• The decision-making paradox is a phenomenon related to decision-making and the quest for determining reliable decision-making methods. It was first described...
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    The paradox of tolerance is a philosophical concept suggesting that if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the...
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    the same data. This leads to the formulation of a decision-making paradox. Logical decision-making is an important part of all science-based professions...
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  • In philosophy and mathematics, Newcomb's paradox, also known as Newcomb's problem, is a thought experiment involving a game between two players, one of...
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  • several factors that may indicate the presence of the Abilene Paradox in the decision-making process: Leaders who publicly do not fear the unknown. Such...
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    Architecture tradeoff analysis method Decision-making Decision-making software Decision-making paradox Decisional balance sheet Multicriteria classification...
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  • In decision theory, the Ellsberg paradox (or Ellsberg's paradox) is a paradox in which people's decisions are inconsistent with subjective expected utility...
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    computer simulation demonstrating Savant's predicted result. The problem is a paradox of the veridical type, because the solution is so counterintuitive it can...
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  • small amount to the participants. The St. Petersburg paradox is a situation where a naïve decision criterion that takes only the expected value into account...
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    In decision making and psychology, decision fatigue refers to the deteriorating quality of decisions made by an individual after a long session of decision...
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  • too heavily—to "anchor"—on one trait or piece of information when making decisions (usually the first piece of information acquired on that subject)....
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    Condorcet methods. Condorcet's paradox is a special case of Arrow's paradox, which shows that any kind of social decision-making process is either self-contradictory...
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  • predictions of expected utility theory. The Allais paradox demonstrates that individuals rarely make rational decisions consistently when required to do so immediately...
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    Buridan's ass (redirect from Donkey paradox)
    the paradox assumes the ass will always go to whichever is closer, it dies of both hunger and thirst since it cannot make any rational decision between...
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  • paradox: Even those who know better play the so-called chain store game in an irrational manner. Decision-making paradox: Selecting the best decision-making...
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    Kahneman Decision making Decision quality Emotional choice theory Evidential decision theory Game theory Multi-criteria decision making Newcomb's paradox Operations...
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  • Morton's fork (category Decision-making paradoxes)
    A Morton's fork is a type of false dilemma in which contradictory observations lead to the same conclusion. Its name dates back to the rationalising of...
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  • speech Paradox of tolerance – Logical paradox in decision-making theory Paradox of value – Contradiction between utility and price Paradoxes of material...
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    problem, also known as the exchange paradox, is a paradox in probability theory. It is of special interest in decision theory and for the Bayesian interpretation...
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  • An apportionment paradox is a situation where an apportionment—a rule for dividing discrete objects according to some proportional relationship—produces...
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  • Three prisoners problem (category Decision-making paradoxes)
    (i.e., query) that led to those facts. Monty Hall problem Boy or Girl paradox Principle of restricted choice, an application in the card game bridge...
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  • answers derived by most decision making methods. After all, determining the best decision making method leads to a decision making paradox. Thus the following...
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  • decision-making agent might spend the most time on the least important decisions. It was proposed by American physicist Edward Fredkin. The paradox arises...
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  • The chain store paradox is an apparent game theory paradox describing the decisions a chain store might make, where a "deterrence strategy" appears optimal...
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    be applied to methods of social decision-making other than voting. It therefore generalizes Condorcet's voting paradox, and shows similar problems exist...
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  • younger age). This situation is paradoxical because it is common and logical to equate high-risk populations with making up the majority of the burden of...
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  • Fenno's paradox is the idea that people generally disapprove of the United States Congress as a whole but often support the congressmen from their own...
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  • Cultural evolution Decision theory Decision making Hick's law Mass marketing Sheena Iyengar Information overload Overchoice Paradox of plenty Shopping...
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    The paradox of voting, also called Downs' paradox, is that for a rational and egoistic voter (Homo economicus), the costs of voting will normally exceed...
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  • Parrondo's paradox, a paradox in game theory, has been described as: A combination of losing strategies becomes a winning strategy. It is named after its...
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