Large-scale competitive P2P systems are threatened by the noncooperation problem, where peers do not forward queries to potential competitors. While non-cooperation is not a problem in current P2P free file-sharing systems, it is likely to be a problem in such P2P systems as pay-per-transaction file-sharing systems, P2P auctions, and P2P service discovery systems, where peers are in competition...

The field of humanoids robotics is widely recognized as the current challenge for robotics research. Developing humanoids poses fascinating problems in the realization of manipulation capability, which is still one of most complex problem in robotics. The paper, starting from an overview of current activities in the development of humanoid robots, with special focus on manipulation, presents th...

A ustrian economics has been important to the development of modern economics, but its role in current practice is much diminished. The neoclassical approach dominates today’s thinking. Many Austrians bemoan this state of affairs; most neoclassical economists just ignore it. But Austrian and neoclassical economics aren’t mutually exclusive. Each represents a distinctive point of view, although ...

We study the dynamic behavior of a Neoclassical growth model with finite lifetimes and imperfect altruism in which individuals can accumulate both physical and human capital. We use the model to better understand and explain the behavior of economic miracles. Our results suggest that standard Neoclassical forces can account for the performance of the miracle economies and can explain the protra...

Abstract: This paper presents an exercise developing a long run general equilibrium model. The fully developed example shows that models developed on neoclassical premises need not support the neoclassical conceptions of prices as reflecting relative scarcities and of substitution as characterizing comparisons of equilibria. Also, certain stability problems are indicated. The conclusion is that...

The purpose of this note is to provide some clarification on the so-called representation theorems of neoclassical utility theory. In particular, it is argued that there is some misunderstanding regarding precisely what conclusions may be properly drawn from these theorems, and that there seems to be a tendency among neoclassical economists to misapply these theorems. Reference will be made to ...

BACKGROUND Proportions derived from neoclassical canons, initially described by Renaissance sculptors and painters, are still being employed as aesthetic guidelines during the clinical assessment of the facial morphology. OBJECTIVE 1. to determine the applicability of neoclassical canons for Southern Chinese faces and 2. to explore gender differences in relation to the applicability of the ne...

Ever since Hayek’s 1937 classic, “Economics and Knowledge,” Austrians and other sympathetic writers have rightly emphasized study of the coordination properties of an economic system. To this end, they have claimed a distinction between the Hayekian focus on coordination and the neoclassical focus on equilibrium and efficiency. Although genuine and important, this distinction has yet to be sati...