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Uncertainty and economic evolution [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honor of Armen A. Alchian / / edited by John R. Lott, Jr
| Uncertainty and economic evolution [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honor of Armen A. Alchian / / edited by John R. Lott, Jr |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina |
330
330.92 338.5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LottJohn R
AlchianArmen Albert <1914-> |
| Collana | Routledge studies in business organization and networks |
| Soggetto topico |
Uncertainty
Risk Economics |
| ISBN |
1-280-14296-0
0-203-98008-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; UNCERTAINTY AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION: Essays in honor of Armen A. Alchian; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION: Armen A. Alchian's influence on economics; 1 RATIONALITY, EVOLUTION, AND ACQUISITIVENESS; 2 INFORMATION, CHANCE, AND EVOLUTION: Alchian and the economics of self-organization; 3 EVOLUTION AND SPONTANEOUS UNIFORMITY: Evidence from the evolution of the limited liability company; 4 WHY HOLD-UPS OCCUR: The self-enforcing range of contractual relationships; 5 ARMEN ALCHIAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO MACROECONOMICS
6 APPROPRIABLE RENTS FROM YELLOWSTONE PARK: A case of incomplete contracting7 CULTURAL EVOLUTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL PUBLIC CHOICE: Institutional diversity and economic performance on American Indian reservations; 8 ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION UNDER EAST EUROPEAN STATE SOCIALISM; 9 FREEDOM, WEALTH, AND COERCION; 10 DISCOVERY FACTORS OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM: Respondence, epiphany, and serendipity; 11 IN CELEBRATION OF ARMEN ALCHIAN'S EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783943203321 |
| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncertainty and economic evolution [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honor of Armen A. Alchian / / edited by John R. Lott, Jr
| Uncertainty and economic evolution [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honor of Armen A. Alchian / / edited by John R. Lott, Jr |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina |
330
330.92 338.5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LottJohn R
AlchianArmen Albert <1914-> |
| Collana | Routledge studies in business organization and networks |
| Soggetto topico |
Uncertainty
Risk Economics |
| ISBN |
1-280-14296-0
0-203-98008-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; UNCERTAINTY AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION: Essays in honor of Armen A. Alchian; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION: Armen A. Alchian's influence on economics; 1 RATIONALITY, EVOLUTION, AND ACQUISITIVENESS; 2 INFORMATION, CHANCE, AND EVOLUTION: Alchian and the economics of self-organization; 3 EVOLUTION AND SPONTANEOUS UNIFORMITY: Evidence from the evolution of the limited liability company; 4 WHY HOLD-UPS OCCUR: The self-enforcing range of contractual relationships; 5 ARMEN ALCHIAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO MACROECONOMICS
6 APPROPRIABLE RENTS FROM YELLOWSTONE PARK: A case of incomplete contracting7 CULTURAL EVOLUTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL PUBLIC CHOICE: Institutional diversity and economic performance on American Indian reservations; 8 ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION UNDER EAST EUROPEAN STATE SOCIALISM; 9 FREEDOM, WEALTH, AND COERCION; 10 DISCOVERY FACTORS OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM: Respondence, epiphany, and serendipity; 11 IN CELEBRATION OF ARMEN ALCHIAN'S EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825375303321 |
| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncertainty in Microeconomics / John D. Hey
| Uncertainty in Microeconomics / John D. Hey |
| Autore | Hey, John Denis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : Martin Robertson & Co., 1979 |
| Disciplina | 338.5 |
| ISBN | 08-552-0251-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-990006126950403321 |
Hey, John Denis
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| Oxford : Martin Robertson & Co., 1979 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncertainty in microeconomics / John D. Hey
