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<p>maximizes the number of buildings.<br/>
* Consider a problem of allocating a rare medication among patients. The utility functions may represent their chance of recovery -  is the probability of agent  to recover by getting  doses of the medication. The utilitarian rule then allocates the medication in a way that maximizes the <a href="page.php?w=Expected_value">expected</a> number of survivors.</p>

<p><big> Abstract utility functions </big></p>
<p>When the functions u<sub>i</sub> represent some abstract form of "happiness", the utilitarian rule becomes</p><p>
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