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_aThe black swan : _bthe impact of the highly improbable/ _cNassim Nicholas Taleb |
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_aNew York : _bRandom House, _c2007 |
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520 | _aBlack Swans are events that lie outside normal expectations, that have great impact, and despite being entirely unpredictable are subsequently subjected to human efforts to explain them and thus make them predictable. The book is an exploration of the concept of uncertainty and the problems inherent in predicting the future. | ||
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_aUNCERTAINTY _xINFORMATION THEORY |
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_aUNCERTAINTY _xSOCIAL ASPECTS |
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650 | _aFORECASTING | ||
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