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SYNTHESE
2008
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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
IOR
2007
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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
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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
CMOT
2000
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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
AAAI
2010
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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