Linear utility theory for belief functions
Operations Research LettersPublished 1 April 1989
Jean‐Yves Jaffray
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Abstract
In uncertainty situations where knowledge is described by a Dempster-Shafer belief function (which is more general than a probability measure), von Neumann-Morgenstern linear utility theory applies and leads to a generalized expected utility representation of preference which allows for risk-attitude and ambiguity-attitude (pessimism/optimism).
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