We consider games played on finite graphs, whose goal is to obtain a trace belonging to a given set of winning traces. We focus on those states from which Player 1 cannot force a win. We explore and compare several criteria for establishing what is the preferable behavior of Player 1 from those states. Along the way, we prove several results of theoretical and practical interest, such as a char...

T presence of workers who reciprocate higher wages with greater effort can have important consequences for firms and labor markets. Knowledge about the extent and determinants of reciprocal effort choices is, however, incomplete. We investigate the role of fairness perceptions and social preferences in a field experiment in which workers were hired for a one-time job. We show that workers who p...

The Available Bit Service (ABR) is a promising “best effort” service designed to achieve in ATM networks high efficiency and low cell loss. Since the ATM Forum approved a first standard, intensive research has been done about ABR. The aim of this paper is to analyse the main research topics involved in ABR, namely: the evaluation of traffic and congestion control schemes, conformance definition...

Officially organized, spectator driven eSport tournaments occur within the notoriously transgressive and ruthless game EVE Online. In these tournaments spying, bribing and throwing matches is commonplace. Based on results from interviews with competitors and spectators, this paper discusses the appeal of this unique eSport and explores the way in which the relatively ‘unbounded’ approach in EVE...

Parallel prefix networks are widely used in highperformance adders. Networks in the literature represent tradeoffs between number of logic levels, fanout, and wiring tracks. This paper presents a three-dimensional taxonomy that not only describes the tradeoffs in existing parallel pre fix networks but also points to a family of new networks. Adders using these networks are compared using the me...

This (short) paper presents the Clockwise, a mixedmedia file system. The primary goal of the Clockwise is to provide a storage architecture that supports the storage and retrieval of best-effort and real-time file system data. Clockwise provides an abstraction called a dynamic partition that groups lists of related (large) blocks on one or more disks. Dynamic partition can grow and shrink in si...

Shenzhen has extensive green construction experience as one of China’s new development pilot cities. experienced substantial economic growth a result the reform and opening up, but it also had to face burden urbanization problems difficulties. This article looks at history in how spirit city influenced it. The work then divides procedure into two phases examines issues that arise. Suggestions f...

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>Promoting the sale of green agriculture products through online platforms has become main focus agricultural industries. In a supply chain consisting an e-tailer and third-party logistics (TPL), both promotion effort service TPL can affect demand. Considering that contracts may be provided by or TPL, this study defines two different timing sequences. Three typ...