Preference Elicitation in Constraint-Based Decision Problems

Start: Friday, April 07, 2006, 01:00PM

End: Friday, April 07, 2006, 02:00PM

Location: 325b

Abstract: Preference elicitation is generally required when making or recommending decisions on behalf of users whose utility function is not known with certainty. Although one can engage in elicitation until a utility function is perfectly known, in practice, this is infeasible. This talk tackles this problem in constraint-based optimization. I will first describe a graphical model for utility representation and issues associated with elicitation in this model. I then discuss two methods for optimization with imprecise utility information: a Bayesian approach in which utility function ncertainty is quantified probabilistically; and a distribution-free minimax regret model. Finally, I will describe several heuristic strategies for elicitation.

This work describes several joint projects with: Darius Braziunas, Relu Patrascu, Pascal Poupart and Dale Schuurmans.

Host: Marie desJardins


	UMBC eBiquity Events / Talks Preference Elicitation in Constraint-Based Decision Problems OWL metadata Update record		Preference Elicitation in Constraint-Based Decision Problems Tweet Speaker: Craig Boutilier Start: Friday, April 07, 2006, 01:00PM End: Friday, April 07, 2006, 02:00PM Location: 325b Abstract: Preference elicitation is generally required when making or recommending decisions on behalf of users whose utility function is not known with certainty. Although one can engage in elicitation until a utility function is perfectly known, in practice, this is infeasible. This talk tackles this problem in constraint-based optimization. I will first describe a graphical model for utility representation and issues associated with elicitation in this model. I then discuss two methods for optimization with imprecise utility information: a Bayesian approach in which utility function ncertainty is quantified probabilistically; and a distribution-free minimax regret model. Finally, I will describe several heuristic strategies for elicitation. This work describes several joint projects with: Darius Braziunas, Relu Patrascu, Pascal Poupart and Dale Schuurmans. Host: Marie desJardins ,