Working with Preferences: Less Is More Less Is More /

• Main Author: Kaci, Souhila (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Cognitive Technologies,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Logic.; Mathematical logic.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

Preferences are useful in many real-life problems, guiding human decision making from early childhood up to complex professional and organizational decisions. In artificial intelligence specifically, preferences is a relatively new topic of relevance to nonmonotonic reasoning, multiagent systems, co...

Table of Contents:

• Preferences Modeling
• Preferences Representation Languages
• Making Hidden Priorities Explicit
• What Psychology Has to Say About Preferences
• Preferences in Argumentation Theory
• Preferences in Database Queries
• Preferences Aggregation, Conclusion and Perspectives
• Bibliography.