Optimization models based on a nonlinear systems description often possess multiple local optima. The objective of global ...
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Optimization models based on a nonlinear systems description often possess multiple local optima. The objective of global ...
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Theformulationofmanypracticalproblemsnaturallyinvolvesconstraintsonthe variables entering the mathematical model of a real-life ...
Lire la suiteThe research presented in this volume is a wide-ranging analysis and explanation of the dynamics of emergence, diffusion, ...
Lire la suiteThis book deals with the relevance of recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning in education and training, ...
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This book draws the big picture of how population change interplays with politics across the world from 1990 to 2040.
Lire la suiteIn the early years of the 21st Century, as a result of many changes, it has become possible for the first time for tens of ...
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At the same time, I was a junior Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble w- ried about a much more mundane problem: how to keep ...
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This book innovative risk governance framework, the careful reviews it received from internationally recognized scientists, ...
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This monograph examines and develops the Global Smoothness Preservation Property (GSPP) and the Shape Preservation Property ...
Lire la suiteGlobal modelling and validation is required to master the design of systems made of heterogeneous components. These systems ...
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In the global-warming debate, definitive answers to questions about ultimate causes and effects remain elusive. In Global ...
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Is ‘development’ passé? Is it merely a by-product or a ‘trickle down’ effect of economic growth, spurred by globalisation? ...
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This book contiants chapters address the theoretical, philosophical, ethical and religious and spatial context of security; ...
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This timely collection explores ethical and legal dilemmas in healthcare arising from globalization. Conflicts between public ...
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Globalization is affecting regional economies in a broad spectrum of aspects, from labor market conditions and development ...
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This account of the 'L-20 project' describes and analyses a 3-year mobilization designed as an alternative to the political ...
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A characteristic of the present global ecological situation is increasing instability or— put another way—a crisis in ...
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Most research on globalization has focused on macroeconomic and economy-wide consequences. This book explores an under-researched ...
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This book argues that concentration of wealth is not sustainable. It offers an alternative model, a philosophy of "social ...
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