Serialisation System

For a selection function α\alpha, a serialisation state (F,E)(F, E) transitions to (FS,E∪S)(F^S, E \cup S) for every S∈α(S \in \alpha(is↚(F)\mathsf{is}^{\not\leftarrow}(F),, is↮(F)\mathsf{is}^{\not\leftrightarrow}(F),, is↔(F)\mathsf{is}^{\leftrightarrow}(F))), where FSF^S is the reduct. For a termination function β\beta, Eα,β(F)\mathcal{E}_{\alpha,\beta}(F) is the set of all EE such that some (F′,E)(F', E) with β(F′,E)=1\beta(F', E) = 1 is reachable from (F,∅)(F, \emptyset) in finitely many steps.

Serialisable semantics

The following semantics are serialisable (Thimm, 2022):

SemanticsSelection functionTermination function
admissibleαad\alpha_{\mathsf{ad}}βad\beta_{\mathsf{ad}}
completeαad\alpha_{\mathsf{ad}}βco\beta_{\mathsf{co}}
groundedαgr\alpha_{\mathsf{gr}}βco\beta_{\mathsf{co}}
preferredαad\alpha_{\mathsf{ad}}βpr\beta_{\mathsf{pr}}
stableαad\alpha_{\mathsf{ad}}βst\beta_{\mathsf{st}}
strongly admissibleαgr\alpha_{\mathsf{gr}}βad\beta_{\mathsf{ad}}

The unchallenged semantics is defined via αuc\alpha_{\mathsf{uc}} and βuc\beta_{\mathsf{uc}} (Bengel & Thimm, 2022).

Reference

Thimm, M. (2022). Revisiting Initial Sets in Abstract Argumentation. Argument & Computation, 13(3), pp. 325–360.

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