Representations of preference orderings
This monograph is devoted to the representation of preference orderings by real-valued order isomorphisms ("utility functions"). The most significant theorems and methods in the field are examined in a manner that should interest all those researching partial orders and their representations.
x, 165 pages ; 24 cm
9783540588399, 9780387588391, 3540588396, 0387588396
31816237
1. Ordered Sets and Order Homomorphisms
2. Order Homomorphisms in Euclidean Space
3. The Fundamental Theorems
4. A Miscellany of Representations
5. The Urysohn-Nachbin Approach
6. Interval Orders
7. Differentiable Order Homomorphisms
8. Jointly Continuous Order Homomorphisms
D.S. Bridges is a New Zealander