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Author : John S Chipman
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Preferences, Uncertainty, And Optimality written by John S Chipman and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1990-09-26 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yuanguo Zhu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811321345
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Uncertain Optimal Control written by Yuanguo Zhu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the theory and applications of uncertain optimal control, and establishes two types of models including expected value uncertain optimal control and optimistic value uncertain optimal control. These models, which have continuous-time forms and discrete-time forms, make use of dynamic programming. The uncertain optimal control theory relates to equations of optimality, uncertain bang-bang optimal control, optimal control with switched uncertain system, and optimal control for uncertain system with time-delay. Uncertain optimal control has applications in portfolio selection, engineering, and games. The book is a useful resource for researchers, engineers, and students in the fields of mathematics, cybernetics, operations research, industrial engineering, artificial intelligence, economics, and management science.
Author : Francesca Bellet
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031015568
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)
Download or read book A Short Introduction to Preferences written by Francesca Bellet and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computational social choice is an expanding field that merges classical topics like economics and voting theory with more modern topics like artificial intelligence, multiagent systems, and computational complexity. This book provides a concise introduction to the main research lines in this field, covering aspects such as preference modelling, uncertainty reasoning, social choice, stable matching, and computational aspects of preference aggregation and manipulation. The book is centered around the notion of preference reasoning, both in the single-agent and the multi-agent setting. It presents the main approaches to modeling and reasoning with preferences, with particular attention to two popular and powerful formalisms, soft constraints and CP-nets. The authors consider preference elicitation and various forms of uncertainty in soft constraints. They review the most relevant results in voting, with special attention to computational social choice. Finally, the book considers preferences in matching problems. The book is intended for students and researchers who may be interested in an introduction to preference reasoning and multi-agent preference aggregation, and who want to know the basic notions and results in computational social choice. Table of Contents: Introduction / Preference Modeling and Reasoning / Uncertainty in Preference Reasoning / Aggregating Preferences / Stable Marriage Problems
Author : Jacques H Drèze
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349019895
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Allocation under Uncertainty: Equilibrium and Optimality written by Jacques H Drèze and published by Springer. This book was released on 1965-01-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tilahun, Surafel Luleseged
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522550925
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)
Download or read book Optimization Techniques for Problem Solving in Uncertainty written by Tilahun, Surafel Luleseged and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to optimization techniques, in some cases, the available information from real models may not be enough to construct either a probability distribution or a membership function for problem solving. In such cases, there are various theories that can be used to quantify the uncertain aspects. Optimization Techniques for Problem Solving in Uncertainty is a scholarly reference resource that looks at uncertain aspects involved in different disciplines and applications. Featuring coverage on a wide range of topics including uncertain preference, fuzzy multilevel programming, and metaheuristic applications, this book is geared towards engineers, managers, researchers, and post-graduate students seeking emerging research in the field of optimization.
Author : Daniel Slottje
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848553129
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (485 download)
Download or read book Quantifying Consumer Preferences written by Daniel Slottje and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-21 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demand studies and understanding consumer behavior remain two of the most important areas of analysis by practicing applied economists and econometricians. This book presents research on the estimation of demand systems and the measurement of consumer preferences.
Author : Christopher P. Chambers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316495434
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book Revealed Preference Theory written by Christopher P. Chambers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneered by American economist Paul Samuelson, revealed preference theory is based on the idea that the preferences of consumers are revealed in their purchasing behavior. Researchers in this field have developed complex and sophisticated mathematical models to capture the preferences that are 'revealed' through consumer choice behavior. This study of consumer demand and behavior is closely tied up with econometrics (especially nonparametric econometrics), where testing the validity of different theoretical models is an important aspect of research. The theory of revealed preference has a very long and distinguished tradition in economics, but there was no systematic presentation of the theory until now. This book deals with basic questions in economic theory, such as the relation between theory and data, and studies the situations in which empirical observations are consistent or inconsistent with some of the best known theories in economics.
