Lexicographic probability, conditional probability, and nonstandard probability
Computer Science and Game Theory
2009-04-22 v2 Artificial Intelligence
Abstract
The relationship between Popper spaces (conditional probability spaces that satisfy some regularity conditions), lexicographic probability systems (LPS's), and nonstandard probability spaces (NPS's) is considered. If countable additivity is assumed, Popper spaces and a subclass of LPS's are equivalent; without the assumption of countable additivity, the equivalence no longer holds. If the state space is finite, LPS's are equivalent to NPS's. However, if the state space is infinite, NPS's are shown to be more general than LPS's.
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@article{arxiv.cs/0306106,
title = {Lexicographic probability, conditional probability, and nonstandard probability},
author = {Joseph Y. Halpern},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0306106},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
A preliminary version appears in Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge, 2001, pp. 17--30. The final version will appear in Games and Economic Behavior