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How Geography Makes Democracy Work
Published 2016“…Two dominant approaches characterize how scholars have answered this question: economic development or modernization theory and the vibrancy of civil society. But these explanations often face the critique of endogeneity, and have difficulty accounting for countries that are wealthy yet are nondemocratic (e.g., Brunei and Kuwait), or exhibit strong civil societies without corresponding democratic institutions (e.g., Bangladesh and Morocco). …”
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On an Extension of Condition Number Theory to Non-Conic Convex Optimization
Published 2004“…The purpose of this paper is to extend, as much as possible, the modern theory of condition numbers for conic convex optimization: z* := minz ctx s.t. …”
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On an Extension of Condition Number Theory to Non-Conic Convex Optimization
Published 2003“…Herein we extend the modern theory of condition numbers to the problem format (GP_d). …”
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System Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World
Published 2016“…Drawing on engineering control theory and the modern theory of nonlinear dynamical systems, system dynamics often involves the development of formal models and management flight simulators to capture complex dynamics, and to create an environment for learning and policy design. …”
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