Plan prediction : which policy is preferred by which people?

This book develops an innovative system, in the form of an "app", that harnesses the power of the internet to predict which sorts of people will prefer which policy in ANY planning situation. It chronicles the accumulated research wisdom behind the system's reasoning, along with sever...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Wyatt, Ray (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2016]
Subjects
Decision support systems.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319464305
9783319464299
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • School
  • College
  • Career
  • Practicality
  • Productivity
  • Prudence
  • Software
  • Responses
  • Reverse Engineering it.
  • Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Common Sense Plan Prediction; 1 School; 1.1 Birthday; 1.2 Elevators; 1.3 Game Show; 1.4 Parking Meters; 1.5 Hills; 1.6 Tournament; 1.7 Computerized Chess; 1.8 Rebecca; 1.9 Corporate Behaviour; 1.10 Mr. P and the Twins; 1.11 Exercises; 2 College; 2.1 Basic Needs; 2.2 Sniper; 2.3 Crime Rate; 2.4 Primeval Life; 2.5 Consciousness; 2.6 Extensions; 2.7 Traffic; 2.8 Goals-Achievement Matrix; 2.9 World Records; 2.10 Schizophrenia; 2.11 Exercises; 3 Career; 3.1 Gravity Train; 3.2 Shoes; 3.3 Academia; 3.4 Urban Planning; 3.5 Personal Rapid Transit (PRT); 3.6 Puzzles
  • 3.7 Cartograms3.8 Face Charts; 3.9 Implanted Computers; 3.10 Exercises; Plan-Prediction Parameters; 4 Practicality; 4.1 Safety; 4.1.1 Modifiable Areas; 4.1.2 Cumulative Uncertainty; 4.1.3 Conservatism; 4.2 Ease; 4.2.1 Creativity; 4.2.2 Computerized Creativity; 4.3 Speed; 4.3.1 Rationality; 4.3.2 Hermeneutics; 4.3.3 Irrationality; 4.4 Exercises; 5 Productivity; 5.1 Effectiveness; 5.1.1 Multivariate Analysis; 5.1.2 Goal Hierarchies; 5.1.3 Simulation; 5.2 Efficiency; 5.2.1 Changing Attitudes; 5.2.2 Emotion; 5.3 Timeliness; 5.3.1 Futurology; 5.3.2 Awareness; 5.3.3 Technological Utopia
  • 5.4 Exercises6 Prudence; 6.1 Acceptability; 6.1.1 Propaganda; 6.1.2 Groupthink; 6.1.3 Decision Support; 6.2 Permissiveness; 6.2.1 Optimization; 6.2.2 Flexibility; 6.3 Independence; 6.3.1 Operations Research; 6.3.2 Collaborative Planning; 6.4 Exercises; A Plan-Prediction System; 7 Software; 7.1 Balanced Planning; 7.2 Integrity of Design; 7.3 Graphic Clarity; 7.4 Evaluation Criteria; 7.5 Regression-Based Forecasting; 7.6 System Validation; 7.7 The App; 7.8 Exercises; 8 Responses; 8.1 Anti Computerization; 8.2 Pro Computerization; 8.3 Adjudication; 8.4 Role Playing; 8.5 Politics
  • 8.6 Cultural Influences8.7 Consciousness Expansion; 8.8 Exercises; 9 Reverse Engineering It; 9.1 Plan Tolerance; 9.2 Planning Styles; 9.3 East Versus West; 9.4 Inter-group Comparisons; 9.5 Score-Scapes; 9.6 Supporter-Scapes; 9.7 Exercises; References; Internet Sources

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