ASPIC objectives:

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• Applications of ASPIC theoretical developments to
  ACL technologies and applications
• PROforma -gt TARGET
• Technology for specification of (medical)
  multi-agent systems
• Multi-Agent Guardian and Cardiac Agent example
• Increasing interest in use of medical multi-agent
  systems for improving efficiency, safety and
  quality of clinical workflow
• ASPIC technology will be used in next generation
  TARGET language

• ASPIC
• Argumentation Service Platform with Integrated
  Components
• EU 6th framework project 7 academic and 3
  companies in consortium
• (CRUK are scientific coordinators)

• ASPIC objectives
• Development of theoretical logical models for
  argument construction (inference - I), and
  argumentation-based decision making (DM),
  dialogue (D) and learning
• Development of components implementing above
  argumentation-based services
• Development of platform for integrating
  components into agent technologies

The PROforma decision task in ACL
applications Examples include RAGs (Risk
Assessment in Genetics), REACT, and
CREDO A screenshot from RAGs

• Use of ASPIC technology in ACL applications,
  e.g., REACT (see REACT poster)
• ASPIC component for inference of arguments
  interfaces with background medical knowledge
  available over the web, to dynamically construct
  arguments for against planned medical
  interventions
• ASPIC component for argumentation-based decision
  making provides (a) more sophisticated
  evaluation of interactions between decisions for
  planned medical interventions and events over an
  extended time period (b) Support for encoding
  user preferences (goals), e.g., planned
  intervention oophorectomy consequences of this
  planned intervention are used as arguments
  for/against the intervention, where polarity of
  argument use is dependent on patient goals gt

• Sterility is an argument for oophorectomy if the
  patients goal is not to have children
• Sterility is an argument against oophorectomy if
  the patients goal is to have children