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How AI Analytics Can Guide Customer Service
By Mark McNasby | Published: July 08, 2020 | Comments
Every day, artificial intelligence helps us accomplish more than we ever thought possible. One such example is the way we access information. We expect immediate answers to our questions, and AI makes that possible. Likewise, we see that the obvious application of AI is scale; we reach far more customers with a simulated human experience than with staff alone.
However, we shouldn't think of AI as a one-way street where information is passed from an algorithm to an end-user. Instead, we should recognize that valuable information also flows back from the end-user. If we pay attention to what, when, and how people are communicating with AI, we can make better informed decisions that can enhance the customer experience.
Sophisticated AI systems rely on Natural Language Processing (NLP), which essentially matches an input against a stored label. So, if a user asks "what's your name?" and the AI has knowledge stored against labels such as "what-is-your" and "name", it will return the information associated with that specific pair of labels. We can then measure the frequency with which users ask about specific topics to identify which subjects are actually most important to our users.
Similarly, if the AI is missing information for given labels, we can gain insight into questions users are asking that we might not have addressed in our resources. Understanding the specific language people use to ask questions is also valuable, as this reflects the way they will search for information on your website. An accurate representation of what our customers want to find on our website can help us create more intuitive, informative web content. Evaluating the "what" of conversational AI analytics makes it possible to produce the customer experience more responsive to individual customer needs.
Another valuable insight gleaned from transaction data is when customers tend to seek information. Traditional models rely on an assumption of customer preferences, since service centers might have operational hours that will otherwise influence behavior. For example, a center that is open from 7:00am to 6:00pm might experience peak volumes between 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm. This may certainly represent the most convenient time for people during those specific hours. However, if AI is in place to assist users 24/7, we may find that users are most active between 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm, guiding us to shift our operational hours to accommodate that preference. Likewise, transaction data provides a more accurate representation of when users prefer to communicate with us, and we can leverage that data to improve their experience.
We can also make improvements by analyzing how users interact with us. AI systems support nearly unlimited deployments; they can live on your phone system, your website, your SMS texting platform, your social media pages, and even our virtual assistants like Amazon's Alexa. Conversational AI analytics offer a glimpse into which channel is most important to users. With that information, we can make informed decisions about where to invest additional resources, and which channels to promote to our customers. Additionally, you might find that it's best to highlight certain information on your social media pages, and other information on your website. If we understand how customers seek information, we can tailor our delivery systems to reflect those preferences.
Industries tend to have unique qualities, and it's unlikely that these examples offer a comprehensive summary of how AI informs organizations. The important thing is that we pay attention to what the data is telling us. When we do, the decisions we make to shape the customer experience are better informed, and more likely to add value for our stakeholders.
Mark McNasby is the CEO and co-founder of Ivy.ai, a technology company that provides conversational, state-of-the-art Chatbots and AI-powered solutions. After spending over a decade innovating new technology for Higher Education, Mark became an industry leader in Ed Tech. Mark has been a keynote speaker and panelist at several Higher Ed Technology conferences including MPACE, DeX, and ISSP. He has also guest lectured on corporate finance and entrepreneurship at UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University. In addition, Mark's technology has received awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research and NC IDEA.
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So, as I am at work on this first "snowpocalypse" of the season, I decided to do some research into cortisone injections as a treatment for inflammation/pain. If you do a quick Google search, you will no doubtingly find an immense amount of content that describes what cortisone shots are, how they work, side effects, risks, and outcomes.
Cortisone is a steroid that resembles a natural hormone called cortisol that functions to regulate glycemic, immune, and inflammatory mechanisms in the body.
It is combined with an anesthetic to help relieve sudden pain. Essentially it provides immediate pain relief because an anesthetic essentially "numbs" the area of pain reception.
-Excessive use can result in damage to nearby soft tissues, nerves, tissue death, or bone death known as osteonecrosis.
In another study, patients were given four cortisone injections, and the outcomes were 57% worse compared to only having one injection.
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We looked into all of the options for moving forward on the floors. I can't tell you the number of hours I've spent on the Google Machine researching and weighing all of our options. If we couldn't have wood that extended seamlessly throughout the room, we needed something that made sense and looked like it was done on purpose. Cork was the best option, by far, and was so right for our kitchen I was embarrassed we didn't plan for this in the first place.
The space between the island and the wall cabinets is a high-traffic area. We have in that space the door to the deck and door to the basement so in addition to kitchen-use traffic we also had traffic from the outside and downstairs coming through. To keep something so precious and fragile as heart pine in the kitchen was just not going to be good for my future mental health, I can see myself now during a Zellerfest party yelling, "PLEASE use the rugs to wipe your feet!" I'd probably be one of those ladies who tell everyone how much the floors had cost, "YOU BREAK IT YOU BUY IT, BUSTER" – not a good look on me.
The decision was made and I was PUMPED. I then went to multiple flooring stores, picked out a handful of samples and found a color and texture that was beyond perfect. It matched, it didn't look too "Corky" or too much like wood.
Placed my order, then set everything up with the contractor to be installed while we were out of town for my brother's wedding this week. We even brought the cats with us on the road trip so there were zero worries.
Halfway to Ohio we got a call. The flooring was discontinued. Our floor store had been spending the last week withholding this information from me as they scoured the country trying to dig some up. No floors. After weeks of research and our kitchen on-hold, we're back to where we started.
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UK medical industry IT recruitment activity rises 22.2% in January 2022
Denis Ilinov
The UK's medical industry registered a 22.2% rise in IT hiring activity in January 2022 when compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData's Job Analytics database.
The industry's overall hiring increased by 4.57% in January 2022 when compared with December 2022.
Out of the medical industry's total hiring activity, IT jobs claimed an 11.04% share in January 2022, recording an increase of 1.71% over the last three-month average share.
Top five job classifications in the UK's medical industry's IT recruitment activity in January 2022
Out of the total job titles, the top five roles commanded a 99.6% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of the UK's medical industry in January 2022.
1) Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers recorded a share of 53.41% in January 2022, registering a 66.25% growth over the previous month.
2) Database and Network Administrators and Architects claimed a 21.69% share, an increase of 68.75% over the previous month.
3) Miscellaneous Computer Occupations held a share of 14.46%, registering an 111.76% rise from December 2022.
4) Computer Support Specialists captured a share of 7.23%, up 125% over the previous month.
Top five medical companies in the UK's IT recruitment activity in January 2022
The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, have accounted for a combined average growth of 341.94% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of the UK's medical industry during January 2022 over December 2022.
Arjo posted 55 IT jobs in January 2022 and registered a rise of 189.47% over the previous month, followed by LumiraDx with 38 jobs and a flat growth. Intelerad Medical Systems with 16 IT jobs and Medtronic with 14 jobs, recorded a 220% growth and a 366.67% growth, respectively, while Sartorius recorded an increase of 250% with 14 job postings during January 2022.
Junior Level job postings dominate in January 2022
Junior Level jobs held a share of 81.12%, up by 74.14% from December 2022. Entry Level positions with a 10.44% share, registered an increase of 52.94% compared with the previous month.
In the third place was Mid Level job ads with an 8.43% share, up 40% over December 2022.
Pharmaceuticals Industry Deals and Trends in January 2021 - Partnerships, Licensing, Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
Pharmaceuticals Industry Deals and Trends in February 2021 - Partnerships, Licensing, Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
Pharmaceuticals Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Deals by Top Themes in Q1 2022 - Thematic Research
Pharmaceuticals Industry Deals and Trends in March 2021 - Partnerships, Licensing, Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
Pharmaceuticals Industry Deals and Trends in December 2021 - Partnerships, Licensing, Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
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Sorry I'm a little late on this one, but last weekend The Wall Street Journal featured an op-ed by Shikha Dalmia's, which focused on the negative effects of binding arbitration. Dalmia's research provides compelling arguments against the measure by utilizing examples of how binding arbitration has hurt state economies like Michigan and Massachusetts.
Compulsory arbitration also nudged other Michigan cities, including the working-class towns of Hamtramck and Highland Park, into bankruptcy. In 1999 an arbitration panel awarded Hamtramck police officers $2.1 million in pay raises and back pay, pushing it into state receivership. Under receivership, which is only used in extreme situations, the state government takes over the city's finances and appoints its own manager to run the city. Hamtramck was ultimately forced to impose a combination of service cuts and tax increases, all of which accelerated the exodus of its residents. Highland Park, wishing to avoid similar arbitration, gave its public safety officers raises it couldn't really afford and was also forced into receivership.
A 2006 task force convened by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who supports compulsory arbitration, found that local government costs in arbitration states are 3%-5% higher compared to nonarbitration states. "While small in percentage terms, the impact in dollar terms is huge," the task force concluded. Given that local governments in Michigan alone spend over $23 billion annually, this works out to over a billion in extra spending for them.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis also tried to limit public-sector compulsory arbitration during his first term. In 1977, Mr. Dukakis argued that compulsory arbitration "has removed legitimate management prerogatives in the area of staff assignments, (and) transfers from the control of municipal officials at a time when they are under severe pressure to improve their management and make savings." Mr. Dukakis failed to stop compulsory arbitration, but two years later Massachusetts voters approved a ballot initiative that effectively scrapped it.
In a dynamic economy, a business's survival depends upon its ability to constantly cut costs and innovate. But a company forced into binding arbitration will be frozen for two years (the duration of the initial contract) from making any changes to any aspect of its business that is covered by the contract. Literally every issue — from its 401(k) contributions to its reliance on outside labor — could potentially become subject to review by a government panel that has neither the company-specific knowledge nor the incentive to turn a profit.
Businesses are not the only losers in compulsory arbitration. Currently, any contract negotiated by union officials has to be ratified through a vote of rank-and-file members. Under compulsory arbitration, workers do not get this vote. In other words, EFCA will take away the right of workers to vote to form a union, and then binding arbitration will take away their right to vote on a contract.
The only clear winners under this law would be the union bosses, who will obtain new powers without any new accountability. If Michigan's experience suggests anything, it's that rank-and-file workers, businesses, and the American economy will suffer.


