Some Applications of the Lorenz Curve in Decision Analysis

DOI10.1080/01966324.1995.10737385zbMath0845.62003WikidataQ58300651 ScholiaQ58300651MaRDI QIDQ4862767

Thu Pham Gia

Publication date: 16 September 1996

Published in: American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01966324.1995.10737385

zbMATH Keywords

graphics; Gini index; Lorenz curve; beta distribution; expected value of perfect information; two-action problem; linear loss function; income distribution measures; multi-action problems; Pietra ratio

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P20: Applications of statistics to economics

62C10: Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures

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