What is a Decision Problem? Preliminary Statements

Colorni, Alberto; Tsoukiàs, Alexis

Colorni, Alberto; Tsoukiàs, Alexis (2013), What is a Decision Problem? Preliminary Statements, in Perny, Patrice; Pirlot, Marc; Tsoukiàs, Alexis, Algorithmic Decision Theory Third International Conference, ADT 2013, Bruxelles, Belgium, November 12-14, 2013, Proceedings, Springer : Berlin Heidelberg, p. 139-153. 10.1007/978-3-642-41575-3_11

Type

Communication / Conférence

Date

2013

Conference title

Third International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory , ADT 2013

Conference date

2013-11

Conference city

Bruxelles

Conference country

Belgium

Book title

Algorithmic Decision Theory Third International Conference, ADT 2013, Bruxelles, Belgium, November 12-14, 2013, Proceedings

Book author

Perny, Patrice; Pirlot, Marc; Tsoukiàs, Alexis

Publisher

Springer

Published in

Berlin Heidelberg

ISBN

978-3-642-41575-3

Pages

139-153

Laboratoire d'analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l'aide à la décision [LAMSADE]

Abstract (EN)

This paper presents a general framework about what is a decision problem. The aim is to provide a theory under which the existing methods and algorithms can be characterised, designed, chosen or justified. The framework shows that 5 features are necessary and sufficient in order to completely describe the whole set of existing methods. It also explains why optimisation remains the general approach under which decision problems are algorithmically considered.

Subjects / Keywords

decision models; decision analysis