Making Better Decisions by Itzhak Gilboa - 9781444336511

Making Better DecisionsDecision Theory in Practice\nAuthor(s): Itzhak Gilboa\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781444336511, 978-1444336511\nSynopsis\nMaking Better Decisions introduces readers to some of the principal aspects of decision theory, and examines how these might lead us to make better decisions.\n\nIntroduces readers to key aspects of decision theory and examines how they might help us make better decisions\nPresentation of material encourages readers to imagine a situation and make a decision or a judgment\nOffers a broad coverage of the subject including major insights from several sub-disciplines: microeconomic theory, decision theory, game theory, social choice, statistics, psychology, and philosophy\nExplains these insights informally in a language that has minimal mathematical notation or jargon, even when describing and interpreting mathematical theorems\nCritically assesses the theory presens