Robin Faichney

Economic and environmental modelling for pollution control in an estuary

Journal of Environmental Management, Mar 1, 1998

This paper reports on results from an environmental-economic modelling exercise aimed at quantify... more This paper reports on results from an environmental-economic modelling exercise aimed at quantifying the potential cost savings from a Tradable Pollution Permits (TPPs) scheme in the Forth Estuary, Scotland. Such a scheme might be introduced to control inputs of biological oxygen demand more cheaply than the current regulatory system. A &amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27;MIKE 11&amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27;water-quality model is combined with step-wise integer and linear programming models representing firms&amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27; abatement costs. Cost savings under a deterministic scenario are ...

Mind, Matter, Meaning and Information

TripleC, Dec 12, 2012

This article aims to show how mind, matter and meaning might be united in one theory using certai... more This article aims to show how mind, matter and meaning might be united in one theory using certain concepts of information, building on ideas of empathy and intentionality. The concept of intentionality in philosophy of mind ("aboutness"), which is "the ineliminable mark of the mental" according to Brentano, can be viewed as the relationship between model and object, and empathy can be viewed as a form of mental modelling, so that the inclination to attribute mentality can be identified with the inclination to empathise with the relevant entity. Physical information, a concept quite well established within the discipline of physics, is basically a reconceptualization of material form. Daniel Dennett's concept of the intentional stance allows the development of a concept of "intentional information," a broad term that encompasses mental content and semantic information generally, as encoded within physical information/material form.

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Costs of improving water quality in the Forth Estuary

No abstract available

Impediments to Trade in Markets for Pollution Permits

by Robin Faichney and James Shortle

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Feb 1, 1995

Least cost pollution allocations for probabilistic water quality targets to protect salmon on the Forth Estuary

by Robin Faichney and James Shortle

Analysis Measuring Sustainability: A Time Series of Alternative Indicators for Scotland

by Robin Faichney and Ian Moffatt

Least cost pollution allocations for probabilistic water quality targets to protect salmon on the Forth Estuary

Game-Theoretic Modelling of Trans Boundary Pollution: A Review of the Literature

Costs of improving water quality in the Forth Estuary

by Robin Faichney and James Shortle

The estuaries of central Scotland, 1995

No abstract available

Mind, Matter, Meaning and Information

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 2012

This article aims to show how mind, matter and meaning might be united in one theory using certai... more This article aims to show how mind, matter and meaning might be united in one theory using certain concepts of information, building on ideas of empathy and intentionality. The concept of intentionality in philosophy of mind (“aboutness”), which is “the ineliminable mark of the mental” according to Brentano, can be viewed as the relationship between model and object, and empathy can be viewed as a form of mental modelling, so that the inclination to attribute mentality can be identified with the inclination to empathise with the relevant entity. Physical information, a concept quite well established within the discipline of physics, is basically a reconceptualization of material form. Daniel Dennett's concept of the intentional stance allows the development of a concept of “intentional information,” a broad term that encompasses mental content and semantic information generally, as encoded within physical information/material form.

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VPL: an active, declarative visual programming system

Proceedings 1991 IEEE Workshop on Visual Languages, 1991

Page 1. I VPL: An Active, Declarative Visual Programming System David Lau-Kee, Adam Billyard, Rob... more

Economic and environmental modelling for pollution control in an estuary

by Robin Faichney and James Shortle

Journal of Environmental Management, 1998

This paper reports on results from an environmental-economic modelling exercise aimed at quantify... more This paper reports on results from an environmental-economic modelling exercise aimed at quantifying the potential cost savings from a Tradable Pollution Permits (TPPs) scheme in the Forth Estuary, Scotland. Such a scheme might be introduced to control inputs of biological oxygen demand more cheaply than the current regulatory system. A &amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27;MIKE 11&amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27;water-quality model is combined with step-wise integer and linear programming models representing firms&amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27; abatement costs. Cost savings under a deterministic scenario are ...

Measuring sustainability: A time series of alternative indicators for Scotland

Ecological Economics, 1999

Impediments to trade in markets for pollution permits

by Robin Faichney and James Shortle

Working Papers Series, 1995

By Alistair Munro, Nick Hanley, Robin Faichney and Jim Shortle; Impediments to Trade in Markets f... more

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12. Least-cost pollution allocations for probabilistic water quality targets to protect salmon on the Forth Estuary

Pollution for sale: emissions trading and joint implementation, 1999

A fundamental result in environmental economics is that efficiency in pollution control requires ... more A fundamental result in environmental economics is that efficiency in pollution control requires allocating pollution abatement among sources so as to equalize marginal abatement costs. The welfare-theoretic foundation of this rule, modified appropriately when abatement by one source is not a perfect substitute for abatement by another due to locational differences, is well established for situations in which ambient concentrations are nonstochastic (Baumol and Oates, 1988). In situations where ambient concentrations are ...

Measuring sustainability: A time series of alternative indicators for Scotland

Ecological Economics, 1999

Measuring sustainability: A time series of alternative indicators for Scotland

Ecological Economics, 1999

Mind, Matter, Meaning and Information

This article aims to show how mind, matter and meaning might be united in one theory using certai... more This article aims to show how mind, matter and meaning might be united in one theory using certain concepts of information, building on ideas of empathy and intentionality. The concept of intentionality in philosophy of mind ("aboutness"), which is "the ineliminable mark of the mental" according to Brentano, can be viewed as the relationship between model and object, and empathy can be viewed as a form of mental modelling, so that the inclination to attribute mentality can be identified with the inclination to empathise with the relevant entity. Physical information, a concept quite well established within the discipline of physics, is basically a reconceptualization of material form. Daniel Dennett's concept of the intentional stance allows the development of a concept of "intentional information," a broad term that encompasses mental content and semantic information generally, as encoded within physical information/material form.

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