Some algebraic characterizations of preference structures

Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-254

  García Lapresta, José Luis ^a   Rodríguez Palmero, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acyclicity; Composition of binary relations; Interval orders; Preference modeling; Quasitransitivity; Semiorders; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

ACYCLICITY; BINARY RELATION; INTERVAL ORDERS; PREFERENCE MODELING; QUASITRANSITIVITY; SEMIORDERS; TRANSITIVITY;

DECISION THEORY;

ALGEBRA;

EID: 42649087766     PISSN: 09720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720502.2004.10700371     Document Type: Article

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