Satisficing Games and Decision Making: With Applications to Engineering and Computer Science

Satisficing Games and Decision Making presents a different way to approach decisions. Many everyday choices are not optimal but are simply good enough. Wynn C. Stirling calls this satisficing, and this book applies it to engineering and computer science.

This digital edition is delivered as a PDF for instant download. It builds on traditional decision and game theory to create algorithms that handle situations where self and group interests conflict, perfect solutions do not exist, and human concerns matter.

Satisficing Games and Decision Making: Book Overview

Satisficing Games and Decision Making is written for engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians who work on artificial intelligence and expert systems. Stirling introduces techniques for finding satisficing solutions instead of rejecting every outcome that is not optimal.

The book is structured around rationality, locality, praxeology, equanimity, uncertainty, community, congruency, and complexity. It comes from Cambridge University Press and reflects research conducted at Brigham Young University.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• An alternative to rigid optimality in computer-based decision-making.
• Algorithms that support satisficing solutions for real-world problems.
• Game theory methods that account for group preference and interdependence.
• A treatment of uncertainty, imprecision, and equivocation.
• Applications for artificial intelligence and expert systems.

Why This Book Matters

Most decision algorithms reject anything less than the optimal solution. Satisficing models offer a more human approach. This book helps systems cope with conflicts and imperfect information.

Book Details

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FAQ

How do I get access after purchase? You can download the PDF immediately after purchase.

Will a physical copy be shipped? No. This is a digital file only.

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Download Satisficing Games and Decision Making and explore a more flexible model for decision making in engineering and computer science.

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