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Epistemic Utility
… papers each about a separate topic in Epistemic Utility Theory (EUT). The first paper (§2) distinguishes objectivist and subjectivist conceptions of epistemic utility. It argues in favour of the latter conception on the grounds that only when epistemic utility is conceived of in this way is there …
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Supermodular utility representations
… and invoke the assumption of supermodularity of utility functions. In the context of choice over finite lattices, it is well-known that existence of supermodular representations is equivalent to existence of quasisupermodular ones for monotone preferences. In particular, strictly monotone …
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Utility in Organization
The following thesis studies how the utility of organization can influence oneâ s work sphere. Presented is a modular storage unit that can be reconfigured to ensure its utility to the user.
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Wider utility of mission command
… of Mission Command. This thesis examines the utility of Mission Command1 beyond the confines of the British Military. The work draws on several well-established academic fields of literature to deconstruct the underlying principles supporting the utility of Mission Command and builds a …
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RISK AND UNCERTAINTY (UTILITY, DECISION)
… upon subjective assumptions, motivates expected utility techniques by assuming that a DM wishes to place an upper limit on the probability of ruin. All bounded-above, increasing functions defined over a suitable domain can serve as utility functions.</p><p>Now, DM can evaluate lotteries according …
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On two utility maximization problems
This dissertation studies two expected utility maximization problems from mathematical finance. The first project (Chapter 2) deals with a single-agent utility maximization under constraints on intertemporal consumption; the second project (Chapter 3) studies Nash equilibria in an N-player game of …
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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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The Utility of Mathematical Symbols
Explanations of why mathematics is useful to empirical research focus on mathematics' role as a representation or model. On platonist accounts, the representational relation is one of structural correspondence between features of the real world and the abstract mathematical structures that …
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Visualization impacts on utility functions and multiattribute utility copula approach toward electronic product recovery techniques
… can have on the environment. A multiattribute utility copula approach was used in analyzing the behavior of EOL processing activities on the part of an OEM. This decision-making tool was used in order to incorporate the firm’s preferences while accounting for uncertainty with the incoming …
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Renewable energy in electric utility capacity planning: a decomposition approach with application to a Mexican utility
… dissertation, efficient algorithms for electric utility capacity expansion planning with renewable energy are developed. The algorithms include a deterministic phase which quickly finds a near-optimal expansion plan using derating and a linearized approximation to the time-dependent availability …
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Utility Indifference Pricing of Credit Instruments
… these issues by pricing credit instruments using utility indifference pricing, a method that takes into account the investor's personal risk aversion and which is not affected by the lack of liquidity. Through stochastic optimal control methods, we use indifference pricing with exponential utility …
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Municipal Utility Districts in Central Texas
… In Texas, a developer can create a Municipal Utility District (MUD), which is a political subdivision authorized by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to provide water, wastewater, drainage and other services within its boundaries. In this arrangement, the infrastructure is …
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Gulfstream Aerospace Aircraft Static Position Utility
<p>My research project implements a Java based utility developed for commercial application by Gulfstream Aerospace employees and customers to determine static position data of Gulfstream aircraft. The static position data includes aircraft attitude, nose and main landing gear loads and aircraft …
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Spot pricing of public utility services
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1982.
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Consensus-building in electric utility regulation
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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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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