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11 results for Alliances

We investigate the role of networks of alliances in preventing (multilateral) interstate wars. We first show that, in the absence of international trade, no network of alliances is peaceful and stable. We then show that international trade induces peaceful and stable networks: trade increases the density of alliances s…

2014-05-25abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we show how the study of asymmetric R&D alliances, that are those between young and small firms and large and MNEs firms for knowledge exploration and/or exploitation, requires the adoption of a coopetitive framework which consider both collaboration and competition. We draw upon the literature on asymmet…

2012-05-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Research tackles alliance formation in many-player zero-sum games, showing reinforcement learning fails but a contract mechanism can help.

problem Tackles the challenge of alliance formation in many-player zero-sum games.
method Demonstrates the social dilemma aspect of alliance formation, introduces a contract mechanism to augment reinforcement learning.
result Naïve reinforcement learning fails to form alliances, but a contract mechanism can help.

In this paper we study the financial repercussions of the destruction of two fully armed and operational moon-sized battle stations ("Death Stars") in a 4-year period and the dissolution of the galactic government in Star Wars. The emphasis of this work is to calibrate and simulate a model of the banking and financial …

2015-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Over 150,000 new people in the United States are diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year. Nearly a third die from it (American Cancer Society). The only approved noninvasive diagnosis tools currently involve fecal blood count tests (FOBTs) or stool DNA tests. Fecal blood count tests take only five minutes and are av…

2017-08-13abs ↗pdf ↗