• DocumentCode
    2082694
  • Title

    Surprises in modeling decision problems

  • Author

    Wendell, Richard E.

  • Author_Institution
    Joseph M. Katz Graduate Sch. of Bus., Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    19
  • Abstract
    Insights in modeling are often surprises that occur as part of the modeling process. These can happen in many ways and for many reasons. This paper discusses how some such surprises occurred in real applications based on personal experiences of the author. The goal of the paper is to help develop a better understanding for the types and the impacts of surprises that may occur in practice, which in turn hopefully can lead to more effective modeling.
  • Keywords
    bank data processing; decision theory; digital simulation; environmental science computing; public utilities; customer loan center; decision problems; marine environmental protection; modeling process; residential refuse collection; sold waste disposal; Art; Banking; Boats; Character recognition; Delay; Economic indicators; Information technology; Motorcycles; Portfolios; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Technology Interfaces, 2002. ITI 2002. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1330-1012
  • Print_ISBN
    953-96769-5-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITI.2002.1024647
  • Filename
    1024647