We examine a policy proposed by Stiglitz in the context of a multi-sector model proposed by Robinson, Solow, and Srinivasan (henceforth the RSS model) and recently reconsidered by Khan and Mitra. We characterize the policy by drawing on and extending dynamical systems theory in order to divide the parameter space into regions of a unique attracting cycle of each period and a region of no attrac...

We examine some features of intraindividual variability and the research outcomes from its study. Selected current modeling techniques focused on individual-level analyses are briefly discussed, including some promising applications stemming from dynamical systems theory work. We turn these ideas into issues prominent in the study of behavioral development and examine how the general intraindiv...

we establish a relationship between general constrained pseudoconvex optimization problems and globally projected dynamical systems. a corresponding novel neural network model, which is globally convergent and stable in the sense of lyapunov, is proposed. both theoretical and numerical approaches are considered. numerical simulations for three constrained nonlinear optimization problems a...

Furlong’s (2004) recent discussion of ‘the re-emergence of the paradigm wars’ draws attention to the remarkable resilience of what Martin Hammersley (2002) has called ‘two worlds theories’ in educational research (e.g. theory/practice; quantitative/ qualitative; global/local). Although the last thirty years or so have witnessed a range of analyses and deconstructions of binary thinking from a v...