Abstract

Conflict resolution is one of the most challenging tasks in collaborative engineering design. In our previous research, a web-based intelligent collaborative system was developed to address this challenge based on intelligent computational argumentation. However, two important issues were not resolved in that system: priority of participants and self-conflicting arguments. In this paper, we develop two methods for incorporating priorities of participants into the computational argumentation network: 1) weighted summation and 2) re-assessment of strengths of arguments based on priority of owners of the argument using fuzzy logic inference. In addition, we develop a method for detection of self-conflicting arguments. Incorporation of priority of participants and detection of self-conflicting arguments have strengthen the capability of managing intelligent argumentation network for the web-based collaborative engineering design system developed in our previous research.

Meeting Name

2007 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems

Department(s)

Computer Science

Second Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Third Department

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Computational Argumentation; Conflict Resolution; Fuzzy Logic; Inference Engine; Priority Assessment; Self-Conflicting

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2007 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 May 2007

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