Achieving accountability.

A Multi-Modal Framework for Achieving Accountability in Multi-Agent Systems

We present a multi-modal, model-theoretic framework for achieving accountability in multi-agent systems through formal proof. Our framework provides modalities for knowledge, provability, and time. With these modalities, we formalise the two main aspects of accountability, which are: soundness (accountability proper), i.e., for correct agents, the provability of their correctness by themselves;...

Nber Working Paper Series Cramming: the Effects of School Accountability on College-bound Students

This paper is the first to explore the effects of school accountability systems on high-achieving students' long-term performance. Using exceptional data from a large highly-selective state university, we relate school accountability pressure in high school to a student's university-level grades and study habits. We exploit a change in the state's accountability system in 1999 that led to some ...

Creating a culture of accountability in health care.

Health care providers are constantly striving to improve quality and efficiency by using performance management systems and quality improvement initiatives. Creating and maintaining a culture of accountability are important for achieving this end because accountability is the reason for measuring and improving performance. The keys to creating a culture of accountability will be explicated by e...

Achieving “ Collective Impact ” with Results - Based Accountability TM

Towards Achieving Accountability, Auditability and Trust in Cloud Computing

The lack of confidence in entrusting sensitive information to cloud computing service providers (CSPs) is one of the primary obstacles to widespread adoption of cloud computing, as reported by a number of surveys. From the CSPs’ perspective, their long-term return-on-investment in cloud infrastructure hinges on overcoming this obstacle. Encryption and privacy protection techniques only solve pa...

Achieving anesthesia provider accountability will boost OR performance.