¶ … MAU Models, explain the similarities and differences between the concepts you learned in multiple-criteria decisions and using a MAU model.
The similarities and differences are that multiple-criteria decisions and MAU model allow for criteria to be examined an analyzed by assessing their impact on a decision. But with MAU model, the impact of "Pareto dominance" becomes a factor and specific criteria can be selected or dismissed based on the needs analysis of the particular decision that needs to be made. What is obtained becomes the "Pareto efficient," which makes the possibility of analysis that much simpler (Lecture Notes, 2016). The subjective process is also involved in this decision making process and therefore needs to be examined in as objective a manner as possible.
The lecture discusses four reasons why decisions are hard. For each of the reasons, explain a personal experience you have had making a decision related to the reason.
Decisions are hard because you must frame the decision, identify alternatives, specify preferences, and rank alternatives. Decisions can also be complex (I know this from when I had to decide what to study at school -- a number of factors framed the decision, such as time, money, interest, effort, desire, utility). Decisions also involve uncertainty (I know this from dating -- asking yourself who this person is, whether you should spend time with them). Decisions are impacted by limited memory (I know this from trading stocks -- I forget the very good reasons I had for avoiding certain stocks and attempt to trade them all over again). Decisions can also be impacted by...
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