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Building State Capability

Author : Matt Andrews
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198747489
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Book Synopsis Building State Capability by : Matt Andrews

Download or read book Building State Capability written by Matt Andrews and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments play a major role in the development process, and constantly introduce reforms and policies to achieve developmental objectives. Many of these interventions have limited impact, however; schools get built but children don't learn, IT systems are introduced but not used, plans are written but not implemented. These achievement deficiencies reveal gaps in capabilities, and weaknesses in the process of building state capability. This book addresses these weaknesses and gaps. It starts by providing evidence of the capability shortfalls that currently exist in many countries, showing that many governments lack basic capacities even after decades of reforms and capacity building efforts. The book then analyses this evidence, identifying capability traps that hold many governments back - particularly related to isomorphic mimicry (where governments copy best practice solutions from other countries that make them look more capable even if they are not more capable) and premature load bearing (where governments adopt new mechanisms that they cannot actually make work, given weak extant capacities). The book then describes a process that governments can use to escape these capability traps. Called PDIA (problem driven iterative adaptation), this process empowers people working in governments to find and fit solutions to the problems they face. The discussion about this process is structured in a practical manner so that readers can actually apply tools and ideas to the capability challenges they face in their own contexts. These applications will help readers devise policies and reforms that have more impact than those of the past.

The Adaptive School

Author : Robert J. Garmston
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442223642
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Adaptive School written by Robert J. Garmston and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 3rd edition of the award winning Adaptive Schools Sourcebook provides both a theoretical and practical guide for groups and teams to develop and focus their collaborative energies to improve teaching practices and enhance student-learning outcomes. In five sections: Becoming Adaptive, Collaboration Matters, Meetings are Teachers’ Work, Resources for Inquiry, and Conflict, Change and Community, the authors draw on decades of personal experiences in schools and research from multiple disciplines to present powerful tools and useful templates for structuring the work of productive professional communities in schools. Readers will learn ways to develop and sustain the fundamental elements for enhancing social capital in schools: distinguishing between dialogue and discussion, establishing seven norms of collaboration, automating language patterns for inquiry and problem solving, facilitating groups and data teams, engaging in productive conflict, and building community. The book offers links to video clips demonstrating key skills, inventories for assessing groups, instruments for assessing personal skills, and a collection of over 150 meeting strategies and facilitator moves for engaging group members in productive interactions.

The Evolution of Adaptive Systems

Author : James Patrick Brock
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080542468
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Adaptive Systems written by James Patrick Brock and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-07-12 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The data of evolutionary biology have changed in a very radical way in recent years, the most significant input to this revolution being the advances made in developmental genetics. Another recent development is a noticeable shift away from extreme specialization in evolutionary biology. In this, we are perhaps to be reminded of George Gaylord Simpson's comments: "evolution is an incredibly complex but at the same time integrated and unitary process." The main objective of this book is to illustrate how natural adaptive systems evolve as a unity--with the particular objective of identifying and merging several special theories of evolution within the framework of a single general theory. The Evolution of Adaptive Systems provides an interdisciplinary overview of the general theory of evolution from the standpoint of the dynamic behavior of natural adaptive systems. The approach leads to a radically new fusion of the diverse disciplines of evolutionary biology, serving to resolve the considerable degree of conflict existing between different schools of contemporary thought. - The book is a timely volume written by a natural historian with a broad view of biology - The author draws examples from a large range of organisms from many different habitats and niches where interesting adaptations have evolved - Probes deeply into mechanisms of evolution such as developmental genetics, morphogenesis, chromosome structure, and cladogenesis - Clear definition of terms, with illustrations visualizing the main theoretical structures, and point-by-point summaries clearly stating the principal conclusions

Models of Adaptive Behaviour

Author : Alasdair I. Houston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521655392
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (553 download)

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Book Synopsis Models of Adaptive Behaviour by : Alasdair I. Houston

Download or read book Models of Adaptive Behaviour written by Alasdair I. Houston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-19 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Models of Adaptive Behaviour sets out a framework for adaptive explanations of behaviour, and applies this to give analyses of a range of biological issues such as energetic gain, energy-predation trade-offs, dynamic games, state-dependent life histories, annual routines and fluctuating environments. It gives a definitive account of this exciting field, summarizing previous research, presenting material and suggesting directions for research. Organisms differ in terms of their state - for example in their size, energy relations or temperature - which often affects their behaviour. The framework adopted in this book takes this into account, and provides a common currency for comparing diverse actions. Ultimately this could lead to the development of state-dependent dynamic models. This book will be a revelation for graduate students and researchers interested in behavioural or evolutionary biology.

