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Qualitative methods for reasoning under uncertainty
In this book Simon Parsons describes qualitative methods for reasoning under uncertainty, "uncertainty" being a catch-all term for various types of imperfect information. The advantage of qualitative methods is that they do not require precise numerical information. Instead, they work with abstractions such as interval values and information about how values change. The author does not invent c…
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- 9780262256773
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 506 pages) :illustrations.
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Public policy and the economics of entrepreneurship
Papers presented at a conference held at Syracuse University in April 2001.This groundbreaking collection of essays by leading economists examines different aspects of entrepreneurship and its relation to public policy.Entrepreneurship has been a subject of much recent discussion among academics and policymakers because of the belief that it invigorates the economy--producing greater productivi…
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- 9780262275606
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- 1 online resource (xii, 213 pages) :illustrations
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Public finance and public policy in the new century
Essays on the theory and practice of public finance and policy.The sixteen essays in this book were written to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of Richard Musgrave and to commemorate the tenth anniversary of CES, the Center for Economic Studies at the University of Munich. Musgrave is considered to be a founding father of modern public economics. He belongs to the intellectual tradition that vi…
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- 9780262270502
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- 1 online resource (xxx, 535 pages) :illustrations.
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Psychosemantics :the problem of meaning in the philosophy of mind
Bradford Books.AnnotationOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262560526
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- 1 online resource (187 pages .).
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The psychology of proof :deductive reasoning in human thinking
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- 9780262282413
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 449 pages) :illustrations
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The provisional city :Los Angeles stories of architecture and urbanism
How the modern city is formed through an endless cycle of upheavals, demolition, and debate. The provisional city is one of constant erasure and eruption. Through what Dana Cuff calls a "convulsive urban act," developers both public and private demolish an urban site and disband its inhabitants, replacing it with some vision of a better life that leaves no trace of the former structure. Archite…
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- 9780262271004
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- 1 online resource (x, 380 pages) :illustrations, maps
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Progress in international relations theory :appraising the field
All academic disciplines periodically appraise their effectiveness, evaluating the progress of previous scholarship and judging which approaches are useful and which are not. Although no field could survive if it did nothing but appraise its progress, occasional appraisals are important and if done well can help advance the field. This book investigates how international relations theorists can…
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- 9780262272285
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 503 pages).
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Shadows in the forest :Japan and the politics of timber in Southeast Asia
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- 0585337888
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- 1 online resource (x, 308 pages) :illustrations, map.
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Sex and Cognition.
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- 9780262277136
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- 1 online resource (230 pages)
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Sentence comprehension :the integration of rules and habits
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- 9780262316156
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- 1 online resource (x, 445 pages)
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