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Utility

Known as: Util, Utility of consumption, Utility Function 
In economics, utility is a measure of preferences over some set of goods and services. The concept is an important underpinning of rational choice… 
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Learning Deep Features for Scene Recognition using Places Database
Scene recognition is one of the hallmark tasks of computer vision, allowing definition of a context for object recognition… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Utility functions in autonomic systems
Utility functions provide a natural and advantageous framework for achieving self-optimization in distributed autonomic computing… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Survey of multi-objective optimization methods for engineering
A survey of current continuous nonlinear multi-objective optimization (MOO) concepts and methods is presented. It consolidates… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Multiple criteria decision analysis - an integrated approach
The field of multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) - also sometimes termed multiple criteria decision aid, or multiple… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Extending the TAM for a World-Wide-Web context
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Back to Bentham? Explorations of experience utility
Two core meanings of "utility" are distinguished. "Decision utility" is the weight of an outcome in a decision. "Experienced… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Social Utility and Decision Making in Interpersonal Contexts
Three studies examined preferences for outcomes to self and a codisputant. Studies I and 2 estimated social utility functions… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
ALGORITHMS FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF POINTS REQUIRED TO REPRESENT A DIGITIZED LINE OR ITS CARICATURE
All digitizing methods, as a general rule, record lines with far more data than is necessary for accurate graphic reproduction or… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Semiorders and a Theory of Utility Discrimination
In the theory of preferences underlying utility theory i t is generally assumed that the indifference relation is transitive, and… 
Review
1953
Review
1953
Histochemistry: Theoretical and Applied
A. G. E. Pearse is a relative newcomer to the field of histochemistry. He holds an M.D. degree from the University of Cambridge… 
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