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27 produkter
Rational Decisions
Av Ken Binmore
Häftad, 2011
383 kr
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It is widely held that Bayesian decision theory is the final word on how a rational person should make decisions. However, Leonard Savage--the inventor of Bayesian decision theory--argued that it would be ridiculous to use his theory outside the kind of small world in which it is always possible to …
Playing for Real
A Text on Game Theory
Av Ken Binmore
E-bok, 2007
1451 kr
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Ken Binmore''s previous game theory textbook, Fun and Games (D.C. Heath, 1991), carved out a significant niche in the advanced undergraduate market; it was intellectually serious and more up-to-date than its competitors, but also accessibly written. Its central thesis was that game theory allows us …
Crooked Thinking or Straight Talk?
Modernizing Epicurean Scientific Philosophy
Av Ken Binmore
Häftad, 2020
336 kr
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Why can't we think straight about the big issues that face our society? Why are we taken in by the phony arguments of populists and scammers? Where are the philosophers hiding when we need them to tell us what makes sense?They are hiding because they have nothing to say. The airy-fairy answers …
Game Theory
A Very Short Introduction
Av Ken Binmore
Häftad, 2007
113 kr
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Games are everywhere: Drivers manoeuvring in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. A firm negotiating next year's wage is playing a bargaining game. The opposing candidates in an election are playing a political game. The …
Game Theory
A Very Short Introduction
Av Ken Binmore
E-bok, 2007
92 kr
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Games are everywhere: Drivers manoeuvring in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. A firm negotiating next year''s wage is playing a bargaining game. The opposing candidates in an election are playing a political game. The …
Game Theory
A Very Short Introduction
Av Ken Binmore
E-bok, 2007
92 kr
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Games are everywhere: Drivers manoeuvring in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. A firm negotiating next year''s wage is playing a bargaining game. The opposing candidates in an election are playing a political game. The …
Natural Justice
Av Ken Binmore
Inbunden, 2005
1096 kr
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This book lays out foundations for a "science of morals." Binmore uses game theory as a systematic tool forassical investigating ethical matters. He reinterprets classical social contract ideas within a game-theory framework and generates new insights into the fundamental questions ofin social …
Playing for Real
A Text on Game Theory
Av Ken Binmore
Inbunden, 2007
2463 kr
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Ken Binmore's previous game theory textbook, Fun and Games (D.C. Heath, 1991), carved out a significant niche in the advanced undergraduate market; it was intellectually serious and more up-to-date than its competitors, but also accessibly written. Its central thesis was that game theory allows us …
Natural Justice
Av Ken Binmore
E-bok, 2005
569 kr
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This book lays out foundations for a "science of morals." Binmore uses game theory as a systematic tool for investigating ethical matters. He reinterprets classical social contract ideas within a game-theory framework and generates new insights into the fundamental questions of social philosophy. …
Natural Justice
Av Ken Binmore
Häftad, 2011
716 kr
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This book lays out foundations for a "science of morals." Binmore uses game theory as a systematic tool for investigating ethical matters. He reinterprets classical social contract ideas within a game-theory framework and generates new insights into the fundamental questions of social philosophy. …
Natural Justice
Av Ken Binmore
E-bok, 2005
505 kr
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This book lays out foundations for a "science of morals." Binmore uses game theory as a systematic tool for investigating ethical matters. He reinterprets classical social contract ideas within a game-theory framework and generates new insights into the fundamental questions of social philosophy. …
Probability and the Art of Judgment
Av Richard Jeffrey, Brian Skyrms m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
525 kr
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Richard Jeffrey is beyond dispute one of the most distinguished and influential philosophers working in the field of decision theory and the theory of knowledge. His work is distinctive in showing the interplay of epistemological concerns with probability and utility theory. Not only has he made …
Paradoxes of Belief and Strategic Rationality
Av Robert C. Koons, Brian Skyrms m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
1237 kr
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This book develops a framework for analysing strategic rationality, a notion central to contemporary game theory, which is the formal study of the interaction of rational agents and which has proved extremely fruitful in economics, political theory and business management. The author argues that a …
