This paper considers an economy populated by heterogeneous individuals in two respects: both parameters representing the subjective discount and the risk aversion rates are supposed to have a joint distribution. That is, ...

Distributed computing environments are nowadays composed of many heterogeneous computers able to work cooperatively. Despite this, the most of the work in parallel metaheuristics assumes a homogeneous hardware as the ...

Habitat heterogeneity and use of physical and acoustic space in anuran communities in Southeastern Brazil. We intended to verify if structural and physiognomical characteristics of water bodies influence on the degree of ...

Habitat heterogeneity and use of physical and acoustic space in anuran communities in Southeastern Brazil. We intended to verify if structural and physiognomical characteristics of water bodies influence on the degree of ...

We study the distributional consequences of trade in a world with two industries and two heterogeneous factors of production. Productivity in each production unit reáects the ability of the manager and the abilities of the ...

Spatial heterogeneity of vegetation is considered to be one of the most important factors that can influence species richness in a region and, therefore, an important driver for species diversity. Here, we investigate how ...