Rational Person Hypothesis Based on Economic Theory and Benefit Field

Abstract:

An analysis is made of the meaning of rational person hypothesis based on economic theory.The human motivation has been classified from the viewpoint of psychology.It is pointed out that the rational person hypothesis applies to the people inspired by ordinary motivation rather than exceeding motivation.They aim at maximizing their benefits and minimizing their damages.To measure the benefit and damage,and give a regular description,the concept of benefit field and a new definition of rational person have been proposed based on field theory of mathematics and physics with the concept of space state in AI.It emphasizes that the game players in the benefit field should consider six important factors including situation changes,evaluation function and so on.The paper presents a typical case study of the second hand cars trade to illustrate the method of description and computation of six factors in the benefit field.