Better the DVL You Know

Chapter 2 Plasmodium post - genomics - better the bug you know ?

Better the Devil You Know than the Devil you Don’t An Inductive Theory of Choice

We propose and develop a theory of choice free of concepts such as utility function or preference relation. We replace the primitives used in traditional rational choice theories by similarity function— used to compare any alternative to a reference alternative— and a minimum distance choice function. It is shown that this model can explain the appearance of intransitive choices, which are cent...

Personalisation How a computer can know you better than yourself

Every time you go to one of the top 100 book/music e-commerce sites, you will come into contact with personalisation systems that attempt to judge your interests to increase sales. There are 3 methods for making these personalised recommendations: Content-based filtering, Collaborative filtering and a hybrid of the two. Understanding each of these methods will give you insight as to how your pe...

Do you know what you don't know?

The “either You Know Which Is Better or You Don’t” Strategy

N apparent ethical dilemma arises when physicians consider enrolling their patients in randomized clinical trials. Suppose that a randomized clinical trial comparing two treatments is in progress, and a physician has an opinion about which treatment is better. The physician has a duty to promote the patient’s best medical interests and therefore seems to be obliged to advise the patient to rece...