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Area Information for Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BL
Porters Field Road in Cradley Heath is in the West Midlands region of England. The postcode is within the Cradley Heath and Old Hill ward/electoral division, which is in the constituency of Halesowen and Rowley Regis. This page combines information for the address Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BL, and the neighbourhood in which it resides. If you wish, you can also view information for the whole of B64 here. For more details on the exact area these statistics cover, please see the map below and click "Show Census Area Covered" immediately below the map.
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Our information is available for almost all UK postcodes. Why not take a look at some of these other postcodes in the immediate vicinity of Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BL:
Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BW
Portersfield Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BN
Central Avenue, Cradley Heath, B64 7BY
Portersfield Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BE
Stourdale Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BG
Graingers Lane, Cradley Heath, B64 7BS
The information on housing, people, culture, employment and education that is displayed about Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BL is based on the last census performed in the UK in 2011. They are performed once every 10 years. Please note: census information may include figures for adjacent streets and postcodes. The figures are therefore representative of the local area, not a specific street address or row of houses. The census collection is designed so that each group of postcodes should contain at least 100 people (50 in Scotland). This is done to preserve the anonymity of the people in that area, as some postcodes cover a very small area, sometimes a single building. You can see the area covered by the census statistics by clicking "Show Census Area Covered" below the map above.
The area containing Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath contains a higher than average level of social housing - 32% of household spaces. This contrasts with the national average of just over 18%.
Across the UK as a whole, the gender split is roughly 49% male, 51% female. The local area around B64 7BL however is predominantly male (55%). This can be caused by a number of factors, but amongst the most common are: areas associated with nearby higher education, areas that contain large establishments such as boarding schools, and areas with younger populations (females on average live longer than males, so are more likely to be found in retirement areas).
The number of residents who are separated in B64 7BL is high - 7% of the area's population. This contrasts with a national average of just 2.7%.
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Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BL is within the Rowley Town policing neighbourhood, under the West Midlands Police force area. For non-urgent queries, contact 101. For emergency assistance, please contact 999. In November 2020, 89 crimes were reported within half a mile of B64 7BL.
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Crime: Click here to view 89 crimes committed near Porters Field Road
Below are the details of the closest services to B64 7BL. All distances are straightline distances, please consult the map of the facility to check the exact location. You can also view these details on our interactive services map for B64 7BL.
Listed here are the 20 closest railway stations to Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BL. The nearest railway station is Cradley Heath, approximately 670 yards away.
Cradley Heath 670 yards
Blakedown 5.8 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest primary schools to Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BL. The nearest is Cradley CofE Primary School, approximately 690 yards away.
Cradley CofE Primary School 690 yards
Timbertree Academy 760 yards
Colley Lane Primary Academy half a mile
Corngreaves Academy 0.5 miles
Dudley Wood Primary School 0.7 miles
Reddal Hill Primary School 0.8 miles
Netherbrook Primary School 0.8 miles
Quarry Bank Primary School 0.9 miles
Temple Meadow Primary School 1 mile
Listed here are the 10 closest secondary schools to Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BL. The nearest is Ormiston Forge Academy, approximately 1 mile away.
Ormiston Forge Academy 1 mile
Thorns Collegiate Academy 1.5 miles
The Pedmore High School 2.2 miles
Redhill School 2.6 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest GPs (General Practitioners) to Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BL. The nearest is Cradley Road Medical Practice, approximately 380 yards away. Please consult the NHS Choices website to check if the facility is currently accepting new NHS patients.
Cradley Road Medical Practice 380 yards
Haden Vale Medical Practice 680 yards
Chapel House Lane Surgery 0.7 miles
Dudley Wood Surgery 0.8 miles
Quarry Bank Medical Centre 0.9 miles
Hawne Lane Surgery (Dr Thorns) 1.1 miles
Thorns Road Surgery 1.2 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest dentists to Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BL. The nearest is Bhandal Dental Practice - Cradley Heath, approximately 510 yards away. Please consult the NHS Choices website to check if the facility is currently accepting new NHS patients.
Bhandal Dental Practice - Cradley Heath 510 yards
Bhandal Dental Practice - Sydney Road 710 yards
Bhandal Dental Practice - Colley Gate 0.7 miles
Bhandal Dental Practice - Quarry Bank 0.9 miles
Bhandal Dental Practice - Oldhill 1 mile
Bhandal Dental Practice - Lye 1.6 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest hospitals to Porters Field Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7BL. The nearest is West Midlands Hospital, approximately 0.7 miles away.
Stourside Hospital 3 miles
Edward Street Day Hospital 5 miles
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There is an energy about undergraduate architecture students. They can burn candles at both ends, design audaciously (with any luck) and pick themselves up from volumes of critique to carry the optimism and belief that they conquer all and can use their new skills to change the world for the better. I felt like this and I'm pretty sure I'm describing many of my students as they leave my charge and head out into the world of practice. It was only when I started working and teaching that the realities and limits to my competence became clear. The real world was not quite as easy as we thought it would be in architecture school. Finding that elusive client who would fully fund a cultural centre on the Tyne with unlimited budget and no timescales to construct seemed almost an entitlement. I was unconsciously incompetent when I was at university, or so says my psychologist wife. In short, I had no idea what I didn't know. Following a few anxious bolts through the heart on going into practice, I became consciously incompetent; to put it in plain speak now, I know what I don't know and I work out ways to address this.
My practice is three years old and we remain consciously incompetent, which we embrace. Being consciously incompetent means we look harder for answers and we always ask questions, listening and learning from clients, consultants and those around us with more experience and wisdom. That wisdom is so achingly important for a profession; at its best it transcends time, dealing with the clients of today and societies of tomorrow. It relies on those mistakes and lessons learned the hard way, nuanced and considered through the lens of experience. Wisdom is a thing that in this world, at this time, is woefully under valued, but is also most needed.
Caution Cinema - interior view.
Riyadh Villa - South elevation night view.
Riyadh Villa - South wall day elevation.
Simon Community - courtyard view.
Simon Community – perspective section.
We have been lucky to have been graced by a number of older and wiser heads; being consciously incompetent we sought them out. These are the people who have helped us see through design mazes, scour technical precipices and helped me to learn the nuances of practice management as we have grown in size and our projects have become more complex. They have taught us to be unknowing and curious so we have the freedom to learn from clients and communities. Engaging in a creative process of listening fits with this model where expertise comes out of a shared adventure with our clients. Working on the design of a new public space in Winchester, we did not put pen to paper until we had engaged with the city's many different communities to hold in mind multiple perspectives in the design. We are now working on the refurbishment of a 2000-seat chapel in Westminster, where we are immersing ourselves within the congregation to better understand the use of this sacred space by people from all ages and walks of life.
It can be scary remaining consciously incompetent but there are wondrous delights to be found by looking at the world through this lens. We are guided by those who offer safe passage through the turbulent waters of the design process and fill our sails when we are becalmed in the creative and technical doldrums. Our wise guides know what they know and their expertise is effortless. They are consciously and unconsciously competent, they have seen every threshold detail – and have been sued more times than they care to remember! But their wisdom – and importantly their incredible ability – to share it enables us to work on projects that range from a travelling cinema in a shipping container, to a homeless shelter in London; from a palace in Riyadh to a church in Westminster – and still stay true to that time when we all believed in the potential of architecture to make things better.
Thank you for your wisdom Ronnie, Virginia and Roger: without you I would not be writing this.
Alex Scott-Whitby is one of the RIBA Journal's Rising Stars 2016. He is director of the ScottWhitbyStudio and senior lecturer at the University of East London.


