Visual Studio .NET. Definition - What does Visual Studio .NET mean? Visual Studio .NET is a Microsoft-integrated development environment (IDE) that can be used for developing consoles, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), Windows Forms, Web services and Web applications.
Decision theory can be broken into two branches: normative decision theory, which gives advice on how to make the best decisions, given a set of uncertain beliefs and a set of values; and descriptive decision theory, which analyzes how existing, possibly irrational agents actually make decisions.
Theories covered in the 7th Edition. The list below contains theories that are or have been covered in A First Look at Communication Theory Full = a chapter in the 7th edition is dedicated to this theory. Brief = the theory is discussed in the 7th edition, but not assigned a full chapter. Archive = the theory was covered in a full chapter in previous editions. A pdf from the last edition in which it appears is available.