On the existence of subjective upper and lower probabilities

Mathematics of Operations Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 165-185

  Jaffray, Jean Yves ^a   Philippe, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Capacity; Decision theory; Upper lower probability; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; LINEARIZATION;

CHOQUET EXPECTED UTILITY THEORY; LINEAR UTILITY THEORY; SUBJECTIVE EXPECTED UTILITY (SEU) THEORY;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 0031073751     PISSN: 0364765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/moor.22.1.165     Document Type: Article

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