• The Measurement of Diversity 

    Pattanaik, Prasanta K.; XU, Yongsheng (Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2001)
    The notion of diversity is an issue that is of relevance in several contexts. For example, the biodiversity of a given ecological environment and the diversity of the options available to a decision maker have attracted some attention in recent research. ...
  • Similarity of Options and the Measurement of Diversity 

    Bossert, Walter; Pattanaik, Prasanta K.; XU, Yongsheng (Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2002)
    This paper analyzes the measurement of the diversity of sets based on the dissimilarity of the objects contained in the set. We discuss axiomatic approaches to diversity measurement and examine the considerations underlying the application of specific ...