Some key issues for the next Clinton administration

Antitrust Policy During the Clinton Administration ∗

Some open issues on internetworking for the next generation

There is a lot going on recently, research-wise, about shaping the Internet for the next generation of applications. The attempt to re-shape the Internet spans across a wide range of protocols, devices and standards, usually driven by the next wave of expected applications. Following the technological advances, the sophistication of devices grows, the complexity of software increases, and the n...

Planning Under Uncertainty: Some Key Issues

A planner in the real world must be able to handle uncertainty. It must be able to reason about the eeect of uncertainty on its plans, select plans that avoid uncertain outcomes when possible, and make contingency plans against diierent possible outcomes when uncertainty cannot be avoided. We have constructed such a planner, Cassandra, which has these properties. Using Cassandra, we have produc...

Some Key Issues Confronting Inflationary Cosmology

Does inflation provide a compelling explanation for why the universe is so large, so flat, and so old, and a predictive theory of density perturbations? In this brief contribution (based on the role of the author as moderator of the discussion session on inflation), a list of some of the key issues confronting inflationary cosmology will be given, with the hope of focusing the debate on inflati...

Evolution of Mitigation Commitments: Some Key Issues

development of analytical papers for the purpose of providing useful and timely input to the climate change negotiations. These papers may also be useful to national policy makers and other decision-makers. In a collaborative effort, authors work with the Annex I Expert Group to develop these papers. However, the papers do not necessarily represent the views of the OECD or the IEA, nor are they...