Preference structures and their numerical representations

Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 359-383

  Fishburn, Peter ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement theory; Numerical representations; Preference structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000557028     PISSN: 03043975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3975(98)00277-1     Document Type: Article

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