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Preferences Aggregation

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In the previous chapters we focused on problems related to the representation of and reasoning with preferences. In this chapter we highlight the closeness of preference representation and other artificial intelligence fields. In particular, we shed light on conditional logics and relate them to multiple criteria aggregation and temporal reasoning.

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Kaci, S. (2011). Preferences Aggregation. In: Working with Preferences: Less Is More. Cognitive Technologies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17280-9_8

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