The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory

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DOI10.1017/CBO9780511498497zbMath0941.62005MaRDI QIDQ4942169

James M. Joyce

Publication date: 21 March 2000



91B06: Decision theory

62A01: Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics

91-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to game theory, economics, and finance

68T27: Logic in artificial intelligence

62-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistics

03B48: Probability and inductive logic

62C05: General considerations in statistical decision theory


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