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Preferences in terms of binary, weak order relations and preference functions which represent such relations are considered. The set of arguments of preference functions is enlarged by so-called situational variables. These account for different assessments of the same set of alternatives under different external conditions. This has applications both inside and outside economical models. The latter includes consistent decision behaviour of technical, senso-motory systems (“autonomous robots”), as an interesting new application field of preferences and decision theory.
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Kämpke, T., Radermacher, F.J. (1999). Preferences: Situated Models for Technical Systems. In: Gaul, W., Schader, M. (eds) Mathematische Methoden der Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12433-8_39
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