Savage revisited (with discussion)

DOI10.1214/ss/1177013518zbMath0613.62002OpenAlexW4205645523MaRDI QIDQ1819479

Glenn R. Shafer

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1177013518

zbMATH Keywords

preferencesubjective expected utilityconstructive decision theorynormative decision theorypostulates for rational behavior

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) General considerations in statistical decision theory (62C05)

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