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Showing 1 to 20 of 142 for “"Utility Function"”.
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Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) And Virtual Private Network (VPN) Compared Using An Utility Function And The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
… this paper will illustrate a method using a utility function and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to determine which technology is better under a hypothetical set of circumstances. This paper will explain each technology, establish parameters for a hypothetical comparison, and discuss the …
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Utility functions for ceteris paribus preferences
… ceteris paribus preferences into a quantitative utility function. Our algorithm is complete for a finite universe of binary features. Constructing the utility function can, in the worst case, take time exponential in the number of features. Common forms of independence conditions reduce the …
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Effective Resource Allocation for Non-cooperative Spectrum Sharing
… analysis has focussed on Shannon capacity as the utility function, even though it is known that real signals do not, in general, meet the Gaussian distribution assumptions of that metric. In a non-cooperative spectrum sharing environment, the Shannon capacity utility function results in a …
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Adversarial risk analysis for first-price sealed-bid auctions
… we model bidders' behaviours by defining a new utility function that considers bidders' wealth which is assumed to be different for each bidder. We consider bidders' wealth since it is a significant determinant of their bidding behaviour in these auctions. Also, we define new risk behaviour …
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Harvesting behavior of perennial cash crops: a decision theoretic study
… related to harvesting behavior. Expected utility theory, expected profit maximization, and a lexicographic safety-first model were used to predict farmer behavior. The expected utility approach used the exponential utility function, the quadratic utility function, and the cubic utility …
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Three assets model for portfolio selection under a constrained consumption rate process
… policies which maximize the expected discount utility function given by [...]. Furthermore, we obtain the optimal policies in an explicit form for the log utility function which is a special case (γ → 1) of the general utility(CRRA) function, using the martingale method and applying the …
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Effect of learning on stakeholder negotiation outcomes : modeling and analysis of game-generated data
… to simulate multi-stage design negotiation. Utility functions of individual players were based on their private agendas. Players voted for a design according to the relative attractiveness of the design as established by the individual utility function. The negotiation process helps players …
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Approximate value iteration approaches to constrained dynamic portfolio problems
… expected terminal wealth. We allow non-standard utility functions and constraints upon the portfolio selections at each time. These problem formulations may be computationally difficult to address through traditional optimal control techniques due to the high dimensionality of the state space and …
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Three aspects of investment decisions under terminal wealth constraints
… determined endogenously to maximise the expected utility of an investor with a constant risk aversion utility function, is the Merton portfolio. We demonstrate that GOPIS can be configured to have a better prospect of delivering higher expected utility over traditional OBPIs. Second, we explore …
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Three aspects of investment decisions under terminal wealth constraints
… determined endogenously to maximise the expected utility of an investor with a constant risk aversion utility function, is the Merton portfolio. We demonstrate that GOPIS can be configured to have a better prospect of delivering higher expected utility over traditional OBPIs. Second, we explore …
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Consistent high performance and flexible congestion control architecture
… controversial to intuition, with certain form of utility function and a theoretically simplified rate control algorithm, selfishly competing senders converge to a fair and stable Nash Equilibrium. With this architectural and theoretical guideline, we then design and implement the first congestion …
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Utility driven change of measure
… measure and a preference structure defined by a utility function. This methodology is then used to attribute the sources of skewness in the risk-neutral measure.
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Three Essays on Choice -Based Estimations of the Economic Benefits of Contaminated Site Cleanup
… membership probabilities prior to estimating the utility function within each class. We are able to address the income effect by incorporating the income category in the utility function rather than as a covariate in the class membership function. The results suggest an order of magnitude of …
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Fair resource allocation in multiple access channels
… policies that maximize a general concave utility function of average transmission rates over the information theoretic capacity region of the multiple-access channel. We consider several different scenarios. First, we address the utility maximization problem in a non-fading channel and …
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Matching Individual Environmental, Social and Governance Revealed Preferences with Investment Portfolios
… an adapted Constant Elasticity of Substitution utility function was calculated to estimate individuals’ preferences and substitution parameters between seven different ESG categories. Finally, using Robeco's SDG Scores, individuals’ portfolios and a "social portfolio" were created in different …
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Optimality of Heuristic Schedulers in Utility Accrual Real-time Scheduling Environments
… in soft real-time environments are based on a utility function. The goal of such schedulers is to use a best-effort approach to maximize the utility function and ensure graceful degradation at overloads. Utility Accrual (UA) schedulers use heuristics to maximize the accrued utility. …
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MADM Framework for Strategic Resource Planning of Electric Utilities
… is developed, which extends the traditional utility function model with the measure of composite utility variance, accounting for individual errors from inaccurate attribute measurements and inconsistent priority judgments. This enhanced decision approach would help the decision-maker (DM) …
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Timber supply in dynamic general equilibrium
… In the multi-sector model, all household's utility functions are aggregated into a single community utility function which is maximized subject to the technology of the economy. The technology for the forest sector is the same as in the discrete-time dynamic timber supply models. Wood is …
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A game-theoretic approach to the security of emerging cognitive radio and small cell networks
… for each SU, we propose an appropriate utility function and then maximize the social welfare of all SUs without interfering with the PUs' radio receivers and taking into account the interference thresholds set by the PUs on each channel. Given these constraints, we formulate the problem …
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Risk Aversion and Consumer Choice With Many Commodities
… towards risk affect the choices of expected utility maximizing agents whose preferences are defined over a single variable, wealth. The restriction of the analysis to utility functions of one argument, however, severely limits its applicability: in many problems of choice we must represent …
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