Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour

ISBN-13: 9780333681473 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 469 str.

Anatol Rapoport; A. Rapoport

Opis

This text examines both the normative and the descriptive approaches to decision theory. Special emphasis is laid on "offshoots" of both theories to cognitive psychology, theoretical biology, and philosophy.

Spis treści

Preface - Preface to the Second Revised Edition - Introduction: An Overview of Decision Theory - Orders and Scales - Optimization - Decisions Under Uncertainty and Risk - Subjective Aspects of Risk - Generalizations of Expected Utility Theory - Multi-Objective Decisions - Theory of Social Choice - Individual Psychology of Decision-Making -Two-Person Constant Sum Games - Some Topics in Continuous Games - Two-Person Non-Constant Sum Games - Social Dilemmas - Applications of Game Theory in Biology - Theory of Voting - Two-Person Cooperative Games - N-Person Cooperative Games - The Allocation Problem - Indices of Power - Theories of Coalition Formation - Game-Theoretic Concepts in Economics - Psychology of Collective Decision - Concluding Remarks - Notes - Appendix - References

O autorze

ANATOL RAPOPORT