Flexibly-Bounded Rationality in Interstate Conflict

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Abstract

This chapter applies the theory of flexibly bounded rationality to interstate conflict. Flexibly bounded rationality is a theory that states that the bounds prescribed by Herbert Simon in his theory of bounded rationality are flexible. On contextualizing the theory of flexibly bounded rationality, inference, the theory of rational expectation, the theory of rational choice and the theory of rational conterfactuals are described. The theory of flexibly bounded rationality is applied for decision making process. This is done by using a multi-layer perceptron network and particle swarm optimization.

Keywords

Particle Swarm Optimization Rational Expectation Rational Decision Bounded Rationality Variable Ally 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Faculty of Engineering and the Built EnviromentUniversity of JohannesburgAuckland ParkSouth Africa

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