In economics, the utility function measures the welfare or satisfaction of a consumer as a function of the consumption of real goods, such as food or clothing. Utility function is widely used in ...
The construction of a multiattribute utility function is an important step in decision analysis. One of the most widely used conditions for constructing the utility function is the assumption of ...
Six experiments are described that use magnitude estimation methods to characterize a nonlinear (approximately square root) utility function for money. These same methods can be used to assign ...