Decision-Making Act

AKA: Decisioning Act.
Context:
- It can range from being an Affirmative Decision Act to being a Negative Decision Act.
- It can range from being a Correct Decision Act to being an Incorrect Decision Act.
- It can range from an Individual Agent Decision Act to a Collective Decision Act.
- It can range from being a Forced Decision Act or to being an Unforced Decision Act.
- It can range from being a Deterministic Decision Act to being a Probabilistic Decision Act (supported by a prediction act)
- It can range from being an Effective Decision Act to being an Ineffective Decision Act.
- It can range (in social settings) from being an Ambiguous Decision Act to being an Unambiguous Decision Act.
- It can range from being a Voluntary Decision Act to being an Involuntary Decision Act.
- It can be supported by Advice.
Example(s):
- an Agent Decision Act, such as a player move.
- a Shopping Decision Act.
- a Financial Decision Act.
- an Home Defending Act, such as an ant deciding to defend their colony.
- a Procrastinated Decision Act.
- a Recognition Act, which combines a detection act and a classification act.
Counter-Example(s):
- a Mechanized Decision.
- an Analysis Act.
- an Advising Task.
See: Conclusion, Selection Act, Decision Function, Decision Process.

References

(Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision-making Retrieved:2014-9-2.
- Decision-making can be regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several alternative possibilities. Every decision-making process produces a final choice that may or may not prompt action. Decision-making is the study of identifying and choosing alternatives based on the values and preferences of the decision maker. Decision-making is one of the central activities of management and is a huge part of any process of implementation.