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Recent developments in information and decision processes

Title
Recent developments in information and decision processes / edited by Robert E. Machol [and] Paul Gray.
Author
Symposium on Information and Decision Processes (3rd : 1961 : Purdue University)
Publication
  • New York : Macmillan, [1962]
  • ©1962

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Additional Authors
  • Machol, Robert Engel, 1917-
  • Gray, Paul E.
  • Purdue University, host institution.
Description
x, 197 pages : illustrations, charts; 24 cm
Summary
"This book constitutes the proceeding of the most recent (April 12--13 1961) of a continuing series of symposia on information and decision processes held at Purdue University, where recent developments in this field are reported on by leading experts"--Introduction
Subject
  • Information theory > Congresses
  • Decision making > Mathematical models > Congresses
  • Decision making > Mathematical models
  • Information theory
  • Information, Théorie de l' > Congrès
  • Prise de décision > Congrès
Genre/Form
  • Congress
  • proceedings (reports)
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Actes de congrès.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Contents
The mathematics of self--organizing systems / Nobert Wiener -- The basics concepts of dynamic programming / Richard Bellman -- Axioms for persistent preference / P.A. Diamon, T.C. Koopmans, and R. Williamson -- Further results in the theory of numerical convergence / Sigeiti Moriguti -- Some numerical results on a compound decision problem / Herbert Robbins -- Testing statistical hypotheses: the compound approach / Herbert Robbins and Ester Samuel -- Deferred decision theory / H.H. Goode -- Bayesian decision theory / Howard Raiffa -- The use of the maximum entropy estimate in reliability / Myron Tribus -- The ergodic theorem of information theory / Kai Lai Chung -- Exploratory mathematics by machine / B. Dunham, R. Fidshal, and J.H. North -- Bayesian statistics / Leonard J. Savage.
LCCN
62018380
OCLC
  • ocm00313138
  • 313138
  • SCSB-247517
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library