Foundations of Probability with Applications
Selected Papers 1974-1995
Av Patrick Suppes, Mario Zanotti m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
748 kr
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This is an important collection of essays dealing with the foundations of probability that will be of value to philosophers of science, mathematicians, statisticians, psychologists and educationalists. The collection falls into three parts. Part I comprises five essays on the axiomatic foundations …
Calculus: Concepts and Methods
Häftad, 2002
1035 kr
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The pebbles used in ancient abacuses gave their name to the calculus, which today is a fundamental tool in business, economics, engineering and the sciences. This introductory book takes readers gently from single to multivariate calculus and simple differential and difference equations. Unusually …
Physical Causation
Av Phil Dowe, Brian Skyrms m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
1609 kr
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This book, published in 2000, is a clear account of causation based firmly in contemporary science. Dowe discusses in a systematic way, a positive account of causation: the conserved quantities account of causal processes which he has been developing over the last ten years. The book describes …
Economic Organizations as Games
Av Ken Binmore, Partha Dasgupta
Häftad, 1989
692 kr
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Economists have in recent years found the theory of games to be an attractive route for exploring imperfectly competitive markets. In this collection of articles, some of the best minds in contemporary economics on both sides of the Atlantic xplore both the potential and the limitations of this …
Evolution and Rationality
Decisions, Co-operation and Strategic Behaviour
Inbunden, 2012
1628 kr
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This volume explores from multiple perspectives the subtle and interesting relationship between the theory of rational choice and Darwinian evolution. In rational choice theory, agents are assumed to make choices that maximize their utility; in evolution, natural selection 'chooses' between …
Evolution and Rationality
Decisions, Co-operation and Strategic Behaviour
Häftad, 2014
716 kr
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This volume explores from multiple perspectives the subtle and interesting relationship between the theory of rational choice and Darwinian evolution. In rational choice theory, agents are assumed to make choices that maximize their utility; in evolution, natural selection 'chooses' between …
Calculus: Concepts and Methods
E-bok, 2002
1043 kr
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The pebbles used in ancient abacuses gave their name to the calculus, which today is a fundamental tool in business, economics, engineering and the sciences. This introductory book takes readers gently from single to multivariate calculus and simple differential and difference equations. Unusually …
Calculus: Concepts and Methods
E-bok, 2002
1013 kr
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The pebbles used in ancient abacuses gave their name to the calculus, which today is a fundamental tool in business, economics, engineering and the sciences. This introductory book takes readers gently from single to multivariate calculus and simple differential and difference equations. Unusually …
Rational Decisions
Av Ken Binmore
E-bok, 2008
484 kr
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It is widely held that Bayesian decision theory is the final word on how a rational person should make decisions. However, Leonard Savage--the inventor of Bayesian decision theory--argued that it would be ridiculous to use his theory outside the kind of small world in which it is always possible to …
Crooked Thinking or Straight Talk?
Modernizing Epicurean Scientific Philosophy
Av Ken Binmore
E-bok, 2020
447 kr
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Why can''t we think straight about the big issues that face our society? Why are we taken in by the phony arguments of populists and scammers? Where are the philosophers hiding when we need them to tell us what makes sense? They are hiding because they have nothing to say. The airy-fairy answers …
Early Utilitarians
Lives and Ideals
Av Ken Binmore
Häftad, 2021
336 kr
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People who put the public good before their own self interest have been admired throughout history. But what is the public good? Sages and prophets who think they know better what is good for us than we know ourselves held sway on this subject for more than two thousand years. The world had to wait …
Early Utilitarians
Lives and Ideals
Av Ken Binmore
E-bok, 2021
447 kr
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People who put the public good before their own self interest have been admired throughout history. But what is the public good? Sages and prophets who think they know better what is good for us than we know ourselves held sway on this subject for more than two thousand years. The world had to wait …
