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Geometric Models Of Decision Making Under Uncertainty

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This paper uses the tools of differential geometry to classify models of individual behavior under uncertainty.

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  1. Department of Economics, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA, 95053

    Thomas Russell

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  1. ISIR, International Society for Inventory Research, Budapest, Hungary

    Attila Chikán

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Russell, T. (1991). Geometric Models Of Decision Making Under Uncertainty. In: Chikán, A. (eds) Progress in Decision, Utility and Risk Theory. Theory and Decision Library, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3146-9_10

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