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Cody Caves Park är en park i Kanada.   Den ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den södra delen av landet,  km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa. Cody Caves Park ligger  meter över havet.

Terrängen runt Cody Caves Park är bergig åt sydväst, men åt nordost är den kuperad. Terrängen runt Cody Caves Park sluttar brant österut. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km väster om Cody Caves Park. Trakten runt Cody Caves Park är nära nog obefolkad, med mindre än två invånare per kvadratkilometer.. Närmaste större samhälle är Balfour,  km söder om Cody Caves Park.

I omgivningarna runt Cody Caves Park växer i huvudsak barrskog.  Trakten ingår i den hemiboreala klimatzonen. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är december, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juni, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är augusti, med  mm nederbörd.

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Update on Additional H-2B Visas
AmericanHort and the H-2B Workforce Coalition continue to urge the Administration to immediately make available to seasonal employers the additional 30,000 H-2B visas that it committed to releasing last month. We hope the final rule outlining the process for applying for these visas will be released shortly.
On March 29, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it plans to release an additional 30,000 H-2B visas, and that these visas would be limited to returning workers. The Fiscal 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act authorized Congress to release up to 69,320 additional visas.
Last week, the H-2B Workforce Coalition sent a letter to President Trump urging the Administration to release the final rule and the associated visas as expeditiously as possible. And on April 22, the Department of Homeland Security sent a final rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review. This mandatory review of federal regulations and other regulatory actions is required by several laws and executive orders. It is the final stage in the rulemaking process before a regulation can be finalized and published in the Federal Register. So, it looks like we are close to the new visas becoming available.
We continue to urge the Administration to promptly publish the final rule and will provide our members with the details on how to apply for the additional H-2B visas as soon as the final rule is released.


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Travis Scott Reflects On Derek Chauvin's Guilty Conviction: "We Finally Got Justice"
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Even though Travis Scott is currently one of the biggest artists in the music industry, he is also steadily giving back to his community. The Astroworld rapper also spearheads The Cactus Jack Foundation, which, to date, has awarded college students with HBCU scholarships and helped feed over a thousand families during Houston's devastating winter storm earlier this year.
Now, Travis has come forward to reflect on the recent guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin's trial. In an interview with the Associated Press, Travis Scott discusses George Floyd's tragic passing as well as the unexpected guilty verdict for his murderer. "I mean, we felt that we finally got justice toward some shit that was just very disgusting," the JACKBOYS artist states.


