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Heuristics

The Foundations of Adaptive Behavior

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ID23398374
AuthorsGerd Gigerenzer (0000-0002-6163-5419, Max Planck Society), Ralph Hertwig (0000-0002-9908-9556), Thorsten Pachur (0000-0001-6391-4107)
Year2011
Pages844
Publication date2011-04-15
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueHeuristics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199744282.001.0001
OpenAlexW41320236
Open LibraryOL24580343M
ISBN9780199744282
LanguageEN
Citations received126

How do people make decisions when time is limited, information unreliable, and the future uncertain? This book tells how based on the work of Herbert Simon, the Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC) Group has developed a research programme on simple heuristics, also known as fast and frugal heuristics.

Bounded rationality · Cognitive science · Data science · Epistemology · Exploit · Heuristics · Irrational number · Irrationality · Management science · Political science · Rationality · Simple (philosophy) · Social heuristics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Engineering · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Adaptability (Psychology)

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Citations per year9
Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
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