2026 Stefan Woltran: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	42	8447	8209	75	72	316	6845

Overview

Stefan Woltran is affiliated with TU Wien in Austria and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, with a primary focus on artificial intelligence. Their research portfolio encompasses a total of 154 publications in computer science, including 125 specifically related to artificial intelligence.

Woltran's work covers several subfields within computer science, such as:

Artificial Intelligence
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Management Information Systems
Information Systems
Sociology and Political Science

The main topics addressed in Woltran's research include:

Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
Logic, Programming, and Type Systems
Business Process Modeling and Analysis
Semantic Web and Ontologies
Formal Methods in Verification
Software Engineering Research

The recent scientific papers authored by or involving Woltran illustrate a focus on argumentation frameworks, logic programming, and computational complexity. Selected papers feature:

Investigating subclasses of abstract dialectical frameworks (2020) published in Argument & Computation
Structural Decompositions of Epistemic Logic Programs (2020) published in Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
The Impact of Treewidth on Grounding and Solving of Answer Set Programs (2020) published in Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
Complexity of abstract argumentation under a claim-centric view (2020) published in Artificial Intelligence
Tractable Abstract Argumentation via Backdoor-Treewidth (2022) published in Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Woltran frequently publishes in reputable venues including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
Theory and Practice of Logic Programming

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a group of coauthors, reflecting a network of research partnerships. Frequent collaborators include:

Wolfgang Dvořák
Markus Hecher
Anna Rapberger
Michael Morak
Matthias König

Best Publications

Abstract dialectical frameworks

Gerhard Brewka;Stefan Woltran

293
Citations
Complexity-sensitive decision procedures for abstract argumentation

Wolfgang Dvořák;Matti Järvisalo;Johannes Peter Wallner;Stefan Woltran

267
Citations
Characteristics of multiple viewpoints in abstract argumentation

Paul E. Dunne;Wolfgang Dvořák;Thomas Linsbichler;Stefan Woltran

238
Citations
Answer-set programming encodings for argumentation frameworks

Uwe Egly;Sarah Alice Gaggl;Stefan Woltran

206
Citations
Abstract dialectical frameworks revisited

Gerhard Brewka;Stefan Ellmauthaler;Hannes Strass;Johannes Peter Wallner

205
Citations
Methods for solving reasoning problems in abstract argumentation - A survey

Günther Charwat;Wolfgang Dvořák;Sarah A. Gaggl;Johannes P. Wallner

180
Citations
Solving Advanced Reasoning Tasks Using Quantified Boolean Formulas

Uwe Egly;Thomas Eiter;Hans Tompits;Stefan Woltran

178
Citations
Characterizing strong equivalence for argumentation frameworks

Emilia Oikarinen;Stefan Woltran

154
Citations
ASPARTIX: Implementing Argumentation Frameworks Using Answer-Set Programming

Uwe Egly;Sarah Alice Gaggl;Stefan Woltran

124
Citations
An extension-based approach to belief revision in abstract argumentation

Martin Diller;Adrian Haret;Thomas Linsbichler;Stefan Rümmele

117
Citations
Simplifying Logic Programs Under Uniform and Strong Equivalence

Thomas Eiter;Michael Fink;Hans Tompits;Stefan Woltran

116
Citations
Semantical characterizations and complexity of equivalences in answer set programming

Thomas Eiter;Michael Fink;Stefan Woltran

108
Citations
Complexity of semi-stable and stage semantics in argumentation frameworks

Wolfgang Dvořák;Stefan Woltran

106
Citations
Encodings for Equilibrium Logic and Logic Programs with Nested Expressions

David Pearce;Hans Tompits;Stefan Woltran

104
Citations
The Added Value of Argumentation

Sanjay Modgil;Francesca Toni;Floris Bex;Ivan Bratko

103
Citations
Modularity aspects of disjunctive stable models

Tomi Janhunen;Emilia Oikarinen;Hans Tompits;Stefan Woltran

103
Citations
On solution correspondences in answer-set programming

Thomas Eiter;Hans Tompits;Stefan Woltran

98
Citations
Towards fixed-parameter tractable algorithms for abstract argumentation

Wolfgang Dvořák;Reinhard Pichler;Stefan Woltran

93
Citations
Special issue on answer set programming

Marcello Balduccini;Stefan Woltran

91
Citations
Debugging ASP programs by means of ASP

Martin Brain;Martin Gebser;Jorg Puhrer;Torsten Schaub

81
Citations
Computational Models of Argument: Proceedings of COMMA 2012

B. Verheij;S. Szeider;S. Woltran

38
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Tompits TU Wien

Torsten Schaub University of Potsdam

Thomas Eiter TU Wien

Miroslaw Truszczynski University of Kentucky

Wolfgang Faber University of Klagenfurt

Gerhard Brewka Leipzig University

Martin Gebser University of Klagenfurt

Stefan Szeider TU Wien

Paul E. Dunne University of Liverpool

Paolo Torroni University of Bologna

External Links

Personal website of Stefan Woltran

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