Making Better Decisions Decision Theory In Practice

• Main Author: Gilboa, Itzhak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, United Kingdom John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2011
• Subjects: Decision making
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• Physical Description: ix , 219 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781444336528 (paperback)

Making Better Decisions introduces readers to some of the principal aspects of decision theory, and examines how these might lead us to make better decisions. * Introduces readers to key aspects of decision theory and examines how they might help us make better decisions * Presentation of material encourages readers to imagine a situation and make a decision or a judgment * Offers a broad coverage of the subject including major insights from several sub-disciplines: microeconomic theory, decision theory, game theory, social choice, statistics, psychology, and philosophy * Explains these insights informally in a language that has minimal mathematical notation or jargon, even when describing and interpreting mathematical theorems * Critically assesses the theory presented within the text, as well as some of its critiques * Includes a web resource for teachers and students.