Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour

Name: Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour
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ISBN: 9780333681473

ISBN-10: 0333681479

ISBN-13: 9780333681473

Edition: 2nd 1998

Authors: Anatol Rapoport

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This book treats two approaches to decision theory - the normative, purporting to determine how a 'perfectly rational' actor ought to choose among available alternatives, and the descriptive, how people actually choose in real life.

Book details

Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 1/28/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 469
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Anatol Rapoport is professor at the University of Toronto, and a fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has written over four hundred articles, and is author of the following books: Conflict in Man Made Environment ; Game Theory as a Theory of Conflict Resolution ; and General Systems Theory . He is widely recognized as the dean of war and peace studies in North America.



Preface to the First Edition


Preface to the Second Revised Edition


Acknowledgements


Introduction: An Overview of Decision Theory



Orders and Scales



Optimization



Decisions under Uncertainty and Risk



Subjective Aspects of Risk



Modifications and 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-theoretical Concepts in Economics



Psychology of Collective Decision-making


Concluding Remarks


Glossary of Symbols and Terms


Notes


References


Name Index


Subject Index