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Utility Functions

Utility Function is a real-valued function that assigns numerical values to outcomes in a decision problem, representing an agent's preferences in such a way that more preferred outcomes receive higher utility values, thereby enabling the analysis and comparison of choices under uncertainty within the framework of rational decision-making.

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358.3K

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1.7K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

562

Variants

Utility Function

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Authors

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  1. PC
    Peter C. Fishburn

    AT&T (United States), United States

    70 publications · 8.7K citations

    37

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  2. PP
    Peter P. Wakker

    Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

    39 publications · 5.6K citations

    28

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  3. RL
    Ralph L. Keeney

    University of Southern California, United States

    23 publications · 5.3K citations

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  4. HB
    Han Bleichrodt

    Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

    21 publications · 2.5K citations

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  5. EK
    Edi Karni

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    22 publications · 1.5K citations

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Institutions

1.7K

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    36 h-index

    89 publications

    8.2K citations

  2. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    35 h-index

    76 publications

    6K citations

  3. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    34 h-index

    73 publications

    6.1K citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    33 h-index

    86 publications

    5.6K citations

  5. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    31 h-index

    58 publications

    5.8K citations

  6. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    31 h-index

    62 publications

    8.1K citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    31 h-index

    57 publications

    9.2K citations

  8. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    31 h-index

    89 publications

    10.2K citations

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  1. Econometrica

    197 publications · 50.9K citations

    91

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  2. Management Science

    149 publications · 20.6K citations

    72

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  3. Journal of Economic Theory

    JET · 113 publications · 10.1K citations

    47

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  4. American Economic Review

    56 publications · 14.8K citations

    40

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  5. European Journal of Operational Research

    71 publications · 6.6K citations

    38

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