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Utility
Known as:
Util
, Utility of consumption
, Utility Function
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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
Bolei Zhou
,
À. Lapedriza
,
Jianxiong Xiao
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A. Torralba
,
A. Oliva
NIPS
2014
Corpus ID: 1849990
Scene recognition is one of the hallmark tasks of computer vision, allowing definition of a context for object recognition…
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Utility functions in autonomic systems
W. E. Walsh
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G. Tesauro
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J. Kephart
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R. Das
International Conference on Autonomic Computing…
2004
Corpus ID: 1879591
Utility functions provide a natural and advantageous framework for achieving self-optimization in distributed autonomic computing…
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Survey of multi-objective optimization methods for engineering
R. Marler
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J. Arora
2004
Corpus ID: 14841091
A survey of current continuous nonlinear multi-objective optimization (MOO) concepts and methods is presented. It consolidates…
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Review
2001
Review
2001
Multiple criteria decision analysis - an integrated approach
V. Belton
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T. Stewart
2001
Corpus ID: 19633971
The field of multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) - also sometimes termed multiple criteria decision aid, or multiple…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Extending the TAM for a World-Wide-Web context
J. Moon
,
Young-Gul Kim
Information Manager (The)
2000
Corpus ID: 17709833
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Back to Bentham? Explorations of experience utility
P. Wakker
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D. Kahneman
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R. Sarin
1997
Corpus ID: 14366215
Two core meanings of "utility" are distinguished. "Decision utility" is the weight of an outcome in a decision. "Experienced…
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Social Utility and Decision Making in Interpersonal Contexts
G. Loewenstein
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L. Thompson
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M. Bazerman
1989
Corpus ID: 44917222
Three studies examined preferences for outcomes to self and a codisputant. Studies I and 2 estimated social utility functions…
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Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
ALGORITHMS FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF POINTS REQUIRED TO REPRESENT A DIGITIZED LINE OR ITS CARICATURE
David H. Douglas
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T. Peucker
1973
Corpus ID: 119823700
All digitizing methods, as a general rule, record lines with far more data than is necessary for accurate graphic reproduction or…
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Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Semiorders and a Theory of Utility Discrimination
R. Luce
1956
Corpus ID: 16758329
In the theory of preferences underlying utility theory i t is generally assumed that the indifference relation is transitive, and…
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Review
1953
Review
1953
Histochemistry: Theoretical and Applied
A. Pearse
1953
Corpus ID: 178652199
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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