A mathematical introduction to transitional lotteries

Strati, Francesco (2012): A mathematical introduction to transitional lotteries.

Abstract

When we face a decision matter we do not face a frozen-time where all keep still while we are making a decision, but the time goes by and the probability distribution keeps moving by new available information. In this paper I want to build up the mathematical framework of a special kind of lottery: the transitional lotteries. This theory could be helpful to give to the decision theory a new key so as to dene a more accurate mental path. In orther to do that we will need a mathematical framework based upon the Kolmogorov operator which will be our transitional object, the core of this kind of lottery.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Kolmogorov equations, Decision theory, lotteries
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C0 - General > C02 - Mathematical Methods

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