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Utility function

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objective functionnoun(mathematics) A function to be maximized or minimized in optimization theory.
imputationnounThe act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
normal formnoun(databases) Any of various forms of a relational database providing criteria for determining a table's degree of vulnerability to logical inconsistencies and anomalies.
semivaluenoun(game theory) A function on a vector space of all coalitional games which verifies linearity, anonymity, positivity, and inessential games.
cooperative gamenoun(game theory) Informally, a game formalized using a function (called the characteristic function) that assigns to each coalition of players a real number representing the payoff that the coalition can gain if it is formed, without specifying how the outcome is divided among the participants of the coalition; upon the execution of the game, each player can be a member of at most one coalition.
valuation functionnoun(logic) A function which assigns a truth value to every well-formed formula, which is identical to the model's interpretation function when applied to atomic propositions, and which otherwise assigns a truth value recursively depending on the formula's top logical connective and the truth values of the subformulae surrounding that logical connective.
loss functionnoun(mathematics) A function which expresses numerically the loss produced by a decision or other event.
total functionnoun(mathematics) A function.
characteristic functionnoun(mathematics, probability theory) A complex function completely defining the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable
fair divisionnoun(mathematics, economics, game theory) the problem of dividing a set of resources among several people who have an entitlement to them, such that each person receives their due share
utilonnoun(economics) A hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction.
functionalUseful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.
utilnoun(informal, computing) A utility.
function valuenoun(mathematics) An element of the range of a function. (Or, employing the "machine" metaphor, it is one of the "outputs" of a function.)
unit functionnoun(mathematics) a completely multiplicative function on the positive integers that is defined as equal to one for a special value and zero otherwise:
utility calculusnounSynonym of felicific calculus.
membership functionnoun(mathematics) A generalization of the indicator function for a fuzzy set which assigns a truth value (0 or 1) to each element.
hyperfunctionnoun(medicine) Abnormally elevated function.
multifunctionnoun(mathematics) A multivalued function.
ultrafunctionnoun(mathematics) A type of generalized non-Archimedean function

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