Bruce M. Metzger (1914-2007)

Abstract Metzger

Die Berliner Erklärung hat Wissenschaftlicher und Institutionen aufgefordert, Open Access-Publikationsmodelle zu entwickeln. Bislang fehlt es aber an allgemein akzeptierten Standards für die rechtliche Umsetzung von Open Access-Projekten. Wegen der internationalen Verbreitung werden von den Initiativen vielfach die Creative Commons-Lizenzen verwendet. Diese sind jedoch nicht spezifisch auf wiss...

Substitute Valuations : Generation and Structure Preprint , December 22 , 2007 Bruce

Substitute valuations (in some contexts called gross substitute valuations) are prominent in combinatorial auction theory. An algorithm is given in this paper for generating a substitute valuation through Monte Carlo simulation. In addition, the geometry of the set of all substitute valuations for a fixed number of goods K is investigated. The set consists of a union of polyhedrons, and the max...

The symbiosis of combat casualty care and civilian trauma care: 1914-2007.

During the past century, wartime surgical experience and military medical research, principally that conducted in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine during both war and peace, have combined to improve combat casualty care. Many of those advances have had direct application to civilian trauma care. Conversely, advances in technology and patient care in the civilian ...

2007 M&SOM Best Paper Award

It is a pleasure to announce that the first Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Best Paper is “Strategically Seeking Service: How Competition Can Generate Poisson Arrivals” by Martin Lariviere and Jan Van Mieghem (2004) of Kellogg School at Northwestern University. This annual award is given to one paper, published in one of the prior three volumes of M&SOM, deemed by the M&SOM Editor...

Adam M . Johansen and Ludger Evers 2007