The Foundations of Expected Utility by Pc Fishburn
This book offers a unified treatment of my research in the foundations of expected utility theory from around 1965 to 1980. While parts are new, the presentation draws heavily on published articles and a few chapters in my 1970 monograph on utility theory. The diverse notations and styles of the sources have of course been reconciled here, and their topics arranged in a logical sequence. The two parts of the book take their respective cues from the von Neumann-Morgenstern axiomatization of preferences between risky options and from Savage's foundational treatment of decision making under uncertainty. Both parts are studies in the axiomatics of preferences for decision situations and in numerical representations for preferences. Proofs of the representation and uniqueness theorems appear at the ends of the chapters so as not to impede the flow of the discussion. A few warnings on notation are in order. The numbers for theorems cited within a chapter have no prefix if they appear in that chapter, but otherwise carry a chapter prefix (Theorem 3.2 is Theorem 2 in Chapter 3). All lower case Greek letters refer to numbers in the closed interval from o to 1. The same symbol in different chapters has essentially the same meaning with one major exception: x, y, ... mean quite different things in different chapters. I am indebted to many people for their help and encouragement.-
Quantitative Methods for Portfolio Analysis
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Minimax Models in the Theory of Numerical Models
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Non-Classical Logics and Their Applications to Fuzzy Subsets
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Non-Antagonistic Games
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Polish Contributions to the Science of Science
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Stochastic Programming
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Expected Utility Hypotheses and the Allais Paradox
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Foundations of Utility and Risk Theory with Applications
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Papers in Game Theory
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Spatial Statistics and Models
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Theory and Decision
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Recent Developments in the Foundations of Utility and Risk Theory
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Non-Archimedean Utility Theory
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Game Theory as a Theory of Conflict Resolution
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Creating a Dialectical Social Science
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Philosophy in Geography
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Progress in Utility and Risk Theory
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Pragmatic Aspects of Human Communication
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The Methodological Unity of Science
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Praxiological Studies
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Developments in the Methodology of Social Science
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Macromodels of the National Economy of the USSR
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Instrumental Reasoning and Systems Methodology
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Decision Making and Change in Human Affairs
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Aggregation in Economic Research
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Decision Theory and Social Ethics
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Coping with Complexity
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Revolutions, Systems and Theories
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Determinants and Controls of Scientific Development
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Economic Information, Decision, and Prediction
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Politics as Rational Action
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Property and Power
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Essays on Ethics, Social Behaviour, and Scientific Explanation
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Morality and Universality
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Algebra of Conscience
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Operations Research in Progress
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Response Models for Detection of Change
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Urban Dynamics and Spatial Choice Behaviour
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Design of Management Systems in U.S.S.R. Industry
`..this is the third masterpiece written by the author, ...as such, it is very highly recommended.' Mathematical Reviews
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| ISBN 13 | 9789048183739 |
| ISBN 10 | 9048183731 |
| Title | The Foundations of Expected Utility |
| Author | Pc Fishburn |
| Series | Theory And Decision Library |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Year published | 2010-12-30 |
| Number of pages | 178 |
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