A with frontroom and backroom operations has the option of hiring specialized or cross-trained workers. Cross-trained workers can be switched between the two rooms depending on demand but are more expensive than specialized ones. Assuming stochastic customer arrival and service times, we seek a smallestcost combination of cross-trained and specialized workers, together with a policy for switchi...

This article is a précis of a Minimalist Approach to Intrasentential Code Switching (MacSwan, 1999). Like any précis, it promises nothing new beyond the presentation of a concise summary of the work. I may, however, occasionally falter in this task and reference work and controversies which have emerged since the publication of MacSwan (1999). Making the simplest assumption, we might suppose th...

The Pigou-Dalton (PD) principle, 1 applied to some type of good, recommends a nonleaky, non-rank-switching transfer from someone with more of the good to someone with less, as long as no one else‘s holdings are changed— non-leaky in the sense that the one who starts out with less of the good gains by exactly as much as the other loses; non-rank-switching in the sense that the one who starts out...

In the context of the Bauhaus project, reengineering environments to support program understanding of legacy code are being developed. Bauhaus defines two formats to represent information that has been extracted from source code. One of these formats, RG, is suitable as an exchange format. This paper introduces RG, describes how it is represented as an exchange format, and discusses schema con-

We present a semantics and answer set programs for relational peer data exchange systems. When a peer answers a query, it exchanges data with other peers in order to supplement or modify its own data source. The data exchange relationships between peers are specified by logical sentences called data exchange constraints and trust relationships, which together determine how data is moved around ...

This paper describes the implementation of long wave radiation (LWR) exchange as part of a co-simulation process of an urban scale simulation program, CitySim, and a building scale program, EnergyPlus. This coupling process was achieved through the use of functional mockup units (FMU) to exchange various weather, load, and environmental information between the two simulation engines. LWR is an ...

Beginning in 2014, an exchange will be established in each state to help consumers make valid comparisons between plans that are certified to have met benchmarks for quality and affordability. The exchanges will also administer the new health insurance subsidies and facilitate enrollment in private health insurance, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Nobody will be re...