Product innovation success has very much to do with the development of models ormetaphors that are able to guide actors. One can observe two traditions in thisregard: rational and non-rational models. Apparently in the former the model, suchas “development funnel”, is regarded as a mechanism and rigid applicable, picturinginnovation as an orderly, goal-oriented, value-neutral, and systematic pr...

This lecture is an introduction to decision theory, which gives tools for making rational choices in face of uncertainty. It is useful in all kinds of disciplines from electrical engineering to economics. In computer science, a compelling setting to consider is an autonomous vehicle or robot navigating in a new environment. It may have some prior notions about the environment but inevitably it ...