Abstract In this paper, a tool able to support the sailing yacht designer during early stage of design process has been developed. Quadratic and cubic Rational Bézier curves have selected describe main defining hull yacht. The adopted approach is based upon definition set parameters, say length water line, beam waterline, canoe body draft some dimensionless coefficients according traditional wa...

Recent International Relations scholarship offers valuable rational choice explanations for the design of international institutions. However, the rational design literature has relied heavily on institutional outcomes as evidence for testing models. Such studies must be complemented by research designs that analyze the decisions and bargaining that drive design choices in order to expose causa...