Paretoan
Paretoan is the alternative form of Paretian.
Meaning of Paretian
Adjective
Paretian (comparative more Paretian, superlative most Paretian)
- Relating to Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), Italian sociologist, economist and philosopher.
- To come back to preferences and the controversies between economists on the nature of the utility, those such as Armstrong who criticized the Paretian ordinal concept of utility, since it implies the transitivity of the indifference relation, concluded that the utility had to be measurable.2002, Aleskerov, Monjardet, Utility Maximization, Choice and Preference, Springer, page 5
Forms of Paretoan
| comparative | more Paretoan |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Paretoan |
Origin of Paretoan
From Pareto + -an.
Questions about Paretoan
- What is Paretoan the alternative form of?
- Paretoan is the alternative form of Paretian.
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