The judging procedure for Athenian dramatic contests is not well understood. In this paper, we present a new model that we believe takes account of all the relevant data, which possesses the additional virtue of clarity of execution, so that a large festival audience can easily follow the proceedings as the winner is determined publicly. It differs in certain important respects from other inter...

What do we want to learn from a translation competition and how do we learn it with confidence? We argue that a disproportionate focus on ranking competition participants has led to lots of different rankings, but little insight about which rankings we should trust. In response, we provide the first framework that allows an empirical comparison of different analyses of competition results. We t...

Relationships between buying and selling organizations in business markets are varied and complex. One important relationship is procurement, or the type of alliance that buyers form with sellers to fulfill their purchasing needs. Multiple sourcing is often proposed to prevent a variety ofprocurement problems. We develop a bidding model to investigate the effect of multiple sourcing on competit...

In this work, we present a model based on a competitive dynamics that intends to imitate the processes leading to some characteristics of the geopolitical division. The model departs from very simple principles of geopolitical theory and geometrical considerations, but succeeds in explaining the general features related to the actual process. At the same time, we will propose an evolutionary ex...

The Philippines and Iran are two important players in the geopolitical transition of Asian Pacific region. values that these countries held over many decades exposes them to rivalries competition among regional international powers. In some part history, they became a closed ally United States, while regime change late 1970s had created sort difficulty for both improve bilateral relations amids...

Abstract Leading Western economies face major dilemmas regarding China’s rise as different geopolitical considerations and economic interests inform how such states engage China. This article seeks to understand approaches through an analysis of Germany’s response Chinese investment. The discussion shows that the Sino-German relationship has increasingly been affected by rising investment in Ge...

This is the first article of a series, devoted to comprehensive problem economic and geopolitical rivalry leading global powers in energy sector. It dedicated number topical issues world economy Russian environment. A systematic analysis long-term development trends performed. For this purpose, cause-and-effect relationship between international supply chains procurement, on one hand, revolutio...