The best practical advice then is: try to maximize your expected payoff, which is the sum of all payoffs multiplied by probabilities. (Howard Raiffa)

The best practical advice then is: try to maximize your expected payoff, which is the sum of all payoffs multiplied by probabilities.

Howard Raiffa

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