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Audrey Hepburn said "Paris is always a good idea".
This is so true, as the French capital has a lot on offer, but believe it or not, it does rain there too from time to time!
Finding the 'dry spots' can be quite daunting when you don't know where to start, so we've compiled a list of the top 10 things to do in Paris on a rainy day, from traditional to off the beaten track visits…
1- Notre-Dame Archaeological Crypt
Archaeological Crypt Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame Archaeological Crypt is a time machine that will take you 2000 years back to antic Paris.
Vestiges of Lutetia, as it was called until the 4th century, were uncovered under Notre-Dame Cathedral square.
Beautifully excavated and showcased, they'll allow you to walk among the foundations of Roman and medieval buildings and discover the antic port of the Ile de la Cité.
Duration: a couple of hours
2- Catacombes of Paris
Some of the 6 million skeletons
If you're more adventurous and not easily impressed, we suggest you visit the Catacombes.
Paris's underground necropolis stretches over hundreds of meters of galleries originally dug out to extract construction stones.
They were converted into a necropolis in the late 19th century when Paris' parish cemeteries were disaffected for obvious sanitation reasons.
Small chapels were dug in the galleries' walls to store the millions of bones that were regrouped by a cemetery and stacked in amazing patterns.
3- Paris sewers
Sewer wagon vanne
If you enjoy tourist attractions that are out of the ordinary, here's another one for you: Paris sewers.
A well-marked and secure circuit takes you through six centuries of history of water in the city: drinking and non-drinking water, wastewater, the evolution of sanitation, and the evacuation and purification techniques.
And no, it doesn't smell bad, just slightly acrid, but nothing unpleasant.
4- Parisian museums
Orsay Museum along the Seine
Visiting some of the many museums will also be a perfect way of escaping the rain in Paris.
There's not enough space to list them all obviously, but the Louvre and Orsay museums should be at the top of your list.
Here's a selection of the Paris museums that offer free or discounted entrance fees (conditions obviously apply).
Duration: a whole day for Louvre; half a day for Orsay; a couple of hours for most other museums
5- Hôtel des Invalides
Cour d'Honneur
The annex buildings of the Hôtel des Invalides accommodate the Army Museums.
However, the most visited landmark is the imposing Dome Church that was altered to build the crypt that shelters Emperor Napoleon's grave.
Saint-Louis des Invalides Church, which is accessed from the Cour d'Honneur, is only open to the public on Heritage Days.
Queues are not too long and you can buy a combined ticket for the visit of the museums and the church.
Duration: half a day
6- Paris churches
Portal Saint-Etienne
Another way of staying dry when it rains in Paris is to visit our magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral and stunning churches.
There are so many that you'll be spoilt for choice.
We don't recommend the Sacré-Coeur Basilica and Sainte-Chapelle on a rainy day, as queues are always long.
Instead, we suggest checking one of the 25 churches we selected for you.
They are all different and absolutely fabulous.
Duration: 1-hour per church
7- Le Grand Rex cinema
Le Grand Rex cinema
If you are a fan of cinema and Art Deco, check the film programme at Le Grand Rex along the Grands Boulevards.
This iconic Parisian cinema was built in 1932.
It is a small replica of the Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Hitchcock chose it for the premiere of his film The Birds.
What better reference could you hope for?
Duration: as long as the film lasts!
8- Paris cultural Metro stations
If you want to remain dry all through the day, we suggest you discover Paris cultural (decorated) Metro stations.
All you need is one Metro ticket per person.
It'll be valid for 90mins as long as you stay within the Metro's barriers.
This will allow you to travel from a station to another and change line to discover them.
Duration: a whole day, half a day, or as long and as short as you wish
9- Paris department stores
Paul Sedille's facade on Boulevard Haussmann
Why go shopping in Paris on a sunny day?
Go shopping when it's raining!
The only thing you need to decide though is: should you start with the Galeries Layette, Le Printemps Haussmann, or Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche?
Whatever your choice, shop till you drop!
However, don't forget to look up to admire their magnificent Art Nouveau stained-glass domes and fabulous interior and exterior decoration!
Duration: Up to you!
10- Paris covered shopping galleries
Paris covered passages
However, if you want to shop like a Parisian, go for Paris' covered shopping arcades.
Essentially pedestrian, they were built between the late 18th and mid-19th century near the places of power such as Louvre Palace or near the Grands Boulevards, wide avenues lined with entertainment halls.
These passages allowed customers to shop without the fear of being run over by a horse-drawn cart or exposed to bad weather.
They have the unique charm of a bygone era and boast lovely boutiques and Parisian bistros!
Duration: once more, Up to you!
These covered arcades are in the same area, but not connected; you'll need to run between the rain drops to get from one to another, but it's worth it!
Reprinted with permission from www.travelfranceonline.com


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\section{Introduction}
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Evolutionary game theory is a powerful framework to model social and biological evolution when the success of an individual depends on the presence or absence of other strategies \cite{nowak:Science:2004,szabo:PR:2007,roca:PLR:2009,perc:BioSys:2010}.
In this context, the payoff from a game between individuals is translated into reproductive fitness.
Methods from statistical physics have been applied extensively since the field moved from mostly deterministic models based on rate equations to stochastic individual-based models \cite{helbing:PA:1993b,traulsen:PRL:2005,antal:PRL:2006,ohtsuki:PRL:2007,van-segbroeck:PRL:2009,black:PRL:2012}.
These more sophisticated models use a microscopic process as a starting point to determine how successful strategies spread.
Tools and ideas from statistical physics are key to making the connection between the assumptions on the micro-scale, and effective descriptions on the macro-scale.
Two classes of microscopic processes have been used extensively:
(i) Fitness-based processes in which an individual chosen proportional to fitness reproduces and the offspring replaces a randomly chosen individual \cite{nowak:Nature:2004};
(ii) Imitation-based processes in which a pair of individuals is chosen, and where subsequently one of these individuals may adopt the strategy of the other.
This adaptation occurs with a probability that depends on the payoff of both individuals, such that better players are more likely to be imitated than those who do worse \cite{blume:GEB:1993,szabo:PRE:1998}.
The payoff-to-fitness mapping used in the context of fitness-based processes can be interpreted as a transformation between Malthusian fitness (the growth rate, which can be negative) and Wrightian fitness (the average number of offspring in the next generation, a non-negative quantity) \cite{buerger:book:2000,Wu:EaE:2013}.

In types of processes, the relative influence of the game is controlled by an external parameter,
the so-called intensity of selection $\beta$.
This parameter has strong parallels to the inverse temperature in statistical mechanics \cite{traulsen:PRE:2006b}.
In populations of size $N$ the dynamics is dominated by the evolutionary game for strong selection, $\beta N \gg 1$, with demographic noise only affecting the outcome weakly. For weak selection, $\beta N \ll 1$, the dynamics is largely stochastic, with only a small influence of the game on the evolution of the system. The outcome of evolutionary game dynamics thus depends on the interplay between selection and noise, both changing with the relative abundance of the types of individuals in the population.
In well-mixed populations and on some special networks (e.g., on a ring)

the evolutionary dynamics between two types of strategies, wild-type and mutant, can be described by simple birth-death processes. In such processes the state of the system is characterized by the number of mutants alone. A quantity that is of particular interest in evolutionary biology is the probability of fixation, which is the likelihood that a mutant type takes over the entire population \cite{karlin:book:1975,ewens:book:1979}. It is the basis of the definition of evolutionary stability in finite populations \cite{nowak:Nature:2004}. It also features in the leading-order term of a small-mutation expansion of the stationary distribution which serves as a powerful analytical method when multiple strategies are present in the population \cite{fudenberg:JET:2006,wu:JMB:2012}.

