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...This work covers a substantial mosaic of related concepts in utility theory as applied to financial decision-making. It reviews some of the classical notions of Benthamite utility and the normative utility paradigm offered by the von Neumann-Morgenstern expected utility theory; explori...

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...SUKANTO BHATTACHARYA Utility, Rationality and Beyond – From Behavioral Finance to Informationa... ...t of Business Administration Alaska Pacific University, U.S.A. Utility, Rationality and Beyond – From Behavioral Finance to Informationa... ...l of Business, Bond University for his thoughtful insights on some of the utility theory constructs. The author also feels indebted to a large extent... ...nside-protected Investments 2. Theorem of Consistent Preference and the Utility Structures Underlying a Simple Portfolio Insurance Strategy ... ... ... 37 3. Exploring the Biological Basis of Utility Functions – Computational Implementation of a Genetic Algorit... ... ... 47 4. A Proposed Information Theoretic Model of Utility Applicable to Active Risk Management Engineered by Multi-asse... ... … 89 V. Appendices (i). Monte Carlo output of utility forms evolving out of a sample options-based portfolio insura... ...the biological basis of the Black-Scholes -type expected utility functions ... ...7 (iii). Computational exposition of the proposed information theoretic utility measure scheme for a multi-asset, capital-guaranteed financia...

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...In part 1, we have defined a fuzzy utility system, with different financial goals, different levels of risk tolerance and different personal preferences, liquid assets, etc. In part 2, we have defined a computational model for a simple portfolio insurance str...

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...This thesis evaluates the near-term military utility of virtual reality (VR) and its component technologies to the battle management of an air campaign. It presumes a large-scale air campaign on the order to that in the Gulf War where air operations were continuous, pro...

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... is intended to be a brief history of the creation, development and combat record of these units. Second, it is intended for use as an example of the utility and effectiveness of air force special operations in high intensity conventional warfare....

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To emphasize advancement of cloud technology & its never ending utility, CIOLook has enlisted Companies Leading the Cloud Technology Revolution 2019.

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To emphasize advancement of cloud technology & its never ending utility, CIOLook has enlisted Companies Leading the Cloud Technology Revolution 2019.

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To emphasize advancement of cloud technology & its never ending utility, CIOLook has enlisted Companies Leading the Cloud Technology Revolution 2019.

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...some of these third world nations often threaten the vital interests of the West . For all of these reasons, it is imperative that we understand the utility and limitations of military power applied to crisis situations in the third world. Land based air power is of particular importance in rapidly developing crises because of its range of action and speed of response . D...

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...pendence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Diffusing Advanced Arms to Less-Developed Countries (LDCs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Utility of Military Power . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .27 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 3 THEMAYAGUEZ INCIDENT: SIMPLE CRISIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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...This paper explores the utility of a debriefing method resulting in individual, unit, and organizational transcendence toward increased effectiveness in the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF). The conceptual framework is centered on the transformatio...

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...more than just relate the life and times of Possum Hansell. The book goes a long way toward explaining the origins of many of the arguments about the utility of airpower in the closing decade of the twentieth century....

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...1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . .1 Notes . . . . . . . . . .3 2 OPERATIONAL UTILITY . . . .5 Notes . . . . . . 17 3 TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT . . . . 19 Notes . . . . .28 4 BUDGETARY AND OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS . . . .31 Notes . . . .41 5 CONCLUSIONS . . . .43 Notes . . . . .45...

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...tration comes from man having to manipulate IT rather than applying it as an extension of oneself. This fundamental disconnect between capability and utility comes from disconnects between developers and users, institutional restrictions on individual innovation, and general ignorance of available tools, practices, technologies, and the art of “market” timing....

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...ion. We want instant gratification with a solution that fits all of our needs, but we’re not there yet. We’re certainly not at the point where true utility computing is a reality. Here is an example: most cloud vendors say they offer pay-per-use functionality, when really they’re offering pay-per-allocation. You allocate a small, medium, large, or extra-large compute...

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...hanging combat conditions. The term military technical revolution (MTR) requires converging technological products which have a demonstrated military utility, and military recognition that the application of these converging technologies will cause a radical change in the character of warfare over a very short period of time. This thesis assesses the capabilities of RTIC f...

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...nable one server or many heterogeneous servers to share a common storage "utility", which may comprise many storage devices, including disk, tape, a... ...orage devices, including disk, tape, and optical storage. And, the storage utility may be located far from the servers which use it. 6.NAS NAS is N... ... range of 2 terabytes. However, due to limitations in Microsoft's scandisk utility, the FAT is not allowed to grow beyond 4,177,920 (< 2 24 ) cluster...

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...nable one server or many heterogeneous servers to share a common storage "utility", which may comprise many storage devices, including disk, tape, a... ...orage devices, including disk, tape, and optical storage. And, the storage utility may be located far from the servers which use it. 6.NAS NAS is N... ... range of 2 terabytes. However, due to limitations in Microsoft's scandisk utility, the FAT is not allowed to grow beyond 4,177,920 (< 2 24 ) cluster...

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...contributed enormously to our work. In most successful endeavors, there is the utility person, the volunteer, who does everything well just as a fr...

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...ible solutions is, of course, to introduce gradations, a probability calculus, or a utility calculus. As they are phrased by Asimov, the rules and c... ...take it or leave it nature. But if robots were to be instructed to maximize overall utility, many borderline cases would be resolved. Still, even... ... would be resolved. Still, even the introduction of heuristics, probability, and utility does not help us resolve the dilemma in the example abov... ...ew nature as possessed of an intrinsic value, regardless of its actual or potential utility. They fail to specify, however, how this, even if true, ...

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... functions of NSF, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of NSF’s estimate of burden including the valid... ...f the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; or (d) ways to mi... ...ons of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; • Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden o... ...validity of the methodology and assumptions used; • Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and • Minimize t...

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... functions of NSF, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of NSF’s estimate of burden including the valid... ...f the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; or (d) ways to mi... ...ons of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; • Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden o... ...validity of the methodology and assumptions used; • Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and • Minimize t...