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In the nineteenth-century, fractional calculus had its origin in
extending differentiation and integration operators from the
integer-order case to the fractional-order case. Discrete
fractional calculus has recently become an important research
topic, useful in various science and engineering applications. The
first definition of the fractional-order discrete-time/difference
operator was introduced in 1974 by Diaz and Osler, where such
operator was derived by discretizing the fractional-order
continuous-time operator. Successfully, several types of
fractional-order difference operators have then been proposed and
introduced through further generalizing numerous classical
operators, motivating several researchers to publish extensively on
a new class of systems, viz the nonlinear fractional-order
discrete-time systems (or simply, the fractional-order maps), and
their chaotic behaviors. This discovery of chaos in such maps, has
led to novel control methods for effectively stabilizing their
chaotic dynamics.The aims of this book are as follows:
Graduate employability is a significant concern for most higher
education institutions worldwide. During the last two decades,
universities have attempted to implement their employability
agendas to support their students to enhance employment outcomes.
However, within today's globalized labour markets, employability
has gone far beyond the notion of obtaining stable and permanent
employment. This book explores graduates' experiences in developing
and utilizing employability capitals for career development and
success in different labour markets. In the chapters, the graduate
contributors narrate and discuss how they negotiated their
employability on the transitions across jobs, occupational sectors
and labour markets. The chapters address key issues, including how
employability is understood by graduates of different disciplines,
at different career stages and in different contexts; how they
develop and utilise such capitals along with strategies to
negotiate their employability; and what can be done to move the
higher education employability agenda forward. The book presents
international insights and perspectives into transitions from
education to work and career development across the labour markets,
as well as calls for improving the graduate employability agenda.
It is an invaluable resource for researchers and academics,
university leaders, policymakers and students who are concerned
about graduate employability.
This book explores student education transition and employability
negotiation experiences in various contexts. It explores
determinants of student transitions at three levels including
macro, meso and micro but focuses on exploring affordances,
constraints and strategies at the micro level. The framework
underpinning the explorations at the micro level covers a range of
different forms of capital including human, culture, social,
identity, psychological and agentic. The book is unique in three
ways. First, it consists of chapters about critical discussion,
empirical research and practical guidance about student transition
experiences. The critical discussion and empirical research
chapters explore and obtain insights about the complexity of
student transitions and develop conceptual frameworks that guide
the development of applicable practices. The book is, therefore, a
useful resource for policy makers, institutions, academics,
professionals and students. Second, it provides insights about how
student transitions are determined by a range of factors at
different levels. These insights extend discussions about student
transitions in the current literature which have mainly explored
impacts of policies, institutional programmes and human capital.
Finally, it is international in focus because it draws on research
with different cohorts of students and graduates in different
contexts. Insights provided in the book are, therefore, rich,
diverse and comparative.
This book explores student education transition and employability
negotiation experiences in various contexts. It explores
determinants of student transitions at three levels including
macro, meso and micro but focuses on exploring affordances,
constraints and strategies at the micro level. The framework
underpinning the explorations at the micro level covers a range of
different forms of capital including human, culture, social,
identity, psychological and agentic. The book is unique in three
ways. First, it consists of chapters about critical discussion,
empirical research and practical guidance about student transition
experiences. The critical discussion and empirical research
chapters explore and obtain insights about the complexity of
student transitions and develop conceptual frameworks that guide
the development of applicable practices. The book is, therefore, a
useful resource for policy makers, institutions, academics,
professionals and students. Second, it provides insights about how
student transitions are determined by a range of factors at
different levels. These insights extend discussions about student
transitions in the current literature which have mainly explored
impacts of policies, institutional programmes and human capital.
Finally, it is international in focus because it draws on research
with different cohorts of students and graduates in different
contexts. Insights provided in the book are, therefore, rich,
diverse and comparative.
This book identifies three types of influential forces that pose
challenges to innovations: socio-cultural dynamics, teacher
individuality, and local circumstances. It uses languages, cultural
traits, and intellectual heritages in the Asia-Pacific region as an
example to show the resistance to Western-based pedagogies due to
disparities between the innovations and these local heritages. It
reveals personal and professional values that teachers hold and how
these values, while seemingly supporting creative ideologies,
happen to prevent them from incorporating innovations in their
practices. The book discusses how informal educational activities
and services that a society possesses could impede pedagogical
innovations. There is, therefore, a need for institutions and
educators to develop a positive relationship between these
phenomena and teaching innovations.
