Renormalization group (RG) explanations account for the astonishing phenomenon that microscopically very different physical systems display the same macro-behavior when undergoing phase-transitions. Among philosophers, this explanandum phenomenon is often described as the occurrence of a particular kind of multiply realized macro-behavior. In several recent publications, Robert Batterman denies...

This paper proposes a classification method of commonality and variability for identified services from feature models, since features can express the properties of services. The service is identified by feature organizing, considering the selective and relational attributes of features. Identified services are classified the commonality and variability of services; this involves analyzing the ...

Traditionally, crossover operators are based on combination--an operator takes parts from two parents and combines them into an offspring. This paper presents a series of crossover operators based on commonality--an operator preserves the common parts from two parents and uses them as a base on which an offspring solution is built. Experiments on benchmark sequencing problems show that these ne...

Organization of information manipulated by applications vary widely in their representation. However, there does exist some commonality in the way these differences are realized. A better understanding of such commonality will allow for the development of tools that will simplify the task of reconciling those differences, thereby making it easier for applications to share information. In an eff...

Asthe newmachines would beaddedto an existing station and four of the present ASEA machines would initiallybe retained for emergency standby, the question of providing N + 1 machines (the "1" beingstandby) did not arise. The largest available certrifuge would not have substituted entirely for the seven ASEAS and, with future planning in mind, it was decided to order two large machines. From all...

Designing a family of product variants that share some components usually requires a compromise in performance relative to the individually optimized variants due to the commonality constraints. Choosing components for sharing may depend on what performance losses can be tolerated. In this article an optimal design problem is formulated to choose product components to be shared without exceedin...

Gravity model explanations of trade volumes frequently include dummy variables to account for the commonality of language among trading partners. In this paper we use a data set for the number of people in a country who speak English as a first language or English as a second language (Crystal, 1997) as an indicator of the ease with which trade with the United States occurs. Controlling for com...

Recently, we applied the software engineering technique of commonality analysis to the domain of interactive information visualization. This produced an analysis of graphical data displays in terms of commonalities (features shared by all such displays) and variabilities (the ways in which displays differ). This analysis has applications in the areas of taxonomy, design and development, and vis...

A common component in the mispricing of ETFs can arise from limits to arbitrage. I find strong evidence of commonality among of international country ETFs. Differences in systematic risk between an ETF and its underlying index can explain some of this effect. While non-synchronicity alone cannot explain it, it does amplify the effect. I then investigate whether this commonality can be a channel...