The choice of a fitness-based processes versus an imitation-based processes is typically not further justified in the literature \cite{fu:PRE:2008,sigmund:Nature:2010}. Often the type of model employed is chosen arbitrarily.
 This is frequently no cause for concern as many results do not seem to depend on the particular choice of the microscopic process.
 In particular, a wide class of microscopic processes leads to similar results under weak selection \cite{lessard:JMB:2007,lessard:DGAA:2011b}.
 However, this equivalence is only partial, and in some cases the outcome on the macro-scale can crucially depend on the specific choices made at the microscopic level \cite{wu:PLoSCB:2013}.
 Here, we show the choice of an fitness-based versus a imitation-based process is restricted to a unique pair if we require that, for any {\em arbitrary} game, the two processes lead to identical fixation probabilities for {\em all} intensities of selection $\beta$. This indicates that the choice of the microscopic process can make a difference even in unstructured populations. The outcome is independent of the underlying microscopic process only for weak selection (i.e., in the high-temperature regime) and for constant selection.

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We consider well-mixed populations with fixed size $N$.
Each individual can be of one of two types, $A$ and $B$. The state of the population is thus characterized by the number $i$ of individuals of type $A$. The interaction between the two types of individuals is described by the functions $\pi_A^i$ and $\pi_B^i$. These indicate the expected payoff for two types in a population in state $i$. The interaction can be thought of as a two-player matrix game \cite{hofbauer:book:1998}, but we keep the formalism general to include games played between an arbitrary number of players \cite{gokhale:DGAA:2014,pena:JTB:2014}.

A discrete-time birth-death process on the set of states $i=0,\ldots, N$
is characterized by the transition probabilities $T^{i\pm}$ that the system moves to state $i\pm 1$ in the next step, when it is currently in state $i$.
With probability $1-T^{i+}-T^{i-}$, the system remains in state $i$.
We restrict ourselves to processes for which $T^{i\pm}>0$ for all $i=1,\ldots,N-1$, and in which the two states $i=0$ and $i=N$ are absorbing, i.e. $T^{0+}=T^{N-}=0$. The population can never escape from homogenous states.  In biology this corresponds to the absence of mutation, where extinct types cannot be re-introduced.

We will now characterize fitness-based processes and imitation-based processes in more detail. For a given game, i.e.\ for payoff functions $\pi_A^i$ and $\pi_B^i$, a fitness-based process assumes that at each time step an individual is selected for reproduction with a probability proportional to its fitness.
This individual produces one identical offspring which replaces a randomly chosen individual in the population. Consequently, the transition probabilities are of the form
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:transitionMoran}
T_{F}^{i+}=\frac{i}{N} \frac{f_A^i}{\langle f \rangle_i} \frac{N-i}{N},
\quad
T_{F}^{i-}=\frac{N-i}{N} \frac{f_B^i}{\langle f \rangle_i} \frac{i}{N}.
\end{equation}
The subscript `$F$' indicates a fitness-based process. We have assumed that the payoffs $\pi_{A}^i$ and $\pi_B^i$ translate into reproductive fitness via a mapping $f_A^i=f(\beta\pi_A^i)$ and $f_B^i=f(\beta\pi_B^i)$, where $\beta>0$ is the intensity of selection and where $f'(x)> 0$ for all $x$, indicating that fitness increases with payoff. The quantity $\langle f\rangle_i$ is the average fitness of an individual in the population, i.e., $\langle f\rangle_i=\left(if_A^i+(N-i)f_B^i\right)/N$. The transition rates in Eq.~(\ref{eq:transitionMoran}) are then fully specified by the underlying game and by the payoff-to-fitness mapping $f$.

In an imitation process, one focal individual and a role model are chosen at random at each time step.
The payoff difference between the two individuals determines the probability that the focal individual adopts the strategy of the role model.
Specifically, for a focal individual of type $A$ and a role model of type $B$, this probability is $g[\beta(\pi_B^i-\pi_A^i)]$, where $\beta>0$ is again the intensity of selection. If the focal individual is of type $B$ and the role model of type $A$ this probability is $g[\beta(\pi_A^i-\pi_B^i)]$.
The derivative $g'(x)$ of the imitation function $g(x)$ must be positive to ensure it is more likely to adopt successful strategies. For a given game and a given adaptation function $g$ this leads to a birth-death process with the transition
probabilities
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:transtion Imitation}
T_I^{i\pm}=\frac{i(N-i)}{N^2}g\left[\pm\beta(\pi_A(i)-\pi_B(i))\right].
\end{equation}
The the subscript `I' indicates an imitation process.

For both classes of processes, and for any game, the dynamics will eventually reach one of the two absorbing states: Either the mutant goes extinct (absorption at $i=0$), or it reaches fixation ($i=N$). The so-called fixation probability, $\phi$, measures how likely it is that a single mutant takes over the entire population, i.e. it is the probability for the system to end up in $i=N$, if initialised at $i=1$. For general birth-death processes this probability is given by
\cite{nowak:Nature:2004,karlin:book:1975,ewens:book:1979}
\begin{align}
\label{eq:fixationprob}
 \phi = \left(\sum_{k=0}^{N-1} \prod_{i=1}^{k} \frac{T^{i-}}{T^{i+}}\right)^{-1}.
\end{align}
Our arguments hold also for the case of fixation from an arbitrary number of mutants,
but we focus on the biologically most relevant scenario of a single mutant.
The central result of our paper concerns the following question:
For what choices of the payoff-to-fitness mapping, $f$, and of the imitation function, $g$, do the resulting fitness-based and imitation-based processes have the same fixation probability, $\phi_F=\phi_I$, for {\em arbitrary} games and intensities of selection?
In other words,
if we require that the two processes are equivalent in fixation for any game and any selection intensity, how do we need to choose these two processes?

We note that $T_F^{i-}/T_F^{i+}=f(\beta\pi_B^i)/f(\beta\pi_A^i)$ for the fitness-based process, and $T_I^{i-}/T_I^{i+}=g[\beta(\pi_B^i-\pi_A^i]/g[(\beta\pi_A^i-\pi_B^i)]$ for the imitation process. If the functions $f$ and $g$ fulfill
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:fg}
\frac{f(x)}{f(y)}=\frac{g(x-y)}{g(y-x)},
\end{equation}
for all $x, y$, we have $T_F^{i-}/T_F^{i+}=T_I^{i-}/T_I^{i+}$ for all $i$. Using Eq.\ (\ref{eq:fixationprob}) this leads to equal fixation probabilities for all games and any selection intensity.
Thus, Eq.\ \eqref{eq:fg} is sufficient.

