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A source modelling system and its use for uncertainty management [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Human agents have to deal with a considerable amount of information from their environment and are also continuously faced with the need to take actions.
Bokma, A.F, Bokma, Albert Franz
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Open source software: an example in use

open access: yes
“Open Source” software (OSS) is distinctive because of its licensing arrangements. In contrast to commercial software, OSS is freely distributed. Once in possession of the software, users may copy, modify, redistribute the software, or incorporate it ...
Greenwood, Anthony
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SimCode: Agent-based Simulation Modelling of Open-Source Software Development [PDF]

open access: yes
We present an original modeling tool, which can be used to study the mechanisms by which free/libre and open source software developers’ code-writing efforts are allocated within open source projects.
Jean-Michel Dalle, Paul A. David
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TRANSACTION COSTS AND AGRICULTURAL NONPOINT-SOURCE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL POLICIES

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Mechanism design theory is used to develop the properties of optimal pollution control incentive schemes in the presence of adverse selection, moral hazard, and transaction costs.
Tomasi, Theodore D., Smith, Rodney B.W.
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The three dimensions of a communitarian institution. The Open Source Software Community Case [PDF]

open access: yes
The analysis of the empirical studies relative to the Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) case highlights the necessity to enlarge the set of categories used to describe developers incentives.
Rullani, Francesco
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POINT-NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION TRADING USING COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES

open access: yes
Point-nonpoint trading markets must accommodate the problem of monitoring individual nonpoint source discharges (NPS). A permit trading market that allows the regulator to monitor noncompliance based on observable aggregate NPS pollution levels, through ...
Taylor, Michael A.   +2 more
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Determining source mechanism types of the underground event

open access: yes, 2019
© 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd. We consider problem determination of focal mechanism and identification the type of source of underground event. This is a typical problem for observing microseismic events, which arise during the reservoir prospecting or ...
Berezhnoi D., Mokshin E.
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MULTIPLE AGENTS, AND AGRICULTURAL NONPOINT-SOURCE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL POLICIES

open access: yes
Assuming asymmetric information over farmer profits and zero transaction costs, prior literature has suggested that when regulating nonpoint source water pollution, a tax on management practices (inputs) can implement full-information allocations and is ...
Tomasi, Theodore D., Smith, Rodney B.W.
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GREEN PAYMENT PROGRAMS FOR NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROL: HOW IMPORTANT IS TARGETING FOR COST-EFFECTIVENESS?

open access: yes
Mechanism design theory is used to examine the case of a cost-minimizing regulator who uses input-reduction subsidies to meet an exogenously imposed ambient standard for nonpoint source pollution.
Baerenklau, Kenneth A.
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Reasoning about Uncertain Information and Conflict Resolution through Trust Revision [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.In information driven MAS, information consumers collect information about their environment from various sources such as sensors.
Katia Sycara   +21 more
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