Studies in Subjective Probability
Author | : Henry Ely Kyburg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Henry Ely Kyburg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : |
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.
Author | : Richard Jeffrey |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2004-04-12 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780521536684 |
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.