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where ϕ g is the constant utility gain received on successful transmission and ϕ p is the utility loss on collision with transmission from another SU.

In the analysis, we assume that the patients who are treated immediately can obtain constant utility, which is normalized to 1.

The rather high, constant utility score obtained in this study might be explained by the nature of the study population, since high scores were also found on other outcome measures.

Utility scores of each health state of the CRN patients defined in our model was associated with a constant utility score, representing "death" of 0 and "perfect health" of 1. Provided that the scoring algorithm for utility score is culture-specific, we adopted the utility input from an existing scoring algorithm developed based on local population.

Therefore, in contrast to the gambles with their different predicted values, the marginal utility of each unpredicted reward was defined as the interval between the utility of each reward and the constant utility of the moment-by-moment prediction of zero.

We used the utility scores (endoscopy and increment) presented in table 1 to calculate QALYs for the 24-month trial duration, and applied, from 24 to 79 months to both groups the constant utility score of the endoscopy group at 79 months (0.79±0.21).

Our findings suggest that the constant-utility, the Laspeyres and the Törnqvist price indices calculated from the SNA data sets show similar movement, while the official CPI differs.

Conceptually, there is little doubt that the constant-utility index is superior for virtually all of the analytical purposes for which indexes are used, but there are great difficulties in constructing one that would command wide support and confidence.

It is well known that there is a gap between the constant-utility price index based on consumer demand theory and the official Consumer Price Index (CPI) published by the Statistics Bureau.

In this paper, as a benchmark to determine the constant-utility price index, the Almost Ideal Demand (AID) System utility function is assumed to be a true utility function.

An index that takes into account the subjective preferences of consumers is called a constant-utility index, since it measures not the change in price of a constant bundle of goods but the change over time in the costs of purchasing bundles of goods that yield a constant level of utility or satisfaction.