China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative, Africa, and the Middle East : Feats, Freezes, and Failures / / edited by Jean-Marc F. Blanchard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910483273303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021
• ISBN: 981-334-013-4
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2021.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XVIII, 291 p. 8 illus.)
• Collana: Palgrave Studies in Asia-Pacific Political Economy, , 2662-7957
• Disciplina: 382.30951
• Soggetti: International relations; International Relations; Foreign Policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1.China's MSRI in Africa and the Middle East: Political Economic Realities Continue to Shape Results and Ramifications -- 2.The Maritime Silk Road Initiative: Connecting Africa -- 3.The Maritime Silk Road Initiative and Ethiopia: Transforming Policies, Institutions, and Politics in Expected and Unexpected Ways -- 4.Djibouti and Small State Agency in the Maritime Silk Road: The Domestic and International Foundations -- 5.Tanzania in China's MSRI: The "Chinese Dream" awaits Alignment with the African One -- 6.Iran in China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI): Bounded Progress and Bounded Promise -- 7.The Missing MSRI in Iraq: The Southern Opportunity -- 8.The Gulf Cooperation Council's "Visions" of Maritime Silk Road Initiative Cooperation -- 9.Egypt in China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative: Relations Cannot Surmount Realities.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book analyzes the progress of the MSRI, highlights the political and economic factors affecting its realization, and offers insights into the political and economic implications of China's endeavor. It focuses specifically on countries within Africa and the Middle East to provide a basis for a substantive examination of these issues in a manner sensitive to the milieu in individual countries and relevant regions. It represents the final volume in a well-received series on China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI), which, so far, includes books ; covering China's MSRI and South Asia (Palgrave, 2018) and China's MSRI and Southeast Asia (Palgrave, 2019). This book will interest scholars of China, international relations, and the relevant regions, journalists, and policymakers. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard is Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations (USA) and Distinguished Professor, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University (China). Two of his recent edited book publications relate to China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative. One is China's Maritime Silk Road and Southeast Asia (Palgrave, 2019) and the other is China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative and South Asia (Palgrave, 2018). Dr. Blanchard has orchestrated three special issues on China's MSRI in leading journals. Prior to his career in academia, Dr. Blanchard worked for the U.S. Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Resolution Trust Corporation, and Kelling, Northcross, & Nobriga.

Combinatorics on Words : 10th International Conference, WORDS 2015, Kiel, Germany, September 14-17, 2015, Proceedings / / edited by Florin Manea, Dirk Nowotka

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910483773103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
• ISBN: 3-319-23660-1
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2015.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XVIII, 237 p. 47 illus.)
• Collana: Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, , 2512-2029 ; ; 9304
• Disciplina: 511.6
• Soggetti: Machine theory; Computer science; Computer science - Mathematics; Discrete mathematics; Artificial intelligence; Software engineering; Formal Languages and Automata Theory; Theory of Computation; Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science; Artificial Intelligence; Software Engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- Abstracts of Invited Talks -- Degrees of Transducibility -- Equality Testing of Compressed Strings -- On the Contribution of WORDS to the Field of Combinatorics on Words -- Codes and Automata in Minimal Sets -- Decidability of Abelian-Power-Freeness and Generalizations -- Thue-Morse Along Two Polynomial Subsequences -- Contents -- Degrees of Transducibility -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries -- 2.1 Finite State Transducers and Mealy Machines -- 2.2 Degrees of Transducibility -- 3 Comparison -- 4 Atoms and Polynomials -- 5 A Plethora of Questions -- References -- Equality Testing of Compressed Strings -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Straight-Line Programs -- 3 Sequential Algorithms -- 4 A Parallel Algorithm -- 5 Related Problems -- 6 Open Problems -- References -- On the Contribution of WORDS to the Field of Combinatorics on Words -- References -- Codes and Automata in Minimal Sets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Neutral and Tree Sets -- 2.1 Neutral Sets -- 2.2 Tree Sets -- 3 Automata -- 4 Codes -- 4.1 A Cardinality Theorem for Prefix Codes -- 4.2 The Group of a Bifix Code -- References -- Thue--Morse Along Two Polynomial Subsequences -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Thue--Morse at Distinct Multiples -- 3 Thue--Morse at Two Polynomials -- References -- Canonical Representatives of Morphic Permutations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Basic Definitions -- 3 Ergodic Permutations -- 4 Ergodic Permutations Generated by Words -- 4.1 Morphisms on Words and Intervals -- References -- Linear-Time Computation of Prefix Table for Weighted Strings -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Properties and Auxiliary Data Structures -- 3 Algorithm -- 4 Final Remarks -- References -- New Formulas for Dyck Paths in a Rectangle -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definitions and Notation -- 3 Ferrers Diagrams Comparison Method -- 3.1 Diagrams Decomposition Method -- 3.2 Technical Results.; 4 Theorems -- 5 Examples -- 5.1 Example D8,8n+6 -- 5.2 Example D6,6n+2 -- 5.3 Example D6,9. -- References -- Ambiguity of Morphisms in a Free Group -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries -- 3 Basic Ambiguity -- 4 Unambiguous Injective Morphisms -- 4.1 Main Theorem -- 4.2 Proof Outline -- 5 Patterns with Terminal Symbols -- References -- The Degree of Squares is an Atom -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries -- 3 Finite-State Transducers and Degrees -- 4 Characterising Transducts of Spiralling Sequences -- 5 Squares -- References -- Words with the Maximum Number of Abelian Squares -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Notation and Background -- 3 Abelian-square Rich Words -- 3.1 The Thue-Morse Word -- 3.2 Sturmian Words -- 4 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Arithmetics on Suffix Arrays of Fibonacci Words -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Preliminaries -- 4 The Suffix Array and Its Inverse -- 5 Burrows-Wheeler Transform -- 6 Outlook -- References -- Prefix-