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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"satisficing"”.
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Models for Satisficing Mentalizing
… biases. This thesis considers the problem of satisficing, i.e., satisfying and sufficing, mentalizing models for artificial systems. We argue that people’s mentalizing is based on general resource-sensitive cognition and that people thus are likely to (unconsciously) select different mental …
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Satisficing Applied To Simulated Soccer
<p>Satisficing was introduced by the economist Herbert Simon to allow for decisions that are "good enough" when there are insufficient computational resources and knowledge to obtain the optimal outcome. Autonomous multi-agent systems often require such decision making because of the complexity and …
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Satisficing Theory and Non-Cooperative Games
Satisficing game theory is an alternative to traditional non-cooperative game theory which offers increased flexibility in modeling players' social interactions. However, satisficing players with conflicting attitudes may implement dysfunctional behaviors, leading to poor performance. In this …
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Subdominance Minimization: A Satisficing Perspective on Imitation Learning
… a reference solution. We present a novel focused satisficing approach to imitation learning, using subdominance to seek imitator policies that the demonstrator may consider acceptable, rather than optimal. We leverage both offline and online subdominance minimization to focus policy learning on …
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Satisficing: A Decision-Making Strategy For School Choice
… schools; and decision-making theory.</p> <p>Satisficing, a concept drawn from Herbert Simon's (1955, 1956) theory of bounded rationality became a key variable in the study. The Maximization Scale short (Nenkov, Morrin, Ward, Schwartz, & Hulland, 2008) was used to identify individuals who …
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The Contribution Of Respondent Computer Experience On Primacy Effect And Satisficing In Internet Surveys
… of computer experience on primacy effect and satisficing in online survey formats. Although regression analysis found that survey format can predict primacy effect, computer experience did not add to the explanation of the variance in primacy effect. Similarly, survey format was found to be a …
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Designing a knowledge resource to address bounded rationality and satisficing for ICT decisions in small organisations
Many Small Organisations in South Africa do not effectively adopt ICT in their operations due to lack of knowledge and Information. This Design Science study sets out to understand the situation and possibly proffer a solution. In particular, this study attempted to establish the relevance of …
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RISK- AND AMBIGUITY-AVERSE OPTIMIZATION MADE MORE TRACTABLE AND LESS CONSERVATIVE
… in distributionally robust optimization and satisficing and proposes how robust decisions under uncertainty can be efficiently made when the decision maker exhibits risk aversion, ambiguity aversion and regret aversion. Theoretically, we develop a new regret-based robust satisficing framework …
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Response styles in consumer research
… to disproportionately use the midpoint when satisficing. A second group, when satisficing, disproportionately uses the midpoint as well as the negative and positive extremes of the response scale. In sum, though many questions remain unresolved, this dissertation contributes to a better …
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Effects of Signal Ambiguity and Signal Location on Target Detection Under Varying Degrees of Time Constraint
… a methodology for quantifying optimizing versus satisficing tendencies in decision making through direct measurement and observation.</p> <p>The second objective of the study was to examine how time constraint and specific signal characteristics contribute to decision making. Interestingly, …
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Generalized Policy Learning with Planning
… we also propose a problem setting to learn satisficing policies between domains. In an independent domain, we propose a score function to guide the policy search. Our approach, Policy-Guided Planning for Generalized Policy Generation (PG3), evaluates policies based on how well it can be used …
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Back to Work: The Effects of Goal Conflict on Working Mothers
… they need to make with a technique called satisficing. This approach will invite organizations to invest in their working mothers, as their well-being is important for both families and the world economy.
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A Framework to Simplify the Choice of Alternative Analysis and Selection Methods
… analysis to identify evaluation criteria and satisficing to choose an evaluation framework structure. The completed framework is applied to the case of U.S. Army planning in phase three as a validation case study.</p> <p>This investigation's results suggest that the proposed evaluation …
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To drive, or not to drive: Mode choice in daily commute
… by focusing on bounded rationality’s concept of ‘satisficing’ as a decision-making strategy. A sample of New Zealand commuters was invited to complete an online questionnaire. The study found that commuters tend to satisfice when deciding to use their usual modes and commuters with high …
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Crowdsourcing decision support: frugal human computation for efficient decision input acquisition
… when confronted with too much information--satisficing, information foraging, etc.--are more difficult to apply with a large, distributed group. Consequently, current distributed approaches are inherently wasteful of human time and effort. This dissertation offers a method for coordinating …
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Flexible schedule optimization for human-robot collaboration
… featuring a mixed integer program and a satisficing hueristic scheduler. By making use of Tercio, a manufacturing facility or other high-intensity domain may fluidly command a team of robots to complete tasks in a quick, efficient manner while maintaining an ability to respond seamlessly …
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Sources of error in web surveys: the role of respondent, design and device in data quality
… scale direction effects, suggesting the role of satisficing and anchoring mechanisms. The ‘forward’ scale design reduces selection of high/positive responses among conscientious respondents. Chapter 3 explores the use of mobile devices for survey completion in an online cohort study. I find that …
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A cloud computing decision making model for small and medium enterprises in South Africa.
… competence and cloud knowledge; and BDT factor satisficing; were important factors in the consideration to decide to adopt cloud computing. Therefore, the study developed a cloud computing decision-making model for organizations in the context of South Africa. Implications for this study include …
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Towards a disruptive learning model in information systems education: a reflective student-dominant logic perspective
… apply effort in completing tasks and overcoming satisficing.
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