Satisficing Games and Decision Making

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-521-81724-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 647 g

In our day-to-day lives we constantly make decisions which are simply 'good enough' rather than optimal. Most computer-based decision-making algorithms, on the other hand, doggedly seek only the optimal solution based on rigid criteria and reject any others. In this book, Professor Stirling outlines an alternative approach, using novel algorithms and techniques which can be used to find satisficing solutions. Building on traditional decision and game theory, these techniques allow decision-making systems to cope with more subtle situations where self and group interests conflict, perfect solutions can't be found and human issues need to be taken into account - in short, more closely modelling the way humans make decisions. The book will therefore be of great interest to engineers, computer scientists and mathematicians working on artificial intelligence and expert systems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stirling, Wynn C.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mathematik für Ingenieure
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Rationality; 2. Locality; 3. Praxeology; 4. Equanimity; 5. Uncertainty; 6. Community; 7. Congruency; 8. Complexity; 9. Meliority; Appendix A: bounded rationality; Appendix B: game theory basics; Appendix C: probability theory basics; Appendix D: a logical basis for praxeic reasoning; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.

Über Autor(innen)

Stirling, Wynn C.
Wynn Stirling is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University, where he teaches stochastic processes, control theory and signal processing.