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1. Law

a. the settling of the claims of one or more creditors before or to the exclusion of those of the others

b. a prior right to payment, as of a dividend or share in the assets of a company in the event of liquidation

2. Commerce the granting of favour or precedence to particular foreign countries, as by levying differential tariffs

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No references found			1 Prioritised Goals Prioritised goals are the ordinal counterpart to weighted goals: instead of numerical weights attached to goals (expressed as propositional formulas), we have a priority relation on goals, from which a preference relation on the set of bundles can be drawn. Issues in Multiagent Resource Allocation by Chevaleyre, Yann; Dunne, Paul E.; Endriss, Ulle; Lang, Jerome; Lemaitre, Michel; Maudet, Nicolas; Pa / Informatica What if a person doesn't have an established preference relation over the set of available alternatives but rather tries to simplify the choices (Chapter 2)? Modeling Bounded Rationality by Friedman, Daniel / Southern Economic Journal The aim of that initial paper was to give topological conditions on the space of actions of an agent implying that a closed preference relation can be represented by a continuous utility function. Random walk and life philosophy by Debreu, Gerard / American Economist			preemphasis preemphasis network preemption Preemption Act preemptive multitasking preen gland Preestablished Harmony prefab prefabricate prefabricated building prefabricated construction prefabricated flue prefabricated house prefabricated joint filler prefabricated masonry panel prefabricated pipe conduit system Prefabricated Structure prefabricated tie prefabricated unit prefabricated wall prefabrication preface Prefect Prefecture preference Preference relation preferences preferential shop Preferential Tariff Preferential Voting preferred angle preferred numbers preferred orientation Preferred Stock preferred values prefetch prefilter prefinished door prefitted door Prefix prefix notation prefix syntax preflashing prefocus lamp prefoliation preform Preformation preformed asphalt joint filler preformed foam preformed joint sealant preformed sealant			preferability preferability preferable preferable preferableness preferableness preferably preferably Prefered Bidder preference preference preference preference Preference (behaviour) Preference (behaviour) Preference (behaviour) Preference (behaviour) Preference (disambiguation) Preference (disambiguation) Preference (disambiguation) Preference (disambiguation) Preference Aggregation in Multiagent Systems Preference cycling Preference Disaggregation Approach Preference Equity Redemption Cumulative Stock Preference for Current Climate Regime Preference Item Preference Items Preference nationale Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluations Preference relation Preference Right Lease Application Preference share Preference share Preference share Preference share Preference share Preference Share Capital Preference Share Capital Preference Share Capital Preference Share Capital preference shares preference shares preference shares preference shares Preference stock Preference stock Preference stock Preference stock preference stocks preference stocks preference stocks preference stocks Preference voting Preference voting Preferences Preferences Preferences Preferences Preferences Preferences and Their Applications in Logic Programming Systems

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preference (redirected from Preference relation)

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