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  Admissible decision rule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In classical (frequentist) decision theory, an admissible decision rule is a rule for making a decision that is "better" than any other rule that may compete with it, in a specific sense defined below.
An admissible rule should be preferred over an inadmissible rule since for any inadmissible rule there is an admissible rule that performs at least as well for all states of nature and betters it for some.
While Bayes rules with respect to proper priors are virtually always admissible, generalized Bayes rules corresponding to improper priors need not yield admissible procedures.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Admissible_decision_rule   (455 words)

  
 West Virginia Rules of Evidence
Rules of evidence set forth in any West Virginia statute not in conflict with any of these rules or any other rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Appeals shall be deemed to be in effect until superseded by rule or decision of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
These rules shall be construed to secure fairness in administration, elimination of unjustifiable expense and delay, and promotion of growth and development of the law of evidence to the end that the truth may be ascertained and proceedings justly determined.
A duplicate is admissible to the same extent as an original unless (1) a genuine question is raised as to the authenticity of the original or (2) in the circumstances it would be unfair to admit the duplicate in lieu of the original.
www.state.wv.us /wvsca/rules/RulesEvidence.htm   (6324 words)

  
 Ohio Rules of Evidence
The rule was based on the policy of protecting the marital relationship from "dissension" and the "natural repugnance" for convicting a defendant upon the testimony of his or her "intimate life partner." 8 J. Wigmore, Evidence 216-17 (McNaughton rev. 1961).
When evidence of a witness's conviction of a crime is admissible under this rule, the fact of the conviction may be proved only by the testimony of the witness on direct or cross-examination, or by public record shown to the witness during his or her examination.
In particular, the amended rule permits the victim of an offense to be present at a criminal proceeding regarding the offense to the extent that the victim's presence is authorized by statute enacted by the General Assembly.
www.sconet.state.oh.us /Rules/evidence/default.asp   (16645 words)

  
 INDIANA RULES OF EVIDENCE
In case the ruling is one excluding evidence, the substance of the evidence was made known to the court by a proper offer of proof, or was apparent from the context within which questions were asked.
When evidence which is admissible as to one party or for one purpose but not admissible as to another party or for another purpose is admitted, the court, upon request, shall restrict the evidence to its proper scope and admonish the jury accordingly.
Whenever the admissibility of other evidence of contents of writings, recordings, or photographs under these rules depends upon the fulfillment of a condition of fact, the question whether the condition has been fulfilled is ordinarily for the court to determine in accordance with the provisions of Rule 104.
www.in.gov /judiciary/rules/evidence   (6691 words)

  
 Small Claims Rules
If the trial is by court, evidence is admissible if it is of a type commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent persons in the conduct of their affairs, and the Vermont Rules of Evidence are inapplicable except for the rules respecting privilege.
The appearance and withdrawal of attorneys is governed by Rule 79.1 of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure.
The decision of the court clerk may be appealed to the presiding judge of the superior court by giving written notice to the court clerk within seven days from the decision.
www.vermontjudiciary.org /courts/superior/smclaimsrules.htm   (2609 words)

  
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One decision rule, admittedly perhaps not very interesting in itself but useful for our present purposes, is to ignore the data (x) and classify the observation as coming from the population with mean zero.
These points correspond to admissible decision rules, points in the interior of R (or on the other parts of the boundary) do not.
All decision rules leading to points in the shaded part of R have smaller risk in each state of nature.
instruct1.cit.cornell.edu /courses/econ719/Decisions2.doc   (624 words)

  
 FDIC: FDIC Law, Regulations, Related Acts - Rules and Regulations
Failure of a respondent to appear in person at the hearing or by a duly authorized counsel constitutes a waiver of respondent's right to a hearing and is deemed an admission of the facts as alleged and consent to the relief sought in the notice.
The final decision of the Board of Directors will be based upon review of the entire record of the proceeding, except that the Board of Directors may limit the issues to be reviewed to those findings and conclusions to which opposing arguments or exceptions have been filed by the parties.
Copies of the final decision and order of the Board of Directors shall be served upon each party to the proceeding, upon other persons required by statute, and, if directed by the Board of Directors or required by statute, upon any appropriate state or federal supervisory authority.
www.fdic.gov /regulations/laws/rules/2000-1950.html   (5690 words)

  
 RULES FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
The rules of pleading and practice in civil cases shall not apply, and the proceedings shall be informal as directed by the Chair.
In the event of binding arbitration, any party may object to the admissibility of these documentary matters under traditional rules of evidence; however, the parties are encouraged to waive such objections and, unless objection is filed at least five (5) days prior to hearing, objections shall be deemed waived.
After disclosure pursuant to ADR Rule 7.3(A)(6), a neutral may serve with the consent of the parties, unless there is a conflict of interest or the neutral believes the neutral can no longer be impartial, in which case a neutral shall withdraw.
www.in.gov /judiciary/rules/adr/index.html   (9036 words)

  
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In decision theory the payoff is specified as a loss to be minimized, rather than utility to be maximized, perhaps reflecting a generally pessimistic view of the world by the founders of the field!
Finding a decision rule involves determining which action would be taken for each possible value of the random variable Y. When taking a particular decision we need only consider the data which did arise, rather than all data which might have been realized but was not.
Associated with a decision rule d(y) is a risk function R((,d) = EY(L((,d(y)), the expected loss for a given state of nature from using the decision rule d.
instruct1.cit.cornell.edu /courses/econ719/Decisions.doc   (895 words)

