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Philosophy in Geography
Av S. Gale, Gunnar Olsson
Häftad, 2011
551 kr
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In any edited volume most credit is due to the individual authors. The present case is no exception and we as editors have done little apart from serving as coordinators for a group of friends and colleagues. For once, the responsi bilities are shared. We feel that the collection gives a fair …
Urban Dynamics and Spatial Choice Behaviour
Av J. Hauer, Harry J.P. Timmermans m. fl.
Inbunden, 1989
1643 kr
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Thi s book ari ses from The Fourth European Coll oqui urn on Theoret i ca 1 and Quant itat i ve Geography wh i ch was he 1 din Ve 1 dhoven, The Netherlands in September 1985. It contains a series of papers on spatial choice dynamics and dynamical spatial systems which were presented at the …
Minimax Models in the Theory of Numerical Models
Inbunden, 1992
905 kr
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The efficiency of computational methods and the choice of the most efficient methods for solving a specific problem or a specific class of problems have always played an important role in numerical analysis. Optimization of the computerized solution process is now a major problem of applied …
Quantitative Methods for Portfolio Analysis
MTV Model Approach
Inbunden, 1993
905 kr
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This text aims to provide practical models and methods for the quantitative analysis of financial asset prices, construction of various portfolios, and computer-assisted trading systems. In particular, it should be helpful reading for "Quants" (quantitatively-inclined analysts) in financial …
Non-Classical Logics and Their Applications to Fuzzy Subsets
Handbook of the Mathematical Foundations of Fuzzy Set Theory
Av Ulrich Hohle, Erich Peter Klement
Inbunden, 1995
879 kr
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This work is devoted to a study of various relations between non-classical logics and fuzzy sets. This volume is aimed at all those who are interested in a deeper understanding of the mathematical foundations of fuzzy set theory, particularly in intuitionistic logic, Lukasiewicz logic, monoidal …
Non-Archimedean Utility Theory
Inbunden, 1975
551 kr
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My interest in non-Archimedean utility theory and the problems related to it was aroused by discussions which I have had with Professors Werner Leinfellner and Günter Menges. On the occasion of the Second Inter national Game Theory Workshop, Berkeley, 1970, which was sponsored by the National …
Methodological Unity of Science
Av M. Bunge
Inbunden, 1973
1098 kr
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The present volume collects some of the talks given at the Bertrand Russell Colloquium on Exact Philosophy, attached to the McGill University Foundations and Philosophy of Science Unit. It also includes a paper, on Bertrand Russell's method of philosophizing, read at the memorial symposium held at …
Methodological Unity of Science
Av M. Bunge
Häftad, 1973
1098 kr
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The present volume collects some of the talks given at the Bertrand Russell Colloquium on Exact Philosophy, attached to the McGill University Foundations and Philosophy of Science Unit. It also includes a paper, on Bertrand Russell's method of philosophizing, read at the memorial symposium held at …
Information, Inference and Decision
Av G. Menges
Häftad, 1974
551 kr
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Under the title 'Information, Inference and Decision' this volume in the Theory and Decision Library presents some papers on issues from the borderland of statistical inference philosophy and epistemology, written by statisticians and decision theorists who belonged or are allied to the former …
Game Theory as a Theory of Conflict Resolution
Inbunden, 1974
1098 kr
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Game theory could be formally defined as a theory of rational decision in conflict situations. Models of such situations, as they are conceived in game theory, involve (1) a set of decision makers, called players; (2) a set of strategies available to each player; (3) a set of outcomes, each of …
Pragmatic Aspects of Human Communication
Av H.B. Cherry
Inbunden, 1974
1098 kr
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'Human Communication' is a field of interest of enormous breadth, being one which has concerned students of many different disciplines. It spans the imagined 'gap' between the 'arts' and the 'sciences', but it forms no unified academic subject. There is no commonly accepted terminology to cover aU …
Contributions to a Philosophy of Technology
Studies in the Structure of Thinking in the Technological Sciences
Av F. Rapp
Inbunden, 1974
1098 kr
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The highly sophisticated techniques of modern engineering are normally conceived of in practical terms. Corresponding to the instrumental function of technology, they are designed to direct the forces of nature according to human purposes. Yet, as soon as the realm of mere skills is exceeded, the …
Game Theory as a Theory of Conflict Resolution
Häftad, 1974
1098 kr
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Game theory could be formally defined as a theory of rational decision in conflict situations. Models of such situations, as they are conceived in game theory, involve (1) a set of decision makers, called players; (2) a set of strategies available to each player; (3) a set of outcomes, each of …
Developments in the Methodology of Social Science
Av W. Leinfellner, Eckehart Köhler
Inbunden, 1974
2188 kr
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Philosophy of Science deals with the problem, 'What is science?' It seems that the answer to this question can only be found if we have an answer to the question, 'How does science function?' Thus, the study of the methodology of social sciences is a prominent factor in any analysis of these …
Pragmatic Aspects of Human Communication
Av H.B. Cherry
Häftad, 1974
1098 kr
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'Human Communication' is a field of interest of enormous breadth, being one which has concerned students of many different disciplines. It spans the imagined 'gap' between the 'arts' and the 'sciences', but it forms no unified academic subject. There is no commonly accepted terminology to cover aU …
Concept of Probability in Psychological Experiments
Inbunden, 1974
537 kr
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1. BACKGROUND The last twenty-five years have seen a large amount of psychological research in the area of behavioral decision theory. It followed the major breakthrough of decision theory that came with von Neumann and Morgenstern's Theory of Games and Economic Behavior in 1944. The key concepts …
Developments in the Methodology of Social Science
Av W. Leinfellner, Eckehart Köhler
Häftad, 1974
2188 kr
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Philosophy of Science deals with the problem, 'What is science?' It seems that the answer to this question can only be found if we have an answer to the question, 'How does science function?' Thus, the study of the methodology of social sciences is a prominent factor in any analysis of these …
Determinants and Controls of Scientific Development
Av K.D. Knorr, H. Strasser m. fl.
