Although decision makers are often reported to have difficulties in making comparisons between multi-dimensional decision outcomes, economic theory assumes a uni-dimensional utility measure. This paper reviews evidence from behavioral and brain sciences to assess whether, and for what reasons, this assumption may be warranted. It is claimed that the decision makers' difficulties can be explaine...

Microeconomics offer a far developed theory on the subject of rational choice. This theory is applied to a multi-agent system, which has been modeled in order to establish schedules for operating theatres in general hospitals. A concept based on conjoint analysis is introduced in order to measure preferences of involved individuals and to establish corresponding individual utility functions. Ag...

The aim of this article is to describe the evolution of a very dynamic theory: the theory of intertemporal choice. I present the first economic thinking on intertemporal decision-making, and expose how it resulted in Samuelson’s famous discounted utility model; then I describe how and why discounted utility became the standard approach to intertemporal choice in economics through the alleged no...

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This paper presents how a novel combination of a cognitive theory with the Multi-Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT) can be incorporated in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) in order to provide adaptive and intelligent help to users. The GUI is called I-Mailer and is meant to help users achieve their goals and plans during their interaction with an e-mailing system. I-Mailer constantly observes the ...

Loss-averse behavior makes the newsvendors avoid the losses more than seeking the probable gains as the losses have more psychological impact on the newsvendor than the gains. In economics and decision theory, the classical newsvendor models treat losses and gains equally likely, by disregarding the expected utility when the newsvendor is loss-averse. Moreover, the use of unbounded utility to m...

Kwartir Daerah Kalimantan Timur (Kwarda Kaltim) adalah wadah nonformal kegiatan kepramukaann masyarakat yang mengurusi dan menilai langsung 10 Cabang dengan data potensi peserta didik Kwarda Kaltim total keseluruhan 179.128 anggota Gerakan Pramuka. Penilaian kwartir cabang dilaksanakan dalam rangka pembinaan, peningkatan semangat kemampuan serta prestasi kerja cabang. pada selama ini dilakukan ...

In the field of multi-agent systems (MAS) the concept of game theory is widely in use ([15]; [23]; [30]). The initial aim of game theorists was to find principles of rational behavior. When an agent behaves rationally it “will act in order to achieve its goal and will not act in such a way as to prevent its goals from being achieved without good cause” [19]. In some situations it is rational to...