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Monotonic Allocation Schemes in Clan Games
Total clan games are characterized using monotonicity, veto power of the clan members, and a concavity condition reflecting the decreasing marginal contribution of non-clan members to growing coalitions.This decreasing marginal contribution is incorporated in the notion of a bi-monotonic allocation scheme, where the value of each coalition is divided over its members in such a way that the clan members receive a higher, and the non-clan members a lower share as the coalitions grow larger.Each core element of a total clan game can be extended to both a population monotonic and a bi-monotonic allocation scheme.In total clan games where the clan consists of a single member (the so-called big boss) the use of the nucleolus as an allocation mechanism gives rise to a bi-monotonic allocation scheme.cooperative games;population monotonic allocation scheme;bi-monotonic allocation scheme;clan games;big boss games
Cost allocation in shortest path games
A class of cooperative games arising from shortest path problems is dened These shortest path games are shown to be totally balanced and allow a population monotonic allocation scheme Possible methods for obtaining core elements are indicated rst by relating to the allocation rules in taxation and bankruptcy problems second by constructing an explicit rule that takes opportunity costs into account by considering the costs of the second best alternative and that rewards players who are crucial to the construction of the shortest path Finally noncooperative games arising from shortest path problems are introduced in which players make bids or claims on paths The core allocations of the cooperative shortest path game coincide with the payo vectors in the strong Nash equilibria of the associated noncooperative shortest path gam
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The Tabby cat locus maps to feline chromosome B1.
The Tabby markings of the domestic cat are unique coat patterns for which no causative candidate gene has been inferred from other mammals. In this study, a genome scan was performed on a large pedigree of cats that segregated for Tabby coat markings, specifically for the Abyssinian (Ta-) and blotched (tbtb) phenotypes. There was linkage between the Tabby locus and eight markers on cat chromosome B1. The most significant linkage was between marker FCA700 and Tabby (Z = 7.56, theta = 0.03). Two additional markers in the region supported linkage, although not with significant LOD scores. Pairwise analysis of the markers supported the published genetic map of the cat, although additional meioses are required to refine the region. The linked markers cover a 17-cM region and flank an evolutionary breakpoint, suggesting that the Tabby gene has a homologue on either human chromosome 4 or 8. Alternatively, Tabby could be a unique locus in cats
Dynamics of Electric Field Domains and Oscillations of the Photocurrent in a Simple Superlattice Model
A discrete model is introduced to account for the time-periodic oscillations
of the photocurrent in a superlattice observed by Kwok et al, in an undoped 40
period AlAs/GaAs superlattice. Basic ingredients are an effective negative
differential resistance due to the sequential resonant tunneling of the
photoexcited carriers through the potential barriers, and a rate equation for
the holes that incorporates photogeneration and recombination. The
photoexciting laser acts as a damping factor ending the oscillations when its
power is large enough. The model explains: (i) the known oscillatory static I-V
characteristic curve through the formation of a domain wall connecting high and
low electric field domains, and (ii) the photocurrent and photoluminescence
time-dependent oscillations after the domain wall is formed. In our model, they
arise from the combined motion of the wall and the shift of the values of the
electric field at the domains. Up to a certain value of the photoexcitation,
the non-uniform field profile with two domains turns out to be metastable:
after the photocurrent oscillations have ceased, the field profile slowly
relaxes toward the uniform stationary solution (which is reached on a much
longer time scale). Multiple stability of stationary states and hysteresis are
also found. An interpretation of the oscillations in the photoluminescence
spectrum is also given.Comment: 34 pages, REVTeX 3.0, 10 figures upon request, MA/UC3M/07/9
Electrically tunable GHz oscillations in doped GaAs-AlAs superlattices
Tunable oscillatory modes of electric-field domains in doped semiconductor
superlattices are reported. The experimental investigations demonstrate the
realization of tunable, GHz frequencies in GaAs-AlAs superlattices covering the
temperature region from 5 to 300 K. The orgin of the tunable oscillatory modes
is determined using an analytical and a numerical modeling of the dynamics of
domain formation. Three different oscillatory modes are found. Their presence
depends on the actual shape of the drift velocity curve, the doping density,
the boundary condition, and the length of the superlattice. For most bias
regions, the self-sustained oscillations are due to the formation, motion, and
recycling of the domain boundary inside the superlattice. For some biases, the
strengths of the low and high field domain change periodically in time with the
domain boundary being pinned within a few quantum wells. The dependency of the
frequency on the coupling leads to the prediction of a new type of tunable GHz
oscillator based on semiconductor superlattices.Comment: Tex file (20 pages) and 16 postscript figure
Entrainment: A domain general cognitive timing mechanism?
From an early age onwards we tend to synchronize to temporally regular and rhythmic stimuli, such as the beat in music, which inevitably leads to movement. Recently, such basic mapping of temporally regular sound and motor behavior has been critically discussed and the four speakers of this symposium will address extensions of a basic sensorimotor conceptualization of entrainment in their talks. M. Henry and colleagues discuss oscillatory entrainment in perception only, while E. Large puts to test whether oscillatory entrainment simply mirrors stimulus frequency when movement is coupled with syncopated rhythm. J. Grahn explores whether non-beat related factors impact synchronization in movement, while S. Dalla-Bella confers how stimulus complexity affects people's capacity to synchronize finger tapping but also perception. The symposium will be discussed by V. Penhune
Characterising a Si(Li) detector element for the SIXA X-ray spectrometer
The detection efficiency and response function of a Si(Li) detector element
for the SIXA spectrometer have been determined in the 500 eV to 5 keV energy
range using synchrotron radiation emitted at a bending magnet of the electron
storage ring BESSY, which is a primary radiation standard. The agreement
between the measured spectrum and the model calculation is better than 2%.
PACS: 95.55.Ka; 07.85.Nc; 29.40.Wk; 85.30.De
Keywords: Si(Li) detectors, X-ray spectrometers, detector calibration, X-ray
response, spectral lineshapeComment: 11 pages, 11 PostScript figures, uses elsart.sty, submitted to Nucl.
Instrum. Meth.
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