Collaboration requires coordination, and we coordinate by anticipating our teammates’ future actions and adapting to their plan. In some cases, our teammates’ actions early on can give us a clear idea of what the remainder of their plan is, i.e. what action sequence we should expect. In others, they might leave us less confident, or even lead us to the wrong conclusion. Our goal is for robot ac...

This paper presents the procedure for the construction and selection of mixed sampling plan (MSP) using Intervened Random effect Poisson Distribution (IRPD) as a baseline distribution. The plans are constructed through limiting quality level (LQL) and maximum allowable percent defective (MAPD) having the single sampling plan as attribute plan,. Tables are constructed for easy selection of the p...

This paper presents the procedure for the construction and selection of the mixed sampling plan using MAPD as a quality standard with the TNT(n;c1,c2 ) plan as attribute plan. The plans indexed through MAPD and AQL are constructed and compared for their efficiency. Tables are constructed for easy selection of the plan.

In the past, full-service stock brokerage firms had a strategic advantage over discount brokers because of the control full-service brokers had over the information provided to the customer. Full-service stockbrokers acted as information intermediaries in that they were able to capture residual value from the transfer of information to make a profit. Strategic vulnerability occurs, in this case...

One goal of genome projects is to systematically identify genes (1,2). The best current knowledge indicates that humans carry approximately 35000 genes. This number is an estimate that varies from expert to expert and range up to 100,000 (3-5). To anyone who has taken an elementary biology class, this ambiguity must seem strange. How hard can it be to count genes? After all, don't cells transla...

By the end of the first open enrollment period for coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces, increasing numbers of people said they found it easy to find a plan they could afford, according to The Commonwealth Fund's Affordable Care Act Tracking Survey, April-June 2014. Adults with low or moderate incomes were more likely to say it was easy to find an affordable plan than...