OF THE DISSERTATION Network Formation, Information Acquisition and Social Learning

the lut block (eastern iran) extends over 900 km in a north-south direction and is only 200 km wide in an east-west direction. it is confined by the nayband fault and shotori range on the west. the eastern edge is bordered by the sistan suture zone and nehbandan fault. the northern termination of lut block is the depression of kavir-e-namak and the great kavir fault. the makran arc, including t...

this study was conducted to evaluate the possibility of white leg shrimp (litopenaeus vannamei) culture twice a year in nayband agro-industry complex in 2010. three earth ponds (0.8 ha) were selected in the farm which had similar conditions in terms of culture system, postlarvae age (pl12) and stocking density (37-38 pl m3). the first period of shrimp culture started from mid april and they wer...

This paper presents synthetically some recent developments in the theory of coalition and network formation. For this purpose, some major equilibrium concepts recently introduced to model the formation of coalition structures and networks among players are brie‡y reviewed and discussed. A few economic applications are also illustrated to give a ‡avour of the type of predictions such models are ...