italian version

Aims :

The formative purposes of the course are to familiarize the student with the basic concepts of decision theory that are useful in many scientific and technological applications.

Topics :

Decision theory under uncertainty conditions. Optimality criterion. Decision problems and decision theory: they relations. Ordering of decision functions and geometrical representation. Bayesian and minimax decisions. Utility function and its determination. Utility and decision problems.

Textbooks :

L. Picconato “Metodi per le decisioni statistiche” Ed. Springer
R. Scozzafava “Incertezza e probabilità” Zanichelli Editore

Exam :

The final test consists of two parts: written test and oral test.