Decision theory and decision behaviour

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Decision theory and decision behaviour

Anatol Rapoport

Macmillan, 1998

2nd rev. ed

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Previous ed.: Dordrecht ; London : Kluwer Academic, 1989

Includes bibliographic references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The book treats two approaches to decision theory: (1) the normative, purporting to determine how a 'perfectly rational' actor ought to choose among available alternatives; (2) the descriptive, based on observations of how people actually choose in real life and in laboratory experiments. The mathematical tools used in the normative approach range from elementary algebra to matrix and differential equations. Sections on different levels can be studied independently. Special emphasis is made on 'offshoots' of both theories to cognitive psychology, theoretical biology, and philosophy.

Table of Contents

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

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Details

  • NCID
    BA35247706
  • ISBN
    • 0333681479
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 469 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Subject Headings
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