عنوان

Non-Archimedean Utility Theory

(Number (ISBN

9401017247

(Number (ISBN

9789401017244

Number

b553957

Title Proper

Non-Archimedean Utility Theory

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by H.J. Skala.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1975

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(156 pages)

Series Title

Theory and Decision Library, An International Series in the Philosophy and Methodology of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 9.

Text of Note

I. Preference Orderings and Utility Theory --;1. Relational Systems --;2. Preference Relations --;3. Some Remarks on Utility Theory --;4. Linear Inequalities --;II. Ordinal Utility --;1. Some Classical Representation Theorems --;2. Lexicographic Utility --;3. Utility Theories with Respect to n?-Sets --;4. Ultraproducts and Ultrapowers --;5. Approximating an r*-Valued Utility Function by a Real Valued Function --;6. Non-Standard Utility Functions Always Exist --;7. Utility Functions for Partial Orderings --;III. On Numerical Relational Systems --;1. First-Order Languages --;2. Some Preliminary Considerations --;3. Universal and Homogeneous Relational Systems --;4. Saturated Relational Systems --;IV. Utility Theories for More Structured Empirical Data --;1. Some Remarks --;2. The Empirical Status of Axioms --;3. Utility Theories which are Axiomatizable in an Ordinary First Order Language --;4. Extensive Utility --;5. Conjoint Measurement of Utilities --;6. On Certain Mean Systems --;V. On Utility Spaces, The Theory of Games and the Realization of Comparative Probability Relations --;1. A Generalization of the Von Neumann/Morgenstern Utility Theory --;2. Non-Standard Utilities in Game Theory --;3. Some Aspects of the Realization of Comparative Probability Relations --;Appendix I. Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers --;Appendix II. Some Basic Facts about Filters and Ultrafilters --;Index of Names --;Index of Subjects.

Text of Note

My interest in non-Archimedean utility theory and the problems related to it was aroused by discussions which I have had with Professors Werner Leinfellner and Gunter Menges.

Social sciences -- Methodology.

Social sciences.

by H.J. Skala.

H J Skala

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