Controlling Uncertainty: Decision Making and Learning in Complex Worlds

Osman, Magda

ISBN 10: 1405199466 / ISBN 13: 9781405199469

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Controlling Uncertainty: Decision Making and Learning in Complex Worlds
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405199466
• ISBN 13: 9781405199469
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Controlling Uncertainty: Decision Making and Learning in Complex Worlds reviews and discusses the most current research relating to the ways we can control the uncertain world around us.

• Features reviews and discussions of the most current research in a number of fields relevant to controlling uncertainty, such as psychology, neuroscience, computer science and engineering
• Presents a new framework that is designed to integrate a variety of disparate fields of research
• Represents the first book of its kind to provide a general overview of work related to understanding control

About the Author

Magda Osman is a Lecturer in Experimental Cognitive Psychology in Queen Mary University of London. She has published in a wide range of journals on topics ranging from problem solving in abstract, social, and applied settings; motor learning; conscious and unconscious reasoning and decision making; and the cognitive basis of deception.