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Improved Answer-Set Programming Encodings for Abstract Argumentation
The design of efficient solutions for abstract argumentation problems is a
crucial step towards advanced argumentation systems. One of the most prominent
approaches in the literature is to use Answer-Set Programming (ASP) for this
endeavor. In this paper, we present new encodings for three prominent
argumentation semantics using the concept of conditional literals in
disjunctions as provided by the ASP-system clingo. Our new encodings are not
only more succinct than previous versions, but also outperform them on standard
benchmarks.Comment: To appear in Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP),
Proceedings of ICLP 201
Improved predictions by Pcons.net using multiple templates
Summary: Multiple templates can often be used to build more accurate homology models than models built from a single template. Here we introduce PconsM, an automated protocol that uses multiple templates to build protein models. PconsM has been among the top-performing methods in the recent CASP experiments and consistently perform better than the single template models used in Pcons.net. In particular for the easier targets with many alternative templates with a high degree of sequence identity, quality is readily improved with a few percentages over the highest ranked model built on a single template. PconsM is available as an additional pipeline within the Pcons.net protein structure prediction server
New attempts to understand nanodiamond stardust
We report on a concerted effort aimed at understanding the origin and history
of the pre-solar nanodiamonds in meteorites including the astrophysical sources
of the observed isotopic abundance signatures. This includes measurement of
light elements by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), analysis of
additional heavy trace elements by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) and
dynamic calculations of r-process nucleosynthesis with updated nuclear
properties. Results obtained indicate: a) there is no evidence for the former
presence of now extinct 26Al and 44Ti in our diamond samples other than what
can be attributed to silicon carbide and other "impurities"; this does not
offer support for a supernova (SN) origin but neither does it negate it; b)
analysis by AMS of platinum in "bulk diamond" yields an overabundance of r-only
198Pt that at face value seems more consistent with the neutron burst than with
the separation model for the origin of heavy trace elements in the diamonds,
although this conclusion is not firm given analytical uncertainties; c) if the
Xe-H pattern was established by an unadulterated r-process, it must have been a
strong variant of the main r-process, which possibly could also account for the
new observations in platinum.Comment: Workshop on Astronomy with Radioactvities VII; Publications of the
Astronomical Society of Australia, accepte
Algorithms for Reasoning in a Default Logic Instantiation of Assumption-Based Argumentation
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Harnessing Incremental Answer Set Solving for Reasoning in Assumption-Based Argumentation
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Computing Stable Conclusions under the Weakest-Link Principle in the ASPIC+ Argumentation Formalism
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From Structured to Abstract Argumentation : Assumption-Based Acceptance via AF Reasoning
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