Decision-Making under Time Pressure when Rescheduling Daily Activities

Generally during the execution of the daily schedule, there is a mismatch between the plan and the reality. Faced with unexpected events, which affect the schedule, individuals need to reschedule their decisions. In such situations, time is an important factor when making a rescheduling decision, as people feel time pressure because of the time threshold. Consequently, the rescheduling decision is made under the individual’s own perceived time pressure (PTP). PTP does not only depend on the actual time pressure, but also on the individual’s characteristics. The aim of this paper is to establish a model to simulate the individual decision behavior under PTP. Under different levels of PTP, individuals will choose different strategies to make the decision, and there are three decision strategies to consider: optimal, salient and experience.