The right decision a mathematician's secret formula for making the right choice every time /
Stein, James D.
The right decision a mathematician's secret formula for making the right choice every time / [electronic resource] : James Stein - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010 - 1 online resource (xi, 242 p.)
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You are what you decide -- Creating the menu -- What's in it for me? determining your payoffs -- When the crystal ball is cloudy -- Dumping the losers: the admissibility criterion -- Worst-case scenarios: the minimax criterion -- In the long run: Bayes' criterion -- Taking the plunge: the maximax criterion -- Which club to use -- What you don't know can hurt you -- The balance of powers -- People who need people -- Hurts so good
Mode of access: Internet
9780071614207 (electronic bk.) 0071614206 (electronic bk.)
Decision making
The right decision a mathematician's secret formula for making the right choice every time / [electronic resource] : James Stein - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010 - 1 online resource (xi, 242 p.)
Description based on print version record
You are what you decide -- Creating the menu -- What's in it for me? determining your payoffs -- When the crystal ball is cloudy -- Dumping the losers: the admissibility criterion -- Worst-case scenarios: the minimax criterion -- In the long run: Bayes' criterion -- Taking the plunge: the maximax criterion -- Which club to use -- What you don't know can hurt you -- The balance of powers -- People who need people -- Hurts so good
Mode of access: Internet
9780071614207 (electronic bk.) 0071614206 (electronic bk.)
Decision making