We provide strong game-theoretic foundations for the median voter theorem in a onedimensional bargaining model based on Baron and Ferejohn’s (1989) model of distributive politics. We prove that, as the agents become arbitrarily patient, the set of proposals that can be passed in any subgame perfect equilibrium collapses to the median voter’s ideal point. While we leave the possibility of some d...

* The authors are all with the University of California, Davis. Ann Huff Stevens is an economics professor and director of the Center for Poverty Research. Douglas L. Miller is an assistant professor of economics. Marianne Page is a professor of economics. Mateusz Filipski is a postdoctoral scholar in the agricultural and resource economics department. This brief is adapted from a longer workin...

The concept and realisation of a simple infrared sensor array based on intensity evaluation of the reflected light to determine properties of moving objects like direction(trajectory), size, velocity is described. In particular, the problem of reliably counting persons entering or leaving a room has been examined. Contrary to common impression, this is not at all a simple task: Incidental count...

People counting is an important problem in video surveillance applications. This problem has been faced either by trying to detect people in the scene and then counting them or by establishing a mapping between some scene feature and the number of people (avoiding the complex detection problem). This paper presents a novel method, following this second approach, that is based on the use of SURF...

In this work, novel MoS2/nitrogen-doped carbon shell–core microspheres (MNCS) have been designed and prepared through the microwave-assisted method, and used as counter electrodes for platinum-free dyesensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The results show that as-prepared shell–core composite microspheres possess low charge transfer resistance and high electrocatalytic activity. When used as a counte...

In this chapter, a multi-view people counting system is presented. This system uses as the input data the video sequences acquired by a camcorder. The camcorder can be mounted anywhere (e.g., below a ceiling, on a side wall, or at a corner) with any viewing direction. In order to manage various appearances of people, a multi-view representation of pedestrian is introduced. This representation i...

Patterns, Probabilities, and People: Making Sense of Quantitative Change in Complex Systems Michelle Hoda Wilkerson-Jerde & Uri J. Wilensky To cite this article: Michelle Hoda Wilkerson-Jerde & Uri J. Wilensky (2015) Patterns, Probabilities, and People: Making Sense of Quantitative Change in Complex Systems, Journal of the Learning Sciences, 24:2, 204-251, DOI: 10.1080/10508406.2014.976647 To l...

In this paper we propose a head detection method using range data from a stereo camera. The method is based on a technique that has been introduced in the domain of voxel data. For application in stereo cameras, the technique is extended (1) to be applicable to stereo data, and (2) to be robust with regard to noise and variation in environmental settings. The method consists of foreground selec...

This paper presents and illustrates several cases of risk analysis involving games in two different kinds of situations. The first is a management case in which the principal sets the rules of the game for an agent managing the development of a subsystem and if late may choose to take shortcuts. The second involves a class of adversarial situations, illustrated here by the analysis of counter-i...

OBJECTIVES This report presents trends in cesarean rates for first births and repeat cesarean rates for low-risk women, in relation to the Healthy People 2010 (HP 2010) objectives. Data for the U.S. showing trends by maternal age and race and Hispanic origin are presented. METHODS Cesarean rates were computed based on the information reported on birth certificates. RESULTS With a decrease b...