Inbunden, 1975
2188 kr
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This book constitutes the outcome of an international conference held at the Otto-Mobes-Volkswirtschaftsschule, Graz-Stifting( Austria), from June 16 to 22, 1974. The conference was initiated by a project group working on determinants and controls of social science development at the In stitute …
Utility, Probability, and Human Decision Making
Selected Proceedings of an Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Rome, 3–6 September, 1973
Inbunden, 1975
2478 kr
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Human decision making involves problems which are being studied with increasing interest and sophistication. They range from controversial political decisions via individual consumer decisions to such simple tasks as signal discriminations. Although it would seem that decisions have to do with …
Stochastic Programming
Av V.V. Kolbin
Inbunden, 1977
1098 kr
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This book is devoted to the problems of stochastic (or probabilistic) programming. The author took as his basis the specialized lectures which he delivered to the graduates from the economic cybernetics department of Leningrad University beginning in 1967. Since 1971 the author has delivered a …
Decision Making and Change in Human Affairs
Proceedings of the Fifth Research Conference on Subjective Probability, Utility, and Decision Making, Darmstadt, 1–4 September, 1975
Inbunden, 1977
2188 kr
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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 Theory and Social Ethics
Issues in Social Choice
Av H.W. Gottinger, W. Leinfellner
Häftad, 1978
551 kr
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Ethics, as one of the most respectable disciplines of philosophy, has undergone a drastic and revolutionary change in recent time. There are three main trends of this development. The first trend can be described as a tendency towards a rigorous formal and analytical language. This means simply …
Revolutions, Systems and Theories
Essays in Political Philosophy
Av H.J. Johnson, J.J. Leach m. fl.
Inbunden, 1978
1098 kr
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In spite of the seeming heterogeneity of topics in its title - Revolutions, Systems, and Theories - this volume purports to be something more than a random collection of Essays in Political Philosophy. The Colloquium of the Philosophy Department of the University of Western Ontario (29-31 Octo- …
Expected Utility Hypotheses and the Allais Paradox
Contemporary Discussions of the Decisions Under Uncertainty with Allais' Rejoinder
Av M. Allais, G.M. Hagen
Inbunden, 1979
3279 kr
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Utility theory or, value theory in general, is certainly the cornerstone of decision theory, game theory, microecon~mics, and all social and political theories which deal with public decisions. Recently the American School of utility, founded by von N eumann Morgenstern, encountered a far-going …
Philosophical Problems of Statistical Inference
Learning from R.A. Fisher
Inbunden, 1979
1098 kr
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Politics as Rational Action
Essays in Public Choice and Policy Analysis
Inbunden, 1980
1098 kr
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One of the most promising trends in modem political science is the develop ment of a theory of politics as rational action. Focussing on choice as the central topic of study, rational choice theorists set out to specify what alter native an actor should prefer if he has some given knowledge of …
Instrumental Reasoning and Systems Methodology
An Epistemology of the Applied and Social Sciences
Häftad, 1980
1643 kr
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This book has been written primarily for the applied and social scientist and student who longs for an integrated picture of the foundations on which his research must ultimately rest; but hopefully the book may also serve philosophers interested in applied disciplines and in systems methodology. …
Essays on Ethics, Social Behaviour, and Scientific Explanation
Häftad, 1980
1643 kr
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When John Harsanyi came to Stanford University as a candidate for the Ph.D., I asked him why he was bothering, since it was most un likely that he had anything to learn from us. He was already a known scho lar; in addition to some papers in economics, the first two papers in this vol ume had …
Economic Information, Decision, and Prediction
Selected Essays: Volume I Part I Economics of Decision
Av M. Marschak
Häftad, 1980
1643 kr
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The papers of Jacob Marschak which follow in these volumes are an extraordinary combination of original and fruitful departures in economic and social thought, superb clarity of exposition, and sensitivity to the values of earlier work and even competing traditions. They make us marvel alike at …
