ESP: A Mixed-Initiative Decision-Theoretic Decision Modeling System
Marek J. Drużdżel · 1999
Systems built on decision-theoretic principles typically rely on models that contain a fixed in advance set of objectives and decision variables. This paper describes a decisiontheoretic decision modeling system under development in the Decision Systems Laboratory that departs from this tradition and allows for flexible construction and later reconstruction of models according to the current objectives of the user. Given the knowledge of causal mechanisms acting in the system, a set of objectives, costs, and preferences encoded in the model, the system can take the initiative in discovering decision opportunities, framing decision problems, and solving them.