in piece by piece manner. During such a protocol, one party or another may have a slight advantage; a “fair” protocol keeps this advantage within acceptable limits. We present a new protocol that is fair in the sense that, at any stage in its execution, the conditional probability that one party cannot

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Several new algorithms for visual correspondence based on graph cuts [7, 14, 17] have recently been developed. While these methods give very strong results in practice, they do not handle occlusions properly. Specifically, they treat the two input images asymmetrically, and they do not ensure

Abstract This paper reviews the theoretical functions, history, and policy problems raised by the international capital market. The goal is to offer a perspective on both the considerable advantages the market offers and on the genuine hazards it poses, as well as on the avenues through which

Abstract: We consider two opponents that compete in developing asymmetric technologies where each party’s technology is aimed at damaging (or neutralizing) the other’s technology. The situation we consider is different than the classical problem of commercial R&D races in two ways: First, while

We consider two opponents that compete in developing asymmetric technologies where each party’s technology is aimed at damaging (or neutralizing) the other’s technology. The situation we consider is different than the classical problem of commercial R&D races in two ways: First, while

Abstract. Seven years after the optimal asymmetric encryption padding (OAEP) which makes chosen-ciphertext secure encryption scheme from any trapdoor one-way permutation (but whose unique application is RSA), this paper presents REACT, a new conversion which applies to any weakly secure

is an inherently asymmetric retrieval cue. This allows the model to provide a principled explanation of the widespread advantage for forward recalls in free and serial recall. Modeling data from single-trial free recall, we demonstrate that TCM can simultaneously explain recency and

In a seminal paper Gibbons and Katz (1991; GK) develop and empirically test an asymmetric information model of the labor market. The model predicts that wage losses following displacement should be larger for layoffs than for plant closings, which was borne out by data from the Displaced Workers

I've killed them by the tens of thousands, scoured their countryside at will, pried their allies away, and humiliated them day after day. I have burned their crops and looted their wealth. I've sent a whole generation of their generals into the afterworld... Have I changed nothing? They are stronger now than before. They are more than before. They fight more sensibly than before. They win when they used to lose. —Hannibal in David Anthony Durham’s “Pride of Carthage” Never engage the same enemy for too long, or he will adapt to your tactics. —Clausewitz Models of human conflict tend to focus on military power, predicting that—all else equal—the stronger side will prevail. This overlooks a key insight from the evolutionary dynamics of competing populations: the process of adaptation by natural selection. Darwinian selection weeds out poor performers and propagates good performers, thus leading to a cumulative increase in effective