Semiorders and a Theory of Utility Discrimination

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DOI10.2307/1905751zbMath0071.14006OpenAlexW2318064754WikidataQ56432457 ScholiaQ56432457MaRDI QIDQ3233621

R. Duncan Luce

Publication date: 1956

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/22d8dd109445e03c90047261d4f5a08565cce38b



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