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A model of reward- and effort-based optimal decision making and motor control. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2012 Costs (e.g. energetic expenditure) and benefits (e.g. food) are central determinants of behavior. In ecology and economics, they are combined to form a utility function which is maximized to guide choices. This principle is widely used in neuroscience as
Lionel Rigoux, Emmanuel Guigon
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Private and social time preference for health outcomes: A general population survey in Iran.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Despite the recent increase in economic evaluations of health care programs in low and middle income countries, there is still a surprising gap in evidence on the appropriate discount rate and the discounting of health outcomes such as quality adjusted ...
Alireza Mahboub-Ahari +4 more
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A Mathematical Analysis of the Improving Sequence Effect for Monetary Rewards
Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2018 In this paper, we mathematically formalize the concept of improving sequence effect, which is one of the main anomalies of the discounted utility model [1].
Salvador Cruz Rambaud +2 more
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Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2023 Farmers’ contract breach behavior is cited as one of the major stumbling blocks in the sustainable expansion of contract farming in many developing countries. This paper examines farmers’ contract breach decisions from the perspective of time preferences.
Jing HOU +3 more
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Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2019 Background: Complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI) is often associated with drug-resistant pathogens and requires therapy with broad-spectrum antibiotics.
Guan-Jhou Chen +5 more
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Peanuts effect in intertemporal decision-making processes.
INFAD, 2017 The intertemporal choice refers to the individual decision-making process when analyzing the preferences between two rewards with different due dates. That is to say, it aims to analyze the preferences between two rewards (x1,t1) and (x2,t2) , where x1x2
Salvador Cruz Rambaud +1 more
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A Consistent Relaxation of the Consumption Invariant Rate in the Discounted-Utility Model
Theoretical Economics Letters, 2013 The main theoretical contribution of this paper is a mechanical result that relates growth rates across n commodities. We examplify through a 2-commodity economy of health and money where the results of current health economic theory are confirmed using this technology.
Parouty, Mehraj Bin Yasaar +2 more
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Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, 2023 Aim: This study assessed the cost–utility of mogamulizumab, a novel monoclonal antibody, versus established clinical management (ECM) in UK patients in previously treated advanced mycosis fungoides (MF)/S ´ ezary syndrome (SS).
Noemi Muszbek +4 more
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Health Economics Review, 2018 Objective To assess the cost effectiveness of cetuximab in third-line treatment of patients with KRAS wild-type (wt) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) in routine clinical practice compared with best supportive care (BSC).
Carin A. Uyl-de Groot +3 more
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Cancer Medicine, 2021 Background The introduction of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) and MRI‐guided biopsy has improved the diagnosis of prostate cancer. However, it remains uncertain whether it is cost‐effective, especially in a population‐based screening ...
Abraham M. Getaneh +2 more
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