This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper describes and discusses the results of a national survey [1] on the use of mathematical models in plant maintenance decision making ...

“One of the basic axioms of the rational theory of decision under uncertainty is Savage’s (1954) sure-thing principle (STP). It states that if prospect x is preferred to y knowing that Event A ...

Strategic decision making lies at the heart of game theory and market competition research, providing a framework to understand how rational agents interact under conditions of uncertainty and ...

On a crisp fall New England day during my junior year of college, I was walking past a subway entrance when a math problem caught my eye. A man was standing near a few brainteasers he had scribbled on ...