Japanese institutes wary of increased autonomy

Supporting Increased Autonomy for a Mars Rover

This paper presents an architecture and set of technology for supporting increased autonomy for a planetary rover. The MER rovers have outperformed all expectations by lasting over 1300 sols (or Martian days), which is an order of magnitude longer than their original mission goal. The longevity of these vehicles will have significant effects on future rover missions. Common objectives for futur...

Be wary of the thorny QALY.

We have arrived at a new era for health care, one that will be dominated by the BIG question can we afford it? Currently in Ireland, the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) promotes the use of QALYs in cost effective analysis of Health Technology Assessments (HTAs), which it then presents to the Health Service Executive (HSE). The QALY is also used in the UK by the NHS to determine ...

Subsidiary autonomy and performance in Japanese multinationals in Europe

Notwithstanding the growing body of research on headquarters–subsidiary relationships, the conditions under which subsidiary autonomy leads to enhanced subsidiary performance is still a subject of debate. This study adopts a contingency approach and investigates the effects of external uncertainties and intra-MNE coordination on the performance benefits of subsidiary autonomy. The empirical ana...

Accepting Authoritative Decisions: Humans as Wary Cooperators

Be wary of "prescribing" medical marijuana, CMA warns.