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Logical representation of preferences

Lang, Jérôme (2009), Logical representation of preferences, in Bouyssou, Denis; Dubois, Didier; Pirlot, Marc; Prade, Henri, Decision Making Process: Concepts and Methods, J. Wiley & Sons : Chichester, p. 321-363. 10.1002/9780470611876.ch7

Type
Chapitre d'ouvrage
Date
2009
Book title
Decision Making Process: Concepts and Methods
Book author
Bouyssou, Denis; Dubois, Didier; Pirlot, Marc; Prade, Henri
Publisher
J. Wiley & Sons
Published in
Chichester
ISBN
978-1-84821-116-2
Number of pages
868
Pages
321-363
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Author(s)
Lang, Jérôme
Laboratoire d'analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l'aide à la décision [LAMSADE]
Abstract (EN)
The specification of a decision making problem includes the agent's preferences on the available alternatives. We have to distinguish between preference modeling, which consists of choosing a mathematical model for preferences and studying its properties, from preference representation (or specification), which consists of choosing a language for expressing, storing and processing an agent's preferences efficiently. A third important problem is preference elicitation, which consists of interacting with the agent in order to acquire enough information about their preferences.
Subjects / Keywords
preferences; decision theory; intelligence community; computational issues; available alternatives; philosophical considerations; compact representation