Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1994.400012
