Escalation of commitment is a human behavior pattern in which an individual or group facing increasingly negative outcomes from a decision, action, or...

The general flow of events that causes implementation of the escalation of commitment heuristic are as follows: A large amount of resources is invested...

evolutionary biology Escalation of commitment, an aspect of game theory Privilege escalation, a computer security process Technological escalation, a technological...

model of conflict escalation Escalation of commitment Stability–instability paradox Brams, Steven J.; Kilgour, D. Marc (1987). "Threat Escalation and Crisis...

the escalation of commitment to a course of action. This theory, grounded in social psychology and organisation behaviour, suggests the tendency of people...

[citation needed] All-pay auction Bidding fee auction Escalation of commitment Tragedy of the commons War of attrition (game) Shubik: 1971. Page 109 Augenblick...

avoid behaviours that escalate conflict. De-escalation can be modelled with game theory. In psychiatric settings, de-escalation is aimed at calmly communicating...

actors lacking commitment to democratic norms – exploit and fuel such discontent to rise to power. In order to avoid the pitfalls of common response...

PMC 6324799. PMID 30620741. Heath, Chip. "Escalation and de-escalation of commitment in response to sunk costs: The role of budgeting in mental accounting." Organizational...

Anti-pattern Cost overrun Scope (project management) Planning poker Escalation of commitment Instruction creep Mission creep The Mythical Man-Month Second-system...

profitable to the seller. This pattern of behavior toward or resulting in a negative outcome is called escalation of commitment. People generally look to other...

Psychological Reports, 38(1), 135-140. Staw, B. M. (1981). The escalation of commitment to a course of action. Academy of management Review, 6(4), 577–587....

other with Os. A player wins when they mark all three spaces of a row, column, or diagonal of the grid, whereupon they traditionally draw a line through...

in the presence of uncertainty. The maximin value is the highest value that the player can be sure to get without knowing the actions of the other players;...

tournaments, where one-third of the playing field gets paid. Not to be confused with "doubling down" in blackjack. Escalation of commitment – A human behavior pattern...

experiments involving conditional probabilities. Escalation of commitment, irrational escalation, or sunk cost fallacy, where people justify increased investment...

have knowledge of all relevant information in the system. This is different than complete information, which implies common knowledge of each agent's utility...

"Stop-Loss" (Dollhouse), an episode of the TV series Dollhouse Escalation of commitment This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

Decision theory Greek mythology Escalation of commitment Ryan Spellecy (2003). "Reviving Ulysses contracts". Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. 13 (4): 373–392...

Codification of beliefs Dogmatic theology – Theology of theoretical official truths Escalation of commitment – A human behavior pattern in which the participant...

is a model of escalation, and addresses the question of when ought an individual escalate to dangerously costly physical combat. The war of attrition seeks...

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their own security out of fear of offensive action. Consequently, security-increasing measures can lead to tensions, escalation or conflict with one or...

not be in his best interest to do so. A threat, and its counterpart – a commitment, are both defined by American economist and Nobel prize winner, T.C. Schelling...

probability of events based on how easy it is to think of examples. Escalation of commitment: Persist unduly with unsuccessful initiatives or courses of action...

equilibrium (SPE), or subgame perfect Nash equilibrium (SPNE), is a refinement of the Nash equilibrium concept, specifically designed for dynamic games where...

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game is a mathematical representation in game theory and economic theory of a situation that involves two competing entities, where the result is an advantage...

arise because of commitment problems: if two countries wish to settle a dispute via peaceful means, but each wishes to go back on the terms of that settlement...

and understanding of the universe. Albatross (metaphor) Benefit shortfall Bridge to nowhere Development hell Escalation of commitment Government failure...