| Uncertainty in microeconomics / John D. Hey |
| Autore | Hey, John Denis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : Martin Robertson, 1979 |
| Descrizione fisica | VI, 261 p. ; 22 cm |
| Disciplina | 338.5 |
| ISBN | 0-85520-325-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-990002771700403321 |
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Hey, John Denis
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| Oxford : Martin Robertson, 1979 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncertainty in microeconomics / John D. Hey
| Uncertainty in microeconomics / John D. Hey |
| Autore | HEY, John Denis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : Robertson, 1979 |
| Descrizione fisica | VI, 261 p. ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 338.5(Economia generale della produzione) |
| Soggetto topico | Microeconomia |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-990005560210203316 |
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HEY, John Denis
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| Oxford : Robertson, 1979 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Uncertainty in risk assessment : the representation and treatment of uncertainties by probabilistic and non-probabilistic methods / / Terje Aven [and three others]
| Uncertainty in risk assessment : the representation and treatment of uncertainties by probabilistic and non-probabilistic methods / / Terje Aven [and three others] |
| Autore | Aven Terje |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Probabilities Risk assessment - Statistical methods |
| ISBN |
1-118-76305-X
1-118-76303-3 1-118-76306-8 |
| Classificazione | MAT029000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910208818403321 |
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Aven Terje
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| Chichester, West Sussex : , : Wiley, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncertainty in risk assessment : the representation and treatment of uncertainties by probabilistic and non-probabilistic methods / / Terje Aven [and three others]
| Uncertainty in risk assessment : the representation and treatment of uncertainties by probabilistic and non-probabilistic methods / / Terje Aven [and three others] |
| Autore | Aven Terje |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Probabilities Risk assessment - Statistical methods |
| ISBN |
1-118-76305-X
1-118-76303-3 1-118-76306-8 |
| Classificazione | MAT029000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Uncertainty in Risk Assessment: The Representation and Treatment of Uncertainties by Probabilistic and Non-Probabilistic Methods -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Risk -- 1.1.1 The concept of risk -- 1.1.2 Describing/measuring risk -- 1.1.3 Examples -- 1.2 Probabilistic risk assessment -- 1.3 Use of risk assessment: The risk management and decision-making context -- 1.4 Treatment of uncertainties in risk assessments -- 1.5 Challenges: Discussion -- 1.5.1 Examples -- 1.5.2 Alternatives to the probability-based approaches to risk and uncertainty assessment -- 1.5.3 The way ahead -- References - Part I -- Part II: Methods -- 2 Probabilistic approaches for treating uncertainty -- 2.1 Classical probabilities -- 2.2 Frequentist probabilities -- 2.3 Subjective probabilities -- 2.3.1 Betting interpretation -- 2.3.2 Reference to a standard for uncertainty -- 2.4 The Bayesian subjective probability framework -- 2.5 Logical probabilities -- 3 Imprecise probabilities for treating uncertainty -- 4 Possibility theory for treating uncertainty -- 4.1 Basics of possibility theory -- 4.2 Approaches for constructing possibility distributions -- 4.2.1 Building possibility distributions from nested probability intervals -- 4.2.2 Justification for using the triangular possibility distribution -- 4.2.3 Building possibility distributions using Chebyshev's inequality -- 5 Evidence theory for treating uncertainty -- 6 Methods of uncertainty propagation -- 6.1 Level 1 uncertainty propagation setting -- 6.1.1 Level 1 purely probabilistic framework -- 6.1.2 Level 1 purely possibilistic framework -- 6.1.3 Level 1 hybrid probabilistic-possibilistic framework -- 6.2 Level 2 uncertainty propagation setting -- 6.2.1 Level 2 purely probabilistic framework -- 6.2.2 Level 2 hybrid probabilistic-evidence theory framework -- 7 Discussion.
