Argumentative Support for Structured HACCP Plans

Abstract

This research presents an argumentation based decision support system for implementing the Hazard Analysis at Critical Control Points (HACCP) standard in food industry. Our analysis starts by identifying the adequate technical instrumentation needed for supporting different aspects of the HAACP system. An integrated architectural solution is presented. The framework is built around concept maps and it exploits the integration of ontologies with argumentation theory by using the Argument Interchange Format ontology.

Keywords

• decision support systems
• food industry
• description logic
• argumentation
• supply chains