Preference Management and Evolution
Representing generic preferences
- Preferences among classes, not among individuals
- Timeliness outweighs cost, prefer domestic suppliers
- Robust guidelines insensitive to tradeoff uncertainties
- Let informants state simple changes simply
Constructing negotiation preference models
- Qualitative bases for reasoned decision-model construction
- Specifying constraints on structure of quantitative models
- Expressing desirability of negotiation options
- Constructing market agent utility measures
Sanity checking market decisions
- Qualitative checks on quantitative outcomes
- Reversing preferences based on decision outcomes
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