A problem-oriented text for evaluating statistical procedures through decision and game theory. First-year graduates in statistics, computer experts and others

INTRODUCES THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PROBABILITY, STATISTICS, DECISION THEORY, AND GAME THEORY, AND FEATURES INTERESTING EXAMPLES OF GAMES OF CHANCE AND STRATEGY TO M

Evaluating statistical procedures through decision and game theory, as first proposed by Neyman and Pearson and extended by Wald, is the goal of this problem-or

The outstanding feature of this book is that it provides a unified account of three types of decision problem. It covers the basic ideas of decision theory, cla