Order-Independent Transformative Decision Rules Conference Paper

abstract

• A transformative decision rule alters the representation of a decision problem, either by changing the set of alternative acts or the set of states of the world taken into consideration, or by modifying the probability or value assignments. A set of transformative decision rules is order-independent in case the order in which the rules are applied is irrelevant. The main result of this paper is an axiomatic characterization of order-independent transformative decision rules, based on a single axiom. It is shown that the proposed axiomatization resolves a problem observed by Teddy Seidenfeld in a previous axiomatization by Peterson. Springer 2005.

authors

• Peterson, Martin

published proceedings

• Synthese

author list (cited authors)

• Peterson, M., & Hansson, S. O.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Peterson, Martin||Hansson, Sven Ove

publication date

• November 2005

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Synthese: an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science  Journal

keywords

• 50 Philosophy And Religious Studies
• 5002 History And Philosophy Of Specific Fields
• 5003 Philosophy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s11229-005-1351-0

start page

• 323

end page

• 342

volume

• 147

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-005-1351-0