INTEREST-BASED PREFERENCE REASONING

Wietske Visser, Koen V. Hindriks, Catholijn M. Jonker

2011

Abstract

In the context of practical reasoning, such as decision making and negotiation, it is necessary to model preferences over possible outcomes. Such preferences usually depend on multiple criteria. We argue that the criteria by which outcomes are evaluated should be the satisfaction of a person’s underlying interests: the more an outcome satisfies his interests, the more preferred it is. Underlying interests can explain and eliminate conditional preferences. Also, modelling interests will create a better model of human preferences, and can lead to better, more creative deals in negotiation. We present an argumentation framework for reasoning about interest-based preferences. We take a qualitative approach and provide the means to derive both ceteris paribus and lexicographic preferences.

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Visser W., V. Hindriks K. and M. Jonker C. (2011). INTEREST-BASED PREFERENCE REASONING . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-8425-40-9, pages 79-88. DOI: 10.5220/0003141300790088


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@conference{icaart11,
author={Wietske Visser and Koen V. Hindriks and Catholijn M. Jonker},
title={INTEREST-BASED PREFERENCE REASONING},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2011},
pages={79-88},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003141300790088},
isbn={978-989-8425-40-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - INTEREST-BASED PREFERENCE REASONING
SN - 978-989-8425-40-9
AU - Visser W.
AU - V. Hindriks K.
AU - M. Jonker C.
PY - 2011
SP - 79
EP - 88
DO - 10.5220/0003141300790088