Utility Theory
Mostrando 25-36 de 101 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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25. Desenvolvimento de estudo para gerenciamento de risco em gasoduto de um sistema de distribuição de gás natural / Thalles Vitelli Garcez
The big growth in the use and, consequently, in the natural gas supply network in Brasil and other countries, as well as the magnitude of the nature of the possible consequences of an accident make an efficient management the accurate control and mitigation of accidental risk necessary, keeping it within acceptable limits for the population and the environme
Publicado em: 2009
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26. Modelo de decisÃo multicritÃrio aplicado à seleÃÃo de contratados para construÃÃo de subestaÃÃo de energia elÃtrica na CHESF
The dealing of constructions to expand the electrical system has become a challenge for State companies or mixed economy companies. The selection of appropriate suppliers directly impacts on the contractorâs competitiveness. The costs created by the delay in construction ending and the consequent unavailability of the energizing event reduce the expected re
Publicado em: 2009
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27. Estudo de correlação entre valores de q de Tobin obtidos pelo método de Chung e Pruitt e por fluxo de caixa descontado / Study of correlation between the values of Tobins q obtained by the method of Chung and Pruitt and discounted cash flow
The theory shows the Tobins q as a tool of high utility and high explanatory power in investment decisions, since the absolute value of q, itself, must express a strong meaning for the user. The usual technique of calculation of Tobins q, as described by Chung and Pruitt (1994) provides an assessment of the company using the market price in the denominator o
Publicado em: 2009
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28. Extração de preferências por meio de avaliações de comportamentos observados. / Preference elicitation using evaluation over observed behaviours.
Recently, computer systems have been delegated to accomplish a variety of tasks, when the computer system can be more reliable or when the task is not suitable or not recommended for a human being. The use of preference elicitation in computational systems helps to improve such delegation, enabling lay people to program easily a computer system with their ow
Publicado em: 2009
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29. Risky assets performance measures analysis: a study of potential investment, Sharpe ratio and generalized Sharpe ratio indexes. / Análise de medidas de desempenho de ativos de risco: um estudo dos índices de potencial de investimento, Sharpe e Sharpe generalizado
This master dissertation studies and compares the characteristics of Sharpe ratio and its variants, SRc and SRd, generalized Sharpe ratio (GSR) and investment potential (IP), both GSR and IP associated to any utility function. By the fact that GSR and IP are identical indexes, empiric tests were conducted between SRc and GSR. The indexes were evaluated theor
Publicado em: 2008
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30. A questÃo dos tributos no Brasil: uma anÃlise das Micro e Pequenas empresas a luz da Teoria dos Jogos
The national taxation issue is fundamental to understand how the Brazilian market is structured. The micro and small enterprises, which correspond to nearly the total number of enterprises in our country, were contemplated with a new law that tries to facilitate the legalization and functioning of theses institutions. We studied, through the game theory, the
Publicado em: 2008
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31. Modelo de decisÃo multicritÃrio para avaliaÃÃo de riscos em instalaÃÃes de exploraÃÃo de petrÃleo e gÃs
In this work is developed a framework for risk analysis and evaluation toward structuring and modeling decision problems with multiple objectives. Traditional approaches to analyze and evaluate risks are identified, to which is proposed the use of utility theory to allow quantifying and measuring these risks into different risk dimensions. Thus is proposed a
Publicado em: 2008
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32. Eficiência como axioma da teoria econômica do direito / Efficiency as an axiom of the Economic Analysis of Law Theory
This paper is a product of a research which aimed to study the potential development of a new legal theory within the paper works written by those authors usually associated with the Law and Economies School. The hypothesis tested established the existence of an Economic Legal Theory that would be morally based on efficiency concepts and that assigned to the
Publicado em: 2008
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33. On utility and disadvantage of the history to Hayden White / Da utilidade e desvantagem da história para Hayden White
The Dissertation presented investigated the roles that knowledge produced by historians can exercise according to the historian and theoretical literature of historiography and Hayden White. The first chapter briefly outlines his theory of historiographic speech, emphasizing aspects relevant to understand the object of this work. The second chapter discusses
Publicado em: 2008
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34. Teoria geral da infração administrativa a partir da constituição federal de 1988
There are very good written in the contemporary Brazil about administrative sanctions; almost none about infractions. In other words, the Administrative Law is delayed if compared to Criminal Law because this already has reinforced the necessity-utility of the General Theory of Crime, through which stratify the criminal illicit facilitating their recognition
Publicado em: 2008
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35. Subjective expected utility with non-perfect consequences description / Utilidade esperada subjetiva com descrição imperfeita das conseqüencias
Esta tese reformula o modelo de teoria de decisão de Savage relaxando a hipótese implícita de que uma conseqüência é uma descrição perfeita de uma determinada situação. Axiomas comportamentais sobre preferências definidas no espaço de atos são introduzidos e uma representação na forma de Utilidade Esperada é derivada. Em particular, como em S
Publicado em: 2008
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36. A Reserva Pataxó da Jaqueira : o passado e o presente das tradições
Based on a process experienced by some Pataxó indians in Coroa Vermelha, Bahia, this master thesis presents and discusses aspects and assumptions of the anthropological theory about the emergency of ethnic identities. I bring into question some approaches that emphasize the utilitarian aspect of ethnicity, since they conceive identity and culture as means t
Publicado em: 2008