Eighteenth Annual Conference, pp. 1-12. Brussels, Belgium. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 134. IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson, T. Bench-Capon and P. McBurney (2005): Multi-agent argumentation for eDemocracy. In M. P. Gleizes, G. Kaminka, A. Nowé, S. Ossowski, K. Tuyls and K. Verbeeck (editors): Proceedings of the Third European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS 2005), pp. 35-46. Brussels, Belgium. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson, T. Bench-Capon and P. McBurney (2005): Persuasive political argument. In F. Grasso, C. Reed and R. Kibble (editors): Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument (CMNA 2005), Edinburgh, Scotland, pp. 44-51. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson, T. Bench-Capon and P. McBurney (2005): Generating intentions through argumentation. In F. Dignum, V. Dignum, S. Koenig, S. Kraus, M. Singh and M. Wooldridge (editors): Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2005), Utrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 1261-1262. ACM Press, New York, USA. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson and T. Bench-Capon (2005): Levels of reasoning with legal cases. In P. E. Dunne and T. Bench-Capon (editors): Proceedings of the ICAIL 2005 Workshop on Argumentation in AI and Law, Bologna, Italy, pp. 1-11. IAAIL Workshop Series, Wolf Legal Publishers, The Netherlands. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson, T. Bench-Capon and P. McBurney (2005): Arguing about cases as practical reasoning. In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on AI and Law (ICAIL 2005), Bologna, Italy, pp. 35-44. ACM Press, New York, NY, USA. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson, T. Bench-Capon and P. McBurney (2005): A dialogue game protocol for multi-agent argument over proposals for action. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Special issue on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, edited by I. Rahwan. Vol. 11 (2), pp. 153-171. [PDF file]

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2004
  • K. Atkinson, T. Bench-Capon and P. McBurney (2004): PARMENIDES: Facilitating democratic debate. In R. Traunmüller (editor): Electronic Government, pp. 313-316. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 3183, Springer, Berlin, Germany. Third International Conference on eGovernment (EGOV 2004), Zaragoza, Spain. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson, T. Bench-Capon and P. McBurney (2004): Justifying practical reasoning. In F. Grasso, C. Reed and G. Carenini (editors): Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument (CMNA 2004), Valencia, Spain, pp. 87-90. [PDF file]

  • K. Atkinson, T. Bench-Capon and P. McBurney (2004): A dialogue game protocol for multi-agent argument over proposals for action. In I. Rahwan, P. Moraitis and C. Reed (editors): Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems, pp.149-161. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 3366, Springer, Berlin, Germany. First International Workshop on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS 2004), New York, NY, USA. [PDF file]

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2003
  • K. Greenwood, T. Bench-Capon and P. McBurney (2003): Structuring dialogue between the people and their representatives. In R. Traunmüller (editor): Electronic Government, pp. 55-62. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 2739, Springer, Berlin, Germany. Second International Conference on eGovernment (EGOV 2003), DEXA 2003, Prague, Czech Republic. [PDF file]

  • K. Greenwood, T. Bench-Capon and P. McBurney (2003): Towards a computational account of persuasion in law. In G. Sartor (editor): Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on AI and Law (ICAIL 2003), Edinburgh, Scotland, pp. 22-31. ACM Press, New York, NY, USA. [PDF file]

Note: the above two papers were published under my previous surname (Greenwood) and all future work will be written under my married name (Atkinson).

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