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Reasoning about Uncertainty

By Joseph Y. Halpern

Book information

Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
2003
ISBN
9780262083201, 0262083205
Open Library ID
OL9463702M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12103904 bytes)
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
406\406
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

This book guides you through formal systems useful for reasoning about uncertainty. If you've ever wondered about the rationale for probability theory or for ways to overcome its limitation, this is the book for you.The author made an effort to make the book as self-contained as possible (a remarkable achievement given what it covers), so this book is very clear. The examples are short, but illuminating and motivating, so this book is interesting. The author always tries to justify why the axioms of a theory were chosen a certain way, so this book is insightful.Even if you have just a passing interest in probability theory, I highly recommend this book. It will not only give you reasons for the definitions in probability theory, but also powerful alternative (and often complementary) ways of reasoning about uncertainty.

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