Anonymous Bounty

Mutiny over Bounty?

Bounty Services Ltd advertise commercial products on postnatal wards of hospitals throughout Britain by means of free gifts. Since the " Bounty lady" is apparently well known to nursing staff but may have gone unnoticed by paediatricians and obstetricians an investigation was conducted of the quality of the gifts and the nature of the company. With two exceptions the samples and promotional lea...

This thy bounty.

Bounty Hunters and Multiagent Task Allocation

We propose a system for multiagent task allocation inspired by the model used by bounty hunters and bail bondsmen. A bondsman posts tasks for agents to complete, along with bounties to be collected by an agent on completion. Multiple agents, taking the role of the bounty hunters, compete to finish tasks and collect their bounties. While a task remains uncompleted, its bounty gradually rises, ma...

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION Hidden Bounty for the Muslim World

The article examines theoretical benefits and potentials of the formation of economic integration among the Muslim World. The degree of economic integration has often been used as a gauge of the success of economic moderate and structural adjustment policies. The Muslim World, as it stands today, is characterized by paradoxes and contradictions. Formation of economic integration among Muslim co...

Anonymous Communication and Anonymous Cash

We propose considering the problem of electronic cash i n the context of a network in which anonymous, untraceable commiinicatlon is assumed to be possible. We present a formal model for such a network, and define security criteria for an electronic cash system in such a setting. Finally, we show that there exists a remarkably simple electrortic cash system which meets the security criteria of ...