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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of Microscopic Nonmetallic Inclusions in Powder Metallurgical High‐Speed Steels

steel research international, EarlyView.
Methods for inclusion analysis are evaluated for suitability. Various powder metallurgical steels in different processing states are characterized. SEM/EDS data are further analyzed using analytical and statistical approaches. A thermodynamic method for determining inclusion phase composition is tested.
Manuel Schickbichler, Robert Musi, Martin Hafok, Christoph Turk, Gerald Schneeberger, Susanne Michelic   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monetary and Macroprudential Policy and Welfare in an Estimated Four‐Agent New Keynesian Model

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract We examine the social and agent‐specific welfare effects of monetary and macroprudential policy in a four‐agent estimated macro‐economic model comprising “banked simple households,” “underbanked simple households,” “firm owners,” and “bank owners.” Optimal capital requirement and loan loss provisions ratios improve all agent‐specific and ...
GEORGE J. BRATSIOTIS, KASUN D. PATHIRAGE
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal structural design method for reinforced concrete column in buildings with high floor heights using a genetic algorithm

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Globally, there is a growing trend toward taller, larger, and more structurally diverse buildings that require expansive interior spaces. Rapid technological advancements have surged the demand for data centers, while the expansion of e‐commerce has increased logistics volumes, driving the need for large‐scale warehouses.
Han Yong Lee, Byeung‐Kuy Jung, Byung Kwan Oh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying Structural Complexity, Effort, and Performance: An Early Experiment Using Network Design Tasks

Systems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Structural Complexity is perceived as driving cost in system development, yet managing it effectively requires empirical understanding. This study investigates human decision‐making using a toy transportation‐style network design task, focusing on how Structural Complexity, Effort, and Performance interact. Seventy‐four participants (primarily
Alfonso Lanza, Joshua Sutherland, Marc‐Andre Chavy‐Macdonald, Olivier L. de Weck   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preliminary Study on Unit Commitment for Renewable Energy Integration Considering Operation Cost and Life Cycle Assessment

IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, EarlyView.
Most countries, including Japan, are focused on achieving net‐zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, which requires quick action. Despite the increasing level of renewable power generation in power grids, fossil fuel power plants still have a significant role in producing GHG emissions, causing serious environmental issues.
Kadyrbek Kozhobekov, Ryuto Shigenobu, Akiko Takahashi, Masakazu Ito, Kyungsoo Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microprocessor’s Power Consumption Optimization Using Combined Pareto optimal Solutions and Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms [PDF]

Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Power consumption becomes an important design constraint for high-performance systems and microprocessor's designs, It is considered as a key constraint when making design decisions.
DIARY Sulaiman
doaj  

Combining kernelised autoencoding and centroid prediction for dynamic multi‐objective optimisation

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Evolutionary algorithms face significant challenges when dealing with dynamic multi‐objective optimisation because Pareto optimal solutions and/or Pareto optimal fronts change. The authors propose a unified paradigm, which combines the kernelised autoncoding evolutionary search and the centroid‐based prediction (denoted by KAEP), for solving ...
Zhanglu Hou, Juan Zou, Gan Ruan, Yuan Liu, Yizhang Xia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

MOEA/D‐based multi‐row facility layout optimisation method with discontinuity perceiving of the Pareto front

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract In a multi‐row facility layout problem (MRFLP), facilities are arranged in more than one row under the limited layout area. Considering different layout factors, various extensions of MRFLP have been modelled. However, the orientation of input/output (I/O) point in a facility, as a key factor that plays a direct impact on flow cost, is seldom ...
Yinan Guo, Yao Huang, Jian Cheng, Xiaoyu Ban, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Tianyu Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolutionary Dynamic Multiobjective Optimisation Assisted by Inverse Regression Tree Predictor

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dynamic multiobjective optimisation problems (DMOPs) are optimisation problems with multiple conflicting objectives that can change over time. Most dynamic multiobjective optimisation evolutionary algorithms (DMOEAs) attempt to estimate Pareto‐optimal sets (PS) directly in the decision space.
Kai Gao, Lihong Xu
wiley   +1 more source