| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 338 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Knovel Library.
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| Summary |
"Bayesian decision analysis supports principled decision making in complex domains. This textbook takes the reader from a formal analysis of simple decision problems to a careful analysis of the sometimes very complex and data rich structures confronted by practitioners. The book contains basic material on subjective probability theory and multi-attribute utility theory, event and decision trees, Bayesian networks, influence diagrams and causal Bayesian networks. The author demonstrates when and how the theory can be successfully applied to a given decision problem, how data can be sampled and expert judgements elicited to support this analysis, and when and how an effective Bayesian decision analysis can be implemented. Evolving from a third-year undergraduate course taught by the author over many years, all of the material in this book will be accessible to a student who has completed introductory courses in probability and mathematical statistics"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-334) and index. |
| Contents |
Foundations of decision modeling. Introduction -- Explanations of processes and trees -- Utilities and rewards -- Subjective probability and its elicitation -- Bayesian inference for decision analysis Multi-dimensional decision modeling. Multiattribute utility theory -- Bayesian networks -- Graphs, decisions and causality -- Multidimensional learning -- Conclusions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bayesian statistical decision theory.
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Bayesian statistical decision theory. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, J.Q., 1953- Bayesian decision analysis. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521764544 (DLC) 2010031690 (OCoLC)619125102 |
| ISBN |
9780511860355 (electronic book) |
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0511860358 (electronic book) |
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9780511857744 (electronic book) |
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0511857748 (electronic book) |
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9780511856006 (electronic book) |
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0511856008 (electronic book) |
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0511856873 |
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9780511856877 |
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9780511779237 (electronic book) |
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0511779232 (electronic book) |
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9786612941887 |
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661294188X |
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9780521764544 (hardback) |
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0521764548 (hardback) |
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