A related query (which Moral Thinking leaves as "unfinished business"; 1981: 105, cf. 1997) arises about the range of preferences that prescribing universally commits one to taking on board.
To achieve this, we introduce a metric called Stickiness Index to quantify the range of preferences of users that always select to travel on the same route (high stickiness) to those with a more varied patterns of route selection (low stickiness).
Rankings five alternative risk management strategies using SERF, over the range of risk preference, neutral to extremely risk averse, are presented graphically in Fig. 3 and numerically in Table 5.
The influence of the decision-maker's preference on the final outcome of the problem is analyzed using stochastic simulation, and the range of possible preferences is calculated.
In spite of the range of predicted habitat preferences, taxa that preferred open, grassland habitats dominate the fauna (Tables S3 and S4).
As Hare notes (1981: 103), restrictions upon the relevant range of preferences may have the effect of bringing together a utilitarianism that aims to maximize pleasure or happiness, and one that aims to maximize the satisfaction of preference.
As well as in the previous study on patient assessments of treatment preferences, the DCE results of the current study correspond partly to the direct measurement of needs where emotional, physical and social quality of life were also in the upper range of preferences.
Colors are all about us and the sheer variety of shades used in, for instance interior decorations, are an indication of the wide range of preferences that exist.
Multiple preferences primarily serve to increase competitive costs and decrease the range of parameters under which preferences may evolve.
