Because we want to develop a DSS that generates adjusted OR schedules within a short amount of time, we first analyze the problem to determine which changes are preferred based on the preferences of the stakeholders.
Each outcome is assigned a "utility" value based on the preferences of the decision maker.
In settings such as auctions and elections, an outcome must be chosen based on the preferences of multiple parties (agents).
This allows informal knowledge to be formalized based on the "preferences" and "no preferences" of experts.
Adaptive defaults can serve as advisers, helping people identify sets of features that they will probably want, based on the preferences of other consumers in the company's database.
A computer program would then make matches based on the preferences submitted by sophomores and any preferences submitted by the clubs.
Then there are personal radio services like Pandora and the upcoming iTunes Radio, which generate streaming stations of music based on specific genres, artists and songs, or based on the preferences of the listener.
Now that they have become public documents, Murphy's photos deserve to be seen or ignored, based on the preferences of viewers, just like all the other images of Tsarnaev.
"Although scientific evidence supports the safe use of triclosan in consumer products, we have made this decision based on the preferences expressed by some of our customers for products without triclosan," it states.
The press team's reply began "oh dear", followed by a link to an explanation of how Google Adsense functions - that is, based on the preferences of a web user.
In the past, those tags were used to recommend other shows from the long tail of content on the service, essentially building profiles based on the preferences of individual subscribers.
