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r/DecisionTheory
3k members
r/DecisionTheory is a subreddit with 3k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is medium in size.
Statistical decision theory and utility theory.
Popular Themes in r/DecisionTheory
#1
News
: ""Taking the Human Out of the Loop: A Review of Bayesian Optimization", Shahriari et al 2015"
36 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "New to decision theory. Where should I start?"
11 posts
#3
Ideas
: "The Happiness Code - A new approach to self-improvement is taking off in Silicon Valley: cold, hard rationality."
4 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Beta testers for Decision Matrix software needed"
2 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: ""Jeep problem", Wikipedia (older desert-related variants on the rocket equation)"
1 post
#6
Money Talk
: ""The cost of information acquisition by natural selection", McGee et al 2022"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/DecisionTheory
#1
Decision
: ""The geometry of Decision-making in individuals and collectives", Sridhar et al 2021 (choosing by repeated binary choices)"
34 posts
#2
Decision Making
: ""Decision Making Under Uncertainty with POMDPs.jl: How to build and solve Decision Making problems using the POMDPs.jl ecosystem of packages" (Julia Academy online course)"
16 posts
#3
Bayesian
: "Pure Bayesianism vs Newcomb's Paradox"
10 posts
#4
Optimization
: ""Introduction to Linear Programming in Python: Mathematical Optimization with Google OR-Tools""
10 posts
#5
Theory
: "From Theory to practice"
7 posts
#6
Probability
: "What is the state of the art of eliciting Probability distributions and utility functions?"
6 posts
#7
Forecasting
: ""Reciprocal Scoring: A Method for Forecasting Unanswerable Questions", Karger et al 2021 (Good Judgment Project variant on Keynesian beauty contest/Bayesian truth serum)"
6 posts
#8
Decision Making
6 posts
#9
Machine Learning
: ""Meaningless comparisons lead to false optimism in medical Machine Learning", DeMasi et al 2017"
5 posts
#10
Learning
: "MEMORIZE: a randomized review algorithm derived using principles from control theory ["Enhancing human Learning via spaced repetition optimization", Tabibian et al 2019]"
5 posts
Member Growth in r/DecisionTheory
Yearly
+284 members(10.6%)