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Cooperation, Norms, and Revolutions: A Unified Game-Theoretical Approach
Cooperation is of utmost importance to society as a whole, but is often
challenged by individual self-interests. While game theory has studied this
problem extensively, there is little work on interactions within and across
groups with different preferences or beliefs. Yet, people from different social
or cultural backgrounds often meet and interact. This can yield conflict, since
behavior that is considered cooperative by one population might be perceived as
non-cooperative from the viewpoint of another.
To understand the dynamics and outcome of the competitive interactions within
and between groups, we study game-dynamical replicator equations for multiple
populations with incompatible interests and different power (be this due to
different population sizes, material resources, social capital, or other
factors). These equations allow us to address various important questions: For
example, can cooperation in the prisoner's dilemma be promoted, when two
interacting groups have different preferences? Under what conditions can costly
punishment, or other mechanisms, foster the evolution of norms? When does
cooperation fail, leading to antagonistic behavior, conflict, or even
revolutions? And what incentives are needed to reach peaceful agreements
between groups with conflicting interests?
Our detailed quantitative analysis reveals a large variety of interesting
results, which are relevant for society, law and economics, and have
implications for the evolution of language and culture as well
Manufacturing Execution Systems: Produktionssteuerung und -ausführung im adaptiven Unternehmen
Mit Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) sind im Bereich Produktionssteuerung und Produktionsausführung "adaptive Unternehmen" in greifbarer Nähe. Ausgehend von der VDI Richtlinie 5600 (funktionaler MES-Aufbau) werden aktuelle Trends und zukünftige Entwicklungen rund um MES geschildert. Besonderes Augenmerk liegt dabei auf den "Verfahren zur Kosten-/Nutzenanalyse von MES" und den "Logischen Schnittstellen MES - Maschinenebene" sowie der Weiterentwicklung von MES als zukünftige Forschungsaufgabe
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