• DocumentCode
    2440386
  • Title

    Individual Utility under Incomplete Rationality

  • Author

    Xiang, Qi ; Yong, Zhao

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Syst. Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., Wuhan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    19-20 Dec. 2008
  • Firstpage
    976
  • Lastpage
    980
  • Abstract
    The mathematical description of individual utility under incomplete rationality is discussed. Since the assumption of rational economic man was proposed, it has received numerous criticisms. As humanity is complex and variable, the assumption of incomplete rationality is introduced, which is an extension to the traditional complete rationality. An individual utility function under incomplete rationality is proposed to replace the individual benefit under complete rationality. The individual utility function has well analytical and symmetrical characteristics and is in good agreement with the trends of altruistic behaviors. It is helpful to describe the irrational behavior. The individual utility function is applied to find the harmonic solution of the Prisonerpsilas Dilemma.
  • Keywords
    economic cybernetics; utility theory; incomplete rationality; individual utility; mathematical description; prisoner dilemma problem; rational economic man; utility function; Computational intelligence; Computer industry; Conferences; Humans; Ontologies; Production; Psychology; Safety; Societies; Systems engineering and theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computational Intelligence and Industrial Application, 2008. PACIIA '08. Pacific-Asia Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Wuhan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3490-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PACIIA.2008.379
  • Filename
    4756922