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Human social networks as an undirected dot-product graph of independent individuals that maximize an objective function at the scale of the individual or of the whole network. - ...

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This note elaborates Suppes’ (1977, Erkenntnis Vol. 11, No. 1, pp 233-250) derivation of the logarithmic function as a consumer’s cardinal utility function on money income levels, in which the ...

BACKGROUND:The Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) is a generic multi-attribute, preference-based system for assessing health-related quality of life. It is widely used overseas as an outcome measure ...

Utility is the importance that we attach to things. We make choices on the basis of this importance. Indeed, in economic terms, “utility,” “importance,” and “value” are synonyms. We choose what is ...