7.1 Probabilistic analysis -- 7.2 Lower and upper probabilities -- 7.3 Non-probabilistic representations with interpretations other than lower and upper probabilities -- 7.4 Hybrid representations of uncertainty -- 7.5 Semi-quantitative approaches -- References - Part II -- Part III: Practical Applications -- 8 Uncertainty representation and propagation in structural reliability analysis -- 8.1 Structural reliability analysis -- 8.1.1 A model of crack propagation under cyclic fatigue -- 8.2 Case study -- 8.3 Uncertainty representation -- 8.4 Uncertainty propagation -- 8.5 Results -- 8.6 Comparison to a purely probabilistic method -- 9 Uncertainty representation and propagation in maintenance performance assessment -- 9.1 Maintenance performance assessment -- 9.2 Case study -- 9.3 Uncertainty representation -- 9.4 Uncertainty propagation -- 9.4.1 Maintenance performance assessment in the case of no epistemic uncertainty on the parameters -- 9.4.2 Application of the hybrid probabilistic-theory of evidence uncertainty propagation method -- 9.5 Results -- 10 Uncertainty representation and propagation in event tree analysis -- 10.1 Event tree analysis -- 10.2 Case study -- 10.3 Uncertainty representation -- 10.4 Uncertainty propagation -- 10.5 Results -- 10.6 Comparison of the results to those obtained by using other uncertainty representation and propagation methods -- 10.6.1 Purely probabilistic representation and propagation of the uncertainty -- 10.6.2 Purely possibilistic representation and propagation of the uncertainty -- 10.7 Result comparison -- 10.7.1 Comparison of results -- 10.7.2 Comparison of the results for the probability of occurrence of a severe consequence accident -- 11 Uncertainty representation and propagation in the evaluation of the consequences of industrial activity -- 11.1 Evaluation of the consequences of undesirable events. 11.2 Case study -- 11.3 Uncertainty representation -- 11.4 Uncertainty propagation -- 11.5 Results -- 11.6 Comparison of the results to those obtained using a purely probabilistic approach -- 12 Uncertainty representation and propagation in the risk assessment of a process plant -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Case description -- 12.3 The "textbook" Bayesian approach (level 2 analysis) -- 12.4 An alternative approach based on subjective probabilities (level 1 analysis) -- References - Part III -- Part IV: Conclusions -- 13 Conclusions -- References - Part IV -- Appendix A: Operative procedures for the methods of uncertainty propagation -- A.1 Level 1 hybrid probabilistic-possibilistic framework -- A.2 Level 2 purely probabilistic framework -- Appendix B: Possibility-probability transformation -- Reference -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828287203321 |
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Aven Terje
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| Chichester, West Sussex : , : Wiley, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncertainty-based information : elements of generalized information theory / George J. Klin, Mark J. Wierman
| Uncertainty-based information : elements of generalized information theory / George J. Klin, Mark J. Wierman |
| Autore | KLIR, George J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Heidelberg : Physica, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 168 p. : tab. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 338.5(Economia generale della produzione) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WIERMAN, Mark J. |
| Collana | Studies in fuzziness and soft computing |
| Soggetto topico |
Microeconomia
Incertezza |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-990005484960203316 |
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KLIR, George J.
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| Heidelberg : Physica, 1998 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Understanding markets : an introduction to the theory, institutions and practice / Keith Bain, Peter Howells.
| Understanding markets : an introduction to the theory, institutions and practice / Keith Bain, Peter Howells. |
| Autore | Bain, Keith |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | XIII, 254 p. 21. |
| Disciplina | 338.5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-990006660290403321 |
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Bain, Keith
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| New York : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1988 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Understanding Microeconomics / Robert L. Heilbroner, Lester C. Thurow
| Understanding Microeconomics / Robert L. Heilbroner, Lester C. Thurow |
| Autore | Heilbroner, Robert Louis <1919- > |
| Edizione | [5. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Englewood Cliffs : Prentice-Hall, c1981 |
| Descrizione fisica | 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 338.5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Thurow, Lester C. <1938- > |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-990007082050403321 |
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Heilbroner, Robert Louis <1919- >
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| Englewood Cliffs : Prentice-Hall, c1981 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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