  
 RULES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS APPELLATE TAX BOARD
Unless within thirty days thereafter such a withdrawal of the petition or agreement for decision is filed with the clerk, or unless notice is received from the other party that the appeal has not been settled, the appeal shall be marked inactive by the clerk, who shall inform both parties by mail of such marking.
Issues sufficient in themselves to determine the decision of the Board or to narrow the scope of the hearing may be separately heard and disposed of in the discretion of the Board.
Requests for findings of fact and rulings of law, if any are made, shall be filed under separate headings, and a copy given to the adverse partyeither before or at the time of the hearing, or after the hearing within a time to be fixed by the Board.
www.mass.gov /atb/rules.html   (5088 words)

  
 Agency Services - State of Georgia Personnel Board Rules   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Upon application for review by the Board of the hearing officer's initial decision, the decision of the Board will be based on a review of the record and no evidentiary hearing will be held unless otherwise directed by the Board.
Decisions of the Board shall be final and shall not be reconsidered except for specific correction of a manifest error or to comply with an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
The rights granted by this rule shall be available to an employee only once during a five-year period and shall not apply to any employee who has refused to be tested or who has tested positive for an illegal drug.
www.gms.state.ga.us /rules/rule26.asp   (1311 words)

  
 RULES
Notice of the suit shall be in the language of the forum and in the language of the state of which the defendant is a habitual resident.
Decisions made by the special officer are subject to immediate review by the court.
Except as stated in Rule 33, a judgment is not subject to reexamination for procedural regularity or substantive propriety upon expiration of the time for appellate review of such a judgment.
www.ali.org /ali/Trans_rules0500.htm   (6084 words)

  
 Wald biography
He defines loss functions, risk functions, a priori distributions, Bayes decision rules, admissible decision rules, and minimax decision rules, and proves that a minimax decision rule has a constant risk under certain regularity conditions.
This and related work was very much aimed at practical applications and his theorems on the distribution of the required number of observations, and on the probabilities associated with errors, found immediate applications.
His main results on sequential analysis and the theory of decision functions, another topic which was founded by him, were gathered together in his monograph Sequential Analysis (1947).
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Biographies/Wald.html   (1577 words)

  
 Ohio Traffic Rules
These rules prescribe the procedure to be followed in all courts of this state in traffic cases and supersede the "Ohio Rules of Practice and Procedure in Traffic Cases For All Courts Inferior To Common Pleas" effective January 1, 1969, and as amended on January 4, 1971, and December 7, 1972.
The rule provides that the procedures established for adult violations bureaus under Traffic Rule 13 apply to juvenile violations bureaus and lists offenses committed by a juvenile traffic offender that cannot be disposed of by the bureau.
The expression "rule of court" as used in these rules means a rule promulgated by the Supreme Court or a rule concerning local practice adopted by another court and filed with the Supreme Court.
www.sconet.state.oh.us /Rules/traffic   (6294 words)

  
 Chapter 1 Staff Rules   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This same rule shall apply to a staff member who has not reported for work at the time the staff is excused for part of a day.
For purposes of this Rule, malice is defined as any action, conduct, or spoken word taken with gross negligence or with the specific and primary intent to annoy, alarm, or cause substantial emotional distress.
Nonetheless, in the event an admissible complaint for Workplace Harassment is filed against one of those persons, the General Secretariat shall forward the complaint to the pertinent supervisory authorities of the alleged offender and may take such other action as the General Secretariat deems appropriate.
www.oas.org /Legal/english/rules/chapter1.htm   (2785 words)

  
 Lucas County Rules of the Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division
The same rules apply as in appeal cases: in indigent cases, the transcript is prepared and the Court is billed; in non-indigent cases, a deposit is required prior to preparation of the transcript.
The plan is to be utilized in conjunction with Ohio Revised Code, the Rules of Juvenile Procedure, the Rules of Civil Procedure and the Rules of Criminal Procedure, where applicable.
These rules shall be known as the Rules of the Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, of Lucas County, Ohio, and may be cited as Lucas County Juvenile Court Rules or L.C.J.C. Rules.
www.co.lucas.oh.us /Juvenile/rules.asp   (6875 words)

  
 NH PE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
Changes in the form or the substance of a tentative decision shall be made as often as necessary to produce a final document, which satisfactorily sets forth the final result the board intends to reach.
The board’s final decision shall be issued only when the necessary majority has voted in favor of the final form of the proposed action, allowing time for printing or servicing the document in question.
The rules in this part shall apply whenever any person has a right under applicable law to request a rehearing of a decision prior to filing an appeal of the decision with the court having appellate jurisdiction.
www.nh.gov /jtboard/perules.htm   (10155 words)

  
 NEW HAMPSHIRE CODE OF ADMNISTRATIVE RULES
Geo 213.01 Purpose The rules in this part are intended to supplement any statutory provisions, including RSA 541, that require or allow a person to request a rehearing of a decision of the board prior to appealing the decision.
It shall be a violation of these rules for the licensee to stamp or seal any documents not prepared by him or her personally or under his/her direct supervision.
Such knowledge shall encompass the understanding that the practice of the profession of geology is a privilege, as opposed to a right, and the licensed professional geologist shall be forthright and candid in the licensee's statements or written response to the board or its representatives on matters pertaining to professional conduct.
www.nh.gov /jtboard/georules.htm   (10980 words)

  
 Is a polygraph admissible in court? Polygragh Agency in California: Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino Counties, ...
More often, such evidence is admissible where the parties have agreed to their admissibility before the examination is given, under terms of a stipulation.
Some jurisdictions have absolute bans on admissibility of polygraph results as evidence and even the suggestion that a polygraph examination is involved is sufficient to cause a retrial.
The rules that states and federal circuits generally follow in stipulated admissibility were established in [State v.
www.truthorlie.com /admissible.html   (723 words)

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