The characterisation of scoring functions

The literature on subjective probabilities contains a number of functions that have been proposed as 'scoring functions'. The principal requirement is that, with several events that may occur in the future and to which subjective 'probabilities' are assigned, the expected score given by these 'probabilities' will be extremised if the values assigned equal the 'true probabilities' of the various outcomes. This article discusses the question of what other scoring functions might be used (beyond those so far proposed).