In this paper, we introduce a conceptual framework that model human social networks as an undirected dot-product graph of independent individuals. Their relationships are only determined by a ...

Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 41, No. 1 (February 2016), pp. 146-173 (28 pages) This paper investigates the problem of maximizing expected terminal utility in a (generically incomplete) ...

Utility in economics refers to the level of happiness or satisfaction of individuals. Individuals derive utility from the consumption of goods and services, and seek to maximize their utility under ...

M. Yamashita, "Optimal Investment Strategy for Kinked Utility Maximization: Covered Call Option Strategy," Journal of Mathematical Finance, Vol. 4 No. 2, 2014, pp. 55-74. doi: 10.4236/jmf.2014.42006.

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Abstract: We present an analysis of optimization problems in energy-harvesting wireless sensor networks (EH-WSNs), and motivated by the underlying structure of these problems, we provide an intuitive ...

Abstract: We consider utility maximization problems in the downlink cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) whereby a large number of access points (APs) simultaneously serve a group ...

We design a dynamic rate scheduling policy of Markov type by using the solution (a social optimal Nash equilibrium point) to a utility-maximization problem over a randomly evolving capacity set for a ...

In this thought-provoking study, the authors adopt a framework from economic decision-making theory to food choice behaviours in the nematode C. elegans. Based on their findings, they propose that ...