If Costs/losses, Rather Than Profits/gains, Are Concerned, the Minimax Criterion

question 35

Multiple Choice

If costs/losses, rather than profits/gains, are concerned, the minimax criterion is equivalent to:

• A)maximin.
• B)maximax.
• C)minimax regret.
• D)minimin.

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Definitions:

Genetic Relation

The biological linkage or connection between individuals, determined by shared genetic material or ancestry.

Collective Guilt

Emotional experience where individuals feel responsible for the actions of a group they identify with, even if they didn't partake in those actions directly.

Just World Phenomenon

The cognitive bias that a person's actions always bring morally fair and fitting consequences to that person.

Kin Selection

A strategy in evolution where an organism's focus is on enhancing the reproductive prospects of its relatives, even if it results in a compromise to its own survival and ability to reproduce.