Action as a fast and frugal heuristic

Minds and Machines

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 479-496

  Connolly, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK; HEURISTIC METHODS;

DECISION CYCLES; FAST AND FRUGAL HEURISTICS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0033319575     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008396500743     Document Type: Article

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