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3 Polynomial Optimization, Sums of Squares, and Applications 47 Pablo A. Parrilo 3.1 Nonnegative Polynomials and Sums of Squares . . . . . . . . . . 48 3.2 Applications of Sum of Squares Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 3.3 Special Cases and Structure Exploitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 3.4 Infeasibility Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 3.5 Duality and S...

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One aspect of teachers’ working lives rarely given consideration within educational research is that of social interaction with colleagues. While research focuses strongly on linking teaching practices to students’ learning outcomes, the social benefits of teacher collegiality for teachers themselves is often neglected. In this study, I examine teachers’ perceptions among professionals working ...

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Logics for Emerging Applications of Databases Contents List of Contributors Query Answering in Inconsistent Databases

In this chapter, we summarize the research on querying inconsistent databases we have been conducting over the last five years. The formal framework we have used is based on two concepts: repair and consistent query answer. We describe different approaches to the issue of computing consistent query answers: query transformation, logic programming, inference in annotated logics, and specialized ...