In this book the foundations and applicability of the Generalized Fechner-Thurstone Utility Function are laid out. It is shown how by removing the constraint of fixed preferences in the neoclassical consumer theory, utility theory can be used to develop non-parametric indices along with elasticities of the marginal rates of substitutions.  Meer

This volume consists of six essays that develop and/or apply "rational expectations equilibrium inventory models" to study the time series behavior of production, sales, prices, and inventories at the industry level.  Meer

Cost Analysis is an emerging sub-discipline of Economics and Operations Research. This is the first collection of readings that spans the discipline. The contributions are both theoretical and applications oriented.  Meer

For linear optimization models that can be formulated as linear programs with the block-angular structure, i.e. independent subproblems with coupling constraints, the Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition principle provides an elegant framework of solution algorithms as well as economic interpretation.  Meer

This book examines relationships between pairwise comparisons matrices. It first provides an overview of the latest theories of pairwise comparisons in decision making, discussing the pairwise comparison matrix, a fundamental tool for further investigation, as a deterministic matrix with given elements.  Meer

This book is an exploration of the ubiquity of ambiguity in decision-making under uncertainty. It presents various essays on behavioral economics and behavioral finance that draw on the theory of Black Swans (Taleb 2010), which argues for a distinction between unprecedented events in our past and unpredictable events in our future.  Meer

This monograph deals with theoretical and practical aspects of creating course timetables at academic institutions. The task is typically to create a timetable that suits the requirements of the stakeholders – students, lecturers, and the administration – as well as possible.  Meer

These Proceedings report the scientific results of the Summer Study on Plural Rationality and Interactive Decision Processes orga­ nized jointly by the System and Decision Sciences Program of the Inter­ national Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (located in Laxenburg, Austria) and the Hungarian Committee for Applied Systems Analysis.  Meer

Das vorliegende Heft der Lecture Notes in Operations Research and Mathematical Systems verfolgt den Zweck, Interessenten der Nicht­ linearen Optimierung (Programmierung) mit einigen gangigen Algo­ rithrnen vertraut zu machen.  Meer

This study is concerned with the economic theory of exhaustible resources. My interest in exhaustible resources dates back several years when prof. dr.  Meer

Bei statistischen Auswertungen sind in der Reget weder die Mittet­ werte noch die Streuungen von normatverteitten Grundgesamtheiten be­ kannt und mUssen deshatb aus Stichproben geschatzt werden.  Meer

The present work is an extended version of a manuscript of a course which the author taught at the University of Hamburg during summer 1969. The main purpose has been to give a rigorous foundation of stochastic dynamic programming in a manner which makes the theory easily applicable to many different practical problems.  Meer

Unter den stochastischen Prozessen sind die Semi-Mark off­ Prozesse besonders geeignet zur Beschreibung einer gro6en Anzahl von Zufallsvorgangen in Natur, Wirtschaft und Technik.  Meer

Das vorliegende Skriptum ist die Ausarbeitung einer zweistUndigen Vorlesung, die ich im Wintersemester 1969/70 an der Universitat Bonn, hauptsachlich fUr Studenten der Volkswirtschaft, hielt.  Meer

Due to the limited number of digits or bits per storage location in electronic computers, round-off errors arise during arithmetic operations. Depending upon the kind of operation, the structure of the data, and the skillfulness of the program, these errors increase and spread out more or less quickly during a continued computation process in which the computed data affected by errors are themselves used for generating new data.  Meer