Reasons Underlying Treatment Preference

Preference based on Reasons

We describe a logic of preference in which modal connectives reflect reasons to desire that a sentence be true. Various conditions on models are introduced and analyzed.

Modal Logic for Preference Based on Reasons

We discuss the logic of preferences, introducing modal connectives that reflect reasons to prefer that one formula rather than another be true. An axiomatic analysis of two such logics is presented.

Underlying Criteria in Valued Preference Relations

Translation of Classical Dimension Theory into a valued context should allow a comprehensible view of alternatives, by means of an informative representation, being this representation still manageable by decision makers. In fact, there is an absolute need for this kind of representations, since being able to comprehend a valued preference relation is most of the time the very first difficulty ...

Reasons underlying racial differences in stroke incidence and mortality.

A lthough there has been a significant decline in overall stroke mortality rates since the 1950s, age-adjusted stroke death rates have remained higher in blacks than in whites through 2008. 1 The Table shows the 2009 stroke death rates per 100 000 according to age and sex for blacks and whites. The relative excess in deaths from stroke among blacks compared with whites is most marked in the pop...

The Underlying Reasons in Practical Civil Engineering Works