Efficient utility functions for ceteris paribus preferences

Proceedings of the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 279-284

  McGeachie, Michael ^a   Doyle, Jon ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

NUMERICAL UTILITY FUNCTIONS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0036926279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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