Publications
2026
- Synthesising Counterfactual Explanations via Label-Conditional Gaussian Mixture Variational Autoencoders
J. Jiang, F. Leofante, A. Rago & F. Toni
ICLR - From User Preferences to Base Score Extraction Functions in Gradual Argumentation
A. Civit, A. Rago, A, Andriella, G. Alenyà & F. Toni
AAMAS - Retrieval and Argumentation Enhanced Multi-Agent LLMs for Judgmental Forecasting
D. Gorur, A. Rago & F. Toni
AAMAS - Argumentative Human-AI Decision-Making: Toward AI Agents That Reason With Us, Not For Us
S.L. Vasileiou, A. Rago, F. Toni & W. Yeoh
AAMAS (Blue Sky Ideas Track) - Mining Bipolar Argumentation Frameworks from Parliamentary Debates
E. Cunningham, J. Cross, D. Greene & A. Rago
COMPTEXT - An Approach to Personalised Decision Support based on Gradual Bipolar Argumentation Enhanced with User Preferences
E. Battaglia, P. Baroni, A. Rago & F. Toni
The European Journal on Artificial Intelligence
2025
- A Methodology for Incompleteness-Tolerant and Modular Gradual Semantics for Argumentative Statement Graphs
A. Rago, S.L. Vasileiou, S. Tran, F. Toni & W. Yeoh
KR - On Gradual Semantics for Assumption-Based Argumentation
A. Rapberger, F, Russo, A. Rago & F. Toni
KR - Counterfactual Explanations under Model Multiplicity and their Use in Computational Argumentation
G. Alfano, A. Gould, F. Leofante, A. Rago & F. Toni
IJCAI - Argumentative Large Language Models for Explainable and Contestable Decision-Making
G. Freedman, A. Dejl, D. Gorur, X. Yin, A. Rago & F. Toni
AAAI - Representation Consistency for Accurate and Coherent LLM Answer Aggregation
J. Jiang, T. Bewley, S.I. Amoukou, F. Leofante, A. Rago, S. Mishra & F. Toni
NeurIPS - Free Argumentative Exchanges for Explaining Image Classifiers
A. Kori, A. Rago & F. Toni
AAMAS - Argumentatively Coherent Judgmental Forecasting
D. Gorur, A. Rago & F. Toni
ECAI - ADA-X: An Online System for Fully Automated, Explainable Review Aggregation
L. Gao, H. Muyassar, Y. Hunanyan, S. Pongpanich, A. Rago & F. Toni
ECAI (Demo Track) - Explainable Reinforcement Learning for Formula One Race Strategy
D. Thomas, J. Jiang, A. Kori, A. Russo, S. Winkler, S. Sale, J. McMillan, F. Belardinelli & A. Rago
SAC - Explainable Time Series Prediction of Tyre Energy in Formula One Race Strategy
J. Todd, J. Jiang, A. Russo, S. Winkler, S. Sale, J. McMillan & A. Rago
SAC - Explainable Prediction of the Mechanical Properties of Composites with CNNs
V. Raaghav, D. Bikos, A. Rago, F. Toni & M. Charalambides
PAIS - Exploring the Effect of Explanation Content and Format on User Comprehension and Trust in Healthcare
A. Rago, B. Palfi, P. Sukpanichnant, H. Nabli, K. Vivek, O. Kostopoulou, J. Kinross & F. Toni
PAIS - Evaluating Uncertainty Quantification Methods in Argumentative Large Language Models
K. Zhou, A. Dejl, G. Freedman, L. Chen, A. Rago & F. Toni
EMNLP (Findings) - Meronymic Ontology Extraction via Large Language Models
D. Zhang, S. Conia & A. Rago
IJCNLP-AACL - Can Large Language Models perform Relation-based Argument Mining?
