Common Sense Addition Explained by Hurwicz Optimism-Pessimism Criterion

Authors

Bibek Aryal, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Laxman Bokati, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Karla Godinez, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Shammir Ibarra, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Heyi Liu, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Bofei Wang, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

8-2019

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Technical Report: UTEP-CS-19-92

Abstract

If we place a can of coke that weigh 0.35 kg into a car that weighs 1 ton = 1000 kg, what will be the resulting weight of the car? Mathematics says 1000.35 kg, but common sense says 1 ton. In this paper, we show that this common sense answer can be explained by the Hurwicz optimism-pessimism criterion of decision making under interval uncertainty.