Continuous utility functions through scales

DOI10.1007/s11238-007-9025-7zbMath1151.91427OpenAlexW2020756756MaRDI QIDQ931427

Esteban Induráin, Gianni Bosi, María Jesús Campión, José Carlos Rodríguez Alcantud, Juan Carlos Candeal, Carlos Rodriguez-Palmero

Publication date: 25 June 2008

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-007-9025-7

zbMATH Keywords

total preorderscontinuous utility representationsdecreasing scalesseparating scales

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Partial orders, general (06A06) Linearly ordered topological spaces, generalized ordered spaces, and partially ordered spaces (54F05) Utility theory (91B16)

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