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Chapter 2 - Foundations of Expected Utility

from Part I - Foundations of Preference, Value, and Utility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2018

Ali E. Abbas
Ali E. Abbas
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University of Southern California
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Foundations of Multiattribute Utility , pp. 20 - 34
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Abbas, A. E. 2010. Constructing multiattribute utility functions for decision analysis. In Hasenbein, J. J., ed. TutORials in Operations Research, Vol. 7. INFORMS, Hanover, MD, pp. 62–98.Google Scholar
Howard, R. A. 1992. In praise of the old time religion. In Edwards, W., ed. Utility Theories: Measurements and Applications. Kluwer, Boston, pp. 27–55.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Howard, R. A. and Abbas, A. E.. 2015. Foundations of Decision Analysis. Prentice Hall, New York.Google Scholar
Matheson, J. E and Abbas, A. E.. 2005. Utility transversality: A value-based approach. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis 13(5–6): 229–238.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Matheson, J. E. and Howard, R. A.. 1968. An introduction to decision analysis. In Howard, R. A. and Matheson, J. E., eds. The Principles and Applications of Decision Analysis, Vol. I. Strategic Decisions Group, Menlo Park, CA.Google Scholar
von Neumann, J. and Morgenstern, O.. 1944. Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.Google Scholar

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