Sophisticated astronomy

Sophisticated Players and Sophisticated Agents

A sophisticated player is an individual who takes the action of the opponents, in a strategic situation, as determined by decision of rational opponents, and acts accordingly. A sophisticated agent is rational in the choice of his action, but ignores the fact that he is part of a strategic situation. We discuss a notion of equilibrium with sophisticated agents, we provide conditions for its exi...

Sophisticated Light Switches

If optical metrology systems reach their limits in terms of dynamic range or speed, the use of sophisticated light switches might be a way to bring more flexibility into the measurement process. Rather than just describing the action of turning on and off light, the term “switching” refers to more advanced adaptions of light such as spatially resolved intensity modulation, phase shifting, beam ...

The Sophisticated Innovator

XECUTIVES IN LARGE COMPANIES often ask themselves, “Why aren’t we better at innovation?” After all, there is no shortage of sound advice on how to improve: Come up with better ideas. Look outside the company for concepts and partners. Establish different funding mechanisms. Protect the new and radically different businesses from the old. Sharpen the execution. Such strategic counsel, however, i...

More sophisticated predictors

A sophisticated shell environment

An undo facility is an essential component of most interactive applications. In current operating system shells, whether textual or graphical, such facilities are typically very poor. Algorithms are presented for adding a recovery mechanism to a shell which allows previous commands to be selectively undone and redone, and previous versions of les to be recovered. The recovery mechanism involves...