Beliefs, Interactions And Preferences In Decision Making; Editor: Machina, Mark J.; Editor: Munier, Bertrand; Hardback; Book

Editor: Machina, Mark J.; Editor: Munier, Bertrand
Series#:40; Theory and Decision Library; Hardback; Book; Index
384 pages
Published: August 1999
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
ISBN: 0792385993

Beliefs, Interactions and Preferences in Decision Making mixes a selection of papers, presented at the Eighth Foundations and Applications of Utility and Risk Theory ('FUR VIII') conferencein Mons, Belgium, together with a few solicited papers from well-known authors in the field.This book addresses some of the questions that have recently emerged in the research on decision-making and risk theory. In particular, authors have modeled more and more as interactions between the individual and the environment or between different individuals the emergence of beliefs as well as the specific type of information treatment traditionally called 'rationality'. This book analyzes several cases of such an interaction and derives consequences for the future of decision theory and risk theThis text addresses some of the questions that have emerged in the research on decision-making and risk theory. It analyzes several cases of an interaction between individuals and the environment or different individuals, deriving consequences for the future of decision theory and risk theory.