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Expected utility hypothesis

Known as: Expected utility theorem, Expected utility theory, Expected utility 
In economics, game theory, and decision theory the expected utility hypothesis, concerning people's preferences with regard to choices that have… 
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
in navigating a narrow doorway. We speed up while crossing the street with an eye to oncoming traffic. We swerve to avoid a… 
2004
2004
This paper investigates the possibilities for satisfaction of both the ex-ante and ex-post Pareto principles in a general model… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
  • D. DuboisH. Prade
  • 2003
  • Corpus ID: 27006236
This paper provides an overview of possibility theory, emphasizing its historical roots and its recent developments. Possibility… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
We compare expected shortfall and value-at-risk (VaR) in terms of consistency with expected utility maximization and elimination… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
ABSTRACT Defining propensity to self-protect as the maximum amount an individual is willing to pay for a one-unit reduction in… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
  • J. Blythe
  • 1999
  • Corpus ID: 16560403
The recent advances in computer speed and algorithms for probabilistic inference have led to a resurgence of work on planning… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
This paper presents an intertemporal portfolio selection model for pension funds that maximize the intertemporal expected utility… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
1. Introduction: Bayesian decision theory - foundations and problems Peter Gardenfors, and Nils-Eric Sahlin Part I. Foundations… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Five special forms for a von Neumann-Morgenstern utility function u on a product set A×X are examined. Each expresses u as a…