Constructing and Applying Objective Functions : Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Econometric Decision Models Constructing and Applying Objective Functions, University of Hagen, Held in Haus Nordhelle, August, 28 — 31, 2000

I Opening Speech -- Opening Remarks: A Retrospection over 35 Years of Work -- II Keynote Addresses -- Decision Models and Preferences: The Pioneering Contributions of Ragnar Frisch -- Experiments with Preference Functions -- III Representation of Preferences by Objective Functions -- On the Extension of Utility Functions -- Numerical Representation of Binary Relations with Multiplicative Error Function: A General Case -- IV Form of Objective Functions and Choice Operators -- Utility Functions, Prices, and Cost Functions on a Lattice of Information Commodities -- A Structure of Joint Irreducible Sets for Classically Rationalizable Choice Operators -- V Constructing Objective Functions from Interviews -- A Unified Model for Cardinally and Ordinally Constructing Quadratic Objective Functions -- Constructing Separable Objective Functions -- VI Optimization Issues of Objective Functions -- Constructing Utility Functions by Methods of Nondifferentiable Optimization -- Adjusting an Objective Function to a Given Optimal Solution in Linear and Linear-fractional Programming -- VII Applications of Objective Functions -- An Objective Function of Artificial Psychology for a Computer System of Fashion Fitting -- Ranking of Second-hand Policies -- Experience in Using Recursive Utility Theory -- A Model for Management of a Gas-field -- Constructing Quadratic Objective Functions by Linear Programming with an Application to Pure Exchange -- Choice of Customer Products on the Basis of a Decision Model -- VIn Objective Functions of Economic Policy -- Decision Support Multifunctional System “Ukrainian Budget” -- Towards an Objective Function for Slovenian Fiscal Policy-making: A Heuristic Approach -- IX Resource Allocation with Objective Functions -- On Distributed Resource Allocation in a Communication System -- Social Equilibria for Competitive Resource Allocation Models -- Reallocation of Budgets with an Objective function -- X Consumer Behavior and Equilibrium Applications -- A Generalization of the Nonparametric Method in Case of Trade Statistics not Satisfying the Hypothesis of Rational Behavior -- Variation Principles in Models of Economic Equilibrium -- Uniformly Most Powerful Tests for Optimum Equilibrium -- XI Objective Functions in Game Theory -- A Family of the Least Power Values for Cooperative TU Games -- Goal Programming Solutions Generated by Utility Functions -- Social Welfare Functions for Different Subgroup Utility Scales -- XII Decision Support Systems -- Statistical Games for Discrete Distributions -- A Computer Program for Constructing Quadratic Objective Functions -- Conference Participants Foto by Andranik Tangian.