TY - BOOK AU - Stein,James D. TI - The right decision: a mathematician's secret formula for making the right choice every time SN - 9780071614207 (electronic bk.) PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Decision making N1 - 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 UR - http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=291293 ER -