A model that attempts to describe standards of behavior of a man/machine system; the “what ought to be.” Normative models identify feasible and desirable configurations of the system to serve as goals or norms. For a decision problem, such a model specifies logically consistent decision procedures that indicate how an individual should decide. Normative models are often based on an axiomatic foundation. Decision problem; Descriptive model; Mathematical model; Prescriptive model.
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Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (2001). Normative model . In: Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0611-X_689
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