"conflicting preferences" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to two or more preferences that are in disagreement or opposition to each other. You can use this phrase when discussing situations where people have different opinions or choices that clash with each other. Example: The company's decision to launch a new product has caused conflicting preferences among its employees - while some are excited about the potential success, others are concerned about the added workload.
Most existing studies ignore conflicting preferences and strategic interactions among decision-makers.
In this context we determine the conditions under which agents have similar preferences over the implementation scheme and the conditions under which they have conflicting preferences.
The analysis indicates that there are conflicting preferences within the host community as well as between the host community and tourists.
Some group members are perhaps better informed than others, for instance, about the location of a foraging site, and there may be conflicting preferences among group members on which site to go to.
A small number of interviewees described attempts to mediate between patients and carers with conflicting preferences.
Student experiences of the mentoring scheme highlighted both converging and conflicting preferences on what would constitute an ideal student-mentor pairing.
When data from multiple studies conflicted, preference was given to long-term studies.
We explore the potential of argumentation to handle conflicting user preferences.
As human beings we represent a rich diversity of conflicting personalities, preferences, experiences, needs, and moral viewpoints.
That's a worthy and difficult question, and it hinges on choosing among conflicting societal preferences: supporting sustainable agricultural practices and family farms, protecting and restoring wilderness, maintaining historical and cultural values, and other difficult and highly subjective factors -- precisely the things that make public discourse, discussion, and debate important.
It was also mentioned that conflicting treatment preferences between care-givers and decision-makers were a cause of delay: one hospital mother reported that although she had wanted to take her child to the hospital sooner, elderly members of the extended family had advised her to go to the traditional healer for makang'a treatment first.
