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Application of Multi-Attribute Utility Theory

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Decision Making and Change in Human Affairs

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Abstract

Tversky (1967) identified a major goal of scientific investigation as the decomposition of complex phenomena into sets of ‘basic’ factors according to specifiable rules of combination. Following this approach, this review evaluates Multi-attribute Utility Theory (MAUT) in terms of its claim to success in providing an axiomatization of decomposition and recomposition of complex phenomena which is both coherent and didactic.

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This paper was prepared as part of a project funded under agreement H2C5oo539SP with the Programmes Analysis Unit through the U.K. Atomic- Energy Authority.

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Humphreys, P. (1977). Application of Multi-Attribute Utility Theory. In: Jungermann, H., De Zeeuw, G. (eds) Decision Making and Change in Human Affairs. Theory and Decision Library, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1276-8_13

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