Book Notes: The Logic of Delegation: Congressional Parties and the Appropriations Process. by D. Roderick Kiewiet and Mathew D. Mccubbins.

Book notes: The Logic of Delegation: Congressional Parties and the Appropriations Process. By D. Roderick Kiewiet and Mathew D. McCubbins. University of Chicago Press: 1991. Reviewed by: Daniel A. Farber

Book Notes: The Logic of Delegation: Congressional Parties and the Appropriations Process. by D. Roderick Kiewiet and Mathew D. Mccubbins.

Book notes: The Logic of Delegation: Congressional Parties and the Appropriations Process. By D. Roderick Kiewiet and Mathew D. McCubbins. University of Chicago Press: 1991. Reviewed by: Daniel A. Farber

Delegation in inconsistency: the Lisbon strategy record as an institutional failure

In this paper, we develop an analysis of the reasons for the apparent failure of the “Lisbon strategy” (2000) so far. After having made the general case for a comprehensive “institutionalist perspective” on the European economy, we first try to formalise the objectives of “Lisbon” in order to present a mid-term review of the results attained. Since we find, like many others, that too little has been achieved, we then offer some possible explanations. Apart from an inconsistency problem between the different objectives set, we argue that the major reason for this failure appears to lie in the contradiction between the EU macroeconomic policy framework, based on the logic of delegation of power and control to independent authorities with conservative objectives, and the proactive policies required by the “Lisbon strategy”, which objectives the EU member states eventually find themselves accountable for (not) achieving individually.European Union, “Lisbon strategy”, Institutions, Delegation, Inconsistency, Macroeconomic policy, Structural Reform

Делегирование обязательств и авторитетные отношения агентов в логике действий

The article sets up a problem of directives and obligations that are produced by them delegation within a framework of the logic of action. We give a review of the logic of action semantics and point out their features that are substantial for the interpretation of agentive interaction in time, that set the basic conditions for delegation. We built a semantic model of authority relations between agents that are regarded as the consequences of obligations generated by those agents directives. We present an interpretation of an authority relation as an ability to provide a directive and thus formulate a candidate solution of the directives delegation problem via the description of the transitive authority relation on a set of three agents. Some comments on the properties of an authority structure that depend on the properties of agent under such an authority are given in the end.В статье, в рамках традиции логики действия, поставлена проблема делегирования указаний, порождающих обязательства агентов друг перед другом. Дан обзор существующих семантик логики действия и указаны их особенности, существенные для интерпретации взаимодействия агентов во времени, задающего общие условия делегирования. Построена семантическая модель, которая отражает связывающие агентов авторитетные отношения, рассматриваемые как следствия обязательств, порожденных отданными указаниями. Предложена интерпретация авторитетного отношения как возможности отдать указание и изложен вариант решения проблемы делегирования, данный через описание условий существования транзитивности авторитетного отношения на тройке агентов. Дан ряд замечаний относительно свойств структуры авторитетных отношений, зависящих от свойство агентов, связанных такими отношениями

Nexus Authorization Logic (NAL): Logical Results

Nexus Authorization Logic (NAL) [Schneider et al. 2011] is a logic for reasoning about authorization in distributed systems. A revised version of NAL is given here, including revised syntax, a revised proof theory using localized hypotheses, and a new Kripke semantics. The proof theory is proved sound with respect to the semantics, and that proof is formalized in Coq

Designing Software Architectures As a Composition of Specializations of Knowledge Domains

This paper summarizes our experimental research and software development activities in designing robust, adaptable and reusable software architectures. Several years ago, based on our previous experiences in object-oriented software development, we made the following assumption: ‘A software architecture should be a composition of specializations of knowledge domains’. To verify this assumption we carried out three pilot projects. In addition to the application of some popular domain analysis techniques such as use cases, we identified the invariant compositional structures of the software architectures and the related knowledge domains. Knowledge domains define the boundaries of the adaptability and reusability capabilities of software systems. Next, knowledge domains were mapped to object-oriented concepts. We experienced that some aspects of knowledge could not be directly modeled in terms of object-oriented concepts. In this paper we describe our approach, the pilot projects, the experienced problems and the adopted solutions for realizing the software architectures. We conclude the paper with the lessons that we learned from this experience