Arg2P

Arg2P is an implementation of the ASPIC⁺ framework for structured argumentation. Built on top of the tuProlog engine, it supports both JVM and Node environments.

More details are available on the official wiki.

References

Arg2P is described in:

• Roberta Calegari, Andrea Omicini, Giuseppe Pisano, Giovanni Sartor. Arg2P: an argumentation framework for explainable intelligent systems. Journal of Logic and Computation, 32(2):369–401, 2022. doi:10.1093/logcom/exab089
• Giuseppe Pisano. Argumentation for legal reasoning: meta-models, technology and beyond. PhD thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum — Università di Bologna, 2024. doi:10.48676/unibo/amsdottorato/11671

Individual features — burden of persuasion, defeasible preferences, modularity, causality, distributed reasoning — have their own papers, listed on the References page of the wiki.

Cite me

If you use Arg2P in academic work, please cite:

@article{arg2p,
  author  = {Calegari, Roberta and Omicini, Andrea and Pisano, Giuseppe and Sartor, Giovanni},
  title   = {{Arg2P}: an argumentation framework for explainable intelligent systems},
  journal = {Journal of Logic and Computation},
  volume  = {32},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {369--401},
  year    = {2022},
  doi     = {10.1093/logcom/exab089}
}

@phdthesis{pisano2024argumentation,
  author  = {Pisano, Giuseppe},
  title   = {Argumentation for legal reasoning: meta-models, technology and beyond},
  school  = {Alma Mater Studiorum --- Universit\`a di Bologna},
  year    = {2024},
  doi     = {10.48676/unibo/amsdottorato/11671}
}

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Getting Started

Arg2p is available as a 2P-Kt library.

JVM Library - Gradle

To import the Arg2p module into your Kotlin-based Gradle project, declare the dependency in your build.gradle(.kts) file (the version below is the latest release, see the releases page):

repositories {
   mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
   implementation("it.unibo.tuprolog.argumentation:arg2p-jvm:0.16.2")
}

Usage Example

import it.unibo.tuprolog.argumentation.core.Arg2pSolverFactory
import it.unibo.tuprolog.argumentation.core.libs.basic.FlagsBuilder

fun main() {
    val graph = Arg2pSolverFactory.evaluate("""
        f1 :=> d.
        f2 :=> -d.
    """.trimIndent(), FlagsBuilder()).first()

    graph.labellings.forEach {
        println("${it.label} : ${it.argument.conclusion}")
    }
}

For a complete example, check out the GitHub demo.

NPM Library

The Arg2P software is available on NPM as a JavaScript library as well. It can be found under the @tuprolog organization. To use the library, add the dependency to your package.json:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "@tuprolog/arg2p": "0.16.2"
  }
}

Usage Example

const arg2p = require('@tuprolog/arg2p').it.unibo.tuprolog.argumentation.bridge.JsBridge

const graph = arg2p.solve('arg2p::solve', `
    f1 :=> d.
    f2 :=> -d.`, `
    graphBuildMode(standard_af).
    statementLabellingMode(statement).
    argumentLabellingMode(grounded).
    orderingPrinciple(last).
    orderingComparator(elitist).
    graphExtension(standardPref).
    queryMode.`, _ => { }).i.next().graph

graph.arguments.forEach(arg => {
    console.log(`${arg.label} : ${arg.descriptor}`)
})

For a complete example, see the repository.

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Arg2p IDE

The Arg2p IDE is available on the Releases section of the GitHub repository.

In the latest release page, download the Asset named:

arg2p-ide-<VERSION>-redist.jar

a self-contained, executable Jar containing the 2P-Kt-based Prolog interpreter (<VERSION> is the release version, 0.16.2 at the time of writing).

After you download the jar, you can simply launch it by running:

java -jar arg2p-ide-0.16.2-redist.jar

If your JVM is properly configured, you can also start the IDE by double-clicking the JAR file.

Features

• Query Execution: Write your query in the text field and hit Enter or click >.
• Solution Exploration: Click > for the next solution or >> to compute all solutions.
• New Query: Click X to stop the current query, then enter a new one.

Additional Tabs

• Graph Tab: Displays a graphical representation of the abstract argumentation graph.
• Arg Flag Tab: Shows and allows modification of Arg2P flags. Detailed descriptions are on the Flags Reference page of the wiki.

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Arg2p Playground

Try Arg2P directly in your browser using the Web Playground.

No installation required. It runs in two modes: Structured, to write a theory and query it as in the desktop IDE, and Abstract, to draw an argumentation framework and evaluate it with abstract::solve/5 under any of the supported semantics. It ships ready-made examples, and setups can be shared as a link.

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Issue tracking

If you encounter any issues, please report them on the GitHub Issues page.
Your feedback helps improve the project!