suggest that Deming's approach lacks emphasis on the role of reinforcement. A different analysis of Deming's approach is … offered and its evolution is related to the contingencies of reinforcement for the behavior of consulting. An example is …

risk. Finally, we relate our framework with the k-anonymity disclosure method. The proposed framework makes the assumptions … behind k-anonymity explicit, quantifies them, and extends them in several natural directions. …

personally identifiable information. We have termed it Privacy Shield. Through the application of anonymity and privacy …

This dissertation uses game theoretic models to examine the effects of agent anonymity on markets for goods and for … information. In open, anonymous settings, such as the Internet, anonymity is relatively easy to obtain --- oftentimes another … their anonymity at some cost. It is shown that when consumers can costlessly maintain their anonymity, they all individually …

anonymity of reports without reducing the precision of location disclosures. We can therefore support the full functionality of …