Essays about: "Maximin"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Maximin.

  1. 1. Ethics in a Pandemic : On Bioethical Decisions, Status Quo Bias and Covid-19

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Ellen Svensson; [2022]
    Keywords : Covid-19; bioethics; decision-making; risk; uncertainty; status quo; status quo bias; the precautionary principle; pandemic; the corona-commission; Coronakommissionen;

    Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic and the Swedish strategy when dealing with the crisis, have shown that a status quo bias can be highly damaging for bioethical decision-making. The pandemic presented a situation of high levels of uncertainties, where incomparable values such as health and freedom, were being put against each other. READ MORE

  2. 2. Understanding the data privacy divide between the European Union and the United States

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Maximin Orsero; [2019]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This Thesis seeks to give its reader the tools to understand the data privacy divide between the EU and the US. It explains the crucial notions, historical and jurisprudential factors and regulatory frameworks underlying and constituting it. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Secret Ingredients to Moral Philosophy: Blood, Sweat, and Tears : On bad enough worst-case scenarios in experimental approximations of John Rawls' Original Position

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Isa Lappalainen; [2019]
    Keywords : Distributive Justice; Maximin; John Rawls; Original Position; Veil of Ignorance; Justice; Experiment; Vietnam Lottery; Stoker; Erikson; Frohlich; Oppenheimer;

    Abstract : This paper approximates the study of a natural experiment to John Rawls’ thought experiment ‘the original position’ (OP). It argues that laboratory experiments have been unsuccessful in making legitimate approximations of the OP because of their inability to present convincing worst-case scenarios. READ MORE

  4. 4. Ethics and Waiting Times: Incorporating theories of justice in an analysis of waiting times in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Linn Mattisson; [2017]
    Keywords : Waiting times; health care; theories of justice; ethics; fixed effects model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Objectives: There is growing concern regarding waiting times in health care as a mechanism to improve fairness in health services. This essay addresses the issue by evaluating fairness defined by justice theories. Based on this discussion, the essay then investigates whether actual waiting times are consistent with ethical principles. READ MORE

  5. 5. Robust MIMO Precoding on Real-World Measured Channels

    University essay from KTH/Signalbehandling

    Author : Filip Hedenskog; [2015]
    Keywords : MIMO; maximin; imperfect CSIT; real-world measured channels; uncertainty set; worst-case robustness;

    Abstract : It is well known that multi-input multi-output (MIMO) wireless communication systemsthat employ precoding techniques are capable of meeting the high expectations of modernand future wireless communication standards. In order to fully utilize these techniques, thecommunication system typically requires information of the channel, commonly referred toas channel state information (CSI). READ MORE