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Bayesian Decision Analysis: Principles and Practice

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
0521764548, 9780521764544
LCC
QA279.5 .S628 2010
Open Library ID
OL24524288M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1852343 bytes)
Pages
348\350
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Bayesian decision analysis supports principled decision making in complex domains. This textbook takes the reader from a formal analysis of simple decision problems to a careful analysis of the sometimes very complex and data rich structures confronted by practitioners. The book contains basic material on subjective probability theory and multi-attribute utility theory, event and decision trees, Bayesian networks, influence diagrams and causal Bayesian networks. The author demonstrates when and how the theory can be successfully applied to a given decision problem, how data can be sampled and expert judgements elicited to support this analysis, and when and how an effective Bayesian decision analysis can be implemented. Evolving from a third-year undergraduate course taught by the author over many years, all of the material in this book will be accessible to a student who has completed introductory courses in probability and mathematical statistics.

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