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To build Intelligent Systems that act in daily life like people do, it is very important to know in depth the mechanisms that govern the decision processes that human beings follow. The context in which a decision process is developed is a key aspect that needs to be known in depth. In this paper, this aspect is defined and studied. Accordingly the definition of General Decision Problem is modified and, by means of a simple example, it is shown how the solutions of decision and optimization problems can vary depending on the context (To Professor Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, with deep admiration for her scientific and academic work. Many thanks Bernadette for keeping us among your friends for so long.).
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Research supported by the projects TIN2014-55024-P and TIN2017-86647-P (MINECO/AEI/FEDER, UE).
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Lamata, M.T., Pelta, D.A., Verdegay, J.L. (2021). The Role of the Context in Decision and Optimization Problems. In: Lesot, MJ., Marsala, C. (eds) Fuzzy Approaches for Soft Computing and Approximate Reasoning: Theories and Applications. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 394. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54341-9_7
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