Conditionally risky behavior vs expected value maximization in evolutionary games

Conference Proceedings - 6th Conference of the European Social Simulation Association, ESSA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Roos, Patrick ^a,b   Nau, Dana ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Computer Science University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DESCRIPTIVE MODEL; EVOLUTIONARY GAMES; EXPECTED VALUES; HUMAN DECISION-MAKING; PROSPECT THEORY; REGRET THEORY; RISKY BEHAVIORS; SEQUENTIAL DECISIONS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84923233299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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