Japan in International Politics

Author : Thomas U. Berger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Japan in International Politics written by Thomas U. Berger and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have shifts in both the international environment and domestic politics affected the trajectory of Japanese foreign policy? Does it still make sense to depict Japan as passive and reactive, or have the country's leaders become strategic and proactive? This book presents a nuanced picture of Japanese foreign policy, emphasizing the ways in which slow, adaptive changes, informed by pragmatic liberalism, have served the national interest.

The Adaptive State

Author : Tom Bentley
Publisher : Demos
ISBN 13 : 1841801151
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book The Adaptive State written by Tom Bentley and published by Demos. This book was released on 2003 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of essays on the topic of public service reform.

The Adaptive Economy

Author : Tony Killick
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821321256
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book The Adaptive Economy written by Tony Killick and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between economic adaptation and long-run development, with particluar emphasis on small, low- income economies. It also examines what makes for flexibility within an economy and how policy can affect an economy's ability to adapt to conditions over which it has no control. The premise is that all economies need to adapt to changing circumstances in order to achieve a reasonable pace of development. The author explains the forces to which economies need to respond, the attributes that increase an economy's capacity to adjust, the difficulties of adjustment, and what policy can do to facilitate adjustment. The author illustrates structure and flexibility within an economy and offers a guide to forming policy. Specific policy options are examined, among them using exchange rate fluctuations. The roles of government and markets in setting adjustment policies for industry, agriculture, and finance are explored. The study draws upon a wide range of material and avoids a narrowly economic point of view. The book is intended for use by economists working for or advising government agencies and for teachers and students of development economics. It includes an extensive reference list.

Adaptive Control Systems

Author : Chalam
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351468979
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Adaptive Control Systems written by Chalam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: impossible to access. It has been widely scattered in papers, reports, and proceedings ofsymposia, with different authors employing different symbols and terms. But now thereis a book that covers all aspects of this dynamic topic in a systematic manner.Featuring consistent terminology and compatible notation, and emphasizing unifiedstrategies, Adaptive Control Systems provides a comprehensive, integrated accountof basic concepts, analytical tools, algorithms, and a wide variety of application trendsand techniques.Adaptive Control Systems deals not only with the two principal approachesmodelreference adaptive control and self-tuning regulators-but also considers otheradaptive strategies involving variable structure systems, reduced order schemes, predictivecontrol, fuzzy logic, and more. In addition, it highlights a large number of practical applicationsin a range of fields from electrical to biomedical and aerospace engineering ...and includes coverage of industrial robots.The book identifies current trends in the development of adaptive control systems ...delineates areas for further research . : . and provides an invaluable bibliography of over1,200 references to the literature.The first authoritative reference in this important area of work, Adaptive ControlSystems is an essential information source for electrical and electronics, R&D,chemical, mechanical, aerospace, biomedical, metallurgical, marine, transportation, andpower plant engineers. It is also useful as a text in professional society seminars and inhousetraining programs for personnel involved with the control of complex systems, andfor graduate students engaged in the study of adaptive control systems.

Network-Oriented Modeling for Adaptive Networks: Designing Higher-Order Adaptive Biological, Mental and Social Network Models

Author : Jan Treur
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030314456
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Book Synopsis Network-Oriented Modeling for Adaptive Networks: Designing Higher-Order Adaptive Biological, Mental and Social Network Models by : Jan Treur

