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Decision theory: general
Paperback. This book explores what it means to be rational in a variety of contexts, from personal decisions to those affecting large groups of people. It introduces ideas from economics, philosophy, and other areas, showing how the theory applies to particular situations such as gambling and the allocation of resources. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 5 halftones, numerous figures. BIC Classification: GPQ; JMH; KCA; PBUD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192803030
- ISBN
- 9780192803030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ortiz, Mitchell. Num Pages: 323 pages. BIC Classification: GPQD; JFFE3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 150. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634857956
- ISBN
- 9781634857956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 289.91€ 216.89
€ 289.91
€ 216.89
Hardback. Explains the interrelationships between the decision support, decision modelling, and information systems. This book focuses on the interdisciplinary decision support framework, in which mathematical programming (optimization) is taken as the inference engine. It includes a selection of invited contributions from internationally-known researchers. Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interface S. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPQ; KJMD; KJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402075605
- ISBN
- 9781402075605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.68
€ 201.68
Hardback. Epidemics know no borders and are often characterized by a high level of uncertainty, causing major challenges in risk governance. The author shows the emergence of global risk governance processes and the key role that the World Health Organization (WHO) plays within them. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPQD; JPSN; KCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137273567
- ISBN
- 9781137273567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 131 pages. BIC Classification: GPQ; JPS; MB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604566253
- ISBN
- 9781604566253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.59€ 43.77
€ 60.59
€ 43.77
Hardcover. This authoritative handbook illustrates practical implementation of simulation techniques in the banking and financial industries through use of real-world, time-sensitive applications. Series: Wiley Handbooks in Financial Engineering and Econometrics. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQD; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470647158
- ISBN
- 9780470647158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.21
€ 180.21
Paperback. A Global Catastrophic Risk is one that has the potential to inflict serious damage to human well-being on a global scale. This book focuses on such risks arising from natural catastrophes (Earth-based or beyond), nuclear war, terrorism, biological weapons, totalitarianism, advanced nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and social collapse. Editor(s): Bostrom, Nick; Cirkovic, Milan M. Num Pages: 576 pages, Tables and figures. BIC Classification: GPQD; JFFC; PDZ; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199606504
- ISBN
- 9780199606504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Analyzes how catastrophe models can be used for assessing and managing risks of extreme events. This book focuses on natural disaster risk, and also discusses the management of terrorism risk. It involves three catastrophe modeling firms, AIR Worldwide, EQECAT, and Risk Management Solutions. Series: Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security. Num Pages: 252 pages, 65 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GPQD; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387241050
- ISBN
- 9780387241050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 281.54
€ 281.54
Hardcover. The Nordic welfare states have found themselves in the firing line of post-industrial developments, resulting in fundamental changes and new social needs to attend to. This book explores responses to changing social risks across areas such as structural unemployment, entrepreneurship, immigration, single parenthood, education and health. Editor(s): Harslof, Ivan; Ulmestig, Rickard. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 black & white tables, 23 figures. BIC Classification: GPQD; JHBL; JKSB; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267184
- ISBN
- 9781137267184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. This text takes a view of the crucial issues involved in supply chain management. The discussion introduces the concept of risk, information and social capital management that will ensure supply chain excellence and maturity according to the Poirier's model. Editor(s): Szymczak, Maciej. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPQD; KJD; KJM; KJMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137359650
- ISBN
- 9781137359650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
paperback. This volume is concerned with statistical procedures where the data are collected in sequentially designed groups which retain the possibility of early stopping and remove some of the disadvantages of one-at-a-time sampling. In particular methods for computing characteristics are developed and implemented. Series: Lecture Notes in Statistics. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387979083
- ISBN
- 9780387979083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQ; KJMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138748460
- ISBN
- 9781138748460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.88
€ 94.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hazelden Information & Educational Services United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616492625
- ISBN
- 9781616492625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.63
€ 17.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. Provides guidance on how to manage risks based on a definitive synthesis of the research literature. This title offers a survey of the whole field of risk and demonstrates how scientific, economic, political and civil society actors can participate in inclusive risk governance. Series: Earthscan Risk in Society. Num Pages: 368 pages, Figures, tables, index. BIC Classification: GPQD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844072927
- ISBN
- 9781844072927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21
€ 59.21
Hardback. Editor(s): Millot, Patrick; Boy, Guy Andre. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQD; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848214804
- ISBN
- 9781848214804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.48
€ 181.48
Hardback. Explains the fluctuations of economic activity that are an endemic feature of market economies. This title argues for a different macroeconomics model - one that works with an internal explanation of the business cycle and factors in agents limited cognitive abilities. Num Pages: 152 pages, 64 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: GPQ; KCB; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147390
- ISBN
- 9780691147390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 42.58
€ 53.47
€ 42.58
Paperback. Risk management is not just a topic for risk professionals. Managers and directors at all levels must be equipped with an understanding of risk and the tools and processes required to assess and manage it successfully. Supported by online templates, this is a guide to the practice and the benefits of good risk management. Series: Strategic Success. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQD; KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Kogan Page Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749468385
- ISBN
- 9780749468385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.70
€ 40.99
€ 36.70
Hardcover. Editor(s): Garrison, Paul M. Num Pages: 244 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: GPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600218699
- ISBN
- 9781600218699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.63€ 162.43
€ 237.63
€ 162.43
Paperback. Explores the conception of 'risk as feelings' and examines the interaction of feeling and cognition in the perception of risk. This book highlights perspectives on risk arising from cultural worldviews and concerns about specific hazards pertaining to blood transfusion, biotechnology, prescription drugs, smoking, terrorism, and nanotechnology. Series: Earthscan Risk in Society. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQD; JMQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849711487
- ISBN
- 9781849711487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107434783
- ISBN
- 9781107434783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.76
€ 42.76