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R. Duncan Luce, Amos Tversky, Patrick Suppes, David. H. Krantz

Publication date: 18 September 1992

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measurement axiomatization concatenation structures scale types empirical relational structure invariance over permissible transformations mathematical relational structure non-additive representations

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Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations (03-02) Measurement theory in the social and behavioral sciences (91C05) General applied mathematics (00A69) General theory of mathematical modeling (00A71) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to biology (92-02)

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