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Noise

A Flaw in Human Judgment

by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the coauthor of Nudge, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones.**Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients—or that two judges in the same courthouse give markedly different sentences to people who have ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the coauthor of Nudge, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones.**Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients—or that two judges in the same courthouse give markedly different sentences to people who have
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Noise

A Flaw in Human Judgment

by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

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13 hours 28 min

From the bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, the co-author of Nudge, and the author of You Are About to Make a Terrible Mistake! comes Noise, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments, and how to control both noise and cognitive bias.Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients—or that two judges in the same courthouse give ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, the co-author of Nudge, and the author of You Are About to Make a Terrible Mistake! comes Noise, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments, and how to control both noise and cognitive bias.Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients—or that two judges in the same courthouse give
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Taxation and Social Policy

Financing the Welfare State

by Michal Koreh, Olivier Jacques, Daniel Béland ...

Series series Elements in Public Policy
This Element maps the relationship between taxation and social policy from a comparative and historical perspective. It critically reviews studies in fiscal sociology, history, political science and political economy to highlight blind spots in the body of knowledge that future studies could explore. It shows that exploring the revenue side of social policy offers compelling answers to central ... Read more

$18.89 USD

This Element maps the relationship between taxation and social policy from a comparative and historical perspective. It critically reviews studies in fiscal sociology, history, political science and political economy to highlight blind spots in the body of knowledge that future studies could explore. It shows that exploring the revenue side of social policy offers compelling answers to central
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Human/Machine

The Future of our Partnership with Machines

by Daniel Newman, Olivier Blanchard ...

Series series Kogan Page Inspire
Will the workplace of the future be overrun by machines and robots? Are the new frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) on the cusp of dethroning us in efficiency, intelligence and innovative potential? Automation and AI will augment our human world and potential.The winners of the future of work are those that harness the power of machines to their advantage. Human/Machine is the only guide you ... Read more

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Will the workplace of the future be overrun by machines and robots? Are the new frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) on the cusp of dethroning us in efficiency, intelligence and innovative potential? Automation and AI will augment our human world and potential.The winners of the future of work are those that harness the power of machines to their advantage. Human/Machine is the only guide you
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Abdellah Taïa’s Queer Migrations

Non-places, Affect, and Temporalities

by Olivier Le Blond, Daniel Maroun, Ryan K. Schroth, Jean-Pierre Boulé, Thomas Muzart, Philippe Panizzon, Antoine Idier, Abdellah Taïa, Ralph Heyndels ...

Series series After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
In this first edited collection in English on Abdellah Taïa, Denis M. Provencher and Siham Bouamer frame the distinctiveness of the Moroccan author’s migration by considering current scholarship in French and Francophone studies, post-colonial studies, affect theory, queer theory, and language and sexuality. In contrast to critics that consider Taïa to immigrate and integrate successfully to ... Read more

$107.79 USD

In this first edited collection in English on Abdellah Taïa, Denis M. Provencher and Siham Bouamer frame the distinctiveness of the Moroccan author’s migration by considering current scholarship in French and Francophone studies, post-colonial studies, affect theory, queer theory, and language and sexuality. In contrast to critics that consider Taïa to immigrate and integrate successfully to
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CAPEX Excellence

Optimizing Fixed Asset Investments

by Hauke Hansen, Wolfgang Huhn, Olivier Legrand, Daniel Steiners, Thomas Vahlenkamp ...

Much of current management literature focuses on a limited set of 'classical' value levers, such as cost reduction, sales optimization or mergers & acquisitions, thus neglecting another core value lever: capital investments. That capital investments receive such limited attention is all the more surprising when one considers how vitally important they are to the economy as a whole as well as ... Read more

$63.00 USD

Much of current management literature focuses on a limited set of 'classical' value levers, such as cost reduction, sales optimization or mergers & acquisitions, thus neglecting another core value lever: capital investments. That capital investments receive such limited attention is all the more surprising when one considers how vitally important they are to the economy as a whole as well as
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Human/Machine

The Future of our Partnership with Machines

by Daniel Newman, Daniel Newman, Olivier Blanchard, Olivier Blanchard ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Series series Kogan Page Inspire
Unabridged

