The intermediate value theorem and decision-making in psychology and economics: an expositional consolidation. (English) Zbl 1501.91045

Ghosh, Aniruddha; Khan, Mohammed Ali; Uyanik, Metin

Games 13, No. 4, Paper No. 51, 24 p. (2022).

MSC:

91B06

Decision theory

Keywords:

intermediate value theorem; intermediate value property; solvability; continuity; wold-continuity; Archimedeanity; decision theory; measurement theory

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