A classical debate in economics addresses the advantages and drawbacks of modelling from a macroeconomics perspective as opposed to modelling from a microeconomics perspective. Form the latter psychological aspects at an individual level can be taken into account in a differentiated manner. Within computer science and AI, a similar debate exists about the differences between agent-based and pop...

Information systems development takes place within an economical context. However, the economical conditions, which shape systems development in practice, are hardly researched. In this paper we are investigating the question how a given price structure influences systems development projects. Our analysis is based on a multi case study and a Grounded Theory inspired research approach. Our work...

the issue of unit commitment is one of the most important economic plans in power system. in modern and traditional power systems, in addition to being economical of the planning, the issue of security in unit operation is also of great importance. hence power system operation confronts units’ participation and input considering network security constrains. the issue of units’ participation is ...

This trial was designed to compare both corn and citrus pulp with added UIP as potential supplements for growing cattle fed low quality bahiagrass hay. Citrus pulp supplements produced gains similar to corn and performance was enhanced as level of UIP increased. Maximum ADG was achieved at 0.48 lb of added UIP. It is unclear if 0.48 lb of added UIP is the optimal level of supplementation becaus...

Data Mining is a widely used discipline with methods that are heavily supported by statistical theory. Game theory, instead, develops models with solid economical foundations but with low applicability in companies so far. This work attempts to unify both approaches, presenting a model of price competition in the credit industry. Based on game theory and sustained by the robustness of Support V...

In this work, we underline the benefit of techniques derived from distributed artificial intelligence, i.e. multi-agent systems, to the study of economical behavior. It aims to focus on the level of individual behaviors, as a bottom-up approach to understand the rise of economical phenomena like price fluctuation within a financial market or volatility within a labor market. In this paper, we p...

Since the advent of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) people specialised in this area or connected with GIS at an administrative or user level have been looking for economical and productive means to accomplish data acquisition tasks. Because the data acquisition constitutes a major part of any GIS, the scientific community, especially geodetic surveyors, have come up with the real time kine...