Learn how utility functions derive demand functions and their role in maximizing consumer satisfaction and economic decision making.

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Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 41, No. 1 (February 2016), pp. 146-173 (28 pages) This paper investigates the problem of maximizing expected terminal utility in a (generically incomplete) ...

Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...

In recent years, the use of CubeSats has increased significantly. A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines how to maximize their value. The first ...

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Several weeks ago, an article ran in Inside Higher Ed about the interest of many graduate students in jobs that don’t include a lot of pressure to publish. Instead many were interested in jobs that ...