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Risk-Neutral Utility Policy

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A risk-attitude configuration using linear utility u(x) = ax + b, so expected utility equals expected value.

Responsibility. Configures constant marginal utility, indifferent between certainty and equal-expected-value gambles.

Also known as: Linear utility

Variant of Risk Attitude Policy abstract

When to choose. Choose only for small-stakes decisions with minimal outcome variance or explicitly risk-neutral domains aggregated across many independent events.

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Sources

  1. Ch5.10: T. Nguyen, "Utility-Based Decision Making Fundamentals," in Mastering Agentic AI Systems: Guide for the NVIDIA NCP-AAI Exam, 1st ed. 2026, ch. 5.10. ISBN: 9798244538229.