On cardinal utility

DOI10.1007/BF00126335zbMath0438.90013OpenAlexW2072766545MaRDI QIDQ1142146

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00126335

zbMATH Keywords

axiomatic approachnecessary and sufficient conditionsexistence conditionscardinal utilityrelational systemevaluation of preferencescardinal utility functioncharacteristic sets of axiomslinear positive transformationsmonotonic increasing transformationsnumerical representation of preferences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Individual preferences (91B08)

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