This text reviews a recent approach to modeling “radically uncertain” behavior in strategic interactions. By rigorously rooting the approach in decision theory, we provide a foundation for applications of Knightian uncertainty in mechanism design, principal agent and moral hazard models. We discuss critical assessments and provide alternative interpretations of the new equilibria in terms of eq...

In this paper we try to answer the following questions: Is it possible to program solely at the level of an agent communication language? If this is the case, ii) what requirements and conditions need to be taken into account? We argue that, although a number of languages defining abstract communication primitives have been proposed in the past few years, knowledge-level programming can only be...

The study by Thomas and co-workers in this issue of EBioMedicine a well-characterized cohort of patients with acquired TTP (Thomas provides detailed characteristics on the pathogenic properties of antibodies that develop in patients with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) (Thomas et al., 2015). It is now wellestablished that TTP is due to dysregulation of primary hemostasis. A c...

The development of the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) Mobile Terminal (AMT) and its follow-on, the Broadband Aeronautical Terminal (BAT), have provided an excellent testbed for the evaluation of Kand Ka-band mobile satellite communications systems. Such systems have proven viable for many different commercial and government applications. Combining emerging satellite communi...

We suggest a model of perlocutionary acts in order to explain how an actor plans speech acts to ob tain a response from a partner. We introduce two knowledge structures, namely games and contracts, which are used together with themes by the mental processes underlying perlocutionary acts. We present our model through the discussion of a paradigmatic example; in particular we focus on the proble...

Cognitive control adjusts information processing to momentary needs and task requirements. We investigated conflict adaptation when participants are performing two tasks, a Simon task and a SNARC task. The results indicated that one congruency effect (e.g., Simon) was reduced after conflict in the other task (e.g., SNARC), but only when both tasks used identical relevant information. On the oth...

I 1973, the journalist Flora Rhea Schreiber collaborated with Cornelia Wilbur, a Manhattan psychiatrist, in writing Sybil., the story of a young woman who, while under Wilbur's care, developed sixteen "personalities." In each distinct "alter"— alternative personality—she behaved in a different way, at one time or another "depicting" aggressive males, defenseless children, and intellectual women...

In the last decade, the demand for reliable data, voice, and video satellite communication links between aircraft and ground to improve air traffic control, airline management, and to meet the growing demand for passenger communications has increased significantly. It is expected that in the near future, the spectrum required for aeronautical communication services will grow significantly beyon...

Over the last decade, the demand for reliable mobile satellite communications (satcom) for voice, data, and video applications has increased dramatically. As consumer demand grows, the current spectrum allocation at L-band could become saturated. For this reason, NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) mobile terminal (AMT) a...