Brandman University

B2A Agentic Commerce Implementation Record

A dated technical record of a working business-to-agent (B2A) commerce implementation, and of the first purchases made through it. On 15 September 2026 two third-party software agents, unknown to the seller beforehand, registered themselves at a public endpoint, read a priced cat...

Symbolic Immortality, Mental Health, and Addictions: A Terror Management Perspective

Abstract Terror Management and Anxiety Buffer Disruption Theories suggest that socio-cultural psychological resources, such as self-esteem, attachment security, meaning in life, and group identity, can buffer against death-related anxiety and related psychological problems, by pr...

Interval Scheduling Games with Color-Based Concurrent Jobs

We consider a game theoretic variant of an interval scheduling problem. Every job is associated with a length, a weight, and a color. Each player controls all the jobs of a specific color, and needs to decide on a processing interval for each of its jobs. Jobs of the same color c...

Contemplating Conquest: Public Opinion on the Forcible Seizure of Territory

ABSTRACT The norm against conquest—a central tenet of the international order—is eroding. This study is among the first to examine public support for this norm, using a real-world case: Israel’s seizure of Syrian territory following the collapse of the Assad regime in December 20...