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SYNTHESE
2008
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15 years 16 days ago
Could there be exactly two things?
Many philosophers think that, necessarily, any material objects have a fusion (let's call that doctrine "Universalism"). In this paper I point out a couple of strang...
Juan Comesaña
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IOR
2007
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15 years 16 days ago
Competition in Service Industries
We analyze a general market for an industry of competing service facilities. Firms differentiate themselves by their price levels and the waiting time their customers experience,...
Gad Allon, Awi Federgruen
ALIFE
2004
15 years 15 days ago
Basic Autonomy as a Fundamental Step in the Synthesis of Life
In the search for the primary roots of autonomy (a pivotal concept in Varela's comprehensive understanding of living beings), the theory of autopoiesis provided an explicit cr...
Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo, Alvaro Moreno
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CMOT
2000
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15 years 13 days ago
Generation Supply Bidding in Perfectly Competitive Electricity Markets
This paper reports on the development of a comprehensive framework for the analysis and formulation of bids in competitive electricity markets. Competing entities submit offers of...
George Gross, David Finlay
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AAAI
2010
14 years 11 months ago
A Trust Model for Supply Chain Management
hey generalize these factors to the abstract concepts of ability, integrity, and benevolence. This model does not use probabilistic decision theory. Other SCM trust factors have be...
Yasaman Haghpanah, Marie desJardins