The right decision
Subtitle: a mathematician reveals how the secrets of decision theory can help you make the right decision every time
By: James Stein.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780071614191
Subjects: Decision making
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: You are what you decide; title: Creating the menu; title: What's in it for me? determining your payoffs; title: When the crystal ball is cloudy; title: Dumping the losers: the admissibility criterion; title: Worst-case scenarios: the minimax criterion; title: In the long run: Bayes' criterion; title: Taking the plunge: the maximax criterion; title: Which club to use; title: What you don't know can hurt you; title: The balance of powers; title: People who need people; title: Hurts so good.