A chance to learn: On matching probabilities to optimize utilities

Information Sciences

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1599-1607

  Burns, Kevin J ^a   Demaree, Heath A ^b  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choices; Foraging; Gambling; Matching; Probability; Utility

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

CHOICES; FORAGING; GAMBLING; MATCHING; UTILITY;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 62249092344     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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