Author : Giacomo Riccia
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3211854320
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (118 download)
Download or read book Preferences and Similarities written by Giacomo Riccia and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fields of similarity and preference are still broadening due to the exploration of new fields of application. This is caused by the strong impact of vagueness, imprecision, uncertainty and dominance on human and agent information, communication, planning, decision, action, and control as well as by the technical progress of the information technology itself. The topics treated in this book are of interest to computer scientists, statisticians, operations researchers, experts in AI, cognitive psychologists and economists.
Author : Shinsuke Ikeda
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 4431554025
Total Pages : 717 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Behavioral Economics of Preferences, Choices, and Happiness written by Shinsuke Ikeda and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-13 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of important contributions by Japanese researchers and their coauthors to present current advances in behavioral economics and finance, particularly in relation to decision making and human well-being. The topics covered in this volume include decision making under the conditions of inter-temporal choices, risk and social relations, happiness and the neuro-scientific/biological basis of behavior. The book includes works of research, both theoretical and empirical, on time discounting, time preferences, risk aversion, altruism, social status, happiness, addiction, limited attention and health and financial investments. The authors of the chapters add supplementary discussions to survey more recent advances on related topics or to provide detailed information that were abbreviated in the original publications. The addenda will enable readers to deepen their understanding of decision making and human well-being.
Author : Salvador Barbera
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780792381747
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (817 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Utility Theory written by Salvador Barbera and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1998 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The standard rationality hypothesis implies that behaviour can be represented as the maximization of a suitably restricted utility function. This hypothesis lies at the heart of a large body of recent work in economics, of course, but also in political science, ethics, and other major branches of social sciences. Though the utility maximization hypothesis is venerable, it remains an area of active research. Moreover, some fundamental conceptual problems remain unresolved, or at best have resolutions that are too recent to have achieved widespread understanding among social scientists. The main purpose of the Handbook of Utility Theory is to make recent developments in the area more accessible. The editors selected a number of specific topics, and invited contributions from researchers whose work had come to their attention. Therefore, the list of topics and contributions is largely the editors' responsibility. Each contributor's chapter has been refereed, and revised according to the referees' remarks. This is the first volume of a two volume set, with the second volume focusing on extensions of utility theory.
Author : Kenneth Train
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521766559
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)
Download or read book Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation written by Kenneth Train and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the new generation of discrete choice methods, focusing on the many advances that are made possible by simulation. Researchers use these statistical methods to examine the choices that consumers, households, firms, and other agents make. Each of the major models is covered: logit, generalized extreme value, or GEV (including nested and cross-nested logits), probit, and mixed logit, plus a variety of specifications that build on these basics. Simulation-assisted estimation procedures are investigated and compared, including maximum stimulated likelihood, method of simulated moments, and method of simulated scores. Procedures for drawing from densities are described, including variance reduction techniques such as anithetics and Halton draws. Recent advances in Bayesian procedures are explored, including the use of the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and its variant Gibbs sampling. The second edition adds chapters on endogeneity and expectation-maximization (EM) algorithms. No other book incorporates all these fields, which have arisen in the past 25 years. The procedures are applicable in many fields, including energy, transportation, environmental studies, health, labor, and marketing.
Author : Michael Hurwicz
Publisher : Academic Studies PRess
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (871 download)
Download or read book Leonid Hurwicz: Intelligent Designer written by Michael Hurwicz and published by Academic Studies PRess. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating, exciting story.” — Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind While still in his early 20s, and under Hitler's shadow, Leonid “Leo” Hurwicz (1917-2008) left his home in Warsaw, Poland, seeking safety and a degree at the London School of Economics. The following years, while challenging and potentially life-threatening, contained the seeds of a lifelong intellectual adventure. Leo's story is personal (born a refugee, precarious war years for himself and his Polish-Jewish family, a new life in America), global (revolutions, wars, depressions), ideological (socialism, capitalism, economic planning, free markets) and professional (a sixty-year career as a professor of economics leading ultimately to a Nobel Prize). This book tells his story.
