Sequential decision making: An aggregate scheduling methodology |
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Authors: | Ronald J Ebert |
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Institution: | (1) University of Washington, USA |
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Abstract: | Recent studies of sequential decision making performance have utilized optimal dynamic programming solutions as the criteria
for evaluating the quality of human decisions. The difficulties incumbent in increasing the dimensionality of dynamic programming
formulations effectively prohibit their extension beyond the case of a single decision variable. In the following article
an alternative optimization formulation for a two-decision-variable case is presented, followed by the development of a corresponding
one-decision-variable problem. In addition, related methodological problems limiting the comparability of results among previous
studies are presented. It is suggested that the proposed problem formulation and its accompanying interpretation for the decision
maker largely eliminate these previous methodological problems. Furthermore, the problem formulation permits quantification
of the relative weights that should optimally be placed on future decision periods in the multiple-stage decision problem. |
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