Resource-Allocation Behavior

Harvey J. Langholtz, Antoinette T. Marty, Christopher T. Ball, Eric C. Nolan

Springer Science & Business Media, Sep 30, 2002 - Psychology - 245 pages

Despite the increasing necessity for information on allocating dwindling resources, resource-allocation behavior is not nearly so well understood as choice behavior (selection from two or more already defined alternatives, events, or lotteries.)

Although there have been scores of books devoted to the optimal model for making resource-allocation decisions there has never been a book discussing the cognitive aspects of this behavior.

This book answers the question of how people make such decisions while explaining how Linear Programming can be applied within the context of resource-allocation. It also takes the reader step-by-step into several types of problems under varying conditions, including harsh and benign environments, maximization and minimization, multi-dimensional, and cyclical problems.

Contents

• An Introduction to ResourceAllocation Behavior: 1
• The Optimal Model Linear Programming: 9
• ResourceAllocation Behavior with Time Three Dimensions and Minimums: 19
• Previous Research Behavioral Models Follow Normative Models: 31
• ResourceAllocation Behavior with Various Levels of Information: 37
• Rab in Harsh and Benign Environments: 63
• Rab When Gains and Losses Are Possible: 89
• Rab When the Objective Function: 107
• Rab in Commonplace but Complex Tasks: 145
• Cognitive Strategies for Rab: 179
• Distributive Justice in ResourceAllocation: 201
• Conclusions and Future Areas to be Mapped: 235
• Index: 243

Bibliographic information

• Title: Resource-Allocation Behavior
• Authors: Harvey J. Langholtz, Antoinette T. Marty, Christopher T. Ball, Eric C. Nolan
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media, 2002
• ISBN: 1402072279, 9781402072277
• Length: 245 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / General; Psychology / Personality