Great expectations. Part I: On the customizability of generalized expected utility

Theory and Decision

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-36

  Halpern, Joseph Y ^a   Chu, Francis C ^b  

^a Department of Computer Science and School of Operations Research and Information Engineering   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Generalized expected utility; Plausibility measure; Representation theorem; Savage's postulates

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

GENERALIZED EXPECTED UTILITY; PLAUSIBILITY MEASURES; REPRESENTATION THEOREM; SAVAGE'S POSTULATES;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 41049108434     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-007-9044-4     Document Type: Article

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