The Irrational Decision
how we gave computers the power to choose for us
$51.99
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
16 June 2026
Summary
The Irrational Decision: Reclaiming Human Judgment in a Quantified World
In the 1940s, mathematicians sought to create computers capable of ideal rationality amidst uncertainty. The Irrational Decision explores how they arrived at a mathematical definition of rationality, framing every decision as a statistical risk assessment. Benjamin Recht traces the evolution of this quantitative standard and its impact on optimization, game theory, statistical testing, and machine lear…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691272443 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691272441 |
| Author: | Benjamin Recht |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 16 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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About The Author
Benjamin Recht
Benjamin Recht is professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author (with Stephen J. Wright) of Optimization for Data Analysis and (with Moritz Hardt) Patterns, Predictions, and Actions: Foundations of Machine Learning (Princeton).
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