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Tag Archives: Charles Polk
Charles Polk wants to go to Mars.
No kidding. Best wishes to his new venture. PS: Charles Polk (thru Net Exchange) was a participant in DARPA’s Policy Analysis Market.
THE DAY ROBIN HANSON FOUGHT FOR HIS BABY
Robin Hanson on PAM: Just before Phase I commenced, I had designed and implemented a combinatorial market maker, and proposed that PAM use it. Charles Polk, president of Net Exchange, chose instead to refit their existing software to this application. … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange & Market Designs, Exchanges & Markets, History, Inventions & Innovations, Mechanism Designs
Tagged CEO and founder, Charles Polk, John Ledyard, Market Scoring Rules, MSR, Net Exchange, PAM, Policy Analysis Market, prediction markets, President, Robin Hanson, ROBIN HANSON FOUGHT, set 255, simulation
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The truth on the 2000–2003 US DoD’s DARPA’s IAO’s FutureMAP/Policy Analysis Market project.
The Policy Analysis Market project was badmouthed last week by Bruce Hansen of The Register, so I’m publishing here some excerpts of Robin Hanson’s verbatim. — Robin Hanson: [...] It fell to me to explore possible application areas, and after … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History, Market Contract Statements
Tagged Arafat, Bruce Hansen, Charles Polk, Congress, date, David Pennock, Department of Defense, Israel, John Poindexter, media storm, North Korea, oil prices, prediction markets, research scientist, Robin Hanson, Saudi Arabia, secretary of defense, Senate, United States, US DoD, USD, Yahoo!
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