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52
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10605
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5095
National Ranking
304

Overview

Francesca Toni is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of Computer Science, with a strong focus on Artificial Intelligence. Their research primarily addresses key areas including Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation, Topic Modeling, Semantic Web and Ontologies, Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge, Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning, and Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference.

Their numerous contributions include publications in notable venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • Sang thrombose vaisseaux
  • Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence

Several recent papers illustrate the depth of their work and research focus:

  • Argumentative XAI: A Survey, 2021, Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Brescia)
  • Argumentative explanations for interactive recommendations, 2021, Artificial Intelligence
  • Assumption-based argumentation with preferences and goals for patient-centric reasoning with interacting clinical guidelines, 2020, Argument & Computation
  • On the acceptability of arguments and its fundamental role in nonmonotonic reasoning, logic programming and n-person games: 25 years later, 2020, Argument & Computation
  • Computational complexity of flat and generic Assumption-Based Argumentation, with and without probabilities, 2021, Artificial Intelligence

Francesca Toni frequently collaborates with several co-authors, expanding the scope and multidisciplinary nature of their research. Notable frequent collaborators include:

  • Antonio Rago
  • Nico Potyka
  • Guilherme Paulino-Passos
  • Pietro Baroni

Their work extends significantly into subfields such as Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Surgery, and Political Science and International Relations, highlighting a diverse research portfolio beyond core computer science specialties.

Best Publications

  • Abductive Logic Programming

    Antonis C. Kakas;Robert A. Kowalski;Francesca Toni

  • An abstract, argumentation-theoretic approach to default reasoning

    A. Bondarenko;P. M. Dung;R. A. Kowalski;F. Toni

  • Computing ideal sceptical argumentation

    P. M. Dung;P. Mancarella;F. Toni

  • Dialectic proof procedures for assumption-based, admissible argumentation

    P. M. Dung;R. A. Kowalski;F. Toni

  • Assumption-Based Argumentation

    Phan Minh Dung;Robert A. Kowalski;Francesca Toni

  • A tutorial on assumption-based argumentation

    Francesca Toni

  • Dialogues for negotiation: Agent varieties and dialogue sequences

    Fariba Sadri;Francesca Toni;Paolo Torroni

  • Abstract argumentation

    Robert A. Kowalski;Francesca Toni

  • Negotiating socially optimal allocations of resources

    Ulle Endriss;Nicolas Maudet;Fariba Sadri;Francesca Toni

  • An assumption-based framework for non-monotonic reasoning

    Andrei Bondarenko;Francesca Toni;Robert A. Kowalski

  • Introduction to structured argumentation

    Philippe Besnard;Alejandro Javier García;Anthony Hunter;Sanjay Modgil

  • A Game-Theoretic Measure of Argument Strength for Abstract Argumentation

    Paul-Amaury Matt;Francesca Toni

  • Automatic evaluation of design alternatives with quantitative argumentation

    Pietro Baroni;Marco Romano;Francesca Toni;Marco Aurisicchio

  • Explainable Automated Fact-Checking for Public Health Claims

    Neema Kotonya;Francesca Toni

  • Computing argumentation in logic programming

    KC Kakas;F Toni

  • The KGP model of agency

    Antonis Kakas;Paolo Mancarella;Fariba Sadri;Kostas Stathis

  • On the computational complexity of assumption-based argumentation for default reasoning

    Yannis Dimopoulos;Bernhard Nebel;Francesca Toni

  • A dialectic procedure for sceptical, assumption-based argumentation

    Phan Minh Dung;Paolo Mancarella;Francesca Toni

  • The Added Value of Argumentation

    Sanjay Modgil;Francesca Toni;Floris Bex;Ivan Bratko

  • Discontinuity-free decision support with quantitative argumentation debates

    A. Rago;F. Toni;M. Aurisicchio;P. Baroni

  • Argumentative XAI: A Survey

    Kristijonas Čyras;Antonio Rago;Emanuele Albini;Pietro Baroni

  • Negotiating Socially Optimal Allocations of Resources: An Overview

    Ulle Endriss;Nicolas Maudet;Fariba Sadri;Francesca Toni

  • RESEARCH ARTICLE Automatic Evaluation of Design Alternatives with Quantitative Argumentation

    Pietro Baroni;Marco Romano;Francesca Toni;Marco Aurisicchio

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonis C. Kakas
Antonis C. Kakas University of Cyprus
Paolo Torroni
Paolo Torroni University of Bologna
Robert A. Kowalski
Robert A. Kowalski Imperial College London
Nicolas Maudet
Nicolas Maudet Sorbonne University
Ulle Endriss
Ulle Endriss University of Amsterdam
Yang Gao
Yang Gao Google (United Kingdom)
Anthony Hunter
Anthony Hunter University College London
Luís Moniz Pereira
Luís Moniz Pereira Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Bernhard Nebel
Bernhard Nebel University of Freiburg
Robert F. Miller
Robert F. Miller University College London

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