The Rhode Island Department of Public Utilities (DPU) is in the midst of an important series of hearings regarding the future of the state’s electric grid. The goals are three-fold: Control the ...

Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 41, No. 1 (February 2016), pp. 146-173 (28 pages) This paper investigates the problem of maximizing expected terminal utility in a (generically incomplete) ...

Assessment of multiattribute utility functions is significantly simplified if it is possible to decompose the function into more manageable pieces. Utility independence is a powerful property that ...

Every week, it seems, there’s a new financial website with just the right solution for managing your money. “We’ll bucket you.” “We’ll goal you.” “We’ll de-tax you.” “We’ll balance you.” “We’ll ...

1. An indifference curve is defined as a set of bundles that a consumer with a given income can afford, and among which she or he is indifferent. 2. More is preferred to less means that if the total ...