Subjective expected utility: A review of normative theories

DOI10.1007/BF00134215zbMath0452.90004MaRDI QIDQ1148771

Peter C. Fishburn

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

surveybibliographyBibliographysubjective expected utilitydecision making under uncertaintynormative interpretations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Individual preferences (91B08) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-02) Social choice (91B14)

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