Argumentation is a reasoning model based on the construction of arguments and counterarguments (defeaters) then the selection of the most acceptable of them. In this paper, we pro...
It is increasingly recognised that user preferences should be addressed in many advanced database applications, such as adaptive searching in databases. However, the fundamental is...
We describe a methodology for representing and optimizing user preferences on plans. Our approach differs from previous work on plan optimization in that we employ a generalizatio...
Gregg Rabideau, Barbara Engelhardt, Steve A. Chien
In this paper we examine the general problem of generating preferred explanations for observed behavior with respect to a model of the behavior of a dynamical system. This problem...
Shirin Sohrabi, Jorge A. Baier, Sheila A. McIlrait...
In Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis, the preferences of the decision maker regarding each criterion are classically modelled by a utility function depending on one single varia...