Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Agency and Control -- Abstract -- Education and Architecture -- Two Systems -- A Challenge to the Very Possibility of Agency? -- The Goal and the Plan -- References -- Chapter 2 People Like Nudges (Mostly) -- Abstract -- A Principled Public?...

Where do brilliant executive wisdom and actions come from? Making Tough Decisions Well and Badly (MTDWB) assesses the literature that examines executives' conscious and non-conscious actions in decision making, implementation and assessment of outcomes.

The problem of selection of alternatives or the problem of decision making in the modern world has become the most important class of problems constantly faced by business people, researchers, doctors and engineers. The fields that are almost entirely focused on conflicts, where applied...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface Jaime Gil-Aluja, Antonio Terceño -- Scientific Committee -- Organizing Committee -- INTRODUCTION -- The spanish school of fuzzy economics Jaime Gil-Aluja -- PART 1: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS -- Specific Max. Traveling Salesman Problems Raul O. Dichiara, Blanca I. Niel...

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part One: Concepts -- 1. Thinking about Values -- 2. The Framework of Value-Focused Thinking -- Part Two: Foundations -- 3. Identifying and Structuring Objectives -- 4. Measuring the Achievement of Objectives -- 5. Quantifying Objectives a Value...

Key Features:Includes balanced discussions on theory and practiceProvides readers with various practical ways of modeling and reasoning with agent epistemic states for decision making, such as resolution-based logic programming paradigm, Bayesian belief networks, and modal resolution...