diff --git a/02_Proposal/sections/10_foundations.tex b/02_Proposal/sections/10_foundations.tex index d217aa5..db87e93 100644 --- a/02_Proposal/sections/10_foundations.tex +++ b/02_Proposal/sections/10_foundations.tex @@ -1,25 +1,13 @@ \chapter{Foundations} \label{ch:Foundations} -\section{Group Decision-Making} -\label{sec:Foundation:GroupDecisionMaking} - -\section{Decision Tasks} -\label{sec:Foundation:DecisionTask} - \section{Recommender System} -\label{sec:Foundation:RecommenderSystem} - -\section{Single User Decision Scenario} -\label{sec:Foundation:SingleUserDecisionScenario} - -\section{Group Decision Scenario} -\label{sec:Foundation:GroupDecisionScenario} +\label{Foundations:RecommenderSystem} \section{Product Configuration} -\label{sec:Foundation:ProductConfiguration} +\label{Foundations:ProductConfiguration} -Product configuration is a process consisting of a series of decision tasks whereby a product is constructed of components which interact with each other. During a configuration process no new components are created their interplay and specification is defined beforehand \cite[~ p. 42-43]{sabinProductConfigurationFrameworksa1998}. +Product configuration is a process consisting of a series of decision tasks whereby a product is constructed of components which interact with each other. During a configuration process no new components are created. Their interplay and specification is defined beforehand \cite[~ p. 42-43]{sabinProductConfigurationFrameworksa1998}. Formally a configuration problem can be specified as a \emph{constraint satisfaction problem (CSP)} \cite{tsangFoundationsConstraintSatisfaction1993} as \[ @@ -27,6 +15,24 @@ Formally a configuration problem can be specified as a \emph{constraint satisfac \] where \( V = \{v_1,\dots, v_n\} \) is a set of variables, \( D = dom : V \mapsto X \) is a relation of variables and their corresponding domain definitions \( X \), and \( C = C_{PREF} \cup C_{KB} \) is a set of constraints with customer preferences \( C_{PREF} \) and configuration knowledge base \( C_{KB} \) \cite{felfernigOpenConfiguration2014, felferningGroupBasedConfiguration2016}. -\section{Collaborative Product Configuration} -\label{sec:Foundation:CollaborativeProductConfiguration} + +\section{Group-Based Product Configuration} +\label{Foundations:GroupBasedProductConfiguration} + +To define group-based product configuration we extend the definition (\ref{Foundations:ProductConfiguration}) to +\[ + C_{PREF} = \bigcup +PREF_i \] +with preferences of user \( i \) as \( PREF_i \) \cite{ felferningGroupBasedConfiguration2016}. + +\section{Group-Based Configuration-Solution} +\label{Foundations:GroupBasedConfigurationSolution} + +\ref{Foundations:ProductConfiguration} and \ref{Foundations:GroupBasedProductConfiguration} expand to a solution of a group-based configuration with the addition of variable assignments +\[ + C_{CONF} = \bigcup_{v_i \in V} \{ v_i = x_i \}, \ x_i \in dom(v_i) +\] +and where \( C_{CONF} \cup C_{PREF} \cup C_{KB} \) is consistent \cite{ felferningGroupBasedConfiguration2016}. + +