Foundations of Utility and Risk Theory with Applications (Hardcover, 1983 ed.)

In this volume we present some o~ the papers that were delivered at FUR-82 - the First International Con~erence on Foundations o~ Utility and Risk Theory in Oslo, June 1982. The purpose o~ the con~erence was to provide a ~orum within which scientists could report on interesting applications o~ modern decision theory and exchange ideas about controversial issues in the ~oundations o~ the theory o~ choice under un certainty. With that purpose in mind we have selected a mixture of applied and theoretical papers that we hope will appeal to a wide spectrum o~ readers ~rom graduate students in social science departments and business schools to people involved in making hardheaded decisions in business and government. In an introductory article Ole Hagen gives an overview o~ various paradoxes in utility and risk theory and discusses these in the light o~ scientific methodology. He concludes the article by calling ~or joint efforts to provide decision makers with warkable theories. Kenneth Arrow takes up the same issue on a broad basis in his paper where he discusses the implications o~ behavior under uncertainty for policy. In the theoretical papers the reader will ~ind attempts at de~initive Statements of the meaning o~ old concepts and suggestions for the adoption o~ new concepts. For instance, Maurice Allais discusses four di~ferent interpretations o~ the axioms o~ probability and explains the need ~or an empirical characterization o~ the concept of chance.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Theory and Decision Library, 37
Release date:	September 1983
First published:	September 1983
Editors:	Bernt P. Stigum • Fred Wenstop
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	494
Edition:	1983 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-90-277-1239-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General Promotions
LSN:	90-277-1239-5
Barcode:	9789027712394

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