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SPLASH 2016
Sun 30 October - Fri 4 November 2016 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mon 31 Oct 2016 15:40 - 17:20 at Matterhorn 3 - Session 3 (Philosophy of Computing) Chair(s): Richard P. Gabriel

When one object makes a request of another, why do we expect that the second object’s behavior correctly satisfies the first object’s wishes? The need to cope with such principal-agent problems shapes programming practice as much as it shapes human organizations and economies. However, the literature about such plan coordination issues among humans is almost disjoint from the literature about these issues among objects. Even the terms used are unrelated.

Instead, these fields have much to learn from each other—both from their similarities and from the causes of their differences. We propose a framework for thinking about decision alignment as a bridge between these disciplines.

Mon 31 Oct

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15:40 - 17:20
Session 3 (Philosophy of Computing)SPLASH-I at Matterhorn 3
Chair(s): Richard P. Gabriel Dream Songs, Inc. & IBM Research
15:40
1h40m
Talk
The elements of decision alignment: Large programs as complex organizations
SPLASH-I
I: Mark Miller Google Inc., I: Bill Tulloh eRights.org
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