For individuals, these differences do not appear to be a result of different utility functions for health and money (Chapman 1996) or familiarity with health situations (Chapman et al. 1999).
We therefore designed, conducted, and analyzed an experiment to test the predictions of the two-dimensional segregation model for four different utility functions, representing different preferences for local similarity, diversity, and difference.
Differences in study population and definition of complications may have contributed to the different utility scores between the two studies.
"The 'culture matters' idea -- that different folks have different utility functions, or even that they disregard rational, utility-maximizing norms -- is very subversive of what most economists do".
For Manhattan companies, he added, "there is value in coming to New Jersey," ranging from lower rents to an alternative source of power and data lines because New Jersey is served by a different utility.
Don Hunter at the Midwest Independent System Operator, or Midwest I.S.O., monitoring another part of Ohio and a different utility company, absorbed that news and replied, "I know that FirstEnergy lost their Juniper line, too," another 345,000-volt conduit.
A civilian might think crudely of climbing as something like ascending a ladder — all reach and pull — but watching Ashima adjust the attitude of her hips, shoulders, or heels as she tries to move from one improbable hold to another gives the impression that the human body can arrange itself in an infinite number of forms, each of slightly different utility.
Both subjective criteria are usually assessed in different utility spaces.
As a result, the same landmark in two different images has different utility measures.
Varying the cost functions represents different utility functions for the consumers.
Therefore, different utility functions can be used to model the same preferences.