This book identifies three types of influential forces that pose
challenges to innovations: socio-cultural dynamics, teacher
individuality, and local circumstances. It uses languages, cultural
traits, and intellectual heritages in the Asia-Pacific region as an
example to show the resistance to Western-based pedagogies due to
disparities between the innovations and these local heritages. It
reveals personal and professional values that teachers hold and how
these values, while seemingly supporting creative ideologies,
happen to prevent them from incorporating innovations in their
practices. The book discusses how informal educational activities
and services that a society possesses could impede pedagogical
innovations. There is, therefore, a need for institutions and
educators to develop a positive relationship between these
phenomena and teaching innovations.
This book highlights the latest findings on nonlinear dynamical
systems including two types of attractors: self-excited and hidden
attractors. Further, it presents both theoretical and practical
approaches to investigating nonlinear dynamical systems with
self-excited and hidden attractors. The book includes 20 chapters
contributed by respected experts, which focus on various
applications such as biological systems, memristor-based systems,
fractional-order systems, finance systems, business cycles,
oscillators, coupled systems, hyperchaotic systems, flexible robot
manipulators, electronic circuits, and control models. Special
attention is given to modeling, design, circuit realization, and
practical applications to address recent research problems in
nonlinear dynamical systems. The book provides a valuable reference
guide to nonlinear dynamical systems for engineers, researchers,
and graduate students, especially those whose work involves
mechanics, electrical engineering, and control systems.
This book highlights the latest findings on nonlinear dynamical
systems including two types of attractors: self-excited and hidden
attractors. Further, it presents both theoretical and practical
approaches to investigating nonlinear dynamical systems with
self-excited and hidden attractors. The book includes 20 chapters
contributed by respected experts, which focus on various
applications such as biological systems, memristor-based systems,
fractional-order systems, finance systems, business cycles,
oscillators, coupled systems, hyperchaotic systems, flexible robot
manipulators, electronic circuits, and control models. Special
attention is given to modeling, design, circuit realization, and
practical applications to address recent research problems in
nonlinear dynamical systems. The book provides a valuable reference
guide to nonlinear dynamical systems for engineers, researchers,
and graduate students, especially those whose work involves
mechanics, electrical engineering, and control systems.
Graduate employability is a significant concern for most higher
education institutions worldwide. During the last two decades,
universities have attempted to implement their employability
agendas to support their students to enhance employment outcomes.
However, within today's globalized labour markets, employability
has gone far beyond the notion of obtaining stable and permanent
employment. This book explores graduates' experiences in developing
and utilizing employability capitals for career development and
success in different labour markets. In the chapters, the graduate
contributors narrate and discuss how they negotiated their
employability on the transitions across jobs, occupational sectors
and labour markets. The chapters address key issues, including how
employability is understood by graduates of different disciplines,
at different career stages and in different contexts; how they
develop and utilise such capitals along with strategies to
negotiate their employability; and what can be done to move the
higher education employability agenda forward. The book presents
international insights and perspectives into transitions from
education to work and career development across the labour markets,
as well as calls for improving the graduate employability agenda.
It is an invaluable resource for researchers and academics,
university leaders, policymakers and students who are concerned
about graduate employability.
Mem-elements for Neuromorphic Circuits with Artificial Intelligence
Applications illustrates recent advances in the field of
mem-elements (memristor, memcapacitor, meminductor) and their
applications in nonlinear dynamical systems, computer science,
analog and digital systems, and in neuromorphic circuits and
artificial intelligence. The book is mainly devoted to recent
results, critical aspects and perspectives of ongoing research on
relevant topics, all involving networks of mem-elements devices in
diverse applications. Sections contribute to the discussion of
memristive materials and transport mechanisms, presenting various
types of physical structures that can be fabricated to realize
mem-elements in integrated circuits and device modeling. As the
last decade has seen an increasing interest in recent advances in
mem-elements and their applications in neuromorphic circuits and
artificial intelligence, this book will attract researchers in
various fields.
Business intelligence and analytics software enable businesses to
analyze performance data in order to make better decisions through
the use of cloud computing--an Internet-based model for convenient,
on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing
resources. This book is a practitioner's guide for successful
evaluation and design for implementation of Cognos Business
Intelligence cloud solution, for either Cognos 8 BI or Cognos
Business Intelligence Version 10. With pragmatic and practical
information about the best practices and guidelines, as well as
specific software and configuration steps, this guide for solutions
and IT architects includes detailed screen shots, code samples, and
input instructions.
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