Mathematical decision theory under uncertainty and ambiguity. Proceedings of a symposium held at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, October 12--14, 1999 (Q2710168)

The 32 papers in this collection include the following, which will not be reviewed individually: Minoru Sakaguchi and Toshio Hamada, A gold-mining problem---optimal backup strategy in computer programs (1-2); William H. Ruckle and Kensaku Kikuta, Accumulation games (Japanese) (3-8); William H. Ruckle and Kensaku Kikuta, Continuous accumulation games---an overview (9-14); Seiichi Iwamoto, Recurrence formulas and decision tree tables in stochastic optimization (Japanese) (15-23); Kazuomi Sugihara, Yutaka Maeda and Hideo Tanaka, Possibility AHP models of interval data (Japanese) (24-27); Toru Nakai, Generalized and partially observable \(\text{MTP}_2\) Markov processes (Japanese) (28-36); Toshiharu Fujita, A dual fuzzy dynamic program for an optimistic decision process (Japanese) (37-45); Shao Chin Sung and Milan Vlach, On minimizing the number of late jobs with fuzzy processing times and due dates (46-50); Tsuneyuki Namekata, Consistency of uniform solutions to transferable utility games (Japanese) (51-58); Nagata Furukawa, Some topics related to minimization of fuzzy nonlinear mappings (Japanese) (59-63). Seiji Saito and Hiroaki Ishii, An algorithm for solving nonlinear equations arising from nonsmooth optimization problems via some generalized Newton method (64-67); David Ramsey and Krzysztof Szajowski, \(N\) person stopping game with players given priority randomly (69-74); Zdzislaw Porosinski, On optimal choosing of one of the three best objects (75-83); Koji Okuhara, Toshijiro Tanaka and Hiroaki Ishii, Optimization using chaos for nonlinear large-scale joint mapping models (Japanese) (84-87); Koji Okuhara, Daisuke Mikami and Kokyu Kawabata, Decision-making support systems that use stochastic neural networks (Japanese) (88-93); Teruhisa Nakai, Motives for selecting a strategy in a non-cooperative game (94-110); Teruaki Nanseki, Agricultural technology evaluation models and support systems under uncertainty (Japanese) (111-115); Tadashi Dohi, Toshiyuki Fujihiro, Naoto Kaio and Shunji Osaki, The discrete-time opportunistic replacement models with application to scheduled maintenance for electric switching device (116-124); Hiroyuki Okamura, Tadashi Dohi and Shunji Osaki, Computational aspect of the power-effective auto sleep scheduling for a buffer system (125-133); Masamichi Kon and Shigeru Kushimoto, Efficient solutions to multiple objective problems obtained by using block norms (Japanese) (134-142). Dmitri A. Ayoshin, Tamaki Tanaka and Leon A. Petrosjan, On the Nash equilibrium of partial cooperative games (143-149); Tomoe Entani, Yutaka Maeda and Hideo Tanaka, Evaluation using interval efficiency values and inefficiency values (Japanese) (150-153); Takayuki Shiina, L-shaped method for stochastic integer programming problem (154-164); Kakuzo Iwamura, Prediction problem of discrete multiple time series (165-171); Tetsuo Iida, The nonstationary infinite horizon production-inventory problem with uncertain capacity and uncertain demand (172-180); Yoshiyuki Segawa and Masamitsu Ohnishi, Monotony of optimal preventive age replacement in incomplete repair and preventive replacement problems (Japanese) (181-189); Dao-Zhi Zeng, Equilibrium analysis for a migration model (190-197); Yoshikadu Ikeda, Recognition of time-series-based patterns by means of genetic algorithms and an application to stock values (Japanese) (198-206); Yoshinori Kishikawa, Estimation of chaotic time series using multilevel fuzzy inference (Japanese) (207-215); K. R. Tan, Estimates of chaotic time-series using optimized fuzzy inference by means of GA genetic algorithms (Japanese) (216-220); Masami Kurano, Masami Yasuda, Jun-ichi Nakagami and Yuji Yoshida, A fuzzy treatment of uncertain Markov decision processes: average case (221-229). The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually.