nature of decision making in such marriages. Therefore, we know very little about the efficacy of traditional methods of … decision making in arranged marriages. Given this state of affairs, I have three goals in this paper. First, I formalize the … traditional decision making process in arranged marriages. Second, I study the characteristics of this formalized decision making …

decision to accept or decline a marriage proposal. Even so, Batabyal (2003a) treats the marrying agent's reservation utility as …The notion of a reservation quality or utility is a key feature of Batabyal's (2003a) recent analysis of decision … making in arranged marriages. In this model, the magnitude of the reservation utility has a non-trivial impact on the …

decision to accept or decline a marriage proposal. Even so, Batabyal (2003a) treats the marrying agent’s reservation utility as …The notion of a reservation quality or utility is a key feature of Batabyal’s (2003a) recent analysis of decision … making in arranged marriages. In this model, the magnitude of the reservation utility has a non-trivial impact on the …

Recently, Batabyal (1998) has analyzed the nature of the decision making process in arranged marriages. Specifically …, he has shown that a marrying agent's optimal policy depends only on the properties of the current marriage proposal …, independent of whether there is recall of earlier marriage proposals. In this paper, I continue this line of inquiry. I examine …

expected utility of a marrying agent when this agent uses, respectively, time invariant and time variant decision rules. Third … to the nature of decision making in such marriages. Therefore, very little is known about the impacts of alternate … decision rules on the spouse selection question in arranged marriages. Given this state of affairs, our paper has three …

expected utility of a marrying agent when this agent uses, respectively, time invariant and time variant decision rules … the nature of decision making in such marriages. Consequently, very little is known about the effects of alternate … decision rules on the spouse selection question in arranged marriages. Given this state of affairs, our paper has three …

This book has one central objective and that is to demonstrate how the theory of stochastic processes and the … techniques of stochastic modeling can be used to effectively model arranged marriage settings, and to use these stochastic models … of arranged marriages to explain various aspects of the nature of decision making in arranged marriages. To this end …

This book has one central objective and that is to demonstrate how the theory of stochastic processes and the … techniques of stochastic modeling can be used to effectively model arranged marriage settings, and to use these stochastic models … of arranged marriages to explain various aspects of the nature of decision making in arranged marriages. To this end …

) analysis by studying the impact that learning - about the circumstances of a prospective marriage - by the mediator has on the …

suitable alternatives, the taboo was no longer expedient, and was dropped. For the same reasons, marriage has become less …