[HN Gopher] Algorithms for Decision Making [pdf]
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Algorithms for Decision Making [pdf]
Author : mindcrime
Score : 243 points
Date : 2022-04-22 16:21 UTC (6 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (algorithmsbook.com)
| ptidhomme wrote:
| It's also the textbook from Stanford course AA228/CS238. Haven't
| taken it but definitely looks interesting.
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| https://web.stanford.edu/class/aa228/cgi-bin/wp/
| KaoruAoiShiho wrote:
| Just curious is there an algorithm based "rational style" novel
| based on people using algorithms? I'd be interested in an
| entertaining read like that.
| ffhhj wrote:
| Not a book, but I really like the "Moneyball" movie (2013) for
| that reason. They design an algorithm and use it to manage a
| team.
| ExciteByte wrote:
| Also, a related book by the same authors:
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| https://algorithmsbook.com/optimization/
| m-watson wrote:
| I really like the way the handle their change log on
| github:https://github.com/algorithmsbooks/optimization
|
| It's interesting just to go through their comments.
| solomatov wrote:
| From glancing over the contents, it looks like it's about
| reinforcement learning. Am I right?
| mkaic wrote:
| Among other things.
| e-pelaza wrote:
| That's how typesetting should be done.
| mdp2021 wrote:
| Do you mean the chosen page layout, the attribution of
| different classes of information in different specific parts of
| the page?
|
| It does look quite clear, well thought and well structured.
| aurora72 wrote:
| I think s/he meant the typography, the quality of the
| drawings and the big right margin allocated for the figure
| labels and the sidenotes.
| a_e_k wrote:
| It jumped out at me as a nice example of the Edward Tufte style
| (which I'm a big fan of -- I once published a tech report in
| that style). People have put together style sheets emulating it
| for LaTeX [1][2], CSS [3], and R Studio Markdown [4], among
| others.
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| [1] https://tufte-latex.github.io/tufte-latex/
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| [2] http://tug.ctan.org/tex-
| archive/macros/latex/contrib/tufte-l...
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| [3] https://edwardtufte.github.io/tufte-css/
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| [4] https://rstudio.github.io/tufte/
| mkaic wrote:
| Mykel Kochenderfer (one of the authors) is my uncle! Very
| friendly and smart guy. He helps run the Stanford Intelligent
| Systems Lab (SISL) and I've gotten to see some very neat projects
| like self-flying drones when visiting.
| lament76 wrote:
| It's interesting how one algorithm, a 'master algorithm', can
| presumably subsume all the others in the book, presumably a
| neural/evolutionary algorithm, that can simply learn/evolve when
| the other algorithms are useful for decision making/maximizing
| reward.
| jesuisfromage wrote:
| In my opinion the book is horrible. It doesn't provide any in
| depth details. It functions as a high level survey of the field.
| It is very superficial and just scratches the surface. It doesn't
| describe the presented algorithms in any detail. It's a very poor
| version of Daphne Kollers amazing book on graphical models.
| aurora72 wrote:
| It's hard to go into detail in "all-in-one" books.
| spekcular wrote:
| What's wrong with a survey? Sometimes this is exactly what
| people want. Witness the popularity of Numerical Recipes, for
| example.
| vonwoodson wrote:
| Oh how I wish I had this document 7 years ago. I was knee deep in
| utility curves and felt like I was on the path to madness. I did
| find a solution, but could not convince anyone that I wasn't just
| making it all up!! Oh well...
| bigChris wrote:
| Calculus finally seems useful when reading this.
| synergy20 wrote:
| Since it's from MIT I will consider it must be of high quality,
| saved and will read. Thanks!
|
| I do have a small issues with PDFs like this one, please give me
| a TOC on the left sidebar for easy navigation.
| soraki_soladead wrote:
| There is a TOC with the PDF and Chrome's PDF reader shows it in
| the sidebar. Other PDF readers should do the same.
| synergy20 wrote:
| Thank you, you're correct. Mine showed a list of preview of
| each page and I noticed there is another option on the left
| side for TOC now.
| ZhangSWEFAANG wrote:
| This is not to be confused with Decision problems which is a
| class of problems that have a boolean output.
| mindcrime wrote:
| Yes, it's unfortunate that two somewhat different fields have
| such similar sounding names. "Decision Theory" (or "Decision
| Science") vs "Decision Procedures" (or "Decision Problems").
| But what can one do?
| travisjungroth wrote:
| If only there was a framework for making choices about
| actions.
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| mdp2021 wrote:
| I'd say you would not confuse the State Administration and
| the Department of Mathematics...
| elcapitan wrote:
| Ouch, site shot down?
| Rygian wrote:
| From the title alone, I was expecting something related to
| General Morphological Analysis. [1]
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| [1] https://www.swemorph.com/ma.html
| jhgb wrote:
| Judging from _that_ name, I thought that your link would be
| about something that would allow me to inflect words in various
| natural languages. ;)
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