Making Decisions

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Author(s): Lindley, Dennis Victor
Edition: 2
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 1988

Language: English
Pages: xii+207
City: London

Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Contents
1 Decisions and Uncertain Events
2 A numerical measure for uncertainty
3 The laws of probability
4 A numerical measure for consequences
5 The utility of money
6 Bayes' Theorem
7 Value of information
8 Decision trees
9 The assessment of probabilities and utilities
10 An appreciation
Appendix
Answers to exercises
Glossary of Symbols
Subject Index