TPTP Problem File: MGT065+1.p

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% File     : MGT065+1 : TPTP v8.2.0. Released v2.4.0.
% Domain   : Management (Organisation Theory)
% Problem  : Long-run hazard of mortality
% Version  : [Han98] axioms.
% English  : The long-run hazard of mortality for an endowed organization with
%            either a fragile or a robust position in a drifting environment
%            exceeds the hazard near founding.

% Refs     : [Kam00] Kamps (2000), Email to G. Sutcliffe
%          : [CH00]  Carroll & Hannan (2000), The Demography of Corporation
%          : [Han98] Hannan (1998), Rethinking Age Dependence in Organizati
% Source   : [Kam00]
% Names    : THEOREM 11 [Han98]

% Status   : Theorem
% Rating   : 0.31 v8.2.0, 0.28 v8.1.0, 0.25 v7.5.0, 0.28 v7.4.0, 0.23 v7.3.0, 0.31 v7.2.0, 0.28 v7.1.0, 0.26 v7.0.0, 0.17 v6.4.0, 0.23 v6.3.0, 0.25 v6.2.0, 0.28 v6.1.0, 0.33 v6.0.0, 0.26 v5.5.0, 0.33 v5.4.0, 0.39 v5.3.0, 0.41 v5.2.0, 0.30 v5.1.0, 0.29 v4.1.0, 0.35 v4.0.0, 0.33 v3.7.0, 0.25 v3.5.0, 0.21 v3.4.0, 0.26 v3.3.0, 0.29 v3.2.0, 0.36 v3.1.0, 0.44 v2.7.0, 0.33 v2.6.0, 0.50 v2.5.0, 0.33 v2.4.0
% Syntax   : Number of formulae    :   17 (   5 unt;   0 def)
%            Number of atoms       :   70 (  12 equ)
%            Maximal formula atoms :   16 (   4 avg)
%            Number of connectives :   61 (   8   ~;   5   |;  28   &)
%                                         (   7 <=>;  13  =>;   0  <=;   0 <~>)
%            Maximal formula depth :   18 (   5 avg)
%            Maximal term depth    :    2 (   1 avg)
%            Number of predicates  :   13 (  12 usr;   0 prp; 1-3 aty)
%            Number of functors    :   11 (  11 usr;   9 con; 0-2 aty)
%            Number of variables   :   29 (  29   !;   0   ?)
% SPC      : FOF_THM_RFO_SEQ

% Comments : See MGT042+1.p for the mnemonic names.
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include('Axioms/MGT001+0.ax').
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%----Problem Axioms
%----An endowment provides an immunity that lasts until an
%----organization's age exceeds `eta'.
fof(definition_1,axiom,
    ! [X] :
      ( has_endowment(X)
    <=> ! [T] :
          ( organization(X)
          & ( smaller_or_equal(age(X,T),eta)
           => has_immunity(X,T) )
          & ( greater(age(X,T),eta)
           => ~ has_immunity(X,T) ) ) ) ).

%----Two states of the environment are dissimilar for an organization
%----if and only if the organization cannot be aligned to both.
%----
%----Added quantification over X.
fof(definition_2,axiom,
    ! [X,T0,T] :
      ( dissimilar(X,T0,T)
    <=> ( organization(X)
        & ~ ( is_aligned(X,T0)
          <=> is_aligned(X,T) ) ) ) ).

%----An organization is aligned with the state of the environment at
%----its time of founding.
fof(assumption_13,axiom,
    ! [X,T] :
      ( ( organization(X)
        & age(X,T) = zero )
     => is_aligned(X,T) ) ).

%----Environmental drift: the environments at times separated by more
%----than `sigma' are dissimilar.
fof(assumption_15,axiom,
    ! [X,T0,T] :
      ( ( organization(X)
        & age(X,T0) = zero )
     => ( greater(age(X,T),sigma)
      <=> dissimilar(X,T0,T) ) ) ).

%----An organization's immunity. alignment of capability with the
%----current state of the environment and positional advantage jointly
%----affect the hazard of mortality with the following ordinal scaling:
fof(assumption_17,axiom,
    ! [X,T] :
      ( organization(X)
     => ( ( has_immunity(X,T)
         => hazard_of_mortality(X,T) = very_low )
        & ( ~ has_immunity(X,T)
         => ( ( ( is_aligned(X,T)
                & positional_advantage(X,T) )
             => hazard_of_mortality(X,T) = low )
            & ( ( ~ is_aligned(X,T)
                & positional_advantage(X,T) )
             => hazard_of_mortality(X,T) = mod1 )
            & ( ( is_aligned(X,T)
                & ~ positional_advantage(X,T) )
             => hazard_of_mortality(X,T) = mod2 )
            & ( ( ~ is_aligned(X,T)
                & ~ positional_advantage(X,T) )
             => hazard_of_mortality(X,T) = high ) ) ) ) ) ).

%----The levels of hazard of mortality are ordered:
%----
%----Split over 5 separate formulas because TPTP gives an error on top
%----level occurrences of `&'.
fof(assumption_18a,axiom,
    greater(high,mod1) ).

fof(assumption_18b,axiom,
    greater(mod1,low) ).

fof(assumption_18c,axiom,
    greater(low,very_low) ).

fof(assumption_18d,axiom,
    greater(high,mod2) ).

fof(assumption_18e,axiom,
    greater(mod2,low) ).

%----Problem theorems
%----The long-run hazard of mortality for an endowed organization with
%----either a fragile or a robust position in a drifting environment
%----exceeds the hazard near founding.
%----From D1, D2, A13, A15, A17, A18 (text says D1,2,4 and A1,2,13-15,17-19;
%----also needs D<, D<=, MP>str, MP>com, MP>tra).
%----
%----Expanding (age(X,T1) <= min(eta,sigma,tau)) and
%----expanding (age(X,T1) > max(eta,sigma,tau));
%----Text says RB(x) & FG(x) which contradicts lemma 10; changed to |.
%----added (hazard_of_mortality(X,T1) = hazard_of_mortality(X,T0)).
fof(theorem_11,conjecture,
    ! [X,T0,T1,T2] :
      ( ( organization(X)
        & ( robust_position(X)
          | fragile_position(X) )
        & has_endowment(X)
        & age(X,T0) = zero
        & greater(sigma,zero)
        & greater(tau,zero)
        & greater(eta,zero)
        & smaller_or_equal(age(X,T1),sigma)
        & smaller_or_equal(age(X,T1),tau)
        & smaller_or_equal(age(X,T1),eta)
        & greater(age(X,T2),sigma)
        & greater(age(X,T2),tau)
        & greater(age(X,T2),eta) )
     => ( greater(hazard_of_mortality(X,T2),hazard_of_mortality(X,T1))
        & hazard_of_mortality(X,T1) = hazard_of_mortality(X,T0) ) ) ).

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