Dealing with Dynamic Decision Problems when Knowledge of the Environment Is Limited: An Approach Based on Goal Systems

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 443-457

  Selten, Reinhard ^a   Pittnauer, Sabine ^a   Hohnisch, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspiration level; Bounded rationality; Dynamic decision making; Goals; Mental models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867648173     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.738     Document Type: Article

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