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Enhancing expert system intelligentagents using game theory
Vineyard, Craig - 2009
An agent is generally defined as an entity capable of perceiving its environment and accomplishing a particular action without explicit instruction. Blindly taking directives without thinking is typically not intelligent, so rather a software agent is deemed intelligent if it may be...
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Islam, nature and accounting: Islamic principles and the notion of accounting for the environment
Kamla, Rania; Gallhofer, Sonja; Haslam, Jim - 2006
Islamic principles are suggestive of a variety of implications for governance and accounting. Reflecting upon Islamic principles, we here engage with the notion of accounting for the environment. Drawing from key Islamic texts and relevant prior literature, we elaborate and discuss key Islamic...
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The need for Islamic accounting: perceptions of its objectives and characteristics by Malaysian Muslim accountants and accounting academics
Ibrahim, Shahul Hameed Bin Mohamed - 2000
This study investigates the need for an alternative "Islamic accounting" which is consistent with the worldview, values and socioeconomic norms of Islamic society. It proposes an outline of an Islamic accounting theory together with empirical investigations of (i) the perception of Malaysian...
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Punish in Public
Xiao, Erte; Houser, Daniel - 2006
Convergent evidence for detrimental effects of punishment on cooperation has been obtained in a wide variety of … environments, ranging from American students facing punishment in laboratory experiments, to Israeli parents facing fines for … arriving late to their child’s day care. We show here that enhancing the norm salience role of punishment can eliminate its …
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Discussion of ”Bonus and Malus in Principal Agent Relations with Fixed Pay and Real Effort”
Stefani, Ulrike - 2008
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Aktivieren und Strafen : Integrative und ausschließende Strategiengegenwärtiger Arbeitsmarkt- und Kriminalpolitik
Rinn, Moritz - 2009
Ein "aktivierender", die Selbstständigkeit und Eigenverantwortlichkeit der BürgerInnen anrufender Staat, der gleichzeitig auf Verunsicherung, Spaltung, Kontrolle und Bestrafung setzt - gegenwärtige Politiken des Sozialen in Deutschland erweisen sich augenscheinlich als paradox. In dieser...
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Public Goods with Punishment and Abstaining in Finite and Infinite Populations
Hauert, Christoph; Traulsen, Arne; Brandt, Hannelore; … - 2008
. The problem of cooperation becomes even more pronounced when increasing the number of interacting individuals. Punishment …. Typically, punishment behavior is unable to gain a foothold ina population, while volunteering alone can efficiently prevent … interactions plays a pivotal role, which paves the way for the establishment of cooperation and punishment. …
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Microcredit
Heverly, Barbara M.; Tierney, Lori L. - 0000
Microcredit, or small, short-term loans to the very poor, can help to bring about wholesale changes not only in personal income and the local marketplace, but also by adding meaning to life, building self-esteem and encouraging social integration. The cash advance is only the vehicle. The...
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The value of human rights on the open market: Liberal economic policies and the achievement of personal integrity rights.
Harrelson-Stephens, Julie - 2003
At the end of World War II, the United States emerged as a world leader, putting into place international institutions based on its own liberal economic philosophy. Since then, the world has witnessed an increasing interconnectedness among states, with economic relationships continually blurring...
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