This is the working-paper version of the published article, “Preference for Flexibility in a Savage Framework”, 1999, Econometrica 67, 121-146. The last three sections consist of additional material on the uniqueness of the representation (s. 5), interpretation in terms of freedom of choice (s. 6), and an alternative motivation for departing from the Savage framework based on “intra-agent incen...

The Paradox of the Absent-Minded Driver is used in the literature to draw attention to the inadequacy of Savage’s theory of subjective probability when its underlying epistomological assumptions fail to be satisfied. This note suggests that the paradox is less telling when the uncertainties involved admit an objective interpretation as frequencies. A Note On Imperfect Recalll

This note provides a formal justification for the Friedman and Savage nonconcavity in the utility of money. This is based on the possibility of indivisibilities in the consumption possibilities set. A precise characterization of when gambling is optimal (and the optimal type) is provided in one special case. Some possible limitations are considered.

School zones are areas near schools that have lower speed limits and where illegally parked vehicles pose a threat to school children by obstructing them from the view of drivers. However, these laws are regularly flouted. Thus, we propose a novel wireless sensor network application called School zone Safety System (S3) to help regulate the speed limit and to prevent illegal parking in school z...

BACKGROUND The third and fourth heart sound (S3 and S4) are two abnormal heart sound components which are proved to be indicators of heart failure during diastolic period. The combination of using diastolic heart sounds with the standard ECG as a measurement of ventricular dysfunction may improve the noninvasive diagnosis and early detection of myocardial ischemia. METHODS In this paper, an a...

We prospectively studied 196 consecutive survivors of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation (VF) not associated with acute myocardial infarction and 46 consecutive, control patients without prior ventricular arrhythmias. Programmed stimulation included two extrastimuli (S3 protocol) in all patients and three extrastimuli (S4 protocol) in the last 140 study patients and in all control patient...

For simplicity, we use the following convention: i, i1, i2, j, j1, j2, k, m, n, t denote natural numbers, D denotes a non empty subset of E2 T, E denotes a compact non vertical non horizontal subset of E2 T, C denotes a compact connected non vertical non horizontal subset of E2 T, G denotes a Go-board, p, q, x denote points of E2 T, and r, s denote real numbers. The following propositions are t...

OBJECTIVES This randomized controlled clinical trial evaluated the 2-year clinical performance of S3 Bond (S3) and G-Bond (GB) in 108 non-carious cervical lesions. METHODS Twenty-three patients, 12 male and 11 female (mean age: 61.8 years, range: 30-79 years) regularly visiting the Nagasaki University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry, participated in the study. Each patient received both ma...