Rigorous finite-time guarantees for optimization on continuous domains by simulated annealing

Simulated annealing is a popular method for approaching the solution of a global optimization problem. Existing results on its performance apply to discrete combinatorial optimization where the optimization variables can assume only a finite set of possible values. We introduce a new general formulation of simulated annealing which allows one to guarantee finite-time performance in the optimization of functions of continuous variables. The results hold universally for any optimization problem on a bounded domain and establish a connection between simulated annealing and up-to-date theory of convergence of Markov chain Monte Carlo methods on continuous domains. This work is inspired by the concept of finite-time learning with known accuracy and confidence developed in statistical learning theory.

Traces of nonsmooth functions on polyhedral domains

introduced in this paper are the definitions of the traces for a class of nonsmooth functions on polyhedral domains. By analyzing their properties we get the structures of these traces.

Moral Hazard and the Internal Organization of Joint Research

Revised 2006-06

Endogenous Formation of Competing Partnership with Moral Hazard

Published as an article in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2003, vol. 44, issue 1, pages 183-194.

Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture

This publication introduces the methods and results of a research project that has developed a set of decision-support tools to identify places and sets of conditions for which a particular target aquaculture technology is considered feasible and therefore good to promote. The tools also identify the nature of constraints to aquaculture development and thereby shed light on appropriate interventions to realize the potential of the target areas. The project results will be useful for policy planners and decision makers in national, regional and local governments and development funding agencies, aquaculture extension workers in regional and local governments, and researchers in aquaculture systems and rural livelihoods. (Document contains 40 pages)

Moral cleansing and moral licenses: experimental evidence

Research on moral cleansing and moral self-licensing has introduced dynamic considerations in the theory of moral behavior. Past bad actions trigger negative feelings that make people more likely to engage in future moral behavior to offset them. Symmetrically, past good deeds favor a positive self-perception that creates licensing effects, leading people to engage in behavior that is less likely to be moral. In short, a deviation from a “normal state of being” is balanced with a subsequent action that compensates the prior behavior. We model the decision of an individual trying to reach the optimal level of moral self-worth over time and show that under certain conditions the optimal sequence of actions follows a regular pattern which combines good and bad actions. We conduct an economic experiment where subjects play a sequence of giving decisions (dictator games) to explore this phenomenon. We find that donation in the previous period affects present decisions and the sign is negative: participants’ behavior in every round is negatively correlated to what they did in the past. Hence donations over time seem to be the result of a regular pattern of self-regulation: moral licensing (being selfish after altruist) and cleansing (altruistic after selfish).

Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture: country case study: development and status of freshwater aquaculture in Malawi

This monograph is a result of a 3-year project to produce a decision-support toolkit with supporting databases and case studies to help researchers, planners and extension agents working on freshwater pond aquaculture. The purpose of the work was to provide tools and information to help practitioners identify places and conditions where pond aquaculture can benefit the poor, both as producers and as consumers of fish. This monograph is the case study for Malawi. Written in three parts, it describes the historical background, practices, stakeholder profiles, production levels, economic and institutional environment, policy issues, and prospects for aquaculture in the country. First, it documents the history and current status of the aquaculture in the country. Second, it assesses the technologies and approaches that either succeeded or failed to foster aquaculture development and discusses why. Third, it identifies the key reasons for aquaculture adoption.

Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture: country case study: development and status of freshwater aquaculture in Cameroon

This report is an output of the project “Determination of high-potential aquaculture development areas and impact in Africa and Asia”. This monograph is the case study for Cameroon. Written in three parts, it describes the historical background, practices, stakeholder profiles, production levels, economic and institutional environment, policy issues, and prospects for aquaculture in the country. First, it documents the history and current status of the aquaculture in the country. Second, it assesses the technologies and approaches that either succeeded or failed to foster aquaculture development and discusses why. Third, it identifies the key reasons for aquaculture adoption.

Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture: country case study: development and status of freshwater aquaculture in Bangladesh

This report is an output of the project “Determination of high-potential aquaculture development areas and impact in Africa and Asia”. This monograph is the case study for Cameroon. Written in three parts, it describes the historical background, practices, stakeholder profiles, production levels, economic and institutional environment, policy issues, and prospects for aquaculture in the country. First, it documents the history and current status of the aquaculture in the country. Second, it assesses the technologies and approaches that either succeeded or failed to foster aquaculture development and discusses why. Third, it identifies the key reasons for aquaculture adoption.

Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture: country case study: development and status of freshwater aquaculture in Henan Province, China

This monograph is the case study for China, with a particular focus on Henan Province, the project location. Written in three parts, it first describes the historical background, production levels and trends, economic and institutional environment, policy issues, and market situation in China in general. The main part of the study presents findings from two different surveys conducted in Henan Province. County-level information is used to analyze the current situation of aquaculture, providing a more disaggregated picture than what is generally available from national statistics. Data collected in a survey of fish farmers in two locations in Henan are then analyzed with regard to the prevailing aquaculture technology and production practices, economic performance of pond fish farming, and the key reasons for aquaculture adoption. In the final chapter, constraints and opportunities for the aquaculture sector in China in general are discussed. (pdf contains 68 pages.)

Escola moral, politica, christãa, e juridica dividida em quatro palestras, nas quaes lem de prima as quatro virtudes cardeaes : na primeira, a prudencia na cadeira do entendimento, na segunda, a justiça na cadeira da vontade, na terceira, a fortaleza na cadeira do irascivel, na quarta, a temperança na cadeira do concupiscivel, dando leys a todas as virtudes, que dellas procedem, e consutando todos os vicios, que se lhe oppoem, e dirigindo todos os actos das quatro faculdades d´alma, capazes de virtudes, e vicios, entendimento, vontade, irascível, e concupiscivel, às regras da razão; sahindo a prudencia na primeira palestra, com hum ministro prudente, a justiça na segunda, com hum ministro justiceiro; a fortaleza da terceira, com hum ministro forte; a temperança na quarta, com hum ministro temperado, materia util, e necessaria para todo o estado, e profissoens ecclesiasticas e seculares composta pelo Doutor Diogo Guerreiro Camacho de Aboym, familiar do Santo Ofício

Diogo Guerreiro Camacho da Aboym nasceu em Ourique, no Alentejo, e morreu em 15 de agosto de 1709, aos 48 anos de idade. Formou-se em Direito Civil e exercia o cargo de Desembargador da Casa da Suplicação, por ocasião de sua morte. Aboim publicou várias obras de jurisprudência em latim, com inúmeras reimpressões. A obra Escola moral, politica, christãa, e juridica : dividida em quatro palestras, nas quaes lem de prima as quatro virtudes cardeaes mereceu o seguinte comentário de Demétrio Moderno : "título tão galante, que faz rir os prudentes e ocupar os fanáticos". Foi publicada em 1733, em Lisboa, por Antônio de Sousa da Silva. Teve, ainda, uma segunda edição em 1747, por Domingos Gonçalves, e uma terceira edição em 1759, por Bernardo Antônio de Oliveira, das quais a Biblioteca da Câmara possui um exemplar.

Moral rights and OER essentials

Provides publishers of open educationalxresources (OERs) with a summary of when and how moral rights impact on the creation of OER. JLL

Recreações do homem sensivel, ou, collecção de exemplos verdadeiros, e patheticos, nos quaes se dá hum curso de moral pratica conforme ás maximas da sãa filosofia, e da religião, para as pessoas de todos os estados... : dedicada á serenissima Senhora Infanta D. Carlota Joaquina, com permissão de S. Alteza / traduzida do original francez de Monsieur Arnaud por Antonio de Moraes Silva

A indicação de responsabilidade aparece abreviada no v.1, mas por extenso nos demais vs.