Essays about: "Heuristic bias"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Heuristic bias.

  1. 1. A Comparative Analysis of Decision Tree Models in Identifying Landslide Susceptibility and Type Classification

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Levi Jan Zuiverloon; [2023]
    Keywords : Landslides; landslide susceptibility mapping; Random Forest; Extreme Gradient Boosting; machine learning models; multiclass classification; binary classification; risk assessment; mitigation strategies; Italy; Aosta Valley; infrastructure vulnerability; supervised learning algorithms; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Landslides pose a significant risk to human life and infrastructure, especially in Italy, which has a high frequency of landslide occurrences. To mitigate these hazards, Landslide Susceptibility Mapping (LSM) is crucial for identifying risk areas and developing appropriate mitigation strategies. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Law of Small Numbers in Skewed Hiring Distributions: Consequences for Perceived Ethnicity Discrimination

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för psykologi (PSY)

    Author : Oscar Bauer; Castiau Lucie; [2023]
    Keywords : Law of small numbers; perceived ethnic discrimination; prototypical discrimination; observing discrimination; subjective probability.;

    Abstract : The law of small numbers bias is a representativeness heuristic that often leads individuals to draw extensive conclusions from small samples while underestimating the generalizability in larger ones. This study investigated whether individuals overestimate perceived discrimination in small employment samples and underestimate it in large ones. READ MORE

  4. 3. Idea Promotion - The story of intrapreneurs promoting an idea within a well-known innovative organisation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Cong Trinh Vo; [2019-07-08]
    Keywords : idea promotion; idea promoter; intrapreneurship; issue selling; incumbents; innovation management; idea selling tactics;

    Abstract : “Ideas are the currency of the 21st century. You can have brilliant ideas—truly revolutionary ideas — but if you cannot persuade others to act, those ideas don’t matter” - Gallo (2014, para. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Heuristic Approach based on Prioritized Quality Attributes for the Evolutionary Architecting of Automotive Embedded Systems

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Harikrishnan Radhakrishnan; [2019]
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    Abstract : Over the years, vehicles have become very complex systems involving multiple domains of engineering. This is mainly due to the advent of electronics and its use in the automotive industry. Electronically controlled systems offer much more flexibility and reliability compared to conventional mechanical systems. READ MORE

  6. 5. Exploring the time-loss bias: Identification of individual decision rules and heuristics.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Borg; [2019]
    Keywords : Time-loss bias; decision rules;

    Abstract : Previous research has demonstrated that intuitive judgments of timeloss are often biased: overestimated when a high speed is slowed down and underestimated when a low speed is decreased further. Yet, no findings provide cognitive explanations of the bias. READ MORE