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E.g., the commodity is a heterogeneous resource, such as land. Then, the utility functions are not functions of a finite number of variables, but rather set functions defined on Borel subsets of the land. The natural generalization of a linear utility function to that model is an additive set function.
The term E-utility for "experience utility" has been coined [2] to refer to the types of "hedonistic" utility like that of Bentham's greatest happiness principle. Since morality affects decisions, a VNM-rational agent's morals will affect the definition of its own utility function (see above).
In economics, utility is a measure of a certain person's satisfaction from a certain state of the world. Over time, the term has been used with at least two meanings. In a normative context, utility refers to a goal or objective that we wish to maximize, i.e., an objective function.
A consumer's indirect utility (,) can be computed from their utility function (), defined over vectors of quantities of consumable goods, by first computing the most preferred affordable bundle, represented by the vector (,) by solving the utility maximization problem, and second, computing the utility ((,)) the consumer derives from that ...
Leontief utility functions represent complementary goods. For example: Suppose is the number of left shoes and the number of right shoes. A consumer can only use pairs of shoes. Hence, his utility is (,).
The utility functions may represent their chance of recovery – () is the probability of agent to recover by getting doses of the medication. The utilitarian rule then allocates the medication in a way that maximizes the expected number of survivors.
The sign of the second derivative of a differentiable utility function that is cardinal, is the same for all the numerical representations of a particular preference structure. Given that this is usually a negative sign, there is room for a law of diminishing marginal utility in cardinal utility theory.
This category is for specific utility functions, properties or classes of utility functions. Pages in category "Utility function types" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.