... systems, is based on the following assumptions: - Preference is a method which, on the basis of some preference criteria, chooses the best one among a set of possible interpretations which ... framework, preference can only been decided on the basis of a number of criteria, and a preference mechanism is not based on a dichotomy between correct and wrong results, but on a scale ... defined criteria. - There is no unique preference criterion accor- ding to which the best interpretation can be chosen: preference criteria are multiple, and possibly contradictory. A preference...