Ma. Goodrich et al., A THEORY OF SATISFICING DECISIONS AND CONTROL, IEEE transactions on systems, man and cybernetics. Part A. Systems and humans, 28(6), 1998, pp. 763-779
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36
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Computer Science Cybernetics","Computer Science Theory & Methods","Computer Science Cybernetics","Computer Science Theory & Methods
The existence of an optimal control policy and the techniques for find
ing it are grounded fundamentally in a global perspective. These techn
iques can be of limited value when the global behavior of the system i
s difficult to characterize, as it may be when the system is nonlinear
, when the input is constrained, or when only partial information is a
vailable regarding system dynamics or the environment. Satisficing con
trol theory is an alternative approach that is compatible with the lim
ited rationality associated with such systems. This theory is extended
by the introduction of the notion of strong satisficing to provide a
systematic procedure for the design of satisficing controls. The power
of the satisficing approach is illustrated by applications to represe
ntative control problems.