Nontransitive preferences in decision theory

DOI10.1007/BF00056121zbMath0723.90004MaRDI QIDQ2276852

Peter C. Fishburn

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

surveyuncertaintyriskmultiattribute utility theoryIntransitive preferencespreferences between time streams

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Utility theory (91B16) Individual preferences (91B08) Consumer behavior, demand theory (91B42) Decision theory for games (91A35)

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