NDLI: Plans And Decisions

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Pollock, John L.
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	Counterexamples are constructed for classical decision theory, turning on the fact that actions must often be chosen in groups rather than individually, i.e., the objects of rational choice are plans. It is argued that there is no way to define optimality for plans that makes the finding of optimal plans the desideratum of rational decision-making. An alternative called “locally global planning” is proposed as a replacement for classical decision theory. Decision-making becomes a non-terminating process without a precise target rather than a terminating search for an optimal solution.
Starting Page	79
Ending Page	107
Page Count	29
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00405833
Journal	Theory and Decision
Volume Number	57
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15737187
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2005-03-21
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	AI alternatives optimality plans rationality Economics/Management Science Operation Research/Decision Theory Methodology of the Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Arts and Humanities Economics, Econometrics and Finance Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Sciences Decision Sciences Applied Psychology Computer Science Applications

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Plans And Decisions