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Oct 4, 1950

The Satellite Rocket Vehicle: Political and Psychological Problems

This paper deals with the probable political effects resulting from the launching of a satellite vehicle under United States auspices, and from its successful use for purposes of military intelligence.
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Aug 31, 1950

Two-Person Cooperative Games

A definition of the concepts of a general two-person cooperative game with the development of a concept of a solution.
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Aug 8, 1950

Rational Non-Linear Utility

Utility is often thought of as an ordering system, in essence. To us utility will be a choice operator, indicating the reaction of the organism to the alternatives presented.
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Apr 13, 1950

Polynomial Games

A presentation of a basis for a theory of two-person zero-sum games in which the payoff is a polynomial function of the two strategy variables.
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Mar 1, 1950

A General Problem in the Calculus of Variations with Applications to Paths of Least Time

This paper collects known results for the so-called problem of Bolza and interprets them in terms of a problem connected with calculating paths of least time for airplanes.
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Jan 1, 1950

Reliability of Progress Curves in Airframe Production

Presents a statistical study of the reliability of a given function for certain types of estimating in the aircraft industry and Air Force.
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Jan 1, 1950

Basic Principles for Construction and Application of Discriminators

This paper deals with the classification of an individual into one of two or more categories.
Research

Oct 17, 1949

Games With Many Moves

A summarization of three papers on information in extensive games as they apply to simplifying the solution of multimove games.
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Aug 30, 1949

Mixing in Inhomogeneous Gas Jets

An analysis of a freely expanding turbulent jet.
Expert Insights

Aug 12, 1949

Games with Continuous, Convex Payoff

A study of special class of games in which the strategies of one player form a compact and convex region B of finite-dimensional Euclidean space while those of the other form an arbitrary set A.
Expert Insights

Aug 11, 1949

Geometry and Reduced Moment Spaces

This paper presents a natural geometrical approach to the theory of reduced moment spaces and its application to orthogonal polynomials.
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Aug 4, 1949

The Le Chatelier Principle in Linear Programming

An extended study of the Le Chatelier principle which determines a cheapest diet conforming to prescribed nutritional standards.

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The Satellite Rocket Vehicle: Political and Psychological Problems

Two-Person Cooperative Games

Rational Non-Linear Utility

Polynomial Games

A General Problem in the Calculus of Variations with Applications to Paths of Least Time

Reliability of Progress Curves in Airframe Production

Basic Principles for Construction and Application of Discriminators

Games With Many Moves

Mixing in Inhomogeneous Gas Jets

Games with Continuous, Convex Payoff

Geometry and Reduced Moment Spaces

The Le Chatelier Principle in Linear Programming

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The Satellite Rocket Vehicle: Political and Psychological Problems

Two-Person Cooperative Games

Rational Non-Linear Utility

Polynomial Games

A General Problem in the Calculus of Variations with Applications to Paths of Least Time

Reliability of Progress Curves in Airframe Production

Basic Principles for Construction and Application of Discriminators

Games With Many Moves

Mixing in Inhomogeneous Gas Jets

Games with Continuous, Convex Payoff

Geometry and Reduced Moment Spaces

The Le Chatelier Principle in Linear Programming

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