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NIPS 2001 Workshop on New Methods for Preference Elicitation
December 7-8, 2001, Whistler, BC, Canada
As intelligent agents become more and more adept at making (or
recommending) decisions for users in various domains, the need for
effective methods for the representation, elicitation, and discovery
of preference and utility functions becomes more pressing. Deciding
on the best course of action for a user depends critically on that
user's preferences. While there has been much work on representing and
learning models of the world (e.g., system dynamics), there has been
comparatively little similar research with respect to preferences. The
need to reason about preferences arises in electronic commerce,
collaborative filtering, user interface design, task-oriented mobile
robotics, reinforcement learning, and many others. Many areas of
research bring interesting tools to the table that can be used to
tackle these issues: machine learning (classification, reinforcement
learning), decision theory and control theory (Markov decision
processes, filtering techniques), Bayesian networks and probabilistic
inferences, economics and game theory, among others. The aim of this
workshop is to bring together a diverse group of researchers to
discuss the both the practical and theoretical problems associated
with effective preference elicitation and to highlight avenues for
future research. For more details see our web site:
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/poole/NIPS/Preferences2001.html
The deadline for extended abstracts and statements of
interest is October 19.
We are looking forward to an exciting workshop. If you have any interest
in this area, please participate.
David
-- David Poole, Office: +1 (604) 822-6254 Department of Computer Science, poole@cs.ubc.ca University of British Columbia, http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/poole
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