Breakthroughs in Decision Science and Risk Analysis
Language: English
Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2015
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With a simple and clear exposition, Breakthroughs in Decision Science and Risk Analysis details recent advances in the theory, methods, and applications of decision and risk analysis that can significantly change and improve how we learn from important practical decisions. Editor(s): Cox, Louis Anthony, Jr. Series: Wiley Essentials in Operations Research and Management Science. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: GPQ; KJMD; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568. . 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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- Title
- Breakthroughs in Decision Science and Risk Analysis
- Author
- Cox, L.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1118217160
- ISBN 13
- 9781118217160
Discover recent powerful advances in the theory, methods, and applications of decision and risk analysis
Focusing on modern advances and innovations in the field of decision analysis (DA), Breakthroughs in Decision Science and Risk Analysis presents theories and methods for making, improving, and learning from significant practical decisions. The book explains these new methods and important applications in an accessible and stimulating style for readers from multiple backgrounds, including psychology, economics, statistics, engineering, risk analysis, operations research, and management science.
Highlighting topics not conventionally found in DA textbooks, the book illustrates genuine advances in practical decision science, including developments and trends that depart from, or break with, the standard axiomatic DA paradigm in fundamental and useful ways. The book features methods for coping with realistic decision-making challenges such as online adaptive learning algorithms, innovations in robust decision-making, and the use of a variety of models to explain available data and recommend actions. In addition, the book illustrates how these techniques can be applied to dramatically improve risk management decisions. Breakthroughs in Decision Science and Risk Analysis also includes:
- An emphasis on new approaches rather than only classical and traditional ideas
- Discussions of how decision and risk analysis can be applied to improve high-stakes policy and management decisions
- Coverage of the potential value and realism of decision science within applications in financial, health, safety, environmental, business, engineering, and security risk management
- Innovative methods for deciding what actions to take when decision problems are not completely known or described or when useful probabilities cannot be specified
- Recent breakthroughs in the psychology and brain science of risky decisions, mathematical foundations and techniques, and integration with learning and pattern recognition methods from computational intelligence
Breakthroughs in Decision Science and Risk Analysis is an ideal reference for researchers, consultants, and practitioners in the fields of decision science, operations research, business, management science, engineering, statistics, and mathematics. The book is also an appropriate guide for managers, analysts, and decision and policy makers in the areas of finance, health and safety, environment, business, engineering, and security risk management.
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About the Author
Louis Anthony (Tony) Cox, Jr. PhD, is Chief Sciences Officer of NextHealth Technologies, a Denver-based health care advanced analytics software company and President of Cox Associates, Inc., a Denver-based applied research company specializing in quantitative health risk assessment, risk analysis, causal modeling, and operations research. Dr. Cox is also Clinical Professor of Biostatistics and Informatics at the University of Colorado at Denver, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and Editor-in-Chief of Risk Analysis: An International Journal.
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