A System for the Preference Evaluation of Cycle Menus

Abstract

A quantitative method for evaluating the overall preference of cyclic menus is presented. The model developed consists of two separate factors relating to menu preference rating. The first is the time-preference relationship for food items. From survey data, time-preference functions have been constructed which indicate how the hedonic rating of a food item varies with the time since the food was last served. The second factor in the model is the meal component weights for the evaluation of an entire meal based on the consumer hedonic preference values for the generic components of the meal (entree, starch, vegetable, salad, and dessert). Regression techniques have been applied to survey data to generate the set of importance factors, or meal component weights, for each component.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA005158

Entities

People

  • Howard R. Moskowitz
  • John E. Rogozenski Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Consumers
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Food
  • Meals
  • Military Personnel
  • Nutrition
  • Operations Research
  • Standards
  • Surveys
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Time Intervals
  • Vegetables

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