This article presents the foundations of A-GSBT (Axiomatic-General Systems Behavioral Theory) by providing a clear logical definition of general system. Such a definition is critical for devising mathematical models for predicting results in behavioral systems. The purpose of A-GSBT is to provide an Options Set to construct a theory with predictive technology applications to various behavioral ...

How should we allocate a social endowment of objects among a group of agents when monetary compensation is not possible? Typical examples are the assignment of offices among faculty and the assignment of tasks among subalterns. We follow an axiomatic approach and impose two properties on rules: Pareto-efficiency and consistency. Previous research arrived at a “dictatorship” result imposing anot...

In a framework with two parties, deterministic voter preferences and geographical constraints, we propose a set of simple axioms and show that they jointly characterize the districting rule that maximizes the number of districts a party can win, given an electoral outcome (the " optimal gerrymandering rule "). As a corollary, we obtain that no districting rule can satisfy our axioms and treat p...

Those of us who pursue neuroeconomic research do so in the belief that neurobiological and decision theoretic research will prove highly complementary. The hoped for complementarities rest in part on the fact that model-building and quantification are as highly valued within neuroscience as they are in economics. Yet methodological tensions remain. In particular, the ‘axiomatic’ modeling method...

It is widely accepted that no amount of robust optimization at the detailed design level can succeed if the design concept itself is flawed (does not satisfy all functional requirements). The author has specifically focused on DFSS deployment in his company in the area of concept generation. Integration of Axiomatic Design has been the most critical element of this improvement. This paper descr...

InventionTool 3.0, which is a CAI software based on TRIZ, is created by Institute of Innovation of Hebei University of' Technology. Using the CAI software, designers can solve innovation problem. During the design process, the InventionTools 3.0 plays a very important role. Firstly, the technical evolution module of the InventionTools 3.0, as an effective method, is used to obtained conceptual ...

We provide an axiomatic foundation for decision making in a complex environment. We do not assume that the decision maker has complete structural knowledge of the environment. Instead the agent knows the set of actions he can take, he formulates preferences directly on the actions, and chooses according to these preferences. On the basis of experience he modi ̄es these preferences according to a...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the set structure of the balance sheet and assets-claims on assets relationship, considering the dual concept of monetary units, the axiomatic theory and accountingspecific axioms. The structure of the balance sheet and assets-claims on assets relationship are examined using a rationalistic, analytical and deductive method; this method uses the axiomatic ...

We report our experiments in TREC 2009 Million Query track and Adhoc task of Web track. Our goal is to evaluate the effectiveness of axiomatic retrieval models on the large data collection. Axiomatic approaches to information retrieval have been recently proposed and studied. The basic idea is to search for retrieval functions that can satisfy all the reasonable retrieval constraints. Previous ...

In the “little theories” version of the axiomatic method, different portions of mathematics are developed in various different formal axiomatic theories. Axiomatic theories may be related by inclusion or by theory interpretation. We argue that the little theories approach is a desirable way to formalize mathematics, and we describe how imps, an Interactive Mathematical Proof System, supports it.