The theory of Markov decision processes (MDP) can be used to analyze a wide variety of stopping time problems in economics. In this paper, the nature of such problems is discussed and then the underlying theory is applied to the question of arranged marriages. We construct a stylized model of arranged marriages and, inter alia, it is shown that a decision maker' s optimal policy depends only on...

The Grossman model is extended to a situation in which the family is regarded as the producer of individual health and spouses are Nash-bargainers. The model has implications for the interaction between family structure, income and the stocks of health capital and the bargaining strength of different family members. The main insight is that the possibility of divorce affects the distribution of...

In this paper, we investigate non-uniform elementary cellular automata (i.e., one-dimensional whose cells can use different Wolfram rules to update their states) in the context of number conservation. As a result, obtain an exhaustive characterization such number-conserving on all finite grids both with periodic and null boundary conditions. The obtained allows, inter alia, enumerate automata, ...

Only a few European integration experts know that Jean Monnet, one of the masterminds of the European Coal and Steel Community, strongly preferred the European Atomic Energy Communitl to the European Economic Community in the 1950s and 1960s. From his point of view, sectoral and technical cooperation in the field of nuclear energy seemed to be much more promising in order to foster European int...

This paper presents a brief summary of a 35 years study of the software process and the software evolution phenomenon. It draws attention, inter alia, to the SPE program classification, a principle of software uncertainty and laws of software evolution. Recent studies have led to refinement of earlier conclusions and provided a basis for formation of a theory of software evolution. Management r...

Epidemiological studies of the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been conducted over many years. These studies have examined, inter alia, mortality and cancer incidence among the survivors. This paper summarises the form of the studies undertaken, outlines the main findings and describes how these results can be used in deriving estimates of radiation risks. In doi...

There is well known variation in the Scandinavian languages with respect to verb placement in embedded clauses (see e.g. Holmberg & Platzack 1995, Bobaljik 2002, Thráinsson 2010, Heycock et al. 2012 inter alia). In the modern Mainland Scandinavian languages, the finite verb follows negation in relative clauses and embedded questions (henceforth V-in-situ ). In Icelandic, on the other hand, the ...

THE Merrison Report1 was published in April 1975. ILs recommendations, if adopted, could affect the relationship between university and hospital. It proposes inter alia an extension of the postgraduate responsibility of the licensing bodies from their present mainly nominal control of the pre-registration year to an active role in a possibly two-year postgraduate period ("graduate clinical trai...

Sir, I read with great interest the review article on Lhermitte’s sign by Khare and Seth.[1] The sign occurs, inter alia, in multiple sclerosis, in traumatic lesions of the cervical cord, and in subacute combined degeneration. I agree that very few studies are available on Lhermitte’s sign and there is need of more research in this particular field. In this current review, treatment with extrac...