Zipf's Law

Rank and frequency often follow a steep long-tail pattern

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Bargaining Model

Make negotiation assumptions explicit

Rational Model

Build a traceable decision path

Rational Choice Theory

State the logic behind a choice

Optimal Decision

Define optimality before optimizing

Survivorship Bias

Survivorship bias occurs when visible successes are treated as representative while the comparable failures that disappeared from view are ignored.

Game Theory

Anticipate the other player

Functional Decision Theory

Choose by the policy you endorse

Gall's Law

Working complexity usually grows from working simplicity

Causal Decision Theory

Choose actions that change outcomes

Bayesian Epistemology

Belief as a revisable balance sheet