Author: Melvin Dresher
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: applications, theory, strategy, games
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833042254
ISBN-13: 9780833042255

Games of Strategy: Theory and Applications, originally published by Prentice Hall in 1961, was written by Melvin Dresher, a RAND research mathematician, during the heyday of Game Theory at RAND. This book introduced readers to the basic concepts of game theory and its applications for military, economic, and political problems, as well as its usefulness in decisionmaking in business, operations research, and behavioral science. More than forty years after its first publication as a RAND research study, and to celebrate RAND

Authors:Gregory F. Treverton, Seth G. Jones, Steven Boraz
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: report, workshop, intelligence, theory
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039113
ISBN-13: 9780833039118

In June 2005, the RAND Corporation and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence convened a one-day workshop to discuss how theories underlie intelligence and might lead to both a better understanding and better practice of U.S. intelligence. Forty attendees (practitioners, academics, and specialists) participated in four panels: What Is Intelligence Theory?; Is There an American Theory of Intelligence?; Which Assumptions Should Be Overturned?; and How Can Intelligence Results Be Measured? Issues debated included whether intelligence should be defined narrowly, as secret state activi

Author: Herbert S. Wilf
Publisher: A K Peters, Ltd.
Keywords: generatingfunctionology
Number of Pages: 245
Published: 2006-01-29
ISBN-10: 1568812795
ISBN-13: 9781568812793

Generating functions, one of the most important tools in enumerative combinatorics, are a bridge between discrete mathematics and continuous analysis. Generating functions have numerous applications in mathematics, especially in * Combinatorics * Probability Theory * Statistics * Theory of Markov Chains * Number Theory One of the most important and relevant recent applications of combinatorics lies in the development of Internet search engines whose incredible capabilities dazzle even the mathematically trained user.

Author: L. Boland
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: methodology, economic, critical
Number of Pages: 307
Published: 1997-01-16
ISBN-10: 0415136075
ISBN-13: 9780415136075

Lawrence Boland takes issue with both economic methodologists and practicing economists. He argues that there has been too much "methodology for methodology’s sake" and that mainstream economics might benefit by using methodology to take a critical look at economic theory. Containing twenty essays, the book discusses Friedman’s essay on methodology, the role of the maximization in neoclassical theory, the limitation of traditional economic methodology, the possibilities for more fruitful criticisms, and Karl Popper’s theory of science. Throughout, the essays emphasize the pos

Author: John Holbo
Publisher: Parlor Press
Keywords: empire, theory, framing
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2007-01
ISBN-10: 1602350159
ISBN-13: 9781602350151

FRAMING THEORY’S EMPIRE started life as a "book event"--an online, roundtable-style symposium on THEORY’S EMPIRE (Columbia UP, 2005). Two dozen contributors offered reviews, criticism, and commentary. Now in book form, it includes a preface by Scott McLemee and afterthoughts from THEORY’S EMPIRE’S editors. WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID . . . As the Theory Era draws to a close, we need more than ever intelligent rumination and debate over what it all meant. THEORY’S EMPIRE was an important step in that direction. Framing THEORY’S EMPIRe carries on the conversatio

Author: Marcelo Fernandes
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Keywords: economics, business, statistics
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 2009-01-31
ISBN-10: 8776814815
ISBN-13: 9788776814816

Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Gathering data 1.2 Data handling 1.3 Probability and statistical inference 2. Data description 2.1 Data distribution 2.2 Typical values 2.3 Measures of dispersion 3. Basic principles of probability 3.1 Set theory 3.2 From set theory to probability 4. Probability distributions 4.1 Random variable 4.2 Random vectors and joint distributions 4.3 Marginal distributions 4.4 Conditional density function 4.5 Independent random variables 4.6 Expected value, moments, and co-moments 4.7 Discrete distributions 4.8 Continuous distributions 5. Random sampling 5.1 Sample statisti

Author: Terry Anderson
Publisher: Au Press
Keywords: press, learning, online, practice, theory
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2009-02-28
ISBN-10: 1897425082
ISBN-13: 9781897425084

Neither an academic tome nor a prescriptive ’how to’ guide, "The Theory and Practice of Online Learning" is an illuminating collection of essays by practitioners and scholars active in the complex field of distance education.Distance education has evolved significantly in its 150 years of existence. For most of this time, it was an individual pursuit defined by infrequent postal communication. But recently, three more developmental generations have emerged, supported by television and radio, teleconferencing, and computer conferencing. The early 21st century has produced a fifth ge