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Verloskunde ; procedures --- Gynaecologie --- Hoogrisico verloskunde --- Obstetrics --- Decision making.

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This book discusses collective decision making from the perspective of social choice and game theory. The chapters are written by well-known scholars in the field. The topics range from Arrow’s Theorem to the Condorcet and Ostrogorski Paradoxes, from vote distributions in the European Council to influence processes and information sharing in collective decision making networks; from cardinal utility to restricted domains for social welfare functions; from rights and game forms to responsibility in committee decision making; and from dueling to bargaining. The book reflects the richness and diversity of the field of collective decision making and shows the usefulness and adequacy of social choice and game theory for the study of it. It starts with typical social choice themes like Arrow’s Theorem and ends with typical game theoretical topics, like bargaining and interval games. In between there is a mixture of views on collective decision making in which both social choice and game theoretic aspects are brought in. The book is dedicated to Harrie de Swart, who organized the well-known Social Choice Colloquia at the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands.

Economics/Management Science. --- Economic Theory. --- Public Finance & Economics. --- Economics. --- Finance. --- Economie politique --- Finances --- Group decision making --- Social choice --- Game theory --- Mathematical models --- Game theory. --- Group decision making -- Mathematical models. --- Social choice. --- Sociology & Social History --- Business & Economics --- Social Sciences --- Economic Theory --- Social Change --- Decision making. --- Choice, Social --- Collective choice --- Public choice --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management --- Management decisions --- Decision making --- Economic theory. --- Public finance. --- Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods. --- Public Economics. --- Choice (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Welfare economics --- Problem solving --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Currency question --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Public finances --- Group decision making - Mathematical models

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During the last decade I have explored the consequences of what I have chosen to call the 'consistent preferences' approach to deductive reasoning in games. To a great extent this work has been done in coop­ eration with my co-authors Martin Dufwenberg, Andres Perea, and Ylva Sovik, and it has lead to a series of journal articles. This book presents the results of this research program. Since the present format permits a more extensive motivation for and presentation of the analysis, it is my hope that the content will be of interest to a wider audience than the corresponding journal articles can reach. In addition to active researcher in the field, it is intended for graduate students and others that wish to study epistemic conditions for equilibrium and rationalizability concepts in game theory. Structure of the book This book consists of twelve chapters. The main interactions between the chapters are illustrated in Table 0.1. As Table 0.1 indicates, the chapters can be organized into four dif­ ferent parts. Chapters 1 and 2 motivate the subsequent analysis by introducing the 'consistent preferences' approach, and by presenting ex­ amples and concepts that are revisited throughout the book. Chapters 3 and 4 present the decision-theoretic framework and the belief operators that are used in later chapters. Chapters 5, 6, 10, and 11 analyze games in the strategic form, while the remaining chapters-Chapters 7, 8, 9, and 12-are concerned with games in the extensive form.

Economics/Management Science. --- Economic Theory. --- Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Economics. --- Mathematics. --- Economie politique --- Mathématiques --- Economics --- Mathematics --- Game theory --- Decision Making --- Mathematical models --- Decision making -- Mathematical models. --- Game theory. --- Statistics. --- Decision making --- Business & Economics --- Economic Theory --- Algebra --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Math --- Games, Theory of --- Theory of games --- Operations research. --- Decision making. --- Mathematical models. --- Economic theory. --- Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods. --- Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics. --- Operation Research/Decision Theory. --- Science --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Models, Mathematical --- Simulation methods --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Decision Making - Mathematical models

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This volume contains papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Modeling Decisions for Arti?cial Intelligence (MDAI 2005), held in Tsukuba, Japan, July 25-27. This conference follows MDAI 2004 (held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain), the proceedings of which were also published in the LNAI series (Vol. 3131). The aim of this conference was to provide a forum for researchers to discuss about theory and tools for modeling decisions, as well as applications that - compass decision-making processes and information fusion techniques. In this second edition, special focus was given to applications related to risk, security and safety. The organizers received 118 papers, from 14 di?erent countries, 40 of which are published in this volume. Each submission received at least two reviews from the Program Committee and a few external reviewers. We would like to express our gratitude to them for their work. The plenary talks presented at the conference are also included in this volume. The conference was supported by the Department of Risk Engineering of the University of Tsukuba, the Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics (SOFT), the Catalan Association for Arti?cial Intelligence (ACIA), the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT) and the Generalitat de Catalunya (AGAUR 2004XT 0004).

Artificial intelligence. --- Computers. --- Mathematical logic. --- Database management. --- Computer simulation. --- Operations research. --- Decision making. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Computation by Abstract Devices. --- Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages. --- Database Management. --- Simulation and Modeling. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory.

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Strategic corporate finance? This sounds like a paradox at first. After all, corporate finance means responding to the financial markets. Strategy, on the other hand, aims to change and shape the environment in the long term. Lately, though, more and more managers and investors appear to be breaking the laws of the capital market. At the same time, corporations are discovering new ways to not just react to the capital markets, but to actively shape them. The authors show that these violations are not isolated occurrences, but part of a paradigm shift. If companies want to stay successful in changing markets, they have to take a strategic approach to corporate finance. The authors use practical examples to demonstrate how this can be achieved. This book is intended not only for corporate finance experts, but also for students interested in the latest developments on the financial markets.

Corporations --- Strategic planning. --- Finance. --- Goal setting (Strategic planning) --- Planning, Strategic --- Strategic intent (Strategic planning) --- Strategic management --- Business finance --- Capitalization (Finance) --- Corporate finance --- Corporate financial management --- Corporation finance --- Financial analysis of corporations --- Financial management, Corporate --- Financial management of corporations --- Financial planning of corporations --- Managerial finance --- Finance /Banking. --- Management/Business for Professionals. --- -Decision making --- Corporations --Finance --Decision making. --- Financial Management & Planning --- Management. --- Finance, general. --- Planning --- Business planning --- Going public (Securities) --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Funding --- Funds --- Economics --- Currency question