Ten Great Ideas about Chance

Ten Great Ideas about Chance
Author: Persi Diaconis
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2019-10-08
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0691196397

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, gamblers and mathematicians transformed the idea of chance from a mystery into the discipline of probability, setting the stage for a series of breakthroughs that enabled or transformed innumerable fields, from gambling, mathematics, statistics, economics, and finance to physics and computer science. This book tells the story of ten great ideas about chance and the thinkers who developed them, tracing the philosophical implications of these ideas as well as their mathematical impact.

Subjective Probability

Subjective Probability
Author: Richard Jeffrey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2004-04-12
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521536684

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Subjective Probability

Subjective Probability
Author: George Wright
Publisher:
Total Pages: 608
Release: 1994-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This overview of subjective probability ranges from discussion of the philosophy of axiom systems through studies in the psychological laboratory to the real world of business decision-making.

Studies in Inductive Logic and Probability

Studies in Inductive Logic and Probability
Author: Rudolf Carnap
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1980-01-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780520038264

A basic system of inductive logic; An axiomatic foundation for the logic of inductive generalization; A survey of inductive systems; On the condition of partial exchangeability; Representation theorems of the de finetti type; De finetti's generalizations of excahngeability; The structure of probabilities defined on first-order languages; A subjectivit's guide to objective chance.

Degrees of Belief

Degrees of Belief
Author: Steven G. Vick
Publisher: ASCE Publications
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0784470863

Observing at a risk analysis conference for civil engineers that participants did not share a common language of probability, Vick, a consultant and geotechnic engineer, set out to not only examine why, but to also bridge the gap. He reexamines three elements at the core of engineering the concepts

Experts in Uncertainty

Experts in Uncertainty
Author: Roger M. Cooke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1991-10-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0195362373

This book is an extensive survey and critical examination of the literature on the use of expert opinion in scientific inquiry and policy making. The elicitation, representation, and use of expert opinion is increasingly important for two reasons: advancing technology leads to more and more complex decision problems, and technologists are turning in greater numbers to "expert systems" and other similar artifacts of artificial intelligence. Cooke here considers how expert opinion is being used today, how an expert's uncertainty is or should be represented, how people do or should reason with uncertainty, how the quality and usefulness of expert opinion can be assessed, and how the views of several experts might be combined. He argues for the importance of developing practical models with a transparent mathematic foundation for the use of expert opinion in science, and presents three tested models, termed "classical," "Bayesian," and "psychological scaling." Detailed case studies illustrate how they can be applied to a diversity of real problems in engineering and planning.

Decision Making and Change in Human Affairs

Decision Making and Change in Human Affairs
Author: H. Jungermann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9401012768

It is only just recently that people have the tools to judge how well they are doing when making decisions. These tools were conceptualized in the seventeenth century. Since then many people have worked to sharpen the concepts, and to explore how these can be applied further. The problems of decision-making and the theory developed correspondingly have drawn the interest of mathematicians, psychologists, statisticians, economists, philosophers, organizational experts, sociologists, not only for their general relevance, but also for a more intrinsic fascination. There are quite a few institutionalized activities to disseminate results and stimulate research in decision-making. For about a decade now a European organizational structure, centered mainly around the psy chological interest in decision-making. There have been conferences in Hamburg, Amsterdam, Uxbridge, Rome and Darmstadt. Conference papers have been partly published+. The organization has thus stabilized, and its re latively long history makes it interesting to see what kind of developments occurred, within the area of interest.

Probability and Bayesian Modeling

Probability and Bayesian Modeling
Author: Jim Albert
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1351030132

Probability and Bayesian Modeling is an introduction to probability and Bayesian thinking for undergraduate students with a calculus background. The first part of the book provides a broad view of probability including foundations, conditional probability, discrete and continuous distributions, and joint distributions. Statistical inference is presented completely from a Bayesian perspective. The text introduces inference and prediction for a single proportion and a single mean from Normal sampling. After fundamentals of Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms are introduced, Bayesian inference is described for hierarchical and regression models including logistic regression. The book presents several case studies motivated by some historical Bayesian studies and the authors’ research. This text reflects modern Bayesian statistical practice. Simulation is introduced in all the probability chapters and extensively used in the Bayesian material to simulate from the posterior and predictive distributions. One chapter describes the basic tenets of Metropolis and Gibbs sampling algorithms; however several chapters introduce the fundamentals of Bayesian inference for conjugate priors to deepen understanding. Strategies for constructing prior distributions are described in situations when one has substantial prior information and for cases where one has weak prior knowledge. One chapter introduces hierarchical Bayesian modeling as a practical way of combining data from different groups. There is an extensive discussion of Bayesian regression models including the construction of informative priors, inference about functions of the parameters of interest, prediction, and model selection. The text uses JAGS (Just Another Gibbs Sampler) as a general-purpose computational method for simulating from posterior distributions for a variety of Bayesian models. An R package ProbBayes is available containing all of the book datasets and special functions for illustrating concepts from the book. A complete solutions manual is available for instructors who adopt the book in the Additional Resources section.

Risk Aversion in Experiments

Risk Aversion in Experiments
Author: G.W. Harrison
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2008-02-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0762313846

Presents research utilizing laboratory experimental methods in economics.