Epistemic utility estimation with valuational convexity

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-193
Author(s):  
V. Kafedziski ◽  
D. Morrell
Keyword(s):  
Epistemic Utility ◽  
Utility Estimation

scholarly journals Justifying Conditionalization: Conditionalization Maximizes Expected Epistemic Utility

Mind ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 115 (459) ◽  
pp. 607-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary Greaves ◽  
David Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Epistemic Utility

PHOTOGRAPHICALLY BASED KNOWLEDGE

Episteme ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Cavedon-Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Pictorial Representation ◽  
Perceptual Knowledge ◽  
Testimonial Knowledge ◽  
Epistemic Utility ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Aesthetic Pleasure ◽  
Foundational Issue ◽  
Do So

AbstractPictures are a quintessential source of aesthetic pleasure. This makes it easy to forget that they are epistemically valuable no less than they are aesthetically so. Pictures are representations. As such, they may furnish us with knowledge of the objects they represent. In this article I provide an account of why photographs are of greater epistemic utility than handmade pictures. To do so, I use a novel approach: I seek to illuminate the epistemic utility of photographs by situating both photographs and handmade pictures among the sources of knowledge. This method yields an account of photography's epistemic utility that better connects the issue with related issues in epistemology and is relatively superior to other accounts. Moreover, it answers a foundational issue in the epistemology of pictorial representation: ‘What kinds of knowledge do pictures furnish?’ I argue that photographs have greater epistemic utility than handmade pictures because photographs are sources of perceptual knowledge, while handmade pictures are sources of testimonial knowledge.

scholarly journals Conjoint Analysis for Selecting the Ingredients Levels of Fortified Beverage

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 146-151
Author(s):  
R. Navarasam Ayyavoo Preamnath Manoharan ◽  
V. Appa Rao T. R. Pugazhenthi ◽  
A. Serma Saravana Pandian
Keyword(s):  
Conjoint Analysis ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Multivariate Technique ◽  
Fortified Beverage ◽  
Utility Estimation ◽  
Product Concepts

This research paper concentrated on the “Conjoint Analysis for Selecting the Ingredients Levels of Fortified Beverage”. Conjoint analysis is a multivariate technique used specifically to understand how consumers develop preferences for products or services and to formulate predictions about ingredients levels towards product concepts and it is also called as trade-off analysis. The fortified beverage was prepared with various levels of ingredients such as Carrot (5%, 10% and 15%), Moringa (5%,10% and 15%), Mushroom (3%,6% and 9%), Dates (1%,2% and 3%) and Seaweed (1%,2% and 3%). Since, this large number of combinations led to non-responsible of consumers and improper results may be obtained. Hence, the conjoint analysis for selecting the best ingredient levels of ideal fortified beverage is based on the utility estimation and relative importance of attributes and was found that it should have the following attributes combination: Carrot – 15 per cent, Mushroom – 6 Per cent, Moringa – 5 per cent, Dates – 2 per cent and Sea Weed – 1 per cent.

A systematic review of health economic models and utility estimation methods in schizophrenia

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertalan Németh ◽  
Ahmad Fasseeh ◽  
Anett Molnár ◽  
István Bitter ◽  
Margit Horváth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Economic ◽  
Economic Models ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Utility Estimation
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document