How corruptible are you? Bribery under uncertainty

Bribery and voter control under voting-rule uncertainty

We study manipulative actions, especially bribery and control, under “voting-rule uncertainty,” which means that there are two or more rules that may be used to determine the election’s outcome. Among our highlights are that we show a new case in which “ties matter,” we link manipulation and bribery in a way that shows many cases of single-bribery to be in polynomial time, we explore the relati...

Are You Uncertain About Uncertainty?

The role of sampling and measurement uncertainty in assessing production process capability is examined, using content uniformity testing as an example. An expanded components of variance model is proposed for consideration during risk assessment and mitigation studies, with emphasis that either empirical (“top-down”) or model-based (“bottom-up”) approaches to estimation of uncertainty can be e...

How good are you?

As orthodontists, most of us believe that we are among the best in our community at what we do—straightening teeth. Of course, we know that alignment is not the only important outcome of orthodontic therapy. We also strive to produce a good occlusal result and a well-balanced face. But how do you measure the quality of your treatment results? Are you consistent? One method is to take and pass t...

Requirements Engineering: How Do You Know How Good You Are?

Organisations are seeking to improve the way they undertake engineering activities. There are numerous ways of doing this, one of which is to undertake an on-going process, or capability, enhancement activity. Praxis Critical Systems Limited provides support for such activity based primarily around the REVEAL ® requirements engineering method. By providing customised training and coaching in RE...

How 'child friendly' are you?