Figure 1. Adaptations and tradeoffs. The theory of allocation predicts that the evolution of adaptations to a particular environment necessitates a loss in fitness in other environments. This prediction has been explored by testing the running speed of lizards at various temperatures. Interestingly, while critical maximum temperatures are positively correlated with the animals’ normal temperatu...

Priorities for conservation investment at a global scale that are based on a single taxon have been criticized because geographic richness patterns vary taxonomically. However, these concerns focused only on biodiversity patterns and did not consider the importance of socioeconomic factors, which must also be included if conservation funding is to be allocated efficiently. In this article, we c...

In this paper, we consider a general distributed system with multiple agents who select and then implement actions in the system. The system has an operator with a centralized objective. The agents, on the other hand, are selfinterested and strategic in the sense that each agent optimizes its own individual objective. The operator aims to mitigate this misalignment by designing an incentive sch...

We study the complexity of a multilateral negotiation framework in which autonomous agents agree in pairs to exchange resources in order to minimise their individual cost. We are interested in establishing whether an allocation of resources that minimises total cost can be reached from an initial allocation in which one agent holds all the resources and one resource is transferred in each contr...

In this paper, we consider an allocation problem in multivariate surveys with non-linear costs of enumeration as a problem of non-linear stochastic programming with multiple objective functions. The solution is obtained through Chance Constrained programming. A different formulation of the problem is also presented in which the non-linear cost function is minimised under the precision constrain...

Research Perfoxnned by Robert Davison Under The Supervision of Pr, *<« J« HoHlchols —»■—«— II I II ■ IIH I III« I I! Ill« This paper develops a method to allocate reliability to system elements where a system reliability requirement must be met or a total cost constraint is imposed« Parallel and serially arranged elements are considered with each element's probability density function of time t...

In this paper, an objective function based on the profit of actual use for spectrum allocation is modeled, and a requirement-based short-time handoff algorithm between CR users in order to make full use of the CR users’ surplus spectrum resource is proposed. Simulation results show that the algorithm makes effective use of surplus assignment, improves the profit of actual use, and has the super...

We develop strategy/false-name-proof multi-unit auction protocols that can handle non-quasi-linear utilities. One almost universal assumption in auction theory literature is that each bidder has quasi-linear utility, except for some works on budget-constrained bidders. In particular, the celebrated VCG protocol is strongly believed to critically depend on the quasi-linear assumption and will br...

Recent advances in the measurement of volatility have utilized high frequency intraday data to produce what are generally known as realised volatility estimates. It has been shown that forecasts generated from such estimates are of positive economic value in the context of portfolio allocation. This paper considers the link between the value of such forecasts and the loss function under which m...

Measurement and data acquisition get the most accurate indicator, in mobile communication network. Channel occupancy for each cell shows the proportion of current traffic. In addition, call duration is another important target, which more precise estimate the users’ usage situation in heterogeneous networks. A Flexible Bandwidth Allocation Scheme (FBS) using specified duration based data acquis...