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Uncertainty and risk. Mental, formal, experimental representations. (English) Zbl 1173.91011

Theory and Decision Library. Series C: Game Theory, Mathematical Programming and Operations Research 41. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 978-3-540-48934-4/hbk; 978-3-642-08029-6/pbk; 978-3-540-48935-1/ebook). vi, 306 p. (2007).
The book contains several papers devoted to uncertainty and risk, it attempts to sort out the different meanings of uncertainty and to investigate their foundations. It shows that uncertainty can be represented using various tools and mental guidelines. The book has four parts: foundational, representational tools, alternative decision rules and risk attitude modelling.

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91-06 Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc. pertaining to game theory, economics, and finance
00B15 Collections of articles of miscellaneous specific interest
62-06 Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc. pertaining to statistics
91B30 Risk theory, insurance (MSC2010)
91B06 Decision theory
62C05 General considerations in statistical decision theory
62C10 Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures
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