What is Utility

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It is a measurable consequence of a correct decision. Learn more in: Data Guided Public Healthcare Decision Making

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A perception of how a task relates to future goals, rewards, or outcomes. Learn more in: Transitions in Student Motivation During a MUVE-Based Ecosystem Science Curriculum: An Evaluation of the Novelty Effect

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In the context of this document, it is worthwhile for some purposes, the goods provided by a certain process. Learn more in: Allocation Optimization Problem for Peruvian Food Bank

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Efficacy to enhance learning. Learn more in: E-Learning: Psycho-Pedagogical Utility, Usability and Accessibility Criteria from a Learner Centred Perspective

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Perceived benefit. Learn more in: Gains and Losses in the Rhetoric of Virtual Workplaces

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Utility is defined as the want satisfying power of a commodity. Learn more in: Peace in Economic Equilibrium: A Micro-Perspective

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measure of the agent satisfaction mapping possible outcomes on elements of a totally ordered set (e.g., the set of real numbers with the < relation). Learn more in: Multi-Agent Systems and Social Networks

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Is defined as: the functionality of a product or system that is deemed useful to the user. Learn more in: The Influence of Ageing on User Experience

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An entity that provides a service such as electrification. Learn more in: The Boulder Breakup

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The satisfaction or fulfillment an individual derives from consuming a good or service. Learn more in: Popular Culture and Peer Effects in Consumption: Survey of Economic Consequences

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A utility is responsible for the safe and reliable operation of the electrical grid in a given area and for connections to other grids. In this context, system services must be provided to ensure the reliability of supply. Learn more in: Requirements on Dimensions for a Maturity Model for Smart Grids Based on Two Case Studies: Disciplined vs. Agile Approach

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The ability of being useful. Learn more in: An Overview on Protecting User Private-Attribute Information on Social Networks

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Large firm that owns and/or operates facilities used for generation and transmission or distribution of electricity, gas, or water to general public. Learn more in: 55000 Implementation Proposal Integrated With a Risk Management System for a Water Utility Case

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The use gained through a thing or an act. Learn more in: Discipline: A Legal Perspective

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Valuation characteristic of the information provided to users who need it in a timely, reliable, and credible manner. Learn more in: Reflections on the Accounting Framework of Public Interest Cooperatives in Portugal

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It represents the “happiness” of an agent, or the quality of being useful. Learn more in: Multi-Agent Systems for Distributed Geospatial Modeling, Simulation and Computing

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A utility function provides a way to measure investor’s preferences for wealth and the amount of risk they are willing to undertake in the hope of attaining greater wealth. Learn more in: Risk and Risk Aversion in Supply Chain Management