Airline Buyout: Evolutionary Systems Design and Problem Restructuring in Group Decision and Negotiation
提出演化系统设计方法，通过启发式控制、目标调整等知识帮助群体决策中问题表征的演化，并以航空公司劳资谈判与收购案例展示多重问题重构的应用。
We discuss problem restructuring involving evolution of the problem representation in group decision and negotiation support systems. We develop the evolutionary systems design (ESD) approach to restructuring involving a heuristic controls/goals/values referral process and other domain-independent methodological knowledge, such as constraint relaxation, contingency planning, coalition formation and flexible goal target. These ideas are applied to multiple problem restructuring in a scenario motivated by labor-management negotiations and buyout in the airline industry, in particular, a composite of negotiations at Eastern Airlines, TWA and UAL.