Search for dissertations about: "expected utility"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 105 swedish dissertations containing the words expected utility.

  2. 1. Transformative decision rules and axiomatic arguments for the principle of Maximizing Expected Utility

    Author : Martin Peterson; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; expected utility; axiomatic argument; independence; sure-thing; Savage; von Neumann and Morgenstern; transformative rule; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

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  4. 2. Distribution of expected utility in second-order decision analysis

    Author : David Sundgren; Högskolan i Gävle; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; beslutsanalys; andra ordningens fördelningar; förväntad nytta; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : In decision analysis maximising the expected utility is an often used approach in choosing the optimal alternative. But when probabilities and utilities are vague or imprecise expected utility is fraught with complications. READ MORE

  5. 3. Distribution of expected utility in second-order decision analysis

    Author : David Sundgren; Love Ekenberg; Johan Thorbjörnsson; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : In explicatione consiliorum, maxima facere communis utilitas saepe trita ratio deligendi meliorem optionem est. Verum si probabilitates et utilitates incertae vel dubiae sint, communis utilitas perturbationes affert. READ MORE

  6. 4. Transformative Decision Rules : Foundations and Applications

    Author : Martin Peterson; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; transformative decision rule; problem specification; framing; expected utility; decision theory; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Abstract : A transformative decision rule alters the representation of a decisionproblem, either by changing the sets of acts and states taken intoconsideration, or by modifying the probability or value assignments.Examples of decision rules belonging to this class are the principleof insufficient reason, Isaac Levi’s condition of E-admissibility, Luceand Raiffa’s merger of states-rule, and the de minimis principle. READ MORE

  7. 5. On the Military Utility of Spectral Design in Signature Management : a Systems Approach

    Author : Kent Andersson; Jouko Vankka; Gunnar Hult; Hans Kariis; Hans Liwång; Harold Lawson; Jari Hartikainen; Försvarshögskolan; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; military utility; survivability; signature management; systems engineering; camouflage; Low Observable Technology; spectral design; multi-spectral; Försvarssystem; Military Technology;

    Abstract : There is an ongoing duel between military sensor development and developments in signature management. The last decade, with warfare characterized by joint expeditionary operations and asymmetry, has favored sensors. READ MORE