Decision theory or the theory of rational choice is a branch of probability, economics, and analytic philosophy that uses expected utility and probability...
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theory is a theory of behavioral economics, judgment and decision making that was developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979. The theory was...
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In decision theory, regret aversion (or anticipated regret) describes how the human emotional response of regret can influence decision-making under uncertainty...
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Theory and Decision is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal of decision science published quarterly by Springer Science+Business Media. It was first...
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In computability theory and computational complexity theory, a decision problem is a computational problem that can be posed as a yes–no question on a...
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Causal decision theory (CDT) is a school of thought within decision theory which states that, when a rational agent is confronted with a set of possible...
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In psychology, decision-making (also spelled decision making and decisionmaking) is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a...
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Busta Rhymes from the album Back on My B.S. Decision-making Decision support system Decision theory The Decision (disambiguation) Decide (disambiguation)...
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Minimax (redirect from Maximin (decision theory))
or saddle point) is a decision rule used in artificial intelligence, decision theory, combinatorial game theory, statistics, and philosophy for minimizing...
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Decision field theory (DFT) is a dynamic-cognitive approach to human decision making. It is a cognitive model that describes how people actually make...
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Evidential decision theory (EDT) is a school of thought within decision theory which states that, when a rational agent is confronted with a set of possible...
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Branches of normative economics such as social choice, game theory, and decision theory typically emphasize the study of prescriptive facts, such as mathematical...
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Satisficing (redirect from Satisficing decision)
rationality, which posits that rational choice theory is an unrealistic description of human decision processes and calls for psychological realism. He referred...
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A decision model in decision theory is the starting point for a decision method within a formal (axiomatic) system. Decision models contain at least one...
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Bayes estimator (redirect from Bayesian decision theory)
In estimation theory and decision theory, a Bayes estimator or a Bayes action is an estimator or decision rule that minimizes the posterior expected value...
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Social choice theory is a branch of welfare economics that extends the theory of rational choice to collective decision-making. Social choice studies...
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Nudge theory is a concept in behavioral economics, decision making, behavioral policy, social psychology, consumer behavior, and related behavioral sciences...
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Peter C. Fishburn (category John von Neumann Theory Prize winners)
was an American mathematician, known as a pioneer in the field of decision theory. In collaboration with Steven Brams, Fishburn published a paper about...
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In expected utility theory, a lottery is a discrete distribution of probability on a set of states of nature. The elements of a lottery correspond to the...
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Cognitive dissonance (redirect from Cognitive dissonance theory)
experimental study about self-awareness in status-seeking behavior". Theory and Decision. 79 (3): 493–515. doi:10.1007/s11238-014-9469-5. hdl:10419/70167...
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umbrella term for the science of rational decision making in humans, animals, and computers. Modern game theory began with the idea of mixed-strategy equilibria...
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Info-gap decision theory seeks to optimize robustness to failure under severe uncertainty, in particular applying sensitivity analysis of the stability...
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makers: description and analysis. Chichester; New York, Wiley. Sprague, Ralph (1986). Decision support systems : putting theory into practice. Englewood...
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In decision theory, a decision rule is a function which maps an observation to an appropriate action. Decision rules play an important role in the theory...
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negotiation theory are decision analysis, behavioral decision-making, game theory, and negotiation analysis. Another classification of theories distinguishes...
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Blackwell's informativeness theorem (category Decision theory)
In the mathematical subjects of information theory and decision theory, Blackwell's informativeness theorem is an important result related to the ranking...
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Emotional choice theory (also referred to as the "logic of affect") is a social scientific action model to explain human decision-making. Its foundation...
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Public choice (redirect from Political choice theory)
example) standard constrained utility maximization, game theory, or decision theory. It is the origin and intellectual foundation of contemporary work in political...
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Condorcet paradox (category Decision-making paradoxes)
"Condorcet's paradox and the likelihood of its occurrence: different perspectives on balanced preferences*". Theory and Decision. 52 (2): 171–199. doi:10...
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Monty Hall problem (redirect from Marilyn and the Goats)
(2008). "The Collapsing Choice Theory: Dissociating Choice and Judgment in Decision Making" (PDF). Theory and Decision. Tierney, John (21 July 1991)....
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