Analogies and Theories: Formal Models of Reasoning

Analogies and Theories: Formal Models of Reasoning

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-192

  Gilboa, Itzhak ^a,b   Samuelson, Larry ^c   Schmeidler, David ^a,d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogies; Bayesian reasoning; Case based reasoning; Decision makers; Economic agents; Models of reasoning; Rule based reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938723340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198738022.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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