Author : Kenneth Train
Publisher : Mit Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262200844
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Optimal Regulation written by Kenneth Train and published by Mit Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optimal Regulation addresses the central issue of regulatory economics - how toregulate firms in a way that induces them to produce and price "optimally." It synthesizes the majorfindings of an extensive theoretical literature on what constitutes optimality in various situationsand which regulatory mechanisms can be used to achieve it. It is the first text to provide aunified, modern, and nontechnical treatment of the field.The book includes models for regulatingoptimal output, tariffs, and surplus subsidy schemes, and presents all of the material graphically,with clear explanations of often highly technical topics.Kenneth E. Train is Associate AdjunctProfessor in the Department of Economics and Graduate School of Public Policy at the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley. He is also Principal of the firm Cambridge Systematics.Topics include: Thecost structure of natural monopoly (economies of scale and scope). Characterization of firstandsecond-best optimality. Surplus subsidy schemes for attaining first-best optimality. Ramsey pricesand the Vogelsang-Finsinger mechanism for attaining them. Time-ofuse (TOU) prices and Riordan'smechanisms for attaining the optimal TOU prices' Multipart and self-selecting tariffs, and Sibley'smethod for using self-selecting tariffs to achieve optimality. The Averch-Johnson model of howrate-of-return regulation induces inefficiencies. Analysis of regulation based on the firm's returnon Output, costs, or sales. Price-cap regulation. Regulatory treatment of uncertainty and its impacton the firm's behavior. Methods of attaining optimality without direct regulation (contestability,auctioning the monopoly franchise.)
Author : Nicolas Hadjisavvas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387233938
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Generalized Convexity and Generalized Monotonicity written by Nicolas Hadjisavvas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies in generalized convexity and generalized monotonicity have significantly increased during the last two decades. Researchers with very diverse backgrounds such as mathematical programming, optimization theory, convex analysis, nonlinear analysis, nonsmooth analysis, linear algebra, probability theory, variational inequalities, game theory, economic theory, engineering, management science, equilibrium analysis, for example are attracted to this fast growing field of study. Such enormous research activity is partially due to the discovery of a rich, elegant and deep theory which provides a basis for interesting existing and potential applications in different disciplines. The handbook offers an advanced and broad overview of the current state of the field. It contains fourteen chapters written by the leading experts on the respective subject; eight on generalized convexity and the remaining six on generalized monotonicity.
Author : Morton I. Kamien
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486310280
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)
Download or read book Dynamic Optimization, Second Edition written by Morton I. Kamien and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its initial publication, this text has defined courses in dynamic optimization taught to economics and management science students. The two-part treatment covers the calculus of variations and optimal control. 1998 edition.
Author : W. T. Ziemba
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1483273997
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Stochastic Optimization Models in Finance written by W. T. Ziemba and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stochastic Optimization Models in Finance focuses on the applications of stochastic optimization models in finance, with emphasis on results and methods that can and have been utilized in the analysis of real financial problems. The discussions are organized around five themes: mathematical tools; qualitative economic results; static portfolio selection models; dynamic models that are reducible to static models; and dynamic models. This volume consists of five parts and begins with an overview of expected utility theory, followed by an analysis of convexity and the Kuhn-Tucker conditions. The reader is then introduced to dynamic programming; stochastic dominance; and measures of risk aversion. Subsequent chapters deal with separation theorems; existence and diversification of optimal portfolio policies; effects of taxes on risk taking; and two-period consumption models and portfolio revision. The book also describes models of optimal capital accumulation and portfolio selection. This monograph will be of value to mathematicians and economists as well as to those interested in economic theory and mathematical economics.
Author : Heinz Wanner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402057148
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Climate Variability, Predictability and Climate Risks written by Heinz Wanner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an integrated assessment of issues related to climate variability and change, predictability and risks. It details both the technical aspects of variability and abrupt climate change and the agricultural and economical impacts and consequences.
