Theory of Ionization by Cumulative Action

Theory of Gas Ionization by Intense Electromagnetic Fields

The distribution function of the electrons produced in the interaction between an intense electromagnetic wave and a neutral gas is derived and is shown to be nonequilibrium and anisotropic. By assuming that the time scale of gas ionization is much greater than the field period, it is shown that the electron distribution function formed in microwave and optical discharges has sharp anisotropy a...

Cumulative Utility Consumer Theory

This paper makes some preliminary steps towards a dynamic theory of consumer choices, restricted to the case of repeated small decisions. We assume that the consumer chooses among products, rather than among bundles, and that she bases her decision on a cumulative satisfaction index. Such a consumer is not necessarily "optimizing" and may be "satisficing" in the sense of Simon (1957). The aggre...

Interprofessional Education Conference: Grounding Action in Theory

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Conditioning under Cumulative Prospect Theory

This paper derives conditions under which the standard decomposition of unconditional expected utility into marginal probabilities and conditional expected utilities generalizes to Cumulative Prospect Theory. The results are relevant for empirical analyses in which marginal probabilities are used as explanatory variables.

The theory of Penning ionization.