Vietnam in the global economy : the dynamics of integration, decentralization, and contested politics / / Thomas Jandl

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453658003321
• Autore: Jandl Thomas <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• ISBN: 1-4985-2537-7; 0-7391-7787-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.597
• Soggetti: Decentralization in government - Economic aspects - Vietnam; Economic development - Vietnam; Investments, Foreign - Vietnam; Rent seeking - Vietnam; Electronic books.; Vietnam Economic policy 1975-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies.
• Nota di contenuto: Theory and research methodology -- From roving to stationary bandit : a history -- Decentralization, FDI, and provincial governance -- Proximity and contestation -- Race to the bottom vs. harmony of interest -- Capital-labor relations and the harmony of interest -- Central-local harmony and political control -- Lessons for theory and practice.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book describes in a game-theoretical approach how the development success story Vietnam managed to keep rent seeking in check sufficiently to attract record numbers of foreign investors and exhibit strong economic growth in the early stages of its economic reforms. It concludes that pluralistic contestation among societal interests under conditions of factor mobility can lead to the same benefits that are generally associated with liberal democracy-commitment to limited government through checks and balances.

United States Army In WWII - The Pacific - Guadalcanal : [Illustrated Edition]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910163176903321
• Autore: Milner Samuel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Francisco : , : Verdun Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 9781782893998; 1782893997
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (469 pages)
• Collana: United States Army in WWII
• Soggetti: Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; World War, 1939-1945
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- CHARTS -- MAPS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- Chapter I: The Strategic Decision -- Allied Organization and Missions in the Pacific Theater -- Japanese Advances -- The Problem of Command and Strategy -- The Army's Plan -- The Navy's View -- Army-Navy Discussions -- The Decision -- Chapter II: Plans for Invasion -- Air and Naval Plans -- Admiral Nimitz' Plan -- Admiral Ghormley's Plan -- Admiral McCain's Plan -- Admiral Fletcher's Plan -- Admiral Turner's Plan -- Landing Force Plans -- Terrain and Intelligence -- Logistics -- Tactical Plans -- Final Preparations -- Chapter III: The Invasion -- The Approach -- The Northern Attack -- Tulagi -- Gavutu and Tanambogo -- The Invasion of Guadalcanal -- The Landings -- The Advance -- The Capture of the Airfield -- Unloading -- The Enemy Strikes Back -- Chapter IV: Consolidating the Beachhead -- Construction and Defense of the Airfield -- Action on the Ilu River -- The Battle of the Eastern Solomons -- Supply -- Chapter V: Increasing Air and Ground Action -- Air Power and Supply -- The Counteroffensive, 12-14 September -- Action on Bloody Ridge -- Action on the Flanks -- The Cost -- Reinforcements -- Actions on the Matanikau -- Chapter VI: The October Counteroffensive -- Japanese Strategy -- The U.S. Situation -- Air and Naval Preparations -- The Ground Offensive -- Japanese Tactical Plans -- ; Action on the Matanikau -- The Main Attacks -- The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands -- Chapter VII: Decision At Sea -- Reinforcements -- Air Power -- Aola Bay -- Reinforcement of the Lunga Garrison, 2-4 November -- The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal -- Japanese Plans -- American Plans -- Reinforcement by the 182d Infantry -- Cruisers Versus Battleships, 12-13 November -- Bombing the Japanese Transports, 14 November -- Night Battleship Action, 14-15 November.; Cost and Results -- Chapter VIII: Advances Toward Kokumbona -- Operations 1-11 November -- Kokumbona Offensive, 1-4 November -- Koli Point -- Resumption of the Kokumbona Offensive -- Push Toward the Poha -- Chapter IX: The Situation in December -- General Patch Takes Command -- Troop Strength -- Air Power -- The American Situation on Guadalcanal -- The Japanese Situation -- Chapter X: The December Offensive -- Mount Austen, 15-30 December -- Plans for the XIV Corps Offensive -- Terrain and Intelligence -- Plans for Taking Mount Austen -- Preliminary Operations -- Attacks Against the Gifu Strong Point, 24-30 December -- The Capture of Hill 27 -- The Plan -- Operations of the 3d and 1st Battalions, 2 January -- Operations of the 2d Battalion -- The Results -- Chapter XI: XIV Corps' First January Offensive: The West Front -- Capture of the Galloping Horse -- The 25th Division's Preparations -- 27th Infantry's Preparations -- The First Day: 1st Battalion Operations -- The First Day: 3d Battalion Operations -- The Second Day -- The Third Day -- Fourth Day -- The Coastal Offensive -- Chapter XII: XIV Corps First January Offensive: The South Flank -- Taking of the Sea Horse -- Advance West from the Sea Horse -- Reduction of the Gifu -- Preliminary Operations -- Bombardment and Envelopment -- The Cracking of the Line -- Chapter XIII: Fighting on Guadalcanal -- The Americans -- Tactics -- Weapons -- Intelligence -- The Measure of the Enemy -- Logistics -- Transportation -- Rations and Clothing -- Communications -- Chapter XIV: XIV Corps' Second January Offensive -- Plans and Preparations -- XIV Corps' Offensive Plans -- 25th Division's Preliminary Movements -- The 25th Division's Advance to Kokumbona -- First Day: The Change in Plan -- Second Day: The Capture of Kokumbona -- CAM Division's Offensive -- Final Push to the Poha.; Chapter XV: Final Operations on Guadalcanal -- Japanese Plans -- Pursuit of the Enemy -- The North Coast -- The South Coast -- The Junction of Forces -- The Japanese Evacuation -- Summary -- Epilogue: Occupation of the Russells -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER -- Appendix A : Letter from General Harmon to Admiral Ghormley, 6 October 1942 -- Appendix B : General Patch's Letter of Instructions to General Collins, 5 January 1943 -- Appendix C : XIV Corps' Field Order No. 1, 16 January 1943 -- Appendix D : A Japanese Analysis of American Combat Methods on Guadalcanal -- 1. Offense -- II. Defense -- III. Camp Duties -- IV. Other Items. -- Appendix E: U.S. Army Battle Participation List for Guadalcanal -- Glossary -- Bibliographical Note -- Official Records -- Joint Papers -- Army Records -- Navy Records -- Marine Corps Records -- Enemy Records -- Interviews -- Published Works -- Additional Maps.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book, 'Guadalcanal: The First Offensive' by Samuel Milner, is a detailed account of the United States Army's involvement in the Pacific Theater during World War II, focusing on the Guadalcanal campaign. Originally published in 1949, it examines strategic decisions, invasion plans, and military operations from both American and Japanese perspectives. The author delves into the complexities of command and strategy, logistics, and the challenges faced by the Allied forces. Through maps, illustrations, and official records, the book provides a ; comprehensive narrative of the battles, troop movements, and tactics employed. It serves as a valuable resource for military historians and those interested in World War II history, highlighting the significance of the Guadalcanal campaign in the broader context of the war in the Pacific.

Artificial Life: Borrowing from Biology : 4th Australian Conference, ACAL 2009, Melbourne, Australia, December 1-4, 2009, Proceedings / / edited by Kevin B. Korb, Marcus Randall, Tim Hendtlass

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910484713303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2009
• ISBN: 9783642104275; 3642104274
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2009.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XI, 283 p.)
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, , 2945-9141 ; ; 5865
• Classificazione: DAT 718f; SS 4800
• Disciplina: 004n/a
• Soggetti: Artificial intelligence; Computer simulation; Bioinformatics; Image processing - Digital techniques; Computer vision; Computer science; Computer engineering; Computer networks; Artificial Intelligence; Computer Modelling; Computational and Systems Biology; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics; Theory of Computation; Computer Engineering and Networks
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Alife Art -- An Empirical Exploration of a Definition of Creative Novelty for Generative Art -- A New Definition of Creativity -- Genetically Optimized Architectural Designs for Control of Pedestrian Crowds -- Game Theory -- Co-evolutionary Learning in the N-player Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma with a Structured Environment -- Evolving Cooperation in the N-player Prisoner’s Dilemma: A Social Network Model -- Using Misperception to Counteract Noise in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma -- Evolution -- An Analysis and Evaluation of the Saving Capability and Feasibility of Backward-Chaining Evolutionary Algorithms -- Evolutionary Intelligence and Communication in Societies of Virtually Embodied Agents -- Testing Punctuated Equilibrium Theory Using Evolutionary Activity Statistics -- Complex Systems -- Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Machine-Based Situation Assessment -- Experiments with the Universal Constructor in the DigiHive Environment -- Making a Self-feeding Structure by Assembly of Digital Organs -- Towards Tailored Communication Networks in Assemblies of Artificial Cells -- Biological Systems -- A Developmental System for Organic Form Synthesis -- Layered Random Inference Networks -- Modelling Hepatitis B Virus Antiviral Therapy and Drug Resistant Mutant Strains -- Multivesicular Assemblies as Real-World Testbeds for Embryogenic Evolutionary Systems -- Social Modelling -- Designing Adaptive Artificial Agents for an Economic Production and Conflict Model -- Emergent Societal Effects of Crimino-Social Forces in an Animat Agent Model -- Swarm Intelligence -- A Heterogeneous Particle Swarm -- An Analysis of Locust Swarms on Large Scale Global Optimization Problems -- Continuous Swarm Surveillance via Distributed Priority Maps -- Optimization in Fractal and Fractured Landscapes Using LocustSwarms -- Heuristics -- A Hybrid Extremal Optimisation Approach for the Bin Packing Problem -- Feedback of Delayed Rewards in XCS for Environments with Aliasing States -- Memetic Approaches for Optimizing Hidden Markov Models: A Case Study in Time Series Prediction -- The Effects of Different Kinds of Move in Differential Evolution Searches.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Australian Conference on Artificial Life, ACAL 2009, held in Melbourne, Australia, in December 2009. The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. Research in Alife covers the main areas of biological behaviour as a metaphor for computational models, computational models that reproduce/duplicate a biological behaviour, and computational models to solve biological problems. Thus, Alife features analyses and understanding of life and nature and helps modeling biological systems or solving biological problems. The papers are organized in topical sections on alife art, game theory, evolution, complex systems, biological systems, social modelling, swarm intelligence, and heuristics.