Academic Writing Support System Using Bayesian Networks

For academic writing, elaborating an argument particularly addressing an argument strength is important to establish causal relations between sentences. However, when an argument becomes large or complex, elaborating an argument considering the argument strength is difficult. To solve this problem, this article presents a proposal for an argument elaboration support system using a Bayesian network representation of the Toulmin model. Using that Bayesian network representation, the proposed system can estimate argument strength, sentence validity, and sentence influence. Moreover, it can generate optimal advice for revising the argument.