• DocumentCode
    3117855
  • Title

    Preference strength and uncertainty in the graph model for conflict resolution for two decision-makers

  • Author

    Xu, Haiyan ; Hipel, Keith W. ; Kilgour, D. Marc

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Syst. Design Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    12-15 Oct. 2008
  • Firstpage
    2907
  • Lastpage
    2912
  • Abstract
    A new preference structure that includes preference strength and preference uncertainty is developed within the paradigm of the graph model for conflict resolution with two decision makers. This structure allows a decision maker to strongly or mildly prefer one state or scenario over another, to have equal preference for the two states, or to be uncertain about the preference between them, thereby creating a more general preference structure. Four solution concepts, Nash Stability, General Metarationality, Symmetric Metarationality, and Sequential Stability, are defined for the graph model with this extended preference structure, and relationships among stability types are determined. A specific graph model with two decision makers is used to illustrate how the new solution concepts can be applied in practice.
  • Keywords
    decision making; decision theory; game theory; graph theory; stability; uncertain systems; Nash stability; conflict resolution; decision maker; general metarationality; graph model; preference strength; preference uncertainty; sequential stability; symmetric metarationality; Delta modulation; Design engineering; Electronic mail; International relations; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Psychology; Stability; Systems engineering and theory; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2008. SMC 2008. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Singapore
  • ISSN
    1062-922X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2383-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1062-922X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSMC.2008.4811739
  • Filename
    4811739