Sophisticated self‐circumcision: Case report

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 Voting Rules: the Case of Two Tournaments

We characterize when a voting rule deened over two tournaments can be represented by sophisticated voting on a binary tree. This characterization has a particularly simple and intuitive specialization to the case that the two tournaments diier in exactly one place. These characterizations allow us to demonstrate the tree that implements a particular voting rule, and to show the minimality of an...

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...

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