The paper presents an evolutionary model, based on the assumption that agents may revise their current strategies if they previously failed to attain the maximum level of potential payoffs. We offer three versions of this reflexive mechanism, each one of which describes a distinct type: spontaneous agents, rigid players, and ‘satisficers’. We use simulations to examine the performance of these ...

The current paper extends and matures the earlier taxonomy framework of the author (Rogers, 1999), and provides a preliminary two dimensional classification model. While there is no one generic profile of a hacker, studies indicate that there are at least eight primary classification variables: Novices (NV), Cyber-Punks (CP), Internals (IN), Petty Thieves (PT), Virus Writers (VW), Old Guard hac...

Knowledge capitalization has become a major economic driver in business today and has created enormous requirements for organizations as they reconsider their goals and adapt their business strategies. However, the definition of knowledge management in an organizational context is a difficult task to realize (Spiegler, 2000). Although knowledge is a critical resource, it is generally poorly man...

Forensic computing (FC) is an emerging academic discipline that is difficult to define. This paper attempts to define taxonomy and interrelationships between specific academic and scientific disciplines involved. First, it provides a review of recent forensic computing literature and presents a taxonomy of the emerging field based on the contributions of authors from a number of disciplines inc...

Context : DevOps can be defined as a cultural movement to improve and accelerate the delivery of business value by making collaboration between development operations effective. xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Objective This paper aims help practitioners researchers better unders...

Many courses adopt a traditional approach to instruction, characterized by lectures that follow a linear progression through a textbook that is organized about the general taxonomy of the subject matter. New theories of learning suggest that this taxonomy-driven instruction offers fewer opportunities for students to develop their problem solving abilities than a challenge-driven approach. We ha...

Live algorithms are computational systems made to perform in an improvised manner with human improvising musicians, typically using only live audio or MIDI streams as the medium of interaction. They are designed to establish meaningful musical interaction with their musical partners, without necessarily being conceived of as “virtual musicians”. This paper investigates, with respect to a specif...

There are several computer based job classification systems for the labour domain and the purpose of which mainly is to enable search and to collect statistics. The systems typically encode information about the job, the workplace , the employer, the salary, necessary education and experience, duration, hours, need for a driving licence etc. But actual job advertisements, for example such that ...

Lexical bundles, as building blocks of discourse, play vital roles in helping members from the same academic community achieve successful communication and disseminate sustainable disciplinary knowledge. However, little attention has been paid to lexical bundles postgraduate writing. Drawing on Biber et al.’s (1999) structural taxonomy Hyland’s (2008a) functional taxonomy, we identified compare...

The genus Achrysocharoides Girault is here reported for the first time from tropical America. Included are ten species, eight newly described: Achrysocharoides asperulus, Achrysocharoides callisetosus, Achrysocharoides cuspidatus, Achrysocharoides foveatus, Achrysocharoides infuscus, Achrysocharoides mediocarinatus, Achrysocharoides purpureus, Achrysocharoides sulcatus, and two already known: A...