Some Applications of the Lorenz Curve in Decision Analysis

DOI10.1080/01966324.1995.10737385zbMath0845.62003OpenAlexW1986811598WikidataQ58300651 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

graphicsGini indexLorenz curvebeta distributionexpected value of perfect informationtwo-action problemlinear loss functionincome distribution measuresmulti-action problemsPietra ratio

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures (62C10)

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