The build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects are a popular method of privatization of public infrastructure development. There are several risks which might affect a BOT project negatively. Concession period is one of the most important decision variables in arranging a BOT-type contract which should be determined considering the existing risks and uncertainties. A longer concession period is more...

the build-operate-transfer (bot) projects are a popular method of privatization of public infrastructure development. there are several risks which might affect a bot project negatively. concession period is one of the most important decision variables in arranging a bot-type contract which should be determined considering the existing risks and uncertainties. a longer concession period is more...

We consider a committee problem in which efficient information aggregation is hindered by differences in preferences. Sufficiently large delays could foster information aggregation but would require commitment. In a dynamic delay mechanism with limited commitment, successive rounds of decision-making are punctuated by delays that are uniformly bounded from above. Any optimal sequence of delays ...

Publicity is asked by the Dental Board of the United Kingdom for the two following points in connection with : (a) A concession to dental students with regard to time. Dental students who are actually registered as pupils or apprentices of practitioners who are on the register may in certain cases obtain a concession which will have the effect of shortening the period, by not exceeding twelve m...

UNLABELLED Background An estimated 25700 people live with diagnosed HIV (PLWH) in Australia and ~1200 newly diagnosed cases were notified in 2012. New HIV prevention strategies focus on individual uptake of treatment; however, a potential barrier is the financial burden of antiretroviral treatment (ART). We describe HIV ART dispensed and the estimated associated costs for PLWH in Victoria. ME...

This work describes an automated negotiation agent called OMAC which was awarded the joint third place in the 2012 Automated Negotiating Agent Competition (ANAC 2012). OMAC, standing for “Opponent Modeling and Adaptive Concession”, combines efficient opponent modeling and adaptive concession making. Opponent modeling is achieved through standard wavelet decomposition and cubic smoothing spline;...