satisfice

To satisfice is to settle for something that's second best.

They seek to "satisfice" their needs rather than obtaining an optimal diet or habitat.

This problem can cause the learner to go through the motions and offer a minimal amount of energy; that is, they "satisfice".

'Satisfice' -- It's a term that comes out of economics and is often used by negotiators.

Simon argues that as a result of 'bounded rationality' individuals do not maximise, but 'satisfice'.

Do you satisfice?

Unlike the robustness function, the opportuneness function does not satisfice, it "windfalls".

Likelihood to satisfice is linked to respondent ability, respondent motivation and task difficulty

The agent then tries to satisfice the expected utility and to maximize the robustness against uncertainty in the imprecise probabilities.

In this regard Simon has suggested that bureaucratic administrators must "satisfice because they have not the wits to maximize" (1957, p. xxiv).

Instead of satisfying desires, said Mr. Simon, human beings "satisfice," they search "for 'good enough' actions rather than optimal ones."

Later in the 2nd through 4th editions, "to satisfice" is defined as "to look[] for a course of action that is satisfactory or 'good enough.'"

Thus individuals and groups tend to "satisfice"-that is, to attempt to attain realistic goals, rather than maximize a utility or profit function.

Respondents may place less priority on telephone interviews, making them more likely to satisfice (answer questions with the least possible effort) in order to finish the interview sooner.

These can be seen as the process of incrementalism, the influence of micro-political forces and the tendency of organisations to satisfice rather than optimise goals.

Policy-makers cannot maximize because they do not have the requisite information; instead they satisfice, that is, choose a course of action which is good enough to meet their desires.

(slang) Full of confidence, enthusiasm, etc.: pumped up reality check An instance of confronting or acknowledging the facts about something and thus dispelling unrealistic notions or expectations satisfice vi.

Consequently, he observered in his Nobel Prize speech that "decision makers can satisfice either by finding optimum solutions for a simplified world, or by finding satisfactory solutions for a more realistic world."

It aims to provide an area to satisfice resting, recreation, physical training or cultural activities through its facilities which include: olympic pool, diving pit, football stadium, as well as tennis, basketball, racquetball, volleyball, squash fields, bicycle path, restaurant, camping area, among others.

Unlike other philosophical theories that would satisfice or allegedly optimize social well-being through principles like the lesser of two evils principle or the greatest good for the greatest number, neohumanism measures progress on the basis of improvements in the poorest sectors of society.