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Principles of Uncertainty

Joseph B Kadane author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:26th Aug '20

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Praise for the first edition:


Principles of Uncertainty

is a profound and mesmerising book on the foundations and principles of subjectivist or behaviouristic Bayesian analysis. … the book is a pleasure to read. And highly recommended for teaching as it can be used at many different levels. … A must-read for sure!—Christian Robert, CHANCE

It's a lovely book, one that I hope will be widely adopted as a course textbook.
Michael Jordan, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Like the prize-winning first edition, Principles of Uncertainty, Second Edition is an accessible, comprehensive text on the theory of Bayesian Statistics written in an appealing, inviting style, and packed with interesting examples. It presents an introduction to the subjective Bayesian approach which has played a pivotal role in game theory, economics, and the recent boom in Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods. This new edition has been updated throughout and features new material on Nonparametric Bayesian Methods, the Dirichlet distribution, a simple proof of the central limit theorem, and new problems.

Key Features:

  • First edition won the 2011 DeGroot Prize
  • Well-written introduction to theory of Bayesian statistics
  • Each of the introductory chapters begins by introducing one new concept or assumption
  • Uses "just-in-time mathematics"—the introduction to mathematical ideas just before they are applied
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'my enthusiasm for the book, its original (and of course, subjective) defense of the Bayesian approach, and its highly enjoyable style, remains intact, especially when backed by the proof-in-the pudding 2017 Pragmatics of Uncertainty, which I reviewed in a 2019 issue of CHANCE (32(1)).'

- Christian Robert (2021) Principles of Uncertainty (Second Edition), CHANCE, 34:1, 54-55, DOI: 10.1080/09332480.2021.1885939


"...Overall, my enthusiasm for the book, its original (and of course subjective) defence of the Bayesian approach, and its highly enjoyable style, remains intact! Especially when backed by the proof-in-the pudidng 2017 Pragmatics of Uncertainty..."
- Christian P. Robert, CHANCE 2020

ISBN: 9781138052734

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

524 pages

2nd edition