Misfits in Organization Design: Information Processing as a Compensatory Mechanism

Examining Systematic Information Processing as a Mechanism of Perseverative Worry

Retrolisthesis as a Compensatory Mechanism in Degenerative Lumbar Spine

OBJECTIVE Posterior vertebral translation as a type of spondylolisthesis, retrolisthesis is observed commonly in patients with degenerative spinal problems. Nevertheless, there is insufficient literature on retrolisthesis compared to anterolisthesis. The purpose of this study is to clarify the clinical features of retrolisthesis, and its developmental mechanism associated with a compensatory ro...

Information in Mechanism Design

We survey the recent literature on the role of information in mechanism design. First, we discuss an emerging literature on the role of endogenous payoff and strategic information for the design and the efficiency of the mechanism. We specifically consider information management in the form of acquisition of new information or disclosure of existing information. Second, we argue that in the pre...

A model of human behavior based on visual information processing mechanism for reliability-based system design

The aim of this study is to discuss the relation between the reliability of structural systems and the performance of human perception in human–machine systems. In this paper, we would like to evaluate the effect of performance deterioration on structural safety from the viewpoint of uncertainties in human behavior. The sensitivity of structural safety to such uncertainties is discussed on the ...

Immunology as Information Processing

This chapter describes the behavior of the immune system from an informationprocessing perspective. It reviews a series of projects conducted at the University of New Mexico and the Santa Fe Institute, which have developed and explored the theme \immunology as information processing." The projects cover the spectrum from serious modeling of real immunological phenomena, such as crossreactive re...