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Utility Function from Maximum Entropy Principle

open access: yesEntropy, 2006
Recently we used the maximum entropy principle for finding the price density in a multi agent insurance market. The result is similar to what the Buhlmann had obtained by maximizing the utility function.
Amir H. Darooneh
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MAUT method – one in a multiple criteria decision-making methods

open access: yesLietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, 2023
Multiple criteria decision-making methods enable to choose the optimal decision, if his criterions is contradictorys. In herein paper is describe MAUT – multiattribute utility theory. This method is reasoned in theory.
Rūta Simanavičienė
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Nano-Zero-Valent Zinc-Modified Municipal Sludge Biochar for Phosphorus Removal

open access: yesMolecules, 2023
Municipal sludge biochar (MSBC) can be used to absorb phosphorus in water for waste treatment. Nano-zero-valent zinc (nZVZ) was uniformly attached to MSBC to obtain a highly efficient phosphorus-absorbing composite material, nZVZ–MSBC.
Yupeng Zhang   +3 more
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Effects of Natural Rheum tanguticum on the Cell Wall Integrity of Resistant Phytopathogenic Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. Carotovorum

open access: yesMolecules, 2022
The abuse of agricultural antibiotics has led to the emergence of drug-resistant phytopathogens. Rifampicin and streptomycin and streptomycin resistance Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp.
Yanjiao Qi   +8 more
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Study on the performance test of Fe–Ce–Al/MMT catalysts for phenol-containing wastewater

open access: yesAIP Advances, 2023
In this study, a series of Fe–Ce–Al/MMT catalysts were prepared, characterized by XRD, SEM and N2 adsorption/desorption, and treated with phenol-containing wastewater.
Xiaoping Su   +5 more
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Design of Reliability Insurance Scheme Based on Utility Function for Improvement of Distribution Grid Reliability [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Operation and Automation in Power Engineering, 2020
The regulatory schemes currently used for reliability improvement have weaknesses in the provision of quality services based on the customers’ perspective.
A. Niromandfam   +2 more
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The Problem of Quantifying Utility

open access: yesСтатистика и экономика, 2021
Purpose of the study. Analysis of the literature shows that the ordinal theory of utility is widespread in the theory of consumer behavior. To analyze consumer preferences, a utility function is used, which characterizes the value of the utility of the ...
V. M. Romanchak
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A Regret Minimization Approach in Product Portfolio Management with respect to Customers’ Price-sensitivity [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Optimization in Industrial Engineering, 2019
In an uncertain and competitive environment, product portfolio management (PPM) becomes more challenging for manufacturers to decide what to make and establish the most beneficial product portfolio.
Maryam Esmaeili, Azadeh Arjmand
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Simulation of the Daily Activity Plans of Travelers Using the Park-and-Ride System and Autonomous Vehicles: Work and Shopping Trip Purposes

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
The preferences of travelers determines the utility of daily activity plans. Decision-makers can affect the preference of travelers when they force private car users to use park-and-ride (P&R) facilities as a way of decreasing traffic in city centers ...
Jairo Ortega   +3 more
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Farmers' land‐use decision‐making: A dynamical modelling approach that integrates qualitative knowledge about social norms into a quantitative model

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2023
The concept of the homo oeconomicus is often used to model human behaviour in economic contexts. However, other factors like tradition or the preference to comply with social norms can play a role in decision‐making processes.
Irina Vortkamp, Frank M. Hilker
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