Weak utilities from acyclicity

Theory and Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-190

  Alcantud, J C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acyclicity; Maximal element; Partial order; Semicontinuous utility; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012946784     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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