In many disciplines success depends on access to scarce resources, such as unique instruments. Research on computersupported cooperative work (CSCW) has contributed to the development of technologies, such as collaboratories, that broaden access to scarce scientific and engineering resources. While broader access is often applauded, little attention has been focused on the problem of equitable ...

In wireless healthcare monitoring systems, bandwidth allocation is an efficient solution to the problem of scarce wireless bandwidth for the monitoring of patients. However, when the central unit cannot access the exact channel state information (CSI), the efficiency of bandwidth allocation decreases, and the system performance also decreases. In this paper, we propose an algorithm to reduce th...

After 6 years of deliberation, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network recently released a concept document proposing changes to the kidney allocation algorithm, sparking a heated debate about priority-setting of scarce health resources and discrimination. Proponents of the proposal argue that it will result in an additional 15,223 life years following transplant annually for recipien...

Abstract This paper studies the impact of sectoral productivity growth on welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using analytical framework a DSGE model, main finding is that, for estimated values structural parameters, allocation scarce resources to tradable agricultural sector boosting leads greater increase overall than would be case if they were allocated non-traded goods sector.

The allocation of scarce health care resources such as flu treatment or organs for transplant presents stark problems of distributive justice. Persad, Wertheimer, and Emanuel have recently proposed a novel system for such allocation. Their "complete lives system" incorporates several principles, including ones that prescribe saving the most lives, preserving the most life-years, and giving prio...

Heterogeneous sensor networks are increasingly being deployed to support users on the field who require many different kinds of sensing tasks, such as detecting people who may need help or monitoring collapsing buildings. Sensors may be scarce and in high demand. Sensing tasks might compete for the exclusive usage of available sensors. Such an environment is highly dynamic with, for example, se...

Economics has been defined as the science of allocation of scarce resources towards alternative ends. This definition implies that the first step in economic analysis is to determine what ends are desirable for society. Most sectors of the society would agree that sustainability is a desirable end, but there is little agreement as to what a sustainable future would look like. The University of ...

One of the most regulated and scarce natural resources of all time is radio spectrum. Access to it has been chronically bounded ever since RF transmissions were first regulated in the early 20th century. There are several efforts to reduce interference with the most important and effective the allocation of spectrum to specific technologies. Additionally, new technologies that use spectrum more...

One of the key challenges in the design of bandwidth allocation policies for a multi-services mobile cellular network is to guarantee the potentially different Quality of Service (QoS) requirement from diverse applications, while at the same to ensure that the scarce bandwidth be utilized efficiently. Complete Sharing (CS) and Dynamic Partition (DP) schemes have been shown as viable techniques ...