ENGLISH

Satisficing Games and Decision Making: With Applications to Engineering and Computer Science

By Wynn C. Stirling

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
9780521817240, 9780511543456, 0521817242
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1838880 bytes)
Edition
Illustrated
Pages
268\272
Time added
2024-10-05 12:02:28

Description

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.

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