The right decision [electronic resource] : a mathematician's secret formula for making the right choice every time / James Stein
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TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010Description: 1 online resource (xi, 242 p.)ISBN: - 9780071614207 (electronic bk.)
- 0071614206 (electronic bk.)
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UMPLIB GAMBANG | HD30.23 .S74 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 0000055984 |
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