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THE LUXURY AXIOM, THE WEALTH PARADOX, AND CHILD LABOR [PDF]

Basu and Van (1998) present a fundamental framework of child labor with two important axioms: the luxury axiom and the substitution axiom. A number of empirical studies, however, reveal a ¡°wealth paradox¡±. The current paper has two aims.
C. Simon Fan
core  

Chains of Social Sustainability and the Potential of the DPSIR Framework

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For more than 20 years, the Driver‐Pressure‐State‐Impact‐Response (DPSIR) framework has contributed to clarifying causal chains for environmental sustainability issues. This study aims to answer the question of whether the framework can extend its usefulness to structuring social sustainability issues, to which it has not been applied so far ...
Stefan Mann
wiley   +1 more source

The Biased Interaction Game: A System Theoretic Approach to the Emergence of Inequality, Hierarchy, and the Implications for the Likelihood of Cooperation

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The emergence of cooperation in natural selection has been successfully studied using game theory and, despite the underlying selfish nature of the evolutionary process, a spectrum of plausible mechanisms have been proposed to determine the conditions under which cooperative behaviour is likely to occur.
Phil Mercy, Martin Neil
wiley   +1 more source

The History and Ideas of George Herbert Mead's Pragmatism and Its Relevance for Operational Research and Systems Thinkers

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT George Herbert Mead is an oft forgotten or ignored American philosopher who was one of the originators of pragmatism. Today, he is recognised as a creative thinker who has teased out knotty problems that others in the field had not realised were problems. Understanding Mead's analysis has been made difficult because he died prematurely without
Richard Ormerod
wiley   +1 more source

The higher mapping cone axiom

Open Mathematics
The aim of the article is to better understand the higher octahedral axiom of nn-angulated categories. We discuss several possible additional axioms for pre-nn-angulated categories and prove that they are all equivalent to the higher octahedral axiom.
Cheng Xu, Yang Xiaoyan
doaj   +1 more source

How to Add a Noninteger Number of Terms: From Axioms to New Identities [PDF]

, 2010
Markus Mueller, Dierk Schleicher
openalex   +1 more source

The clashing of in situ and pre‐cast technologies—Western trends and local traditions in concrete engineering shaping shell construction in 20th‐century Hungary

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract After a blossoming pre‐World War II (WWII) period, the concrete construction industry in then‐socialist Hungary existed in a relative isolation from the Western World during the mid‐20th century. In this paper, we focus on the body of work of one of the then newly established state‐owned design offices, IPARTERV, to show how the isolation ...
Orsolya Gáspár, Péter Haba
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of Missing Knowledge in MBSE System Models Using Graph‐Based Machine Learning

Systems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The design and development of complex aerospace systems pose significant challenges due to their growing complexity. Iterative design processes, guided by formal specifications, strive to refine initially vague characteristics through multiple stages.
Esma Karagoz, Olivia J. Pinon Fischer, Dimitri Mavris   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Explainable Engineering Decisions: Pursuing a Descriptive Decision Theory at the Intersection of Analysis, Judgment, and Conviction

Systems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Engineers design the technical systems that define and sustain our society. The decision‐making scenarios they face require both quantitative analyses and the consideration of qualitative factors, which are shaped by deeply held beliefs, values, and societal contexts. However, existing engineering decision‐making models, primarily derived from
Scott Ferguson, Kenneth “Mark” Bryden   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pitardia resurrected: A new member of subtribe Menthinae (Lamiaceae)

TAXON, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite tremendous progress towards clarifying phylogenetic relationships within the mint family (Lamiaceae), uncertainty remains regarding relationships among some major clades as well as the proper placement of some genera. While researching the genus Nepeta, a species from northeastern Morocco, N.
Abdelmonaim Homrani Bakali, Tuncay Dirmenci, Ferhat Celep, Bryan T. Drew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source