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Forecasting competitive behavior

International Journal of Forecasting, 1988
Abstract Competitive analysis is used to forecast how, where and when AT&T will integrate backward into the production of its own local access. By using a net present value framework to model AT&T's decision on whether to create additional capacity for collecting and distributing its long-distance traffic, a realistic assessment of the scope and ...
Peter J. Grandstaff, Mark E. Ferris, Shuh S. Chou   +2 more
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The Effects of Competition on the Nature of Cheating Behavior

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
Competition among individuals comes in a variety of forms: for mates, for resources, and for prestige and recognition. Such competitive pressure can lead individuals to engage in unethical behavior in an effort to get ahead. There are several forms of cheating in which individuals may engage to improve their own outcome: they may lie about their own ...
Mary L. Rigdon, Alexander P. D'Esterre
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Competitive Behavior in Local Physician Markets

Medical Care Research and Review, 1999
Competition often is viewed as a mechanism for controlling cost. Competition may work well in urban areas with many providers; competition may not exist in rural areas with few providers. The authors use the empirical framework developed by Bresnahan and Reiss to analyze the entry behavior of physicians into local markets to determine the level of ...
M, Brasure, S C, Stearns, E C, Norton, T, Ricketts   +3 more
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Dynamic Oligopolistic Competition and Quasi-Competitive Behavior

2002
Many real world markets exhibit features of imperfect competition, most likely oligopolistic structures. Since oligopolistic markets generate welfare losses to society, they are the focus of regulatory and/or procompetitive actions. One popular action against oligopolistic markets structures is the provision of free access into these markets.
Dockner, Engelbert, Gaunersdorfer, Andrea   +1 more
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Behavioral studies of binocular competition in cats

Vision Research, 1976
Abstract Cats were raised with one eye sutured and the other removed. We wished to determine whether: (1) the deprived eye would develop a visual field of normal extent (135°) as might be expected on the basis of the competitive advantage that this eye enjoys within the geniculo-cortical pathways, (2) the deprived eye, in the absence of pattern ...
S M, Sherman, R W, Guillery
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Behavioral Competition: A Mechanism for Schedule Interactions

Science, 1978
Rats pressing a lever for food reinforcement showed large positive-contrast effects when provided with the opportunity for a competing wheel-running response. Positive and negative behavioral contrast may reflect reallocation of competing interim and terminal responses between schedule components following changes in the reinforcement conditions in one
J M, Hinson, J E, Staddon
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Modeling the behaviors of players in competitive environments

IEEE/WIC International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, 2003. IAT 2003., 2004
This paper is concerned with the modeling of the behavior of players operating in a competitive environment that is characterized by interactions amongst players or groups of players. Thus the paper describes a new, online, hierarchical, probabilistic modeling architecture that is based on hidden Markov models (HMMs). For the purpose of online behavior
Chiao, Shih-Yang, Xydeas, C.S.
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Genetic estimation of competitive agents behavior

Proceedings of the 2000 Congress on Evolutionary Computation. CEC00 (Cat. No.00TH8512), 2002
The paper presents a multi-agent system that tries to solve the problem of rational exploitation of natural renewable resources by self-interested agents. The particular problem instance is that of several fishing companies trying to catch fish in several fishing banks.
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Rubrics of Competitive Behavior

The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1964
B, SUTTON-SMITH, J M, ROBERTS
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Evolving 3D Morphology and Behavior by Competition

Artificial Life, 1994
This article describes a system for the evolution and coevolution of virtual creatures that compete in physically simulated three-dimensional worlds. Pairs of individuals enter one-on-one contests in which they contend to gain control of a common resource.
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