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 … detrimental effects. In a public goods game, privately implemented punishment reduces cooperation in relation to a baseline …

for same-function alliances, but not for cross-function alliances. We test these equilibrium predictions in an experiment …

cooperation, a community enforcement mechanism was used, whereby selfish nodes that drop packets were punished not only by the … cooperation. This scheme also eliminated the need to infer the private history of other nodes. Moreover, it simplified the …. A range of simulations was carried out that showed improved cooperation between selfish nodes when compared to older …

lightweight trust-based security mechanisms and a cooperation enforcement protocol for wireless sensor networks.This dissertation ….The dissertation also addresses non-cooperation problems in multi-user wireless sensor networks. A scalable lightweight enforcement … algorithm using evolutionary game theory is also designed. The effectiveness of this cooperation enforcement algorithm is …

for each of the three products, this study provides highly valuable feedback on manufacturer compliance rates in the …

) distribute load management incentives proportional to customer contribution. These deficiencies prevent the customer feedback …

and value received, remained strong at 50%. 39% of participants in regional workshops respond ''Yes'' on feedback forms … when asked if they are applying technologies based on knowledge gained through PTTC. This feedback confirms that producers …

This report reviews 17 studies assessing the effect of information feedback on residential electricity consumption … feedback and incentives, (2) goal setting, (3) cost information feedback, and (4) displays. The study findings, taken together …, provide some evidence that feedback is effective in reducing electricity consumption, although questions remain concerning the …