"The outstanding strengths of the book are its topic coverage, references, exposition, examples and problem sets... This book is an excellent addition to any mathematical statistician's library." (Bulletin of the Am. Mathematical Soc.)

• 1 Basic Concepts.- 2 Utility and Loss.- 3 Prior Information and Subjective Probability.- 4 Bayesian Analysis.- 5 Minimax Analysis.- 6 Invariance.- 7 Preposterior and Sequential Analysis.- 8 Complete and Essentially Complete Classes.- Appendix 1 Common Statistical Densities.- I Continuous.- II Discrete.- Appendix 2 Supplement to Chapter 4.- II Development of (4.121) and (4.122).- III Verification of Formula (4.123).- Appendix 3 Technical Arguments from Chapter 7.- I Verification of Formula (7.8).- II Verification of Formula (7.10).- Notation and Abbreviations.- Author Index.

"The outstanding strengths of the book are its topic coverage, references, exposition, examples and problem sets... This book is an excellent addition to any mathematical statistician's library." (Bulletin of the Am. Mathematical Soc.)

• 1 Basic Concepts.- 2 Utility and Loss.- 3 Prior Information and Subjective Probability.- 4 Bayesian Analysis.- 5 Minimax Analysis.- 6 Invariance.- 7 Preposterior and Sequential Analysis.- 8 Complete and Essentially Complete Classes.- Appendix 1 Common Statistical Densities.- I Continuous.- II Discrete.- Appendix 2 Supplement to Chapter 4.- II Development of (4.121) and (4.122).- III Verification of Formula (4.123).- Appendix 3 Technical Arguments from Chapter 7.- I Verification of Formula (7.8).- II Verification of Formula (7.10).- Notation and Abbreviations.- Author Index.