specified for the scenario for each goal using simple weighted averaging. Each dimension in goal space is defined by an evaluative model whose Decision Use flag is 2 or 3 (indicating it is used in altruistic decision-making.) Policy Preference Reflects global, goal-specific, site- Compute a policy preference score based on and scenario-specific policy global policy preferences, and modify that score scores, defined for each policy in the based on modification defined in the policy. policy’s “scoring” settings. Utility Reflects the concept that available Assumes an external process populates a field in policies provide some level of the IDU coverage called “UTILITYID” with the “utility”, in the economic sense, to an policyID of the policy that provides the maximum actor. This utility is determined by utility to the actor. an application-specific autonomous process. Social Network Reflects the influence of an actor’s See section below on social networks. social network on an actor’s decision choice. Requires the definition of social network – see section below The decision-making process for each IDU at each time step then becomes:
specified for the scenario for each goal using simple weighted averaging. Each dimension in goal space is defined by an evaluative model whose Decision Use flag is 2 or 3 (indicating it is used in altruistic decision-making.) Policy Preference Reflects global, goal-specific, and scenario-specific policy scores, defined for each policy in the policy’s “scoring” settings. Compute a policy preference score based on global policy preferences, and modify that score based on modification defined in the policy. Utility Reflects the concept that available policies provide some level of “utility”, in the economic sense, to an actor. This utility is determined by an application-specific autonomous process. Assumes an external process populates a field in the IDU coverage called “UTILITYID” with the policyID of the policy that provides the maximum utility to the actor. Social Network Reflects the influence of an actor’s social network on an actor’s decision choice. Requires the definition of social network – see section below See section below on social networks. The decision-making process for each IDU at each time step then becomes: site-
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