Condorcet and Beyond: An Empirical Comparison of Voting Rules. [PDF]
Douven I +3 more
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Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy
Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
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Dissociating the relationship between time perception and decisions to delay gratification. [PDF]
George IJ +4 more
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Acting on the Voicelessness Challenge to Democratic Deliberation: A Six‐Actor Framework
ABSTRACT Political philosophers have long recognized that key stakeholders in policy decisions—children, future generations, nonhuman animals, and individuals with severe cognitive impairments—are structurally unable to participate in the deliberative processes meant to legitimate those decisions.
Julian C. Jamison
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Supply chain carbon reduction considering consumer skepticism and blockchain technology under the cap-and-trade policy. [PDF]
Yuan PP, Wang Q.
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An extension of the basic local independence model to multiple observed classifications
Abstract The basic local independence model (BLIM) is appropriate in situations where populations do not differ in the probabilities of the knowledge states and the probabilities of careless errors and lucky guesses of the items. In some situations, this is not the case. This work introduces the multiple observed classification local independence model
Pasquale Anselmi +8 more
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Stochastic thermodynamics of social imitation beyond energetics. [PDF]
Irisarri L +3 more
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Regularized reduced rank regression for mixed predictor and response variables
Abstract In this paper, we introduce the Generalized Mixed Regularized Reduced Rank Regression model (GMR4), an extension of the GMR3 model designed to improve performance in high‐dimensional settings. GMR3 is a regression method for a mix of numeric, binary and ordinal response variables, while also allowing for mixed‐type predictors through optimal ...
Lorenza Cotugno +2 more
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Evaluating Synthetic Cyber Deception Strategies Under Uncertainty via Game Theory Approach: Linking Information Leakage and Game Outcomes in Cyber Deception. [PDF]
Shahin M, Maghanaki M, Chen FF.
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