Making Decisions

CSC 261 - Artificial Intelligence - Weinman



Answer the following questions. Record your answers in your Reading Journal.
  1. Select the sentence from today's reading that you find best illustrates1 the limitations of MEU. Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your choice.
  2. Identify the axiom of utility theory that seems
    1. most essential, and another that seems
    2. least essential
    to you. Briefly explain why you chose these two axioms.
  3. Identify the sentence or concept from today's reading that you found most surprising or provocative. Briefly explain your choice.

Footnotes:

1Recall again that to illustrate means to serve as an example of (i.e., the commonality) or to explain or make something clear by use of an example. It does not mean to explain or assert directly.