Trade-offs are not exogenous

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Most of the search literature considers univariate alternatives even though real-world alternatives are typically characterized by multiple attributes. We address this gap by developing a model of search for multiattribute alternatives, focusing on the case of parallel search. The univariate model of parallel search has been applied to vendor selection, new product development, and innovation t...

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Trade-offs

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It’s Not Easy Being Blue: Are There Olfactory and Visual Trade-Offs in Plant Signalling?

Understanding the signals used by plants to attract seed disperses is a pervasive quest in evolutionary and sensory biology. Fruit size, colour, and odour variation have long been discussed in the controversial context of dispersal syndromes targeting olfactory-oriented versus visually-oriented foragers. Trade-offs in signal investment could impose important physiological constraints on plants,...

Are There Preference Trade-offs in Attachment Decisions?

The paper argues for an affirmative answer to the question, against the view that correct attachment decisions can be made by a serial process that considers alternatives in some order and accepts the first “satisfactory” alternative. The pitfall in serial strategies is that they are apt to finalize their choice while “the best is yet to come”.