Archive for April, 2016

Decision Theory Articles

April 5th, 2016 – 11:31 am

Very good article on decision theory by James Jones, Professor of Mathematics Richland Community College.  The modes discussed are expect value (realist), also called the Bayesian principle, Maximax (optimist), Maximin (Pessimist), and Minimax (Opportunist).  They use the example of a bicycle shop choosing how many bicycles to purchase and sell.  The example is very good [...]