{"product_id":"reasoning-about-uncertainty-second-edition-joseph-y-halpern-9780262533805","title":"Reasoning about Uncertainty, Second Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eFormal ways of representing uncertainty and various logics for reasoning about it; updated with new material on weighted probability measures, complexity-theoretic considerations, and other topics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn order to deal with uncertainty intelligently, we need to be able to represent it and reason about it. In this book, Joseph Halpern examines formal ways of representing uncertainty and considers various logics for reasoning about it. While the ideas presented are formalized in terms of definitions and theorems, the emphasis is on the philosophy of representing and reasoning about uncertainty. Halpern surveys possible formal systems for representing uncertainty, including probability measures, possibility measures, and plausibility measures; considers the updating of beliefs based on changing information and the relation to Bayes' theorem; and discusses qualitative, quantitative, and plausibilistic Bayesian networks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second edition has been updated to reflect Halpern's recent research. New material includes a consideration of weighted probability measures and how they can be used in decision making; analyses of the Doomsday argument and the Sleeping Beauty problem; modeling games with imperfect recall using the runs-and-systems approach; a discussion of complexity-theoretic considerations; the application of first-order conditional logic to security. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReasoning about Uncertainty\u003c\/i\u003e is accessible and relevant to researchers and students in many fields, including computer science, artificial intelligence, economics (particularly game theory), mathematics, philosophy, and statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Y. Halpern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262533804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262533805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017","brand":"Joseph Y. Halpern","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447608226047,"sku":"9780262533805","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_921543de-d0e1-4b62-be32-9f03e1dde53a.jpg?v=1777233826","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reasoning-about-uncertainty-second-edition-joseph-y-halpern-9780262533805","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}