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Schlaifer, Robert Osher was born on September 13, 1914 in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States. Son of Osher and Mabel (Ellerbroek).
("In the field of statistical decision theory, Raiffa and ...)
"In the field of statistical decision theory, Raiffa and Schlaifer have sought to develop new analytic techniques by which the modern theory of utility and subjective probability can actually be applied to the economic analysis of typical sampling problems." —From the foreword to their classic work Applied Statistical Decision Theory. First published in the 1960s through Harvard University and MIT Press, the book is now offered in a new paperback edition from Wiley
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Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a study copy. An Introduction to Managerial Economics Under Uncertainty
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business administration educator
Schlaifer, Robert Osher was born on September 13, 1914 in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States. Son of Osher and Mabel (Ellerbroek).
AB, Amherst College, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1940. Doctor of Business Administration (honorary), Amherst College, 1979.
Instructor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1940-1942; assistant professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1942-1945, 46-51; associate professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1951-1957; professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-1985; professor emeritus, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985-1994; assistant professor, Pennsylvania State College, State College, 1945-1946.
("In the field of statistical decision theory, Raiffa and ...)
("In the field of statistical decision theory, Raiffa and ...)
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(A highly technical look at methods of decision making, pr...)
(Two studies of relations between government and business.)
Son of; married Geneviève Domergue, June 23, 1940. Children: Peter, Renéest.