Graphical forms for preference representation: considerations for practical application

Author

De, Mitali ; Meister, Darren B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. Design Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

2-5 Oct 1994

Firstpage

1222

Abstract

Decision support systems (DSS) often require information about preference relations as an input for the decision making process. Forms that are currently popular for this purpose have been found to be lacking in flexibility and precision. Preference elicitation forms that use graphic representation schema provide a better modeling methodology but present implementation difficulties. Algorithms that simplify the process of preference solicitation in practical DSS settings are presented in this paper. The algorithms provide a simple mechanism for the completion of partially described preference structures and the detection of preference intransitivity

Keywords

decision support systems; decision theory; graphical user interfaces; decision making process; decision support systems; graphic representation; preference elicitation; preference intransitivity; preference representation; Algorithm design and analysis; Decision making; Decision support systems; Design engineering; Discrete wavelet transforms; Environmental management; Graphics; Information analysis; Spread spectrum communication; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1994. Humans, Information and Technology., 1994 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2129-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1994.400012

Filename

400012