On elements of chance

Theory and Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-126

  Duncan Luce, R ^a,b   Marley, A A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Element of chance; Idempotence; Kernel equivalent; Rank dependent utility; Utility of chance; Utility of gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005787347     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005288012381     Document Type: Article

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