utility function
31Social welfare function — In economics a social welfare function can be defined as a real valued function that ranks conceivable social states (alternative complete descriptions of the society) from lowest on up as to welfare of the society. Inputs of the function include …
32Cobb–Douglas production function — A two input Cobb–Douglas production function In economics, the Cobb–Douglas f form of production functions is widely used to represent the relationship of an output to inputs. Similar functions were originally used by Knut Wicksell (1851–1926),… …
33Hicksian demand function — In microeconomics, a consumer s Hicksian demand correspondence is the demand of a consumer over a bundle of goods that minimizes their expenditure while delivering a fixed level of utility. If the correspondence is actually a function, it is… …
34Isoelastic utility — In economics, the isoelastic function for utility, also known as the isoelastic utility function, constant relative risk aversion utility function, or power utility function, is used to express utility in terms of consumption or some other… …
35Ordinal utility — theory states that while the utility of a particular good or service cannot be measured using a numerical scale bearing economic meaning in and of itself, pairs of alternative bundles (combinations) of goods can be ordered such that one is… …
36Marshallian demand function — In microeconomics, a consumer s Marshallian demand function (named after Alfred Marshall) specifies what the consumer would buy in each price and wealth situation, assuming it perfectly solves the utility maximization problem. Marshallian demand… …
37Expenditure function — In microeconomics, the expenditure function describes the minimum amount of money an individual needs to achieve some level of utility, given a utility function and prices.Formally, if there is a utility function u that describes preferences over …
38Loss function — In statistics and decision theory a loss function is a function that maps an event onto a real number intuitively representing some cost associated with the event. Typically it is used for parameter estimation, and the event in question is some… …
39Monotonic function — Monotonicity redirects here. For information on monotonicity as it pertains to voting systems, see monotonicity criterion. Monotonic redirects here. For other uses, see Monotone (disambiguation). Figure 1. A monotonically increasing function (it… …
40Subjective expected utility — is a method in decision theory in the presence of risk, originally put forward by L. J. Savage in 1954 [Savage, Leonard J. 1954. The Foundations of Statistics . New York, Wiley.] . It combines two distinct subjective concepts: a personal utility… …
