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 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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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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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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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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Architecture tradeoff analysis method Decision-making Decision-making software Decision-making paradox Decisional balance sheet Multicriteria classification...
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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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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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Monty Hall problem (redirect from Monty Hall paradox)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Two envelopes problem (redirect from Envelope paradox)
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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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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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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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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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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Arrow's impossibility theorem (redirect from Arrow's Paradox)
social choice theory showing that no ranked-choice procedure for group decision-making can satisfy the requirements of rational choice. Specifically, Arrow...
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contradiction between game-theoretic predictions and observed strategic decisions. This paradox has implications for behavioral economics, industrial organization...
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Parrondo's paradox, a paradox in game theory, describes how a combination of losing strategies can become a winning strategy. It is named after its creator...
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The Mandarin paradox is an ethical parable used to illustrate the difficulty of fulfilling moral obligations when moral punishment is unlikely or impossible...
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Kavka's toxin puzzle (category Decision-making paradoxes)
line with Newcomb's paradox, an omniscient pay-off mechanism makes a person's decision known to him before he makes the decision, but it is also assumed...
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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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Consensus decision-making is a group decision-making process in which participants work together to develop proposals for actions that achieve a broad...
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