Download or read book Network-Oriented Modeling for Adaptive Networks: Designing Higher-Order Adaptive Biological, Mental and Social Network Models written by Jan Treur and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the challenging topic of modeling adaptive networks, which often manifest inherently complex behavior. Networks by themselves can usually be modeled using a neat, declarative, and conceptually transparent Network-Oriented Modeling approach. In contrast, adaptive networks are networks that change their structure; for example, connections in Mental Networks usually change due to learning, while connections in Social Networks change due to various social dynamics. For adaptive networks, separate procedural specifications are often added for the adaptation process. Accordingly, modelers have to deal with a less transparent, hybrid specification, part of which is often more at a programming level than at a modeling level. This book presents an overall Network-Oriented Modeling approach that makes designing adaptive network models much easier, because the adaptation process, too, is modeled in a neat, declarative, and conceptually transparent Network-Oriented Modeling manner, like the network itself. Thanks to this approach, no procedural, algorithmic, or programming skills are needed to design complex adaptive network models. A dedicated software environment is available to run these adaptive network models from their high-level specifications. Moreover, because adaptive networks are described in a network format as well, the approach can simply be applied iteratively, so that higher-order adaptive networks in which network adaptation itself is adaptive (second-order adaptation), too can be modeled just as easily. For example, this can be applied to model metaplasticity in cognitive neuroscience, or second-order adaptation in biological and social contexts. The book illustrates the usefulness of this approach via numerous examples of complex (higher-order) adaptive network models for a wide variety of biological, mental, and social processes. The book is suitable for multidisciplinary Master’s and Ph.D. students without assuming much prior knowledge, although also some elementary mathematical analysis is involved. Given the detailed information provided, it can be used as an introduction to Network-Oriented Modeling for adaptive networks. The material is ideally suited for teaching undergraduate and graduate students with multidisciplinary backgrounds or interests. Lecturers will find additional material such as slides, assignments, and software.

The State and International Relations

Author : John M. Hobson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521643917
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book The State and International Relations written by John M. Hobson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-04-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 2000, provides an overview of theories of the state found in International Relations.

Adaptive Processes in Economic Systems by Roy E Murphy

Author : Roy E. Murphy
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080955266
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Adaptive Processes in Economic Systems by Roy E Murphy written by Roy E. Murphy and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, we study theoretical and practical aspects of computing methods for mathematical modelling of nonlinear systems. A number of computing techniques are considered, such as methods of operator approximation with any given accuracy; operator interpolation techniques including a non-Lagrange interpolation; methods of system representation subject to constraints associated with concepts of causality, memory and stationarity; methods of system representation with an accuracy that is the best within a given class of models; methods of covariance matrix estimation;methods for low-rank matrix approximations; hybrid methods based on a combination of iterative procedures and best operator approximation; andmethods for information compression and filtering under condition that a filter model should satisfy restrictions associated with causality and different types of memory.As a result, the book represents a blend of new methods in general computational analysis,and specific, but also generic, techniques for study of systems theory ant its particularbranches, such as optimal filtering and information compression. - Best operator approximation,- Non-Lagrange interpolation,- Generic Karhunen-Loeve transform- Generalised low-rank matrix approximation- Optimal data compression- Optimal nonlinear filtering

Nonlinear and Adaptive Control with Applications

Author : Alessandro Astolfi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1848000669
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (48 download)

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Book Synopsis Nonlinear and Adaptive Control with Applications by : Alessandro Astolfi

Download or read book Nonlinear and Adaptive Control with Applications written by Alessandro Astolfi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors here provide a detailed treatment of the design of robust adaptive controllers for nonlinear systems with uncertainties. They employ a new tool based on the ideas of system immersion and manifold invariance. New algorithms are delivered for the construction of robust asymptotically-stabilizing and adaptive control laws for nonlinear systems. The methods proposed lead to modular schemes that are easier to tune than their counterparts obtained from Lyapunov redesign.

Adaptive Control of Nonsmooth Dynamic Systems

Author : Gang Tao
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781852333843
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (338 download)

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Book Synopsis Adaptive Control of Nonsmooth Dynamic Systems by : Gang Tao

Download or read book Adaptive Control of Nonsmooth Dynamic Systems written by Gang Tao and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-09-26 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the non-smooth, non-linear phenomena covered in this well-balanced book are of vital importance in almost any field of engineering. Contributors from all over the world ensure that no one area’s slant on the subjects predominates.

