We analyze symmetric protocols to rationally coordinate on an asymmetric, efficient allocation in an infinitely repeated N -agent, C-resource allocation problems, where the resources are all homogeneous. Bhaskar proposed one way to achieve this in 2-agent, 1resource games: Agents start by symmetrically randomizing their actions, and as soon as they each choose different actions, they start to f...

Conventions are an important concept in multi-agent systems as they allow increased coordination amongst agents and hence a more efficient system. Encouraging and directing convention emergence has been the focus of much research, particularly through the use of fixed strategy agents. In this paper we apply temporary interventions using fixed strategy agents to destabilise an established conven...

THE first product of the work of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in the area of international sale of goods was the Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods (Limitation Convention),1 which intended to consolidate a limited, but complex area of the law of sale of goods.2 The Limitation Convention was a forerunner and indeed functi...

This study empirically characterizes the interdependence in cyber attacks and examines the impact from the first international treaty against cybercrimes (Convention on Cybercrimes: Europe Treaty Series No. 185). With the data covering 62 countries over the period from year 2003 to 2007, we find that, international cooperation in enforcement as measured by the indicator of joining the Conventio...

Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities and the Aged in mainstream society has progressed significantly through the continuous development of assistive technologies, standards, policies and guidelines combined with the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Technological advances utilising standards developed to enhance inclusion have lowered the barrier to access information, f...

The article comprises a conceptual framework to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a global health convention. The analyses are inspired by Lawrence Gostin's suggested Framework Convention on Global Health. The analytical model takes a starting-point in events tentatively following a logic sequence: Input (global health funding), Processes (coordination, cooperation, accountability, alloca...

On 23 November 2005 the United Nations General Assembly adopted a new Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts. The Convention on e-contracting is the most important and long awaited development in international electronic commerce law. This paper analyses the most important provisions of this convention and its potential impact on global electronic commerce...

At the start of Convention (1969) Lewis says that it is "a platitude that language is ruled by convention" and that he proposes to give us "an analysis of convention in its full generality, including tacit convention not created by agreement." Almost no clause, however, of Lewis's analysis has withstood the barrage of counter examples over the years, and a glance at the big dictionary suggests ...

statement of rights. It is designed to improve the actual state of the world's children in a number of ways. First, the process by which the Convention is ratified in a particular nation, and the discussion, publicity and activity of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) associated with it, creates an atmosphere of increased sensitivity to children's rights and to the needs and public pressure ...