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Utility and entropy [PDF]

open access: possibleEconomic Theory, 2001
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Candeal, JC   +3 more
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Utility, induced utilities, and small worlds

Behavioral Science, 1965
Abstract : Decision theory in its present state of development fails to provide sufficient criteria for the unique formulation of a decision problem. The resulting ambiguity may lead to quite disparate interpretations of the same decision task by different individuals.
M, Toda, E H, Shuford
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Update on utilities and cost–utility analyses

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 2006
The purpose of this review is to summarize the recent and noteworthy utility studies and cost-utility analyses in the area of retina/vitreous during the period January 2004 to January 2006.This review considers the cost-effectiveness of treatments for wet age-related macular degeneration, dry age-related macular degeneration, telemedicine in diabetic ...
Hussein, Hollands, Sanjay, Sharma
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Utilization and Utility of Immunohistochemistry in Dermatopathology

The American Journal of Dermatopathology, 2013
Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is considered a valuable ancillary tool for dermatopathology diagnosis, but few studies have measured IHC utilization by dermatopathologists or assessed its diagnostic utility. In a regionalized, community-based dermatopathology practice, we measured IHC utilization (total requests, specific antibodies requested, and final ...
Karen A, Naert, Martin J, Trotter
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Futility and utility

Medical Journal of Australia, 2016
and within every doctor’s capability” “F two to three decades. This rise has been led primarily by medical ethicists, and has particularly focused on its place in end-of-life discussion. Futility is addressed in this issue of the MJA by White and colleagues, who examined its use in a Brisbane hospital by undertaking a survey and interviews with 96 ...
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Subjective ambiguity, expected utility and Choquet expected utility [PDF]

open access: possibleEconomic Theory, 2002
The author provides a simple axiomatization of the Choquet expected utility model with capacity given as an inner measure. Proposed axioms are simple. Some theorems are proved. The presented results are a well start-point for future fruitful mathematical considerations.
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Utility Maximisation and Utility Indifference Price for Exponential Semi-martingale Models and HARA Utilities

Труды Математического института им. Стеклова, 2014
The authors consider the utility maximisation problem for semi-martingale models and HARA (hyperbolic absolute risk aversion) utilities. The market is assumed to consist of one non-risky and two risky assets, possibly with jumps, represented as the stochastic exponents of two corresponding processes, \(X^{(1)}\) and \(X^{(2)}\).
Ellanskaya, A., Vostrikova, L.
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Utility Computing and Its Utilization

2016
Utility computing is envisioned to be the next generation of Information Technology (IT) evolution that depicts how computing needs of users can be fulfilled in the future IT industry. Its analogy is derived from the real world where service providers maintain and supply utility services, such as electrical power, gas, and water to consumers. Consumers'
Mainak Adhikari   +2 more
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Smoking and hospital utilization

Social Science & Medicine, 1987
Remaining lifetime hospital days (RLHD) are used as estimates of possible differences in medical care costs between ever smokers and never smokers. Hospital usage by age in days per person per year comes from the 1970 U.S. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) of some 40,000 households.
J J, Weinkam   +2 more
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