We now show that Eq.~\eqref{eq:fg} is also necessary.
To this end we note that the functions $f$ and $g$ must be such that the equality of fixation probability holds for {\em all} games, so in particular for games with constant $\pi_A^i = \pi_A$ and $\pi_B^i = \pi_B$.
For such games the ratios $\gamma_F = T_F^{i-}/T_F^{i+}$ and $\gamma_I = T_I^{i-}/T_I^{i+}$ are independent of $i$. The equality of fixation probabilities is then equivalent to $p(\gamma_F)=p(\gamma_I)$, where $p(\gamma)=\sum_{\ell=0}^{N-1} \gamma^\ell$, cf.\ Eq.\ (\ref{eq:fixationprob}).
The polynomial $p(\gamma)$ is strictly increasing for positive arguments.
Considering that both $\gamma_F$ and $\gamma_I$ are positive,
$p(\gamma_F)=p(\gamma_I)$ implies $\gamma_F=\gamma_I$.
The constants $\pi_A$ and $\pi_B$ can be chosen arbitrarily, as the selection intensity $\beta$. The fact that we require $\gamma_F=\gamma_I$ leads to the conclusion that $f$ and $g$ must fulfil Eq.\ \eqref{eq:fg}.
Eq.\ \eqref{eq:fg} is thus necessary if we require identity of fixation times for {\em all} possible games.
We stress that it may well be possible to construct a game and a pair of functions $f$ and $g$, which are not of the above form, such that the fixation probabilities of the two resulting processes coincide for this particular game.
However, unless $f$ and $g$ fulfil Eq. (\ref{eq:fg}) the identity of fixation probabilities will not hold for arbitrary games, as our argument above shows.

Eq.\ (\ref{eq:fg}) implies that the ratio $f(x)/f(y)$ has to be a function of the difference $x-y$ alone. Setting $y=x+\Delta x$ in $f(x)/f(y)=g(x-y)/g(y-x)$ and taking the limit $\Delta x\to 0$ leads to the differential equation
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:odefg}
\frac{ f'(x)}{f(x)} = 2\frac{g'(0)}{g(0)}.
\end{equation}
We note that this differential equation must hold for all $x$. It is a necessary condition for the equality of fixation probabilities for arbitrary games and arbitrary strength of selection, but it is not a sufficient condition by itself. A necessary and sufficient condition is given by Eq. (\ref{eq:fg}).

\medskip

We observe that the condition of Eq. (\ref{eq:odefg}) can be relaxed if we limit the equality of fixation probabilities to the weak-selection approximation.
It corresponds to expanding the fixation probabilities to linear order in the selection intensity.
If we require that $f$ and $g$ lead to identical fixation probabilities only in the linear-order term in $\beta$ (but not necessarily to higher order) for any payoff functions $\pi_A^i$ and $\pi_B^i$ we obtain the condition
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:univer-weak}
\frac{f'(0)}{f(0)}=2\frac{g'(0)}{g(0)}.
\end{equation}

This condition is far less restrictive than Eq. (\ref{eq:odefg}), and it is both necessary and sufficient to have identity of fixation times for all games up to linear order in $\beta$. This can be seen from existing results for weak selection \cite{wu:PRE:2010}.
The only solution of the more restrictive condition, Eq.~\eqref{eq:odefg}, is
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:RLSH 1}
f(x)=f(0)\exp\left[2\frac{g'(0)}{g(0)}x\right].
\end{equation}

This implies that in order for the fixation probabilities of a fitness-based process to be identical to those of an imitation based process (to any order in the selection intensity), it is necessary that the payoff-to-fitness mapping $f(\beta\pi)$ is exponential in $x$, $f(x)=f(0)\exp(\lambda x)$, where $\lambda$ is an arbitrary positive constant.  The imitation function $g$ is at this point largely unconstrained, although one finds $g(x)/g(-x)=e^{\lambda x}$ by setting $y=0$ in Eq. (\ref{eq:fg}). With the additional assumption $g(x)+g(-x)=1$,  only a single possible imitation functions remains, the so-called Fermi function $g(x)=[1+e^{-\lambda x}]^{-1}$.

We have thus shown that the assumption of equal fixation probabilities for {\em all} games together with the mild assumption $g(x)+g(-x)=1$ fully restricts the payoff-to-fitness mapping and the imitation function to $f(x)=f(0)e^{\lambda x}$ and $g(x)=1/(1+e^{-\lambda x})$.
The only remaining free parameters are $f(0)$ and the constant $\lambda$.
However, the choice of $f(0)$ is immaterial as $f(0)$ drops out in Eq.\ (\ref{eq:transitionMoran}). The constant $\lambda$ on the other hand can effectively be absorbed in the selection strength, $\beta$, so that, to all intents and purposes, our constraints fully specify the payoff-to-fitness mapping and the imitation function. Thus, this pair of processes is unique and, if chosen otherwise, the precise details of the microscopic model will affect the outcome of the model on the macroscopic level.  For example, the popular linear payoff-to-fitness mapping $f=1+\beta \pi$ has no corresponding imitation function which depends on payoff differences only and which leads to the same fixation probability for arbitrary games. This is illustrated in Fig.~\ref{fig:ill}.

The allowed set of imitation functions becomes broader if we relax the constraint and allow functions $g$ with $g(x)+g(-x)\neq 1$. We find that any imitation function of the form $g(x)=h(x)/(1+e^{-\lambda x})$ is permissible so long as the resulting $g(x)$ is increasing, takes values between $0$ and $1$ (such that it is a probability),
and $h(x)$ is even (to ensure $f(x)/f(y)=g(x-y)/g(y-x)$). To show that such functions $h(x)$ exist we mention two arbitrary examples,
$h(x)=\exp[- \tfrac{1}{2}e^{-x^2} ]$ and $h(x)=\tfrac{2}{3} \pm \tfrac{1}{3 \cosh[x]}$.

\begin{figure}[t!!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{Fig1_02.pdf}
\caption{Graphical representation of Eq.~\eqref{eq:fg}.
The contour plot depicts the ratio $f(\beta \pi_A)/f(\beta \pi_B)$.
Panel A: For the exponential payoff-to-fitness mapping $f(x)=\exp(x)$, the ratio $f(\beta \pi_A)/f(\beta \pi_B)$
obviously depends on the difference $\pi_A-\pi_B$ only, such that the contour lines are diagonal in the $\pi_A-\pi_B$ plane. An identical picture is obtained for $g[\beta(\pi_A-\pi_B)]/g[\beta(\pi_B-\pi_A)]$ with $g(x) = [1+\exp(-x)]^{-1}$.  Panel B: For the affine linear payoff-to-fitness mapping $f(x)=1+x$, the ratio $f(\beta \pi_A)/f(\beta \pi_B)$ depends on $\pi_A$ and $\pi_B$ explicitly, not only on their difference. The contour lines are no longer parallel to each other. It is not possible to reconstruct an imitation function $g$ leading to equivalent fixation times for all games, and which depends on payoff difference only. For simplicity we have used $\beta=1$ in the figure.}
\label{fig:ill}
\end{figure}