D. Gorur, A. Rago & F. Toni
COLING - Argumentative Review Aggregation and Dialogical Explanations
A. Rago, O. Cocarascu, J. Oksanen & F. Toni
AIJ - Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks with Post-hoc Explanations for Multi-modal and Explainable Land Use Inference
X. Zhai, J, Jiang, A, Dejl, A. Rago, F. Guo, F. Toni & A. Sivakumar
Information Fusion - Aggregating Bipolar Opinions through Bipolar Assumption-based Argumentation
C. Dickie, S. Lauren, F. Belardinelli, A. Rago & F. Toni
JAAMAS - Argumentation and Machine Learning
A. Rago, K. Cyras, J. Mumford & O. Cocarascu
Handbook of Formal Argumentation, Volume 3 - When Humans Revise Their Beliefs, Explanations Matter: Evidence from User Studies and What It Means for AI Alignment
S.L. Vasileiou, A. Rago, M.V. Martinez & W. Yeoh
HAXP @ ICAPS
2024
- A Little of That Human Touch: Achieving Human-Centric Explainable AI via Argumentation
A. Rago
IJCAI (Early Career Track) - Robust Counterfactual Explanations in Machine Learning: A Survey
J. Jiang, F. Leofante, A. Rago & F. Toni
IJCAI (Survey Track) - Advancing Interactive Explainable AI via Belief Change Theory
A. Rago & M.V. Martinez
KR (Reasoning, Learning, & Decision Making Track) - Contestable AI needs Computational Argumentation
F. Leofante, H. Ayoobi, A. Dejl, G. Freedman, D. Gorur, J. Jiang, G. Paulino-Passos, A. Rago, A. Rapberger, F. Russo, X. Yin, D. Zhang & F. Toni
KR (Reasoning, Learning, & Decision Making Track) - Recourse under Model Multiplicity via Argumentative Ensembling
J. Jiang, F. Leofante, A. Rago & F. Toni
AAMAS - Integrating User Preferences into Gradual Bipolar Argumentation for Personalised Decision Support
E. Battaglia, P. Baroni, A. Rago & F. Toni
SUM - Interval Abstractions for Robust Counterfactual Explanations
J. Jiang, F. Leofante, A. Rago & F. Toni
AIJ - Predicting Human Judgement in Online Debates with Argumentation
B. Oluokun, G. Paulino Passos, A. Rago & F. Toni
CMNA @ COMMA
2023
- Formalising the Robustness of Counterfactual Explanations for Neural Networks
J. Jiang, F. Leofante, A. Rago & F. Toni
AAAI - Interactive Explanations by Conflict Resolution via Argumentative Exchanges
A. Rago, H. Li & F. Toni
KR - Provably Robust and Plausible Counterfactual Explanations for Neural Networks via Robust Optimisation
J. Jiang, J. Lan, F. Leofante, A. Rago and F. Toni
ACML - Achieving descriptive accuracy in explanations via argumentation: The case of probabilistic classifiers
E. Albini, A. Rago, P. Baroni & F. Toni
Frontiers - Explaining Classifiers' Outputs with Causal Models and Argumentation
A. Rago, F. Russo, E. Albini, P. Baroni & F. Toni
IfCoLog - ROAD2H: Development and evaluation of an open-source explainable artificial intelligence approach for managing co-morbidity and clinical guidelines
J. Domínguez, D. Prociuk, B. Marovic, K. Cyras, O. Cocarascu, F. Ruiz, E. Mi, E. Mi, C. Ramtale, A. Rago, A. Darzi, F. Toni, V. Curcin & B. Delaney
Learning Health Systems - Forecasting with Jury-Based Probabilistic Argumentation
F. Toni, A. Rago & K. Cyras
JANCL - ArguCast: A System for Online Multi-Forecasting with Gradual Argumentation
D. Gorur, A. Rago & F. Toni
Arg&App @ KR - The Recourse Problem under Model Multiplicity
J. Jiang, A. Rago, F. Leofante & F. Toni
XAIFIN @ ICAIF
2022
- Explaining Causal Models with Argumentation: the Case of Bi-variate Reinforcement
A. Rago, P. Baroni and F. Toni
KR - Forecasting Argumentation Frameworks
B. Irwin, A. Rago and F. Toni
KR - Argumentative Forecasting
B. Irwin, A. Rago and F. Toni
AAMAS (Extended Abstract) - Descriptive Accuracy in Explanations: The Case of Probabilistic Classifiers
E. Albini, A. Rago, P. Baroni and F. Toni
SUM - Mining Property-driven Graphical Explanations for Data-centric AI from Argumentation Frameworks
O. Cocarascu, K. Cyras, A. Rago and F. Toni
Human-Like Machine Intelligence - Should counterfactual explanations always be data instances?
J. Jiang, A. Rago and F. Toni
XLoKR @ KR - Formalising the Robustness of Counterfactual Explanations for Neural Networks
J. Jiang, F. Leofante, A. Rago and F. Toni
XAIFIN @ ICAIF
2021
- Argumentative XAI: A Survey
K. Cyras, A. Rago, E. Albini, P Baroni & F. Toni
IJCAI (Survey Track) - Argflow: A Toolkit for Deep Argumentative Explanations for Neural Networks
A. Dejl, P. He, P. Mangal, H. Mohsin, B. Surdu, E. Voinea, E. Albini, P. Lertvittayakumjorn, A. Rago and F. Toni
AAMAS (Demo Track) - Influence-Driven Explanations for Bayesian Network Classifiers
E. Albini, A. Rago, P. Baroni and F. Toni
PRICAI - Interpreting and explaining PageRank through argumentation semantics
E. Albini, P. Baroni, A. Rago and F. Toni
Intelligenza Artificiale - Argumentative Explanations for Interactive Recommendations
A. Rago, O. Cocarascu, C. Bechlivanidis, D. Lagnado & F. Toni
AIJ - Forging Argumentative Explanations from Causal Models
A. Rago, F. Russo, E. Albini, P. Baroni and F. Toni
AI^3 @ AIxIA - Neural QBAFs: Explaining Neural Networks Under LRP-Based Argumentation Frameworks
P. Sukpanichnant, A. Rago, P. Lertvittayakumjorn and F. Toni
XAI.it @ AIxIA - LRP-Based Argumentative Explanations for Neural Networks
P. Sukpanichnant, A. Rago, P. Lertvittayakumjorn and F. Toni
XAI.it @ AIxIA
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