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Unique Subjective Probability on Finite Sets


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Let An be the family of all subsets of {1,2,..,n} n and p a probability measure on An. We say that p uniquely agrees with a comparative probability relation > on A if, for all A and B in An, A > B if and only if p(A) > p(B), and p is the only measure with this representation. The set of probability measures that uniquely agree with some > on An is small for small n but grows rapidly and even for modest n has an amazing number and variety of members.

The problem translates naturally into systems of equations that have nonnegative integer solutions, and the derivations of the paper are conducted in this format.


Keywords

Uniquely Agreeing Measures, Regular Measures, Diversity of Regular Measures.
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P. C. Fishburn
AT&T Bell Laboratories Murray Hill, NJ 07974q, United States
A. M. Odlyzko
AT&T Bell Laboratories Murray Hill, NJ 07974q, United States

Abstract


Let An be the family of all subsets of {1,2,..,n} n and p a probability measure on An. We say that p uniquely agrees with a comparative probability relation > on A if, for all A and B in An, A > B if and only if p(A) > p(B), and p is the only measure with this representation. The set of probability measures that uniquely agree with some > on An is small for small n but grows rapidly and even for modest n has an amazing number and variety of members.

The problem translates naturally into systems of equations that have nonnegative integer solutions, and the derivations of the paper are conducted in this format.


Keywords


Uniquely Agreeing Measures, Regular Measures, Diversity of Regular Measures.