Roy Radner
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Roy Radner was an American economist known for his pioneering work in decision theory, information economics, and the theory of teams under uncertainty.
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| Roy Radner canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roy Radner Context triple: [Jacob Marschak, influenced, Roy Radner]
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A.
Robert Rosner
Robert Rosner is an American theoretical astrophysicist known for his work on plasma physics and astrophysical fluid dynamics, as well as for his leadership roles in major scientific organizations.
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B.
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker was an American caricaturist and cartoonist best known for his influential, highly detailed movie and television parodies in Mad magazine.
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C.
Eddie Felson
Eddie Felson is a fiercely ambitious, self-destructive pool hustler whose rise and fall in the world of high-stakes billiards explores themes of pride, integrity, and redemption.
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D.
Peter Ochs
Peter Ochs was an 18th-century Swiss politician and reformer best known for helping to establish the Helvetic Republic.
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E.
Vern Schillinger
Vern Schillinger is a fictional white supremacist prison leader and one of the primary antagonists on the HBO series "Oz," portrayed by actor J.K. Simmons.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roy Radner Target entity description: Roy Radner was an American economist known for his pioneering work in decision theory, information economics, and the theory of teams under uncertainty.
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A.
Robert Rosner
Robert Rosner is an American theoretical astrophysicist known for his work on plasma physics and astrophysical fluid dynamics, as well as for his leadership roles in major scientific organizations.
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B.
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker was an American caricaturist and cartoonist best known for his influential, highly detailed movie and television parodies in Mad magazine.
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C.
Eddie Felson
Eddie Felson is a fiercely ambitious, self-destructive pool hustler whose rise and fall in the world of high-stakes billiards explores themes of pride, integrity, and redemption.
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D.
Peter Ochs
Peter Ochs was an 18th-century Swiss politician and reformer best known for helping to establish the Helvetic Republic.
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E.
Vern Schillinger
Vern Schillinger is a fictional white supremacist prison leader and one of the primary antagonists on the HBO series "Oz," portrayed by actor J.K. Simmons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Fellow of the Econometric Society ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer |
New York University
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Stanford University ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
decision theory
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economic theory ⓘ economics ⓘ game theory ⓘ information economics ⓘ microeconomics ⓘ theory of teams ⓘ |
| influenced |
research on team decision theory
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the development of modern information economics ⓘ the theory of organizations under uncertainty ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of decision making under uncertainty
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pioneering work in decision theory ⓘ pioneering work in information economics ⓘ theory of teams under uncertainty ⓘ work on information and incentives in organizations ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Econometric Society ⓘ |
| name | Roy Radner ⓘ |
| notableWork |
models of information aggregation in organizations
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research on bounded rationality in organizations ⓘ work on team decision problems ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Leonard N. Stern School of Business faculty member
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professor of economics ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Roy Radner Description of subject: Roy Radner was an American economist known for his pioneering work in decision theory, information economics, and the theory of teams under uncertainty.
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