A Discussion Information-Structuring Model Based on the Toulmin Formalism

Caiquan Xiong; Ying Pan; Dehua Li

1st International ICST Workshop on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

Research Article

A Discussion Information-Structuring Model Based on the Toulmin Formalism

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    author={Caiquan Xiong and Ying Pan and Dehua Li},
    title={A Discussion Information-Structuring Model Based on the Toulmin Formalism},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining},
    publisher={ACM},
    proceedings_a={WKDD},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={},
    doi={10.4108/wkdd.2008.2670}
}

Caiquan Xiong
Ying Pan
Dehua Li
Year: 2010
A Discussion Information-Structuring Model Based on the Toulmin Formalism
WKDD
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/wkdd.2008.2670

Caiquan Xiong^1,2^,*, Ying Pan¹, Dehua Li¹

1: Institute for Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
2: School of Computer Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China.

*Contact email: x_cquan@163.com

Abstract

Abstract In the course of discussion, the group will produce a lot of discussion information, in which the consensus is hided. This paper proposes a discussion information-structuring model for consensus building. The model divided a statement into several parts such as premise, warrant, modality, claim etc., according to the Toulmin argument formalism. “Modelity” is designed as a quantitative scale that reflects the expert’s attitude to the claim, while premise and warrant are used to provide demonstration for the expert views. We can reach a consensus by computing the value of modality. The model is a comprehensive description of the discussion information, and can effectively manage the discussion information and do consensus building.

Published: 2010-05-16
Publisher: ACM
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/wkdd.2008.2670