We extend Dubois and Prade's possibilistic decision theory to multi-stage decision making. EEects of actions are described by possibility distributions; objectives are speciied either by a partition of the nal states between goal and non-goal states, or more generally by a qualitative utility function. Optimal policies are computed by an algorithm in the style of dynamic programming.

The application of multi-attribute utility theory whose aggregation process is based on the Choquet integral requires the prior identification of a capacity. The main approaches to capacity identification proposed in the literature are reviewed and their advantages and inconveniences are discussed. All the reviewed methods have been implemented within the Kappalab R package. Their application i...

The application of multi-attribute utility theory whose aggregation process is based on the Choquet integral requires the prior identification of a capacity. The main approaches to capacity identification proposed in the literature are reviewed and their advantages and inconveniences are discussed. All the reviewed methods have been implemented within the Kappalab R package. Their application i...

We present a method for multi-agent negotiation for implementing a distributed meeting scheduler. In the meeting scheduler, an agent negotiates with other agents about making an public schedule by referring user’s private schedules and preferences. We propose a new persuasion method for multi-agent negotiation for reflecting private preferences. We call the method the multiple negotiations. In ...

Multi criteria decision making (MCDM) methods like analytic hierarchy process, ELECTRE and multi-attribute utility theory are critically studied. They have irregularities in terms of the reliability of ranking of the best alternatives. The Routing Decision Support (RDS) algorithm is trying to improve some of their deficiencies. This paper gives a mathematical verification that the RDS algorithm...

This paper is concerned with the extraction of spatiotemporal patterns in video sequences with focus on trajectories of gestural motions associated with American Sign Language. An algorithm is described to extract the motion trajectories of salient features such as human palms from an image sequence. First, motion segmentation of the image sequence is generated based on a multiscale segmentatio...

and Local Concepts in Attributed Networks Henry Soldano, Guillaume Santini, and Dominique Bouthinon 1 Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, L.I.P.N UMR-CNRS 7030 F-93430, Villetaneuse, France 2 Atelier de BioInformatique, ISYEB UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, F-75005, Paris, France Abstract. We consider attribute pattern mining in attributed graphs throug...