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Abstract measurement theory / Louis Narens.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : MIT Press, c1985.Description: vii, 334 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0262140373
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.801 23 N225
Contents:
1. Introduction-- 2. Scale types and positive concatenation structures-- 3. Ordered conjoint structures-- 4. Ordered field extensions of the reals-- 5. Non-arehimedean additive structures-- 6. Los's theorem-- References-- Index.
Summary: This book presents a theory of measurement, one that is "abstract" in that it is concerned with highly general axiomatizations of empirical and qualitative settings and how these can be represented quantitatively.
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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction--
2. Scale types and positive concatenation structures--
3. Ordered conjoint structures--
4. Ordered field extensions of the reals--
5. Non-arehimedean additive structures--
6. Los's theorem--
References--
Index.

This book presents a theory of measurement, one that is "abstract" in that it is concerned with highly general axiomatizations of empirical and qualitative settings and how these can be represented quantitatively.

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