Chaparral Steel : a model systems design -- Critical arguments : the Toulmin Argumentation Schema (TAS) -- Assumptions : Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing (SAST) -- A critical application : the U.S. Census Bureau -- Complex messy systems -- Synthesis : putting it all together --...

This paper presents a new framework for handling ill-structured decision problems. The framework derives from recent developments in the logic of argumentation. It shows how policy statements may under certain conditions be construed as the outcome of a complex process of argumentation. The...

This paper describes the results of a two-and-a-half year effort in proactive planning at the Bureau of the Census in Washington, D.C. Most large-scale organizations merely react to their future(s) instead of actively planning for and thus anticipating the future(s) they would like to bring...