Date of Award

2011

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Mathematics

Department

Mathematics

First Advisor

Chavez, Joseph

Second Advisor

Hasan, Zahid

Third Advisor

Prakash, Chetan, and Williams, Peter

Abstract

This study is an investigation of the decision making theories, their developments, and especially, their applications. After locating the two rivals, the Expected Utility Theory (EUT) and the Prospect Theory (PT), within the general context of decision making situations, it compares their main features and examines the PT extensions.

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