Fuzzy System Identification and Adaptive Control

Author : Ruiyun Qi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030198820
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Fuzzy System Identification and Adaptive Control written by Ruiyun Qi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides readers with a systematic and unified framework for identification and adaptive control of Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) fuzzy systems. Its design techniques help readers applying these powerful tools to solve challenging nonlinear control problems. The book embodies a systematic study of fuzzy system identification and control problems, using T–S fuzzy system tools for both function approximation and feedback control of nonlinear systems. Alongside this framework, the book also: introduces basic concepts of fuzzy sets, logic and inference system; discusses important properties of T–S fuzzy systems; develops offline and online identification algorithms for T–S fuzzy systems; investigates the various controller structures and corresponding design conditions for adaptive control of continuous-time T–S fuzzy systems; develops adaptive control algorithms for discrete-time input–output form T–S fuzzy systems with much relaxed design conditions, and discrete-time state-space T–S fuzzy systems; and designs stable parameter-adaptation algorithms for both linearly and nonlinearly parameterized T–S fuzzy systems. The authors address adaptive fault compensation problems for T–S fuzzy systems subject to actuator faults. They cover a broad spectrum of related technical topics and to develop a substantial set of adaptive nonlinear system control tools. Fuzzy System Identification and Adaptive Control helps engineers in the mechanical, electrical and aerospace fields, to solve complex control design problems. The book can be used as a reference for researchers and academics in nonlinear, intelligent, adaptive and fault-tolerant control.

Adaptive Control of Hyperbolic PDEs

Author : Henrik Anfinsen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030058794
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Adaptive Control of Hyperbolic PDEs written by Henrik Anfinsen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptive Control of Linear Hyperbolic PDEs provides a comprehensive treatment of adaptive control of linear hyperbolic systems, using the backstepping method. It develops adaptive control strategies for different combinations of measurements and actuators, as well as for a range of different combinations of parameter uncertainty. The book treats boundary control of systems of hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDEs) with uncertain parameters. The authors develop designs for single equations, as well as any number of coupled equations. The designs are accompanied by mathematical proofs, which allow the reader to gain insight into the technical challenges associated with adaptive control of hyperbolic PDEs, and to get an overview of problems that are still open for further research. Although stabilization of unstable systems by boundary control and boundary sensing are the particular focus, state-feedback designs are also presented. The book also includes simulation examples with implementational details and graphical displays, to give readers an insight into the performance of the proposed control algorithms, as well as the computational details involved. A library of MATLAB® code supplies ready-to-use implementations of the control and estimation algorithms developed in the book, allowing readers to tailor controllers for cases of their particular interest with little effort. These implementations can be used for many different applications, including pipe flows, traffic flow, electrical power lines, and more. Adaptive Control of Linear Hyperbolic PDEs is of value to researchers and practitioners in applied mathematics, engineering and physics; it contains a rich set of adaptive control designs, including mathematical proofs and simulation demonstrations. The book is also of interest to students looking to expand their knowledge of hyperbolic PDEs.

Adaptive Control of Systems with Actuator Failures

Author : Gang Tao
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447137582
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Adaptive Control of Systems with Actuator Failures written by Gang Tao and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows readers new ways to compensate for disturbances in control systems prolonging the intervals between time-consuming and/or expensive fault diagnosis procedures, keeping them up to date in the increasingly important field of adaptive control.

Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing 1983

Author : I. D. Landau
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 148319065X
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)

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Book Synopsis Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing 1983 by : I. D. Landau

Download or read book Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing 1983 written by I. D. Landau and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing 1983 is a compendium of papers presented at the International Federation of Automatic Control in San Francisco on June 20-22, 1983. One paper addresses the results through comparative alternative algorithms in adaptive control of linear time invariant and time varying systems. Another paper presents a method in computer simulation of a wide range of stable plants to achieve an alternative approach in designing an adaptive control system. The book also compares the stability and the sensitivity approach involving the design of model-reference adaptive systems. The authors involved explain that the sensitivity concept determines the "dynamic speed of adaptation," while the stability concept focuses on finding a linear compensator for any deviant signal. One paper proposes an indirect adaptive control algorithm for MIMO square full rank minimum phase systems, while another paper discusses the application of the discrete time multivariable adaptive control system, to non-minimum phase plants with an unknown dead time. This book can prove valuable to engineers and researchers of electrical, computer, and mechanical engineering. It can also be helpful for technicians and students dealing with automatic control and telecontrol.