122 research outputs found
Ibsens Drama Author to Audience
No full textA dramatist for all seasons Einar Haugen calls Henrik Ibsen in this series of lectures given in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Norwegian playwrights birth. Using a modified version of the communications model developed by linguist Roman Jakobson.Intro -- Table of Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction: A Dramatist for All Seasons -- A Model for Communication -- 1 Who was Henrik Ibsen? -- 2 Topics of the Times -- 3 The Play's the Thing -- 4 Under the Surface -- 5 Poetry in the Round -- 6 Ibsenites and Ibsenism -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Chronology of Ibsen's Life -- Appendix 2: Plot Summaries of Ibsen's Plays -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- ZA dramatist for all seasons Einar Haugen calls Henrik Ibsen in this series of lectures given in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Norwegian playwrights birth. Using a modified version of the communications model developed by linguist Roman Jakobson.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Equilibrium team selection in football under win or profit maximisation
No full textThis article applies mathematical methods to investigating (extremely) simplified versions of the team selection problem for football managers. The team selection problem - obviously a game problem - is analysed game theoretically, but some funny results of a combinatorial nature are also added. In general, the findings indicate that the problem of selecting a football team is a very demanding task. Still, a simple comparison between win and profit maximising game models indicate surprising complexity in game prediction.publishedVersio
Estimating the value of the Premier League or the worlds most profitable investment project
No full textThis paper shows that market values for UK football (soccer) teams may be described by a remarkably simple regression model. This model is used to estimate the value of the Premier league. A tentative estimate of the Norwegian club Rosenborg Ballklubb is also established. As Rosenborg Ballklub is a 'membership club' - meaning that a small entrance fee (independent of the clubs performance) is the real price of 'a share' in the club - the return of an investment in the club is shown to be 'unbelievable'.
The new Norwegian incentive system for publication: from bad to worse
No full textThe new Norwegian system for calculation of publication credits is examined. The new system was launched due to criticism for penalizing collaborative research. It turns out that adverse incentive problems emerge as a result of this system change. We show by a simple case, that institutions will benefit (credit-wise) by adding more authors to a scientific publication. Even worse, the beneficial effect increases the more authors the paper has initially. Alternative cases indicate even stronger incentives for co-author maximization.acceptedVersio
THE HEALTH QUEUING GAME
No full textAbstract. This paper studies agent-to-agent games in competition for a free public resource. The resource is not evidently scarce, scarcity may, however, be the equilibrium outcome. The agents' attributes may differ as well as quality parameters between different public resources. The examples are taken from the health sector. Based on simple two-player simultaneous games of complete information, results regarding agent equilibrium quality choices are derived. Most notably, Nash equilibria of the type: very ill patients choose low quality hospitals (denoted adverse patient allocation in the paper) are demonstrated. Furthermore, it is argued that a situation characterized by patients with relatively mild diseases but large patient variability (big differences between patients regarding the given disease) and a health system with medium competition are prime candidates for Nash equilibria characterized by such Adverse patient allocation effects
Who are the real top scorers : algorithmically resorting a top scorer list by a limited set of preference assumptions
No full textThis article presents an algorithm, which by taking both goals scored as well as matches played into account, is meant to provide \more sensible" top scorer lists in football. The algorithm computes Upper Hulls recursively in order to provide a new and improved list. The complexity of the algorithm is reasonable, and should imply practically feasible execution on a modern computer. The proposed algorithm may also be an interesting alternative to academic scholar ranking. It has interesting properties for instance compared to the h-index.publishedVersio
The alleged causality between number of teams in a league and national team quality
No full textThis article presents a simple linear regression between national football team quality and uncertainty of outcome in associated national leagues. The main results indicate no significant causal relationship between the variables, a conclusion somewhat contradictive to many practitioners argument on improving competitive balance in local leagues as a mean of improving national team quality. Keywords: Uncertainty of outcome, FIFA rank, number of teams in league, causality.acceptedVersio
A Stochastic Dynamic Programming model for scheduling of offshore petroleum fields with resource uncertainty
No full textOptimal treatment strategies for musculoskeletal diseases
No full textThis paper presents a model which aims to find an optimal treatment time
for patients with musculoskeletal diseases. The stochastic dynamic programming model presented is based on minimizing expected costs given a stochastic processes for cure with and without treatment as well as costs for treatment and reduced quality of life as a consequence of the disease.
The main results derived in the paper include explicit conditions for an interior optimal solution and a simple and intuitive approximate solution.
Even though the presented model is specifically aimed at musculoskeletal dis- eases, the model’s generality should make it applicable for a wide range of disease
treatment strategies
The manager sack race game
No full textThis article applies game theory to explain why football clubs have a tendency to sack their managers when relegation is a realistic option. As opposed to coach succession literature, which typically reports contradiction between theory and practice, this article produces credible explanations for this “problem”. In addition, observations indicating accelerated manager replacements in modern professional football are also easily explained. Derived Nash equilibria are also quite robust to parameter assumptions and hence the possible variations.publishedVersio
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