We now consider more general imitation processes in which the imitation probability does not depend on payoff differences alone. Specifically, we allow imitation probabilities with which a focal individual with payoff $\pi_{\rm foc}$ imitates the strategy of a role model with payoff $\pi_{\rm rm}$ of the form $Q(\beta\pi_{\rm foc},\beta\pi_{\rm rm})$, i.e.\ $Q$ may depend on the payoffs of both individuals explicitly. The previous case is recovered as $Q(x,y)=g(y-x)$. To guarantee that the resulting imitation function $Q(x,y)$ is a probability, it has to take values between $0$ and $1$. In addition, we require  $\partial_x Q(x,y) < 0$, such that focal individuals with high payoff are less likely to adopt the strategies of others, and $\partial_y Q(x,y) > 0$, such that role models with higher payoff are more likely to be imitated than those with a low payoff.
In this more general case, a fitness-based process with payoff-to-fitness mapping $f$ has the same fixation probability of a single mutant as an imitation process if $f(x)/f(y)=Q(y,x)/Q(x,y)$ in analogy to Eq.~\eqref{eq:fg}.
Setting $y=x+\Delta x$ and taking the limit $\Delta x\to0$ leads to the necessary condition
\begin{align}
\label{Eq:ODE-general}
f'(x)=\Gamma(x) f(x),
\end{align}
where $\Gamma(x) = Q(x,x)^{-1}\left.\left[\left(\partial_y-\partial_x\right) Q(x,y)\right]\right|_{y=x}$.
From this, one obtains
\begin{equation}
\label{Eq:M+I Gener}
f(x)= f(0)\exp\left[\int_0^x\ \Gamma(z) d z\right].
\end{equation}
Again this condition is necessary, but not sufficient by itself to guarantee equal fixation probabilities under both processes for arbitrary games.
Condition (\ref{Eq:M+I Gener}) admits payoff-to-fitness mappings $f(x)$ that are not exponential. The constraint that $f(x)$ must be exponential in $x$ derived under the more restrictive assumptions above is a specific consequence of the requirement that the imitation probability depends on payoff differences only.

For any given payoff-to-fitness mapping  $f(x)$ which is increasing and positive,
the
function $Q(x,y)=f(y)/(f(x)+f(y))$ proposed in \cite{nowak:Nature:2004} is decreasing in $x$ and increasing in $y$ and takes values between $0$ and $1$.
In other words, it fulfills the constraints of an imitation function.
Thus, for any payoff-to-fitness mapping, $f(x)$, there is an imitation kernel $Q(x,y)$ leading to equal fixation probabilities for all games. Restricting the set of permissible kernels to those of the form $Q(x,y)= g[\psi(y)-\psi(x)]$ with $g(x)+g(-x)=1$ and where $\psi(x)$ is an increasing function fully specifies the imitation kernel. A short calculation shows that the imitation function $Q(x,y)=f(y)/[f(x)+f(y)]$ is then the only possible imitation choice leading to identical fixation probabilities for all games for a given payoff-to-fitness mapping.  For the exponential mapping, $f(x)=f(0)e^{\lambda x}$, this is the Fermi function $Q(x,y)=e^{\lambda x}/(e^{\lambda x}+e^{\lambda y})=1/[1+e^{-\lambda (x-y)}]$.

In addition to the fixation probability, the so-called gradient of selection is often used to investigate stochastic evolutionary game dynamics \citep{pinheiro:NJP:2012}.
It is given by $T^{i+}-T^{i-}$ and represents the drift term of the corresponding Fokker-Planck equation in the diffusion approximation \cite{traulsen:PRE:2012,bladon:PRE:2010}. The qualitative features of the deterministic flow of a given game will generally not depend upon the choice of a fitness-based Moran process versus a pairwise comparison process. However, going beyond this qualitative level immediately reveals that a fitness-based process and an imitation-based process cannot have identical gradient of selection for all $i$ and all $x$ and $y$. In order for this to be the case we require
 \begin{equation}
\label{Equ:BothCases}
 \frac{f(\beta\pi_A^i) - f(\beta\pi_B^i)}{\langle f \rangle_i}  = g[\beta(\pi_A^i-\pi_B^i)]-g[\beta(\pi_B^i-\pi_A^i)].
 \end{equation}
However, the left-hand side explicitly depends on the state $i$, whereas the right-hand side depends on $i$ only via the payoffs $\pi_A^i$ and $\pi_B^i$. These can be chosen not to depend on $i$, so Eq.~(\ref{Equ:BothCases}) cannot be valid for arbitrary games.
In particular, such an equivalence is not found for the pair of processes that leads to identical fixation probabilities discussed above.
Under weak selection, such an identity in the gradient of selection is often found. However the requirements for an equivalence of selection gradient in the weak selection approximation are generally quite different from those needed to result in an equivalence of fixation probabilities in the same limit.

\medskip

In summary we have challenged some of the key assumptions frequently made in modelling evolutionary dynamics. Fitness-based and imitation-based processes are often used as if these approaches were entirely exchangeable. This is appropriate -- to a certain extent -- when fitness is a positive constant as it is the case in many models of classical population genetics. The choice of the microscopic details of the process does however make a difference for the macroscopic outcome of frequency-dependent selection outside the regime of weak selection. As we have shown there are then strong restrictions on the choice of the imitation function and the payoff-to-fitness mapping if one requires that the fixation probabilities in the two classes of processes are identical for any intensity of selection. Additionally we find that it is impossible to construct two such processes that lead to the same gradient of selection and to identical fixation probabilities. These challenges are largely absent in population genetics, where selection is constant, and only arise in evolutionary game theory, where selection is frequency dependent. In evolutionary games on graphs a dependence on the microscopic details has been pointed out repeatedly \cite{szabo:PR:2007,roca:PLR:2009,perc:BioSys:2010}.
It is noteworthy that these difficulties are already present in non-spatial well-mixed systems of the type that we have discussed. The complexity of a networked structure is therefore not a necessary component. Indeed, we would expect it to be much more challenging to construct two processes with identical outcomes on such more complicated geometries.

\begin{acknowledgments}
We thank Benjamin Werner for helpful discussions.
\end{acknowledgments}

