Analysis of Risk for the Materiel Acquisition Process. Part II. Utility Theory
Abstract
The paper is devoted to the subject of analysis of risk for the materiel acquisition process. It is emphasized that risk analysis must interface with decision analysis to facilitate decision-making for major developmental programs. A concise discussion of utility theory, lotteries, and techniques to elicit utility functions is presented, as well as a set of utility axioms. The concepts are used for the decision analysis of a hypothetical example.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0747365
Entities
People
- John D. Hwang