as distinguished from arithmetical sum, the aggregate of two or more numbers or quantities taken with regard to their signs, as + or -, according to the rules of addition in algebra; thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8, and -1 is 5.

The approach rejects the argument that maximization of collective welfare can be an algebraic sum of individual welfare and replaces it with "an analysis of decision-making processes in terms of voting theory, game theory, agency relations, and in terms of the Coasian theory of the firm and of the transaction costs applied to the governments as complex firms supplying public goods."

Principles of public economics; a public choice approach

Fuzzy Algebraic Sum is applied to get the final weights of indicators.

Fuzzy evaluation of air and noise quality

With the intention of providing systemic techniques that will help graduate and upper-level undergraduate students, researchers and non-specialists evaluate almost any finite algebraic sum, this offers essential tools ranging from classic ideas of Euler to computer algorithms by Gosper, Wilf and Zeilberger.

Summa summarum

Discharge pressure at the pump is the algebraic sum of all the pressure differentials throughout the system: [p.sub.1] = [p.sub.4] + [summation][DELTA][p.sub.losses].

Basic hydraulic circuit design: troubleshooting, Part 2

The insertion loss simply is the algebraic sum of the insertion losses of the individual components.

Switching considerations for microwave test systems: with today's technology, RF switching and signal control are moving out of the realm of mystery and black magic and into the arena of open standards solutions

Algebraic sum