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ANTONOV STATE ENTERPRISE SHOWS FIRST MILITARY TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
Antonov State Enterprise, which is part of Ukroboronprom state concern, at the end of last year demonstrated the first military transport aircraft An-178-100R No. 001 designed for flight certification tests. "Ukraine demonstrates its defense capability thanks to synergy, united efforts… The synergy of [the relevant parliamentary committee who fully support the Armed Forces, representatives of the command of the Armed Forces, the leadership of Ukroboronprom, the leadership of the plant and the Ministry of Defense] guarantees our exact victory with you, and it will not only be three such planes, but more," Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said at the plane's roll-out ceremony in Kyiv on December 28.
Director of General Antonov State Enterprise Serhiy Bychkov said that the aircraft was transferred to a flight test base for ground and flight tests.
According to him, the state, through Ukreximbank, allocated an almost interest-free loan to the Antonov to manufacture the aircraft for the Ministry of Defense, and the company has already received about UAH 1 billion from the Ministry of Defense.
Bychkov said that this is the first aircraft of this generation in design, ergonomics and management, which was created in the post-Soviet space. "Such an aircraft in this class has not yet been on our territory, so it will require very careful, reliable testing in all parameters to make the first flight. I will not sign the acceptance act if I am not convinced that the first flight will be completely safe and reliable. Such a control system has not yet existed and does not exist. You are present at the opening of a new era. In the Soviet Union, there was no such aircraft, and now Russia certainly doesn't have," Bychkov said.
At the same time, the director general of the Antonov State Enterprise said that the auxiliary power unit for the aircraft was manufactured in Italy.
"There is not a single product, the equipment of which is Russian-made, I declare with all my authority… I have nothing to hide, nothing to deceive, especially from the Ministry of Defense," he said.
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More than 30 Ukrainian enterprises take part in the An-178-100R program, which produced 177 types of components for this aircraft. In particular, for the first time in Ukraine Antonov, scientific and technical complex Ekran, PJSC FED, SOE Kharkiv Aggregate Design Bureau have developed and implemented a modern electronic control system for aircraft and a control system for wing mechanization. SOE Pivdenny (Yuzhny) Machine-Building Plant has launched the production of main landing gear. Foreign suppliers from Europe, the United States and Canada are also involved in the equipment of the aircraft.
Antonov received a state procurement order for the construction of three aircraft with the support of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the end of December 2020.
The airframe of the first of the three ordered aircraft was fully completed. The fuselage, wing, and tail unit of the second An-178-100R were assembled ahead of schedule.
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ANTONOV WANTS TO DEVELOPE AN-148 REGIONAL AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
The transfer of An-148-100 aircraft, previously operated by other airlines, to Ukraine has a positive effect for Antonov state-owned enterprise, Viktor Kazurov, the program director for An-148 and its modifications, said.
"For Antonov state enterprise, this is a new stage in the development of the regional passenger aircraft program, which will have a positive effect on their production," he told Interfax-Ukraine, commenting on the recent statement by Sergei Turkin, the director of the Voronezh leasing company Ilyushin Finance Co, about the intention, as part of a civil aircraft remarketing strategy, to sell its remaining five An-148s, possibly to Ukrainian operators.
According to Kazurov, the use of An-148-100 by Ukrainian airlines will allow Ukrainian citizens to travel even from small regional airports with the level of comfort and speed of mainline liners, and the planes themselves will fly, not stand idle.
The director of the An-148 aircraft program positively assessed the appearance in Ukraine at the end of October of this year of a new airline Air Ocean Airlines, whose fleet includes An-148s.
"This airline appeared at the right time and in the right place. It is developing an actively growing niche of regional transportation," he said.
Kazurov recalled that Air Ocean Airlines passed state certification on October 23, and on October 30 it made its first flight on the route Kyiv (Zhuliany)-Mykolaiv-Kyiv. Then in November the company opened flights from Kyiv to Zaporizhia, Lviv, Chernivtsi, and in December it connected Lviv and Kharkiv.
"We welcome the arrival of this company to the Ukrainian market, which contributes to the development of regions, the creation of new jobs, the promotion of An-148 aircraft. Before the New Year, Air Ocean Airlines plans to establish air traffic between Lviv and Zaporizhia, as well as Kyiv and Kharkiv. Antonov provides comprehensive support to the operator and resolves emerging issues as soon as possible," the expert emphasized.
Kazurov clarified that Air Ocean Airlines plans to receive three or four more aircraft in the first half of 2022, and in the future to bring the fleet to ten aircraft of the An-148/158 type.
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ANTONOV WANTS TO BUILD FIVE AN-158 AIRCRAFT
The Ministry of Infrastructure is studying the possibility of purchasing the first five An-158 aircraft from the state-owned enterprise Antonov (Kyiv), which is part of Ukroboronprom, for the needs of the Ukrainian National Airlines (UNA), the Ministry of Infrastructure has reported on Facebook.
The signing of the relevant contracts is expected in the first or second quarter of next year.
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Antonov enterprise expects that the contracts will be signed directly between the State Enterprise and JSC Ukrainian National Airlines.
"The An-158 is an excellent plane with 99 seats. We are ready to build five such planes within the next three years by order of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the National Air Carrier. The first plane will be launched within the first year," Yuriy Husev, Director General of Ukroboronprom, said.
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According to the TMZ website, the start of the dialogue was preceded by a meeting in Kyiv of the founder of the investment company Welfare Investment Alliance (Uzbekistan), Alisher Abdualiev, with Director General of Antonov state-owned enterprise Serhiy Bychkov.
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TMZ said that it continues to produce individual parts and assemblies for the aviation industry, carries out systematic work to restore the production of components for aircraft on the basis of direct contracts with aircraft manufacturers.
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UKRAINE MAY OFFER U.S. COMPANY BOEING TO LOCALIZE AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION AT ANTONOV
Ukraine has an experience of possible cooperation with the U.S. company Boeing, in particular, on the localization of their aircraft, Deputy Prime Minister for Strategic Industries Oleh Urusky said in an interview on Army FM radio.
"I do not exclude that during my visit to the United States we will contact Boeing with these proposals, in particular regarding the possible localization of the production of this company's aircraft at our Antonov," he said.
Urusky said that due to the coronavirus crisis, Boeing, like many companies, has significantly decreased the number of orders.
"Now everyone is looking for new markets and opportunities. We are setting ambitious goals for ourselves to develop our military aviation. I hope that cooperation with Boeing will be useful for us in this direction," the deputy prime minister said.
He also said that in addition to the contract signed by the Defense Ministry with Antonov at the end of 2020 on the production of three An-178s, an order for four An-74s is being prepared in 2021. Urusky said that the delivery date for the first An-178 is 2023.
AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION, ANTONOV, BOEING
Ukreximbank provides Antonov with UAH 3 bln for construction of three An-178 aircraft
The state-owned Ukreximbank (Kyiv) has provided the Antonov State Enterprise with almost UAH 3 billion of loan for the construction of three An-178 aircraft for the Ukrainian army, Chairman of the Management Board Yevhen Metzger said.
"The state-owned Ukreximbank signed a loan agreement with […] the Antonov State Enterprise for almost UAH 3 billion, which will go to the construction of three new An-178 aircraft for the Ukrainian army," he wrote on Facebook.
It is indicated that a state contract for ordering aircraft was concluded with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for four years in the presence and with the assistance of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
As reported, in late December, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Antonov State Enterprise signed a memorandum of cooperation in the construction of aircraft for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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