TY - BOOK AU - Narens,Louis TI - Abstract measurement theory SN - 0262140373 U1 - 530.801 23 PY - 1985/// CY - Cambridge PB - MIT Press KW - Measurement KW - Physical measurements N1 - 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 N2 - 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. ER -