Applied Statistical Decision Theory - Hardcover

Raiffa, Howard; Schlaifer, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0875840175 ISBN 13: 9780875840178

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1961

Synopsis

"This book, the first in a group entitled Studies in Managerial Economics, is addressed to persons who are interested in using statistics as a tool in practical problems of decision making under conditions of uncertainty and who also have the necessary training in mathematics and statistics to employ these analytical techniques".

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About the Author

Howard Raiffa is Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Managerial Economics (Emeritus), Harvard Business School and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1961
• ISBN 10: 0875840175
• ISBN 13: 9780875840178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 354