Title :
Information Measurement Model Based on Ordinal Utility
Author :
Weiqing, Zhuang ; Zhenyu, Liu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage. Sci., XiaMen Univ., XiaMen, China
Abstract :
Information measurement is based on cardinal utility whether probability information measurement or grammatical information measurement, or uncertainty information measurement. But for managers, they care about the value of information for decision-making, not what quantity of information itself. The article uses ordinal utility theory to measure information, and to sort of information utility, thereby reduces the complex and cumbersome calculation process of information for decision-making in management.
Keywords :
decision making; information management; utility theory; cardinal utility; decision making; grammatical information measurement; information measurement model; information value; ordinal utility theory; probability information measurement; uncertainty information measurement; Current measurement; Decision making; Entropy; Information theory; Measurement uncertainty; Presses; Utility theory; distance measurement; information measurement; ordinal utility;
Conference_Titel :
Future Computer Sciences and Application (ICFCSA), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0317-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICFCSA.2011.42