bounded rationality

the idea that rationality is limited by the tractability of the decision problem, the cognitive limitations of the mind, and the time available to make the decision
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bounded rationality

Summary

bounded rationality is an economic concept[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of economic_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (533 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • bounded rationality's instance of is recorded as economic concept[3].
  • bounded rationality's subclass of is recorded as decision theory[4].
  • bounded rationality's subclass of is recorded as game theory[5].
  • bounded rationality's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 60450[6].
  • bounded rationality's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j7yc[7].
  • bounded rationality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bounded rationality[8].
  • bounded rationality's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/bounded-rationality[9].
  • bounded rationality's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as bounded-rationality[10].
  • bounded rationality's Quora topic ID is recorded as Bounded-Rationality-1[11].
  • bounded rationality's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as bounded-rationality[12].
  • bounded rationality's STW Thesaurus for Economics ID is recorded as 19216-3[13].
  • bounded rationality's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 58694771[14].
  • bounded rationality's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C58694771[15].
  • bounded rationality's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as social-sciences/bounded-rationality[16].
  • bounded rationality's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as psychology/bounded-rationality[17].
  • bounded rationality's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 135117[18].
  • bounded rationality's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as ogranichennaia-ratsional-nost-0acc53[19].

Why It Matters

bounded rationality ranks in the top 6% of economic_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (533 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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  9. [11] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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