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Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour
Anatol Rapoport
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Description for Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour
Hardcover. Series: Theory and Decision Library B. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
This book presents the content of a year's course in decision processes for third and fourth year students given at the University of Toronto. A principal theme of the book is the relationship between normative and descriptive decision theory. The distinction between the two approaches is not clear to everyone, yet it is of great importance. Normative decision theory addresses itself to the question of how people ought to make decisions in various types of situations, if they wish to be regarded (or to regard themselves) as 'rational'. Descriptive decision theory purports to describe how people actually make decisions in ... Read more
This book presents the content of a year's course in decision processes for third and fourth year students given at the University of Toronto. A principal theme of the book is the relationship between normative and descriptive decision theory. The distinction between the two approaches is not clear to everyone, yet it is of great importance. Normative decision theory addresses itself to the question of how people ought to make decisions in various types of situations, if they wish to be regarded (or to regard themselves) as 'rational'. Descriptive decision theory purports to describe how people actually make decisions in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
436
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Series
Theory and Decision Library B
Condition
New
Number of Pages
436
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792302971
SKU
V9780792302971
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