Logical representation of preferences

Jérôme Lang (1)

1 LAMSADE - Laboratoire d'analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l'aide à la décision

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.

Mots clés: preferences; decision theory; intelligence community; computational issues; available alternatives; philosophical considerations; compact representation

Domaines: Informatique [cs]

Jérôme Lang. Logical representation of preferences. Decision Making Process: Concepts and Methods, pp.321-363, 2009, ⟨10.1002/9780470611876.ch7⟩. ⟨hal-01493563⟩