Robust satisficing and the probability of survival

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-19

  Ben Haim, Yakov ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

bounded rationality; info gap theory; Knightian uncertainty; robustness; satisficing; survival probability

Indexed keywords

BOUNDED RATIONALITY; INFO-GAP; KNIGHTIAN UNCERTAINTY; SATISFICING; SURVIVAL PROBABILITIES;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 84867013758     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2012.684906     Document Type: Article

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