Ebook: Additive Representations of Preferences: A New Foundation of Decision Analysis
Author: Peter P. Wakker (auth.)
- Tags: Operation Research/Decision Theory, Economic Theory, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics
- Series: Theory and Decision Library C 4
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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`This book represents a very real and important contribution to the mathematics of decision theory.
The distinguishing feature of Wakker's approach is that he has no need of a reference experiment.
There are further results aplenty and much for the decision theorist to ponder. These results will also help psychologists, economists and others formulate and test models of decision-making behaviour.
By any standards its publication is a landmark ... excellent survey and summary of the literature on additive preference models. Each page represents the distillation of much thought. As a consequence, it is a book that rewards reading and rereading. Wakker's results and methods of proof will enlighten research into decision theory for many years.'
British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 43, 1990
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-7
Elementary Definitions and Notations....Pages 8-12
From Choice Functions to Binary Relations....Pages 13-26
Cartesian Product Structure....Pages 27-40
Additive Representations....Pages 41-77
Continuous Subjective Expected Utility....Pages 78-91
Continuous Subjective Expected Utility for Arbitrary State Spaces....Pages 92-106
Subjective Expected Utility with Nonadditive Probabilities....Pages 107-133
Concavity on Mixture Spaces and Risk Aversion....Pages 134-158
Back Matter....Pages 159-195
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-7
Elementary Definitions and Notations....Pages 8-12
From Choice Functions to Binary Relations....Pages 13-26
Cartesian Product Structure....Pages 27-40
Additive Representations....Pages 41-77
Continuous Subjective Expected Utility....Pages 78-91
Continuous Subjective Expected Utility for Arbitrary State Spaces....Pages 92-106
Subjective Expected Utility with Nonadditive Probabilities....Pages 107-133
Concavity on Mixture Spaces and Risk Aversion....Pages 134-158
Back Matter....Pages 159-195
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