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Normative and Descriptive Aspects of Decision Making

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Multicriteria Decision Making

Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ((ISOR,volume 21))

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The problems of human behavior in decision processes are central in this chapter. The gaps between the requirements of decision methods and the possibilities of human information processing systems are analyzed. The qualitative model describing the decision maker’s behavior is proposed. The model defines the guidelines for the construction of decision methods justified from behavior point of view.

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  2. University of Cape Town, Rep. of South Africa

    Theodor J. Stewart

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Larichev, O.I. (1999). Normative and Descriptive Aspects of Decision Making. In: Gal, T., Stewart, T.J., Hanne, T. (eds) Multicriteria Decision Making. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 21. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5025-9_5

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