9 hours 8 min

Will the workplace of the future be overrun by machines and robots? Are the new frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) on the cusp of dethroning us in efficiency, intelligence and innovative potential? Automation and AI will augment our human world and potential. The winners of the future of work are those that harness the power of machines to their advantage. Human/Machine is the only guide ... Read more

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Will the workplace of the future be overrun by machines and robots? Are the new frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) on the cusp of dethroning us in efficiency, intelligence and innovative potential? Automation and AI will augment our human world and potential. The winners of the future of work are those that harness the power of machines to their advantage. Human/Machine is the only guide
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Ports, Cities, and Global Supply Chains

Edited by James Wang, Daniel Olivier, Theo Notteboom, Brian Slack ...

Series series Transport and Mobility
Global trends in policy and technology related fields are rapidly reshaping the port industry worldwide. International in scope, this volume provides multidisciplinary insights into the role port cities adopt in dealing with global supply chains. Throughout the book, concepts of strategic management, supply chain management, port and transport economics and economic and transport geography are ... Read more

$72.99 USD

Global trends in policy and technology related fields are rapidly reshaping the port industry worldwide. International in scope, this volume provides multidisciplinary insights into the role port cities adopt in dealing with global supply chains. Throughout the book, concepts of strategic management, supply chain management, port and transport economics and economic and transport geography are
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Cracked It!

How to Solve Big Problems and Sell Solutions Like Top Strategy Consultants

by Bernard Garrette, Corey Phelps, Olivier Sibony ...

Narrated by Daniel Henning ...

Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

Solving complex problems and selling their solutions is critical for personal and organizational success. For most of us, however, it doesn’t come naturally and we haven’t been taught how to do it well. Research shows a host of pitfalls trips us up when we try: We’re quick to believe we understand a situation and jump to a flawed solution. We seek to confirm our hypotheses and ignore conflicting ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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Solving complex problems and selling their solutions is critical for personal and organizational success. For most of us, however, it doesn’t come naturally and we haven’t been taught how to do it well. Research shows a host of pitfalls trips us up when we try: We’re quick to believe we understand a situation and jump to a flawed solution. We seek to confirm our hypotheses and ignore conflicting
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Radical Solutions for Education in Africa

Open Education and Self-directed Learning in the Continent

Edited by Daniel Burgos, Jako Olivier ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book explores the state of open education in terms of self-directed learning on the African continent. Through a combination of conceptual, systematic literature review and empirical chapters, readers will get a research-based impression of these aspects in this area. Apart from presenting existing wider trends regarding open education, this book also reports on effective open practices in ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This book explores the state of open education in terms of self-directed learning on the African continent. Through a combination of conceptual, systematic literature review and empirical chapters, readers will get a research-based impression of these aspects in this area. Apart from presenting existing wider trends regarding open education, this book also reports on effective open practices in
... Read more
Dictionary of Cognitive Science

Neuroscience, Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, and Philosophy

Edited by Olivier Houdé, Daniel Kayser, Olivier Koenig, Joëlle Proust, François Rastier ...

A translation of the renowned French reference book, Vocabulaire de sciences cognitives , the Dictionary of Cognitive Science presents comprehensive definitions in more than 120 subjects. Topics range from 'Abduction' to 'Writing', and each entry is covered from as many perspectives as possible within the domains of psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, philosophy, and linguistics. ... Read more

$325.00 USD

A translation of the renowned French reference book, Vocabulaire de sciences cognitives , the Dictionary of Cognitive Science presents comprehensive definitions in more than 120 subjects. Topics range from 'Abduction' to 'Writing', and each entry is covered from as many perspectives as possible within the domains of psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, philosophy, and linguistics.
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Scalable Uncertainty Management

11th International Conference, SUM 2017, Granada, Spain, October 4-6, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Serafín Moral, Olivier Pivert, Daniel Sánchez, Nicolás Marín ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management, SUM 2017, which was held in Granada, Spain, in October 2017.The 24 full and 6 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The book also contains 3 invited papers.Managing uncertainty and inconsistency has been extensively ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management, SUM 2017, which was held in Granada, Spain, in October 2017.The 24 full and 6 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The book also contains 3 invited papers.Managing uncertainty and inconsistency has been extensively
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