Linear utility theory for belief functions

DOI10.1016/0167-6377(89)90010-2zbMath0673.90010OpenAlexW2052550060MaRDI QIDQ1121148

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Operations Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-6377(89)90010-2

zbMATH Keywords

expected utility dominance axiom Dempster-Shafer belief function linear utility theory lower probability interpretation super-additive set-function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Set-valued maps in general topology (54C60) Utility theory (91B16)

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