actions) and the usual laws for strong congruence. WC also establish that for sequential processes observation equivalence is not preserved under refinement of actions, whereas branching bisimulation is. For a large class of processes, it turns out that branching bisimulation and observation equivalence

The two-parameter Poisson-Dirichlet distribution, denoted pd(ff; `), is a distribution on the set of decreasing positive sequences with sum 1. The usual Poisson-Dirichlet distribution with a single parameter `, introduced by Kingman, is pd(0; `). Known properties of pd(0; `), including the Markov

This paper assesses whether affirmative action programs and equal opportu-nity laws affect the output of economic agents. More precisely, we find that equal opportunity laws and affirmative action programs always benefit disadvantaged groups. Equal opportunity laws also increase the effort levels

of "causal laws." We represent "causal laws" first as inference rules and later as sentences in a modal, conditional logic C flat . For the framework with "causal laws," we propose a simple fixpoint condition defining the possible next states after performing an action

91 Although these theories provide important insights into reward function, they tend to neglect the fact that individuals usually operate in a world with limited nutritional and mating resources, and that most resources occur with different degrees of uncertainty. The animal in the wild

, satisfying many of the usual laws. Combined with other recent work this provides evidence that expressive, mathematically clean programming languages are indeed possible. 1. Overview Real programs have effects---creating new structures, examining and modifying existing structures, altering flow of control

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and in extreme cases even face law suits as a result. This decision has been further complicated by the implementation of Regulation FD by the SEC that requires that the company make material market moving information available to all investors at the same time. In this paper we provide empirical evidence which

Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): van Ooijen, C. W. (2008). Territorialising eGovernment: Institutional innovation through the use of location aware technologies. onbekend: Tilburg Institute for Law Technology and Society. General rights Copyright and moral rights

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