Decision Making in the Face of Uncertainty — I
Uncertain Outcome
ResearchPublished 1954
A discussion of numerous simple multistage decision processes where the intuitive concept of maximizing expected gain over expected cost is valid.
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- Year: 1954
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Bellman, Richard Ernest, Decision Making in the Face of Uncertainty — I: Uncertain Outcome, RAND Corporation, P-568, 1954. As of September 30, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P0568.html
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