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*********From Multiple Criteria Decision Aid to Preference Learning**********
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DA2PL is organized jointly by Faculté Polytechnique UMONS, Belgium, and Ecole Centrale Paris, France
Date: November 15-16, 2012
Venue: University of Mons, Faculté Polytechnique, Mons, Belgium
Aim: Bring together researchers involved in Preference Modeling and Preference Learning and
identify research challenges at the crossroad of both research fields
The need for search engines able to select and rank order the pages most relevant to a user’s query
has emphasized the issue of learning the user’s preferences and interests in an adequate way.
That is to say, on the basis of little information on the person who queries the Web, and,
in almost no time. Recommender systems also rely on efficient preference learning.
On the other hand, preference modeling has been an auxiliary discipline related to
Multicriteria decision aiding for a long time.
Methods for eliciting preference models, including learning by examples, are a crucial issue in this field.
It is quite natural to think, and it is actually observed in practice, that preference modeling and
learning are two fields that have things to say to one another. It is the main goal of
the present workshop to bring together researchers involved in those disciplines, in order to
identify research issues in which cross-fertilization is already at work or can be expected.
Communications related to successful usage of explicit preference models in preference learning
are especially welcome as well as communications devoted to innovative preference learning methods in MCDA.
The programme of the workshop will consist of three or four invited lectures
(Craig Boutillier - to be confirmed - , Yann Chevaleyre, Krzysztof Dembczynski, Eyke Hullermeyer)
and about 15 selected research communications. A round table will try to identify the
most promising research avenues at the crossroad of preference learning and preference modeling.
This workshop is organized in the framework of the GDRI (Groupement de Recherche International)
“Algorithmic Decision Theory”, which is recognized and supported by CNRS (France),
FNRS (Belgium), FNR (Luxembourg).
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Call for papers:
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The researchers wanting to present a communication are invited to submit
a 4 to 8 pages (2 columns) paper that will be reviewed by two referees.
They should notify their intention to propose a communication by July 15.
After the workshop, the authors of the selected paper will be invited to submit
an extended version of their work (up to 16 pages) for a special issue
of the EURO Journal of Decision Processes.
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Important dates:
before July 15, 2012
* Notification of acceptance and requests for modifications: October 15, 2012
* Send the final version of your paper : November 1, 2012
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Scientific Committee :
Raymond Bisdorff (U. Luxembourg), Craig Boutillier (U. Toronto), Denis Bouyssou (CNRS, U. Paris Dauphine),
Ronen Brafman (Ben Gurion University), Bernard De Baets (U. Ghent), Yves De Smet (Université libre de Bruxelles),
Luis Dias (U. Coimbra), Philippe Fortemps (U. Mons), Patrick Meyer (Telecom Bretagne),
Vincent Mousseau (Ecole Centrale Paris), Patrice Perny (UPMC Paris), Marc Pirlot (U. Mons),
Ahti Salo (Aalto U., Helsinki), Alexis Tsoukias (CNRS, U. Paris Dauphine),
Aida Valls, U. Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona), Paolo Viappiani (Aalborg U.)
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Organizing Committee :
Marc Pirlot, Philippe Fortemps, Xavier Siebert, Massimo Gurrieri, Valérie Brison (UMONS),
Yves De Smet (ULB), Vincent Mousseau, Wassila Ouerdane, Olivier Cailloux (Ecole Centrale Paris)