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  • Risk: A Study Of Its Origins, History And Politics

    by Matthias Beck, Beth Kewell ...
    Over a period of several centuries, the academic study of risk has evolved as a distinct body of thought, which continues to influence conceptual developments in fields such as economics, management, politics and sociology. However, few scholarly works have given a chronological account of cultural and intellectual trends relating to the understanding and analysis of risks. Risk: A Study of its ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

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  • Game Theory

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Ken Binmore ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Games are everywhere: Drivers manoeuvring in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. A firm negotiating next year's wage is playing a bargaining game. The opposing candidates in an election are playing a political game. The supermarket's price for corn flakes is decided by playing an economic game. Game theory is about how to play ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Rational Decisions

    by Ken Binmore ...
    Series series The Gorman Lectures in Economics
    It is widely held that Bayesian decision theory is the final word on how a rational person should make decisions. However, Leonard Savage--the inventor of Bayesian decision theory--argued that it would be ridiculous to use his theory outside the kind of small world in which it is always possible to "look before you leap." If taken seriously, this view makes Bayesian decision theory inappropriate ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

  • Introduction to Insurance Mathematics

    Technical and Financial Features of Risk Transfers

    by Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This second edition expands the first chapters, which focus on the approach to risk management issues discussed in the first edition, to offer readers a better understanding of the risk management process and the relevant quantitative phases. In the following chapters the book examines life insurance, non-life insurance and pension plans, presenting the technical and financial aspects of risk ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • An Introduction to Decision Theory

    by Martin Peterson ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
    Now revised and updated, this introduction to decision theory is both accessible and comprehensive, covering topics including decision making under ignorance and risk, the foundations of utility theory, the debate over subjective and objective probability, Bayesianism, causal decision theory, game theory, and social choice theory. No mathematical skills are assumed, with all concepts and results ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • Prospect Theory

    For Risk and Ambiguity

    by Peter P. Wakker ...
    Prospect Theory: For Risk and Ambiguity, provides a comprehensive and accessible textbook treatment of the way decisions are made both when we have the statistical probabilities associated with uncertain future events (risk) and when we lack them (ambiguity). The book presents models, primarily prospect theory, that are both tractable and psychologically realistic. A method of presentation is ... Read more

    $61.49 USD

  • Knowledge in an Uncertain World

    by Jeremy Fantl, Matthew McGrath ...
    Knowledge in an Uncertain World is an exploration of the relation between knowledge, reasons, and justification. According to the primary argument of the book, you can rely on what you know in action and belief, because what you know can be a reason you have and you can rely on the reasons you have. If knowledge doesn't allow for a chance of error, then this result is unsurprising. But if ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Game Theory

    Interactive Strategies in Economics and Management

    by Aviad Heifetz ...
    Translated by Judith Yalon-Fortus ...
    Game theory is concerned with strategic interaction among several decision-makers. In such strategic encounters, all players are aware of the fact that their actions affect the other players. Game theory analyzes how these strategic, interactive considerations may affect the players' decisions and influence the final outcome. This textbook focuses on applications of complete-information games in ... Read more

    $62.39 USD

  • Art, Technology, Consciousness

    Mind@large

    by Roy Ascott ...
    Within a technological context, this volume addresses contemporary theories of consciousness, subjective experience, the creation of meaning and emotion, and relationships between cognition and location. Its focus is both on and beyond the digital culture, seeking to assimilate new ideas emanating from the physical sciences as well as embracing spiritual and artistic aspects of human experience. ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Foundations of a Pure Cost Theory

    by Heinrich von Stackelberg ...
    Translated by Damien Bazin, Lynn Urch, Rowland Hill ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Heinrich von Stackelberg's book, "Grundlagen einer reinen Kostentheorie", published in 1932 was at the forefront of a growing conceptual revolution in the theory of the firm, a theory which appears more relevant than ever in today’s economic climate. In this work, Stackelberg masterfully built a theoretical framework which he later developed in Market Structure and Equilibrium.Foundations of a ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Open Problems in Mathematics

    Edited by John Forbes Nash, Jr., Michael Th. Rassias ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    The goal in putting together this unique compilation was to present the current status of the solutions to some of the most essential open problems in pure and applied mathematics. Emphasis is also given to problems in interdisciplinary research for which mathematics plays a key role. This volume comprises highly selected contributions by some of the most eminent mathematicians in the ... Read more

    $179.09 USD

  • The Pre-Kernel as a Tractable Solution for Cooperative Games

    An Exercise in Algorithmic Game Theory

    by Holger Ingmar Meinhardt ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This present book provides an alternative approach to study the pre-kernel solution of transferable utility games based on a generalized conjugation theory from convex analysis. Although the pre-kernel solution possesses an appealing axiomatic foundation that lets one consider this solution concept as a standard of fairness, the pre-kernel and its related solutions are regarded as obscure and too ... Read more

    $49.49 USD