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Decision Theory
Principles and Approaches
Giovanni Parmigiani
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Lurdes Y. T. Inoue
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
with contributions by
Hedibert F. Lopes
University of Chicago, USA
A John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Publication
Decision Theory
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