Binary Relations and Preference Modeling

Decision-making Process: Concepts and Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 49-84

  Bouyssou, Denis ^a   Vincke, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomous agents; Objective function; Preference modeling; Preference structures; Rational consumer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885795560     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470611876.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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