A central tenet of behavioral economics is that the axioms producing expected utility maximization by consumers are too strong to be descriptive rational behavior. The existing theory monetary services aggregation under risk assume maximization. We extend those results uncertainty weaker axiomatic assumptions using Choquet expectations. integration reduces Riemann as a special case stronger ass...

In this paper we evaluate the efficiency of extension programmes in adoption chemical fertilizers Ethiopia between 1994 and 2004 using matching techniques a quasi-experimental setting. addition to common factors, measures culture, proxied by ethnicity religion, aim control for potential tensions agents peasants. We find considerable impact services on first fertilizer adoption. Although, there ...

Today’s database management systems are mainly large and heavy-weight monoliths that, even worse, undergo steady extensions in functionality. This makes them highly complex and creates problems when it comes to build tailored extensions. Our goal is to introduce more flexibility and extensibility by founding our database architecture on the principles of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). In ...

farmers need up to date information on efficient use and management of labour for agricultural production. yet, they lack adequate and needed information. hence, this study was undertaken to explore the sources and use of labour information by farmers in southwestern nigeria. multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. primary data were collected to elicit infor...

Investments in the extension of health insurance coverage, the strengthening of public health services, as well as primary care and better hospitals, highlights the emerging role of healthcare as part of China’s new growth regime, based on an expansion of services, and redistributive policies. Such investments, apart from their central role in terms of relief for low-income people, serve to reb...

This paper discusses an innovative extension of the actual vehicle platforms that integrate intelligent environments in order to carry out e-safety tasks improving the driving security. These platforms are dedicated to automotive environments which are characterized by sensor networks deployed along the vehicles. Since this kind of platform infrastructure is hardly extensible and forms a non-sc...

The Central Institute of Psychiatry provides extension consultation services at two coalfield hospitals of Bihar, representing the intermediate and central level of health care delivery system. Analysis of data covering a period of one year, from September 1988 to August 1989, revealed significant differences in the utilization pattern of the two centres. The differences relate to the proportio...

With the introduction of web services, users require an automated way of determining their reliability and even their matching to personal and subjective preferences. Therefore, trust modelling of web services, managed in an autonomous way by intelligent agents, is a challenging and relevant issue. Due to the dynamic and distributed nature of web services, recommendations of web services from t...