Thermodynamically rational decision making under uncertainty

Dorian Daimer; Susanne Still

Thermodynamically rational decision making under uncertainty

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arxiv 2309.10476 v3 pith:WOSEOGXP submitted 2023-09-19 physics.data-an stat.ME

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An analytical characterization of thermodynamically rational agent behaviour is obtained for a simple, yet non--trivial example of a ``Maxwell's demon" operating with partial information. Our results provide the first fully transparent physical understanding of a decision problem under uncertainty.

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