http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/services/Feed ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:11634 Game Theory is a branch of applied mathematics that analyses strategic situations where the success of one player's strategy depends on which strategy their opponent adopts. Despite the theory's pejorative associations with authoritarianism and Cold War paranoia, it remains an effective quantitative tool, and is increasingly finding uses among scholars looking at moments of conflict in history. To date, it has not been used in architectural research, possibly due to the qualitative nature of the field generally. The paper helps build a case for the use of game theory by architectural historians, by showing the theory's capacity to cast light on a particular conflict from the past, between Louis I. Kahn and the church building committee of the First Unitarian Church in Rochester, New York. From the maths, we can see that Kahn's desire to become famous, and the fact that his client's were complicit with this, were instrumental in the project ever reaching fruition. The paper furthers an immerging trend toward quantitative research in architecture, and the humanities generally, resulting from a disquiet with purely poststructuralist approaches. Where an ideologically framed study might ponder the absolute rightfulness or wrongfulness of Kahn's tactics in business, Game Theory asks what rewards or consequences awaited him as a rational self seeking player. It, proves axiomatic that, on the basis of probabilities, the rewards that can be yielded from strictly unethical tactics often outweigh any negative consequences. 2012-10-02T04:35:27.058Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2321 Mirowski's Machine Dreaming provides an invaluable critical history of the post-war development of economic theory under the influence of military-funded Cold War research into the cybernetic sciences. However, this reviewer argues that in restricting the scope of his historical analysis to the influence of the natural sciences over the development of economic thought, Mirowski has neglected a variety of traditions within cybernetics and systems theory that draw on the philosophy of language. Moreover, the paper traces the influence these neglected traditions have exerted over various strands of economic analysis. Finally, these strands of economic theory are interrogated to identify various ways they have influenced the development of richer and more comprehensive notions of environmental sustainability. 2012-02-20T02:30:04.694Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:9223 Recently, game theory has been used to design optimized strategies for defending an electric power system against deliberate attacks. In this paper, we extend the current static model to a more generalized framework which includes several interaction models between defenders and attackers. A new criterion of reliable strategies for defending power systems has been derived. In addition, two allocation algorithms have been developed to seek reliable strategies for two types of defense tasks. The new criterion and algorithms are complementary to current security criteria and can provide useful information for decision-makers to protect their power systems against possible targeted attacks. Numerical simulation examples using the proposed methods are given as well. 2012-01-30T05:02:11.496Z ]]>