Agent-based simulations of science that account for the linkage between micro-level behavior of scientists and macro-level results of scientific competition are rather scarce. The approach of this simulation model is to link the motivation and behavior of scientists to knowledge growth and scientific innovations via the emergence of new knowledge fields. A new knowledge field is considered both...

increasing non-oil exporting is among the most important concerns for iran. software industry is among the knowledge based and profitable ones. identification of factors affecting export performance of software developers can improve planning that in turn results in increasing software export. in this research a model consisting of seven important variables in software industries including: com...

This paper reports research-in-progress that considers standardization as an enabler in business ecosystems. Based on issues encountered, we propose that: business model design is also critical for standards bodies; standards can separate competition from cooperation; standards employ rule-centric designs; and requirements specification and compliance checking are essential. The propositions ar...

Background Recommendations of clinical guidelines for the treatment of critical limb ischemia (CLI) are based on randomized controlled trials [1]. Surgery using different grafts (venous or prosthetic) is in competition with percutaneous angioplasty. Progress of endoluminal techniques has brought certain authors to think that angioplasty is now the first treatment of critical limb ischemia [2].

The ascendancy of competition in the telecommunications industry suggests the emergence of a new public .policy paradigm. By tracing the progress of two first movers the United States and the United Kingdom the technological, industrial and economic pressures for change can be observed. In this paper we present the underlying assumptions, effects and expected benefits of the competitive paradig...

Since the year 2000, the annual trading agent competition has provided a forum for designers to evaluate programmed trading techniques in a challenging market scenario in competition with other design groups. After three years of apparent progress, we attempt to evaluate the trading competence of competition participants, in the 2002 tournament and over time. Although absolute measure of indivi...

The United States faces a double edged sword with the next generation of wireless data services. Consumers enjoy widespread competition from six major nationwide wireless operators, with a variety of standards offering a wide range of data and multimedia capabilities. The resulting competition in price and features has the potential to bring about better customer value and a faster pace of inno...

Over the years, competitions have been important catalysts for progress in Artificial Intelligence. We describe one such competition, the Trading Agent Competition for Supply Chain Management (TAC SCM). We discuss its significance in the context of today’s global market economy as well as AI research, the ways in which it breaks away from limiting assumptions made in prior work, and some of the...