When allocating indivisible resources or tasks, an envy-free allocation equitable may not exist. We present a sufficient condition and algorithm to achieve envy-freeness equitability when monetary transfers are allowed. The approach works for any agent valuation functions (positive negative) as long they satisfy superadditivity. For the case of additive utilities, we characterization allocation...

Thrips species diversity in a Citrus organic orchard the region of Mograne Northeastern Tunisia based on biodiversity parameters (Shannon index, dominance, and equitability) showed existence ten thrips species. Among those species, five are phytophagous: tabaci, angusticeps, Frankliniella occidentalis, Limothrips denticornis, Melanthrips fuscus. The remaining predatory: Aeolothrips tenuicornis,...

Background Health financing is a sensitive issue that is currently being discussed around the world. Main concerns related to this are quality of health services and increasing healthcare cost. The most important features of health services that must be preserved are its equitability, affordability and quality. In many developing countries people are expected to contribute to the cost of health...

BACKGROUND The case has historically been presented that structured and/or coded electronic health records (EHRs) benefit direct patient care, but the evidence base for this is not well documented. METHODS We searched for evidence of direct patient care value from the use of structured and/or coded information within EHRs. We interrogated nine international databases from 1990 to 2011. Value ...

An automated signalized junction control system that can learn strategies from a human expert has been developed. This system applies Machine Learning techniques based on Logistic Regression and Neural Networks to affect a classification of state space using evidence data generated when a human expert controls a simulated junction. The state space is constructed from a series of bids from agent...

The British Regulations of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act 2000 is one of the first modern bills for mandatory disclosure of protected data in a democratic country. In this paper we compare this bill from a technical point of view with the US key escrow proposal (EES) and its variants and then, more generally we compare the merits of key confiscation vs key escrow. A major problem with key escro...

The British Regulations of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act 2000 is one of the rst modern bills for mandatory disclosure of protected data in a democratic country. In this paper we compare this bill from a technical point of view with the US key escrow proposal (EES) and its variants and then, more generally we compare the merits of key connscation vs key escrow. A major problem with key escrow i...