Includes bibliographical references (p. [12]-[13]).

We extend the traditional decision analytic approach to calculation of the buying (selling) price of a lottery by allowing a risk averse (risk prone) decision maker to rebalance his financial portfolio in the course of determination of these prices. Building on the classical portfolio allocation...

Prior to his untimely death, my friend Dave Wood gave me wise counsel about how best to organize a paper that would describe the uses of statistics in oil and gas exploration. A preliminary reconnaissance of the literature alerted me to the enormous range of topics that might be covered....

Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 43).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 25).