Functional equations in the behavioral sciences
bibliographybinary gamblesbisymmetry functional equationCauchy equationsFechner-Thurstone modelfunctional equationsinvariancePexider equationspsychophysicsutility and value functionsWeber's law and generalizations
Differentiation (real functions of one variable): general theory, generalized derivatives, mean value theorems (26A24) Monotonic functions, generalizations (26A48) Convexity of real functions in one variable, generalizations (26A51) Iteration theory, iterative and composite equations (39B12) Functional equations for real functions (39B22) Systems of functional equations and inequalities (39B72) Utility theory for games (91A30) Utility theory (91B16) Measurement theory in the social and behavioral sciences (91C05) Psychophysics and psychophysiology; perception (91E30)
The paper contains an interesting exposition of use of functional equations in the behavioral sciences. After the introduction, in Section 2 some basic functional equations (Cauchy, Pexider and invariance equation) are presented with their regular solutions. Section 3 is dedicated to some problems arising in psychophysics and their modelization via functional equations. Section 4 treats utility theory, in particular some problems concerning binary gambles, while the topic presented in the last section of the paper is consistent aggregation, which leads to the generalized bisymmetry functional equation. Solutions to these problems are presented and an ample bibliography guides the reader interested to know in more details the topics touched in the paper.
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