The article discusses the theory and practice of software development in the light of design theory. It tries to show that the design process cannot be forced into a predefined operational sequence. To underline this, the history of design methods is retraced, showing that such approaches were abolished not only in practice, but also the theory of design. The essay then discusses the cognitive ...

This thesis is concerned with the development and application of categorical tools in the study of the cluster algebras of S. Fomin and A. Zelevinsky. C. Amiot’s generalized cluster category is a triangulated category which has been used, in the case where it is Hom-finite, to categorify a certain class of cluster algebras, using cluster characters in the sense of Y. Palu. In this thesis, we ge...

Genetic fitness optimization using small populations or small population updates across generations generally suffers from randomly diverging evolutions. We propose a notion of highly probable fitness optimization through feasible evolutionary computing runs on small size populations. Based on rapidly mixing Markov chains, the approach pertains to most types of evolutionary genetic algorithms, ...

Although the vast majority of law school graduates are practising lawyers (or judges), the place of law schools at universities is never questioned. Law schools are clearly professional schools charged with the task of conveying the knowledge, the skills and also the ethical commitments germane to the legal vocation. But is law really an academic discipline? At first glance, the answer is obvio...

U ninsured depositors, whose deposits are not fully protected by federal deposit insurance, have an incentive to monitor banks' activities and impose additional funding costs on risky banks. This pricing is a form of market discipline, since the market penalizes banks for taking on greater risk. For banks that become troubled, market discipline can take a more severe form: Market participants m...

great an undertaking in hand, it is just as well that Mr. Heck puts himself on the safe side by adding, "The problems of mental discipline are too unsettled at present for anyone to be dogmatic or to attempt more than brief suggestions." The author's secondary purpose is "to sum up and organize the discussions and experiments," and this he has done most ably. He remarks, "In class discussion of...

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