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UNINA9910452726303321 |
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Titolo |
Lotka-Volterra and related systems [[electronic resource] ] : recent developments in population dynamics / / edited by Shair Ahmad, Ivanka M. Stamova |
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Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter, c2013 |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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De Gruyter series in mathematics and life sciences, , 2195-5530 ; ; v. 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Lotka-Volterra equations |
Population biology - Mathematical models |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Permanence, global attraction and stability / Hou, Zhanyuan -- Competitive Lotka-Volterra systems with periodic coefficients / Lisena, Benedetta -- Fixed points, periodic points and chaotic dynamics for continuous maps with applications to population dynamics / Pireddu, Marina / Zanolin, Fabio -- Index |
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In recent years, there has been a tremendous amount of research activity in the general area of population dynamics, particularly the Lotka-Volterra system, which has been a rich source of mathematical ideas from both theoretical and application points of view. In spite of the technological advances, many authors seem to be unaware of the bulk of the work that has been done in this area recently. This often leads to duplication of work and frustration to the authors as well as to the editors of various journals. This book is built out of lecture notes and consists of three chapters written by four mathematicians with overlapping expertise that cover a broad sector of the research in this area. Each chapter consists of carefully written introductory exposition, main breakthroughs, open questions and bibliographies. The chapters present recent developments on topics involving the dynamic behavior of solutions and topics such as stability theory, permanence, |
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persistence, extinction, existence of positive solutions for the Lotka-Volterra and related systems. This fills a void in the literature, by making available a source book of relevant information on the theory, methods and applications of an important area of research. |
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UNINA9910788067303321 |
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Autore |
Angwafo PeterTse |
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Cameroon's predicaments / / PeterTse Angwafo |
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Bamenda, Cameroon : , : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Social history |
Cameroon Social conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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In the beginning -- Leadership : where the problem lies -- Unemployment and the Cameroon public service quagmire -- Poverty, corruption and bribery -- Crime and violence -- The Bush Faller syndrome -- The 'Anglophone problem' and Cameroon bilingualism -- Insecurity, disorder and moral decadence -- 'As the English say, better late than never' : the Waithood syndrome -- Cameroon in search of nationhood -- Concluding reflections. |
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This book deals with a variety of socio-cultural, economic and political problems facing Cameroon and the rest of Africa, with particular reference to unemployment, corruption, poverty, criminality, violence, insecurity, and moral decadence. It presents a critical analysis of government policies from the colonial era to the present time; arguing that most of these policies have been stalled by an uncommitted leadership. The regime in Cameroon has drifted away from basic managerial and democratic principles in in favour of the ethnicisation of politics, sterile consumption, clientelism and patronage. The book |
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contends that corruption has become the main instrument of governance whereby the political and economic elites control the wealth of the nation at the expense of a majority who wallow in abject poverty and misery. Faced with the difficult economic and political situation, most youth and the intelligentsia have adopted 'official and 'unofficial' means to circumvent all immigration rules to travel to affluent Western countries, the consequences notwithstanding. Brain drain is often the outcome. Further, it examines issues of social exclusion, political representation and marginalization with special focus on the predicament of Anglophone Cameroonians as a socio-cultural community. The inclusion of examples and case studies based on empirical and secondary data from Africa is intended to foreground the importance of comparison, and attract the interest of both academic and non-academic readership. |
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