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Professor Nir Oren
Personal Chair, Dean for Knowledge & Understanding
- About
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- Email Address
- n.oren@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 274162
- Office Address
Meston 222
- School/Department
- School of Natural and Computing Sciences
- School/Department
- Senior Vice Principals
Internal Memberships
Director of Research
- Research
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Research Overview
I work in multi-agent systems, specialising in formal argumentation, computational trust theory, and norm-based reasoning.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Computing Science.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Artificial Intelligence
- Operational Research
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Publications
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An Extension-based Approach for Computing and Verifying Preferences in Abstract Argumentation
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2403.17653
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23347/1/2403.17653v1.pdf
Unlocking the potential of sensors for our environment: A call to action from a NERC writing retreat
Coventry University. 36 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsAbstract Weighted Based Gradual Semantics in Argumentation Theory
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2401.11472
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22742/1/2401.11472v1.pdf
Evaluation of Human-Understandability of Global Model Explanations Using Decision Tree
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50396-2_3
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22828/1/Sivaprasad_etal_ECAI_Evaluation_of_Human_VOR.pdf
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Preface: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Forewords and Postscripts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48593-0
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Inferring Attack Relations for Gradual Semantics
Argument and Computation, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 327-345Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRevisiting MAB based approaches to recursive delegation
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] http://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.01243v1
Detection of haematoma and peri-haematomal regions of intracerebral haemorrhage using lowfield field-cycling imaging – preliminary study results
8th World Intracranial Hemorrhage Conference (WICH 2023), OP-10Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000534450
Evaluation of Human-Understandability of Global Model Explanations using Decision Tree
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.09917v1
- [ONLINE] https://ecai2023.eu/
- [ONLINE] https://xai3ecai2023.github.io/
Generosity and the Emergence of Forgiveness in the Donation Game
ECAI 2023Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsKindness Makes You Happy and Happiness Makes You Healthy: Actual Persuasiveness and Personalisation of Persuasive Messages in a Behaviour Change Intervention for Wellbeing
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30933-5_13
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Human-Machine Collaboration in Intelligence Analysis: An Expert Evaluation
Intelligent Systems with Applications (ISWA), vol. 17, 200151Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResilience, reliability, and coordination in autonomous multi-agent systems
AI Communications, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 339-356Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImproving Reasoning Efficiency in ASPIC+ with Backwards Chaining and Partial Arguments
Contributions to Journals: Conference ArticlesInverse Problems for Gradual Semantics
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2022/377
- [ONLINE] https://www.ijcai.org/proceedings/2022/0377.pdf
Representing Pure Nash Equilibria in Argumentation
Argument and Computation, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 195-208Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUtility Functions for Human/Robot Interaction
Contributions to Conferences: PapersExplaining BDI Agent Behaviour Through Dialogue
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, vol. 36, 29Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUtility Functions for Human/Robot Interaction
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2204.04071
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21379/1/2204.04071v1.pdf
- [ONLINE] http://arxiv.org/abs/2204.04071v1
Analytical Solutions for the Inverse Problem within Gradual Semantics
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2203.01201
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/19104/1/2203.01201v1.pdf
- [ONLINE] http://arxiv.org/abs/2203.01201v1
The Inverse Problem for Argumentation Gradual Semantics
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2202.00294
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21380/1/2202.00294v1.pdf
- [ONLINE] http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.00294v1
On probabilistic argumentation and subargument-completeness
Journal of Logic and Computation, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 115-128Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/logcom/exab053
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Commentary to the Commission’s proposal for the “AI Act” – Response to selected issues
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites- [ONLINE] https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12527-Artificial-intelligence-ethical-and-legal-requirements/F2665397_en
- [ONLINE] https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12527-Artificial-intelligence-ethical-and-legal-requirements_en
In Search of a Goldilocks Zone for Credible AI
Scientific Reports, vol. 11, 13687Contributions to Journals: ArticlesModelling Security Risk Scenarios Using Subjective Attack Trees
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsSecurity Analysis Using Subjective Attack Trees
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsExplaining BDI agent behaviour through dialogue
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsPreference Elicitation in Assumption-Based Argumentation
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69322-0_13
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A Subjective Network Approach for Cybersecurity Risk Assessment
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3433174.3433175
A probabilistic deontic argumentation framework
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, vol. 126, pp. 249-271Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEfficient Construction of Structured Argumentation Systems
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsArgument-based plan explanation
Knowledge Engineering Tools and Techniques for AI Planning. SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, pp. 173-188, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38561-3_9
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Argumentation-based Reasoning about Plans, Maintenance Goals and Norms
ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, vol. 14, no. 3, 9Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLandmark-based approaches for goal recognition as planning
Artificial Intelligence, vol. 279, 103217Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing Sub-Optimal Plan Detection to Identify Commitment Abandonment in Discrete Environments
ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology, vol. 11, no. 2, 23Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3372119
- [ONLINE] Cornell University repository
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From Eigentrust to a Trust-measuring Algorithm in the Max-Plus Algebra
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/FAIA200069
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15068/1/Afanador_etal_ECAI_Eigentrust_VOR.pdf
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If you think the millennium bug was a hoax, here comes a history lesson
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesHybrid Mechanisms for On-Demand Transport
Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 4500 - 4512Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2018.2886579
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11444/1/ITS_Malcolm.pdf
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- [ONLINE] https://abdn.pure.elsevier.com/en/en/researchoutput/hybrid-mechanisms-for-ondemand-transport(5b092108-4cd0-436a-8220-5984b467c7a6).html
Can I Influence You? Development of a Scale to Measure Perceived Persuasiveness and Two Studies Showing the Use of the Scale
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 2, 24Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2019.00024
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22971/1/Thomas_FAI_CanIInfluence_VOR.pdf
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A Coalitional Algorithm for Recursive Delegation
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsAlgorithms for recursive delegation
AI Communications, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 303-317Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/AIC-190616
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12775/1/AIComm_An_Adversarial_Algorithm_for_Delegation.pdf
- [ONLINE] http://pure-ots.abdn.ac.uk:8080/portal/en/researchoutput/algorithms-for-recursive-delegation(d372b924-4277-4d92-9b61-65c877259c41).html
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Prioritized norms in formal argumentation
Journal of Logic and Computation, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 215-240Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.08034
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/logcom/exy009
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12064/1/prioritized_norms_formal_4_.pdf
- [ONLINE] http://arxiv.org/abs/1709.08034 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/logcom/exy009
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- [ONLINE] http://pure.abdn.ac.uk:8080/portal/en/researchoutput/prioritized-norms-in-formal-argumentation(9e134f8b-a5a6-41cb-b718-155fb8c6bc02).html
Accountability for Practical Reasoning Agents
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17294-7_3
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13968/1/AT_2018_paper_6.pdf
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- [ONLINE] http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-17294-7_3
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- [ONLINE] https://abdn.pure.elsevier.com/en/en/researchoutput/accountability-for-practical-reasoning-agents(17ca2c48-3285-4c9e-a5d6-9ef5990a7028).html
Actual persuasiveness: Impact of personality, age, and gender on message type susceptibility
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17287-9_23
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13960/1/Persuasive_Technology_2019_Submission_57_A._Ciocarlan_J._Masthoff_N._Oren.pdf
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- [ONLINE] https://abdn.pure.elsevier.com/en/en/researchoutput/actual-persuasiveness(171d1667-a165-4d63-aaa4-e9db60795509).html
An Adversarial Algorithm for Delegation
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17294-7_10
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13969/1/AT_2018_paper_9.pdf
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- [ONLINE] http://pure-ots.abdn.ac.uk:8080/portal/en/researchoutput/an-adversarial-algorithm-for-delegation(ab7a03cb-d212-4179-84a1-757a71db11de).html
Is ArguMessage Effective? A Critical Evaluation of the Persuasive Message Generation System
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17287-9_8
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Policies to Regulate Distributed Data Exchange
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17294-7_11
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13970/1/AT_2018_paper_10.pdf
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- [ONLINE] http://pure-ots.abdn.ac.uk:8080/portal/en/researchoutput/policies-to-regulate-distributed-data-exchange(fdf85d06-6693-453e-96c7-2caf7e316dfc).html
Computing Argument Preferences and Explanations in Abstract Argumentation
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03098-8_24
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12990/1/qmahesar_ictai18.pdf
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Meta-Argumentation Frameworks for Multi-party Dialogues
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03098-8_45
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13155/1/paper_79.pdf
Sensor Placement for Plan Monitoring using Genetic Programming
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03098-8_40
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13156/1/paper_49.pdf