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Predicting the Expected Behavior of Agents that Learn About Agents: The CLRI Framework
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-01)
We describe a framework and equations used to model and predict the behavior of multi-agent systems (MASs) with learning agents. A difference equation is used for calculating the progression of an agent's error in its ...
Improving Learning Performance by Applying Economic Knowledge
(2004)
Digital information economies require information goods producers to learn how to position themselves within a potentially vast product space. Further, the topography of this space is often nonstationary, due to the ...
Exercising Market Power in Proprietary Aftermarkets
(2000)
In many recent antitrust cases, manufacturers of complex high-technology equipment have been accused of exercising market power in the sale of proprietary service or parts necessary to maintain the machines they produce. ...
Archival Representation
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-03)
This paper defines anddiscusses archival representation and its rolein archival practice. Archival representationrefers to both the processes of arrangement anddescription and is viewed as a fluid, evolving,and socially ...
Institutional repositories: The Experience of master’s and baccalaureate institutions
(2008)
In 2006, MIRACLE Project investigators censused library directors at all U.S. academic
institutions about their activities planning, pilot testing, and implementing the institutional
repositories on their campuses. Out ...
Why is it difficult to find comprehensive information? Implications of information scatter for search and design
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005-07)
The rapid development of Web sites providing extensive coverage of a topic, coupled with the development of powerful search engines (designed to help users find such Web sites), suggests that users can easily find comprehensive ...
Video Documentation of carloop Final Presentation
(2006-12-13)
This video documents the final presentation of carloop (group members Yarun Luon, Joshua Morse, Satyendra Nainwal, and Joshua Palay) in SI 682, Interface and Interaction Design.
Explaining Underutilization of Tax Depreciation Deductions: Empirical Evidence from Norway
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-05)
Many corporations do not claim all of their allowable tax depreciation deductions. Intuitively, this kind of behavior might seem odd. However we propose several possible explanations. First, we find strong evidence that ...
Why Share in Peer-to-Peer Networks?
(2008)
Prior theory and empirical work emphasize the enormous free-riding problem facing peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing networks. Nonetheless, many P2P networks thrive. We explore two possible explanations that do not rely on ...