Textbook and Grading

        • Textbook:
          • Parmigiani, G. and Inoue, L. (2009) Decision Theory: Principles and Approaches. Wiley.
        • Othe References:
          • Berger, J.O. (1985) Statistical Decision Theory and Bayesian Analysis. Springer, New York.
          • Robert, C.P. (2001) The Bayesian Choice (Second Edition). Springer.
          • Raiffa, H. and Schlaifer, R. (1961) Applied Statistical Decision Theory. Wiley.
          • DeGroot, M.H. (1970) Optimal Statistical Decisions. MacGraw-Hill, New York.
          • Lindley, D.V. (1975) Making Decisions. Wiley, New York.
          • Pratt, W.J., Raiffa, H. and Schlaifer, R. (1995) Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory. The MIT Press, Cambridge.
          • Smith, J.Q. (1988) Decision Analysis, A Bayesian Approach. Chapmal and Hall, London.
        • Grading:

The course evaluation will consist of one midterm (40%) on May 05, four or five homework (40%) and a presentation or project (20%). Homework could involve a limited amount of computations, but this will not be a computationally intensive class.