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An Overview of Forecasting Methods
"There are several assumptions about forecasting: 1. There is no way to state what the future will be with complete certainty. Regardless of the methods that we use there will always be an element of uncertainty until the forecast horizon has come to pass...

What's a Legal Simulation
Law School Innovation has an interesting post titled What's a legal simulation? Here's an excerpt:If Paul Maharg has his way, American law professors may soon have as much in common with the game referees in World of Warcraft than Prof...

A Note on Competing Merger Simulation Models in Antitrust Cases: Can the Best Be Identified
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Oliver Budzinski of the University of Marburg offers A Note on Competing Merger Simulation Models in Antitrust Cases: Can the Best Be Identified? ABSTRACT: Advanced economic instruments like simulation models are enjoying an increased popularity...

9/30/09 Orlando Simulation and Modeling Software Development Company Dignitas Technologies
Dignitas Technologies, an Orlando based simulation and modeling software development company, has just launched a new web site. Dignitas Technologies, LLC is focused on providing quality support to the modeling and simulation community, both through short-term consulting tasks and long-term teaming arrangements...

Social networking in education
Inspired by The Economist's debate on the following proposition, "Social networking technologies will bring large [positive] changes to educational methods, in and out of the classroom", dannah boyd (perhaps surprisingly) argues the case against social networking in education: In their current incarnation, social network sites (SNSs) like Facebook and MySpace...

Merger Simulation in Competition Policy: A Survey
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Oliver Budzinski, University of Marburg - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Isabel Ruhmer, University of Mannheim - Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics and Management provide Merger Simulation in Competition Policy: A Survey...

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Social Security Class Action Launched
to Reinstate Wrongfully Terminated Payments

WA Dept. of Social and Health Services
Class action settlement reached will give $45,000 each to thousands of minority day-care providers.