Forensic analysis of questioned electronic documents is very difficult, because the nature of the documents eliminates many kinds of informative differences. Recent work in authorship attribution demonstrates the practicality of analyzing documents based on authorial style, but the state of the art is confusing. Analyses are difficult to apply, little is known about type or rate of errors, and ...

In a prediction market using a logarithmic market scoring rule market maker, there exist joint probability distributions on signals such that agents have an incentive to bid against their own information—strategically misleading other agents in order to later correct the price. The dynamic parimutuel market suffers from another problem: even with uncorrelated signals, agents may have an incenti...

The aim of this paper is to explore the interaction of culture and technology in teamwork in a developing country. An organisation in Mauritius was surveyed and analysed using Hofstede’s cultural framework. The framework appears to be useful in explicating the reticence of Mauritians in using communication technologies extensively in teamwork.

Semantic figurative metaphors modify visualization models and add non-data visual cues to visualizations. They result from an authorial intent to transmit stronger messages and emotionally connect with broad audiences. This article describes how I make use of semantic figurative metaphors across three applications, discussing design decisions and the limitations of this approach.

Appropriate use and acknowledgement of sources continues to be a central concern of academic integrity. A major challenge for research student in this is the development of a confident authorial voice which matches disciplinary expectations in language use, yet manages to do so without plagiarising through inappropriate text matching or recycling of language. This is a daunting challenge for al...