Event detection for context inconsistency is challenging in pervasive computing environments, where contexts are often noisy owing to fragile connectivity, node frequent movement and resource constraints. As a recent scheme, CEDA — Concurrent Event Detection for Asynchronous inconsistency checking (CEDA) — concurrently detects context inconsistency by exploring the happened-before relation amon...

The paper compares the credibility of currency boards and (standard) pegs. Abandoning a currency board requires a time-consuming legislative process and an abolition will thus be previously expected. Therefore, a currency board solves the time inconsistency problem of monetary policy. However, policy can react to unexpected shocks only with a time lag, thus the threat of large shocks makes the ...

One of the long-term research goals in machine learning is how to build never-ending learners. The state-of-the-practice in the field of machine learning thus far is still dominated by the one-time learner paradigm: some learning algorithm is utilized on data sets to produce certain model or target function, and then the learner is put away and the model or function is put to work. Such a learn...

Failure of Smooth Pasting Principle and Nonexistence Equilibrium Stopping Rules under Time-Inconsistency

We discuss further a recent space-time interpretation of the c = 1 matrix model which retains both sides of the inverted harmonic oscillator potential in the underlying free fermion theory and reproduces the physics of the discrete state moduli of two-dimensional string theory. We show that within this framework the linear tachyon background in flat space arises from the fermi vacuum. We argue ...

The efficacy of both frame-of-reference (FOR) instructions and a measure of within-person inconsistency in predicting grade point average was investigated. The IPIP Big Five personality questionnaire was given to 329 students with generic instructions and ‘at school’ FOR instructions. The Wonderlic Personnel Test was also administered. A measure of withinperson inconsistency was created based o...