The key element of models of contest is the Contest Success Function (CSF) whichspecifies the winning probabilities of agents. We provide an axiomatization of two parametricfamilies of CSF’s. In the first, the winning probability of each agent depends onthe investments and a vector of...

Today’s analytical information systems demand innovative architecture concepts in order toaddress requirements like flexibility and faster time-to-market. Service-oriented architectures(SOA) as a current trend might meet these challenges. So-called BISOA describes theapproach of deploying SOA...