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Short‐Term Sustainability: Neoliberal Philanthropy, Dependency, and Divine Economics in Islamic Zanzibar

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the concept of sustainability became mainstream in development discourses from its environmentalist origins, it increasingly came to resemble the unchecked capitalist logics that it was originally meant to critique: Rather than reorganizing the economy, sustainability could be achieved through the economy as philanthropy became modeled on ...
Caitlyn Bolton
wiley   +1 more source

OVERARCHING OVERTONES: ORACLES ON CAREER CHRONICLES OF WOMEN IN INDIAN HOTEL INDUSTRY

, 2023
J. Eugene
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An Immodest Rejoinder: Illiberalism and Postliberalism, But Still Neoliberalism

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article responds to the claims of Beck and High that the age of neoliberalism has passed and a new age of illiberalism is upon us. Against Beck and High, I argue that illiberalism is not opposed to neoliberalism, but rather accelerates it.
Michael Scroggins
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

Prescriptive AI in Procurement: Using Oracle AI to Recommend Optimal Supplier Decisions

, 2021
Partha Sarathi Reddy Pedda Muntala
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UNSAIL: Thwarting Oracle-Less Machine Learning Attacks on Logic Locking [PDF]

, 2021
Lilas Alrahis, Satwik Patnaik, Johann Knechtel, Hani Saleh, Baker Mohammad, Mahmoud Al‐Qutayri, Ozgur Sinanoglu   +6 more
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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

Using a Simplified Quantum Counter to Implement Quantum Circuits Based on Grover’s Algorithm to Tackle the Exact Cover Problem

Mathematics
In this paper, we use a simplified quantum counter to implement Grover’s algorithm-based quantum circuits to tackle the NP-hard exact cover problem (ECP).
Jehn-Ruey Jiang, Yu-Jie Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Decentralized Common Knowledge Oracles

Ledger, 2019
We define and analyze three mechanisms for getting common knowledge, a posteriori truths about the world, onto a blockchain in a decentralized setting. We show that, when a reasonable economic condition is met, these mechanisms are individually rational,
Austin K. Williams, Jack Peterson
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Infochain: A Decentralized, Trustless and Transparent Oracle on Blockchain [PDF]

, 2019
Naman Goel, Cyril van Schreven, Aris Filos-Ratsikas, Boi Faltings   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source