Uncertainty, Rationality, and Agency

• Main Author: Hoek, Wiebe van der (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Logic.; Artificial intelligence.; Economic theory.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.

This book is about Rational Agents, which can be humans, players in a game, software programs or institutions. Typically, such agents are uncertain about the state of affairs or the state of other agents, and under this partial information they have to decide on which action to take next. This book...