445: Decision and Risk Analysis

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Theory and practice of decision making under uncertainty. Decision trees, influence diagrams, the value of information; Bayesian approaches, including conjugate and predictive distributions; utility theory foundations, risk preference, multiattribute utility; applications such as earthquake risk analysis, pumped storage sitting, setting pollution standards, and medical decision making.

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