A theory of satisficing decisions and control

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 763-779

  Goodrich, Michael A ^a   Stirling, Wynn C ^b   Frost, Richard L ^b  

^a Nissan USA   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; VECTORS;

COGNITIVE DECISION MAKING; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; SATISFICING CONTROLS;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032205560     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.725348     Document Type: Article

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