Actor network theory (ANT), also known as enrolment theory or the sociology of translation, emerged during the mid-1980s, primarily with the work of Bruno Latour, Michel Callon, and John Law. ANT is a conceptual frame for exploring collective sociotechnical processes, whose spokespersons have paid particular attention to science and technologic activity. Stemming from a Science and Technologies...

Actor network theory (ANT), also known as enrolment theory or the sociology of translation, emerged during the mid-1980s, primarily with the work of Bruno Latour, Michel Callon, and John Law. ANT is a conceptual frame for exploring collective sociotechnical processes, whose spokespersons have paid particular attention to science and technologic activity. Stemming from a Science and Technologies...

There is a tragedy of the traffic analogous to commons that can be caused by overtaking. We analyze effect overtaking in minimal model vehicular traffic, proposed Nagel and Schreckenberg, with two types drivers: drivers overtake do not. show that, under certain circumstances, good because it increases road capacity minimizes mean time spent driver on road. However, when these conditions are not...

Abstract Nowadays, there are millions of smart devices connected to the Internet. The purpose these is make people’s lives easier. Thanks collaboration among them, possibilities that Internet Things brings can grow exponentially. However, many manufacturers develop closed protocols and protect their market share, limiting in ways this collaboration. This paper presents a conceptual architecture...

This paper examines how trade liberalization affects the innovation incentives of firms, and what this implies for industry productivity and social welfare. For this purpose we develop a reciprocal dumping model of international trade with heterogeneous firms and endogenous R&D. We identify two effects of trade liberalization on productivity: a direct effect through changes in R&D investment, a...

in recent years social psychologists have concerned themselves with the ways people classify information about others, store them in their memories, and judge others on. such studies on the process of social cognition have three aspects: structure, process, and causes: i.e. (i) the structure of the social knowledge, (ii) the process of thinking about others, the performance of cognitive categor...

Opinion Dynamics with Heterogeneous Interactions and Information Assimilation Anahita MirTabatabaei In any modern society, individuals interact to form opinions on various topics, including economic, political, and social aspects. Opinions evolve as the result of the continuous exchange of information among individuals and of the assimilation of information distributed by media. The impact of t...