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Fishburn, Peter C. – 1972
Two formulations for lexicographic preferences are characterized by axioms which avoid direct reference to the importance ordering of wants or criteria that is part of the lexicographic principle. A condition which identifies the noncompensatory nature of lexicographic preferences emerges in each axiomatization. The first formulation involves…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Lexicography, Mathematical Logic, Mathematical Models
Fishburn, Peter C. – 1972
Proceeding from a unifying framework, the paper reviews recent developments in lexicographic orders, preferences, utilities, probabilities and decision rules. Several new results are included. (see also: LI 004 160) (Author)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Lexicography, Linguistics, Mathematical Logic
