Analogy in Decision-Making
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29/07/2010
29/07/2010
01/09/2009
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Resumo |
In the context of decision making under uncertainty, we formalize the concept of analogy: an analogy between two decision problems is a mapping that transforms one problem into the other while preserving the problem's structure. We identify the basic structure of a decision problem, and provide a representation of the mappings that pre- serve this structure. We then consider decision makers who use multiple analogies. Our main results are a representation theorem for "aggregators" of analogies satisfying certain minimal requirements, and the identification of preferences emerging from analogical reasoning. We show that a large variety of multiple-prior preferences can be thought of as emerging from analogical reasoning. |
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Idioma(s) |
en |
Publicador |
Université de Montréal, Département de sciences économiques |
Relação |
Cahier de recherche #2009-13 |
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Article |