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      Argumentation Based Decision Making for Autonomous Agents 

      Kakas, Antonis C.; Moraïtis, Pavlos (2003)
      This paper presents an argumentation based framework to support the decision making of an agent within a modular architecture for agents. The proposed argumentation framework is dynamic, with arguments and their strength ...
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      Argumentation based modeling of decision aiding for autonomous agents 

      Dimopoulos, Yannis; Moraïtis, Pavlos; Tsoukiàs, A. (2004)
      Decision Aiding can be abstractly described as the process of assisting a user/client/decision maker by recommending possible courses of his action. This process has to be able to cope with incomplete and/or inconsistent ...
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      Argumentation: Reconciling human and automated reasoning 

      Kakas, Antonis C.; Michael, Loizos; Toni, F. (CEUR-WS, 2016)
      We study how using argumentation as an alternative foundation for logic gives a framework in which we can reconcile human and automated reasoning. We analyse this reconciliation between human and automated reasoning at ...
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      Capturing essential intrinsic user behaviour values for the design of comprehensive web-based personalized environments 

      Germanakos, Panagiotis; Tsianos, Nikos; Lekkas, Zacharias; Mourlas, Constantinos; Samaras, George S. (2008)
      Advances in Web-based oriented technologies and services are taking place with a considerable speed around the world. As communications and IT usage become an integral part of many people's lives and the available products ...
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      Computational modeling of visual selective attention 

      Neokleous,Kleanthis C.; Schizas, Christos N. (2011)
      An overview of a nerocomputational model of visual selective attention that has been properly implemented is presented in this abstract. Visual selective attention is a fundamental function of human cognition and a highly ...
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      Embracing cognitive factors and Fuzzy Logic in adaptive interactive systems 

      Papatheocharous, Efi; Belk, Marios; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Samaras, George S. (2013)
      The increased demand of services on the Web to satisfy the diverse characteristics of users have resulted in a plethora of applications that aim to provide personalized services based on the heterogeneous needs and preferences ...
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      Eye-tracking users' behavior in relation to Cognitive Style within an e-Learning environment 

      Tsianos, Nikos; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Lekkas, Zacharias; Mourlas, Constantinos; Samaras, George S. (2009)
      Eye-tracking measurements may be used as a method of identifying users' actual behavior in a hypermedia setting. In this research, an eye-tracking experiment was conducted in order to validate the construct of cognitive ...
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      A Fuzzy Cognitive Map system to explore certain scenarios on the Cyprus banking system 

      Papaioannou, Maria; Neocleous, Costas K.; Papageorgiou, Charalambos; Schizas, Christos N. (INSTICC Press, 2014)
      The model of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) allows a user to investigate how the influencing parameters of a cause-effect system behave under the implementation of desired scenario. Human knowledge and experience is used to ...
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      A fuzzy cognitive map system to explore the repercussions of Greek PSI and Bank recapitalization on the Cyprus economy 

      Papaioannou, Maria; Neocleous, Costas K.; Papageorgiou, Charalambos; Schizas, Christos N. (2014)
      Recently, Greece experienced a serious financial crisis that forced the country to sign a bailout memorandum with Troika (European Commission, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank who formed a group of ...
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      Fuzzy cognitive maps in estimating the repercussions of oil/gas exploration on politico-economic issues in Cyprus 

      Neocleous, Costas K.; Schizas, Christos N.; Papaioannou, Maria (2011)
      Some important politico-economic dynamics, in relation to different scenarios involving the finding and exploitation of oil/gas in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus, have been modeled and examined through the use of ...
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      A generic tool for building fuzzy cognitive map systems 

      Papaioannou, Maria; Neocleous, Costas K.; Sofokleous, Anastasis A.; Mateou, Nicos H.; Andreou, Andreas S.; Schizas, Christos N. (2010)
      A generic system for simulating complex dynamical systems along the paradigm of fuzzy cognitive maps (FCM) has been created and tested. The proposed system enables a user to design appropriate FCM structures, by specifying ...
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      Important issues to be considered in developing fuzzy cognitive maps 

      Neocleous, Costas K.; Papaioannou, Maria; Schizas, Christos N. (2011)
      The formalism of fuzzy cognitive maps as used for the modeling of various dynamical systems is presented with a critical point of view. Various issues related to terminology, concepts, sensitivities, time dependence, ...
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      Non-invasive trisomy 21 diagnosis using fuzzy cognitive maps 

      Papaioannou, Maria; Neocleous, Costas K.; Schizas, Christos N. (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      A fuzzy Diagnostic Decision Support System (DDSS) has been developed, exploiting the possibilities of a specific algorithm which transforms a crisp dataset into fuzzy. The purpose of the developed fuzzy DDSS is the diagnosis ...
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      On modelling cognitive styles of users in adaptive interactive systems using artificial neural networks efi papatheocharous1 efi.papatheocharous 

      Belk, Marios; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Samaras, George S. (2012)
      User modelling in interactive Web systems is an essential quality to optimally filter, personalise and adapt their content and functionality to serve the intrinsic needs of individual users. The mechanism for obtaining the ...
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      Supporting adaptive interactive systems with semantic markups and human factors 

      Belk, Marios; Germanakos, Panagiotis; Papatheocharous, Efi; Constantinides, Marios; Samaras, George S. (2012)
      This paper focuses on adapting Web environments based on cognitive factors of users. In particular, a semantic Web-based adaptation framework is proposed that enables authors to enrich Web content with semantic markups, ...