A Numerical Approach to the Merging of Argumentation Networks

In this paper, we propose a numerical approach to the problem of
merging of argumentation networks. The idea is to consider an augmented network
containing the arguments and attacks of all networks to be merged and then
associate a weight to each of its components based on how they are perceived by
the agents associated with the local networks. The combined weighted network is
then used to define a system of equations from which the overall strength of the
arguments is calculated.