Ronald Arthur Howard was a professor in the Department of Engineering-Economic Systems in the School of Engineering at Stanford University.
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Dynamic Probabilistic Systems Semi-Markov and Decision Processes
2007
ISBN 9780486458724
Ethics for the Real World
2008
ISBN 9781422121061
Readings on the Principles and Applications of Decision Analysis
1983
ISBN 9780962307409