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On the NP-Hardness of Approximating Ordering Constraint Satisfaction Problems [PDF]
, 2013 We show improved NP-hardness of approximating Ordering Constraint Satisfaction Problems (OCSPs). For the two most well-studied OCSPs, Maximum Acyclic Subgraph and Maximum Betweenness, we prove inapproximability of $14/15+\epsilon$ and $1/2+\epsilon ...
A. Newman +11 more
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Artificial Intelligence and Corruption: Opportunities and Challenges in the Health Sector
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corruption in health systems diverts resources, erodes trust, and reduces service quality. Traditional oversight methods struggle to detect fraudulent patterns, but Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers new possibilities. AI can analyse large datasets to predict corruption risks and detect irregularities in procurement, insurance claims, and ...
Paula del Rey‐Puech +2 more
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Is a Liberal Justice, Totalitarian? [PDF]
In Social Choice Theory, Pareto-Unanimity is an important rule which is applied to compensation tests and therefore in justice. But, deductive logics show that Pareto- Unanimity implies dictatorship and therefore, Pareto-Unanimity is contradictory with ...
Augendra Bhukuth +1 more
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Fear and citizen coordination against dictatorship
Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2018 Despite numerous studies showing that emotions influence political decision making, there is scant literature giving a formal treatment to this phenomenon.
A. Aldama +2 more
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Overcoming the Paradox of Measuring Self‐Awareness Development by Focusing on Outcomes
Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many HRD interventions aim to enhance self‐awareness to shape employee behavior, to develop skills, or as a performance‐related outcome. But measuring this development faces significant metacognitive challenges: self‐awareness changes when one's attention is directed to it, and self‐report relies on accurate self‐awareness.
Anna Sutton, Samantha Carey
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Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2008 This article explores the problem of social and political legitimacy of violence in Argentina during the 70’s, before the imposition of State Terrorism in 1976.
Marina Franco
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Random Dictators with a Random Referee: Constant Sample Complexity Mechanisms for Social Choice
, 2019 We study social choice mechanisms in an implicit utilitarian framework with a metric constraint, where the goal is to minimize \textit{Distortion}, the worst case social cost of an ordinal mechanism relative to underlying cardinal utilities.
Fain, Brandon +3 more
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The “Zhang Xuefeng Effect”: Information Intervention and the College Admission Problem in China
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Information regarding the quality of colleges and labor‐market prospects of majors plays an important role in parents' and students' school‐choice decisions, particularly when these decisions are crucially relevant to the students' long‐run career choices and life earnings.
Yutong Huo, Yun Wang
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IET Networks, EarlyView., 2022 This work aims to improve the comprehensive role of big data technology in promoting social development and reduce the continuous emergence of social problems under the background of big data application. Abstract The purpose is to improve the security of the application of big data technology and ensure the stable development of society in the context
Xuejie Zhao
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Dictatorship in a Single Export Crop Economy [PDF]
Is it a matter of pure altruism or shortsightedness when a dictator spends an increasing amount of his revenues for the population, while cutting on own consumption? In order to be able to consume, the dictator first has to stay in power.
Bart Capeau +2 more
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