In this approach, each state represents a preference in a LS dimension.
The utility function in the Same and Diverse game represents a preference for similar others up to a certain level combined with a preference for some diversity.
Instead, where $P$ and $U$ jointly represent a preference ordering, Bolker shows that the pair $\langle P, U \rangle$ is unique up to a fractional linear transformation.
The utility measure over acts and outcomes is simply a convenient way to represent a preference ordering, and leaves much scope for different ways of identifying and evaluating outcomes.
There are now numerous methods of representing a preference, such as reference points [34], reference directions [35], reference vectors [18, 36], relative importance between objectives [37], and preferred regions [38].
It also represents a preference for achievement, heroism, assertiveness, and material reward for success.
Relative specificity (RS) is the ratio of kcat/KM for pyruvate vs oxaloacetate, with positive log10 RS) representing a preference for pyruvate and negative log10 RS) representing a preference for oxaloacetate.
This is conventionally taken to be the interval at which perception of simultaneity is maximal (a positive PSS represents a preference for small-circle-first responses).
Medical self-care may be defined as the range of behaviors undertaken to treat a medical problem without professional intervention [ 1], and typically represents a preference for use of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs as opposed to clinical visitations.
A standard neural field model that links points at r and (boldsymbol {r}') (in the plane) with a weight (w(boldsymbol {r}|boldsymbol {r}')), should be replaced by a more general form such as (w(boldsymbol {r}|boldsymbol {r}')=w(boldsymbol {r},theta|boldsymbol {r}',theta')), where θ ((theta')) would represent an orientation preference at r ((boldsymbol {r}')).
