A Policy Evaluation of the Direct Payment Scheme for Collective Stewardship of Common Property Resources in Japan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.05.029
Abstract: Abstract The extent to which Payments for Environmental/Ecosystem Services (PES) programs help to promote collective stewardship of common property resources (CPRs) has been gaining attention among scholars and practitioners. One of the main concerns related… read more here.
Keywords: collective stewardship; stewardship common; policy evaluation; common property ... See more keywords
Confidence intervals for policy evaluation in adaptive experiments
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2014602118
Abstract: Significance Randomized controlled trials are central to the scientific process, but they can be costly. For example, a clinical trial may assign patients to treatments that are detrimental to them. Adaptive experimental designs, such as… read more here.
Keywords: estimator; intervals policy; policy evaluation; evaluation adaptive ... See more keywords
Handbook of social policy evaluation
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DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2018.1529966
Abstract: out as a result of the extensive survey. The editors set out a summary in their introduction of the agreed strategy and terms for data analysis employed throughout the chapters of the book, in order… read more here.
Keywords: research; social policy; volume; local government ... See more keywords
Using the Capability Approach and Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Development Policy Evaluation
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DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2019.1699277
Abstract: Policy evaluation is interested in studying what works, for whom, and under which circumstances. That is, it is interested in outcomes and their causes. Analyzing the former involves particular cha... read more here.
Keywords: policy; capability approach; analysis; policy evaluation ... See more keywords
Off-Policy Evaluation With Online Adaptation for Robot Exploration in Challenging Environments
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DOI: 10.1109/lra.2023.3271520
Abstract: Autonomous exploration has many important applications. However, classic information gain-based or frontier-based exploration only relies on the robot current state to determine the immediate exploration goal, which lacks the capability of predicting the value of… read more here.
Keywords: policy evaluation; robot; robot exploration; challenging environments ... See more keywords
Policy Evaluation and Seeking for Multiagent Reinforcement Learning via Best Response
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DOI: 10.1109/tac.2021.3085171
Abstract: Multiagent policy evaluation and seeking are long-standing challenges in developing theories for multiagent reinforcement learning (MARL), due to multidimensional learning goals, nonstationary environment, and scalability issues in the joint policy space. This article introduces two… read more here.
Keywords: policy; policy evaluation; evaluation seeking; reinforcement learning ... See more keywords
Theories of Change in Rural Policy Evaluation
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DOI: 10.1111/soru.12269
Abstract: Rural policy evaluation helps to understand the extent to which policies have met pre-defined objectives, achieve value for money and learn from implementation failures. However, there is increasing debate over the quality of policy evaluation… read more here.
Keywords: policy; rural policy; change rural; policy evaluation ... See more keywords
OP113 Seeking causal explanations in policy evaluation: an assessment of applying process tracing to the barbados sugar-sweetened beverage tax evaluation
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DOI: 10.1136/jech-2019-ssmabstracts.112
Abstract: Background Finding an association between a policy and an effect in an observational study is not enough to prove a causal relationship. Impact evaluations may be strengthened by developing an understanding of the causal explanation(s)… read more here.
Keywords: evaluation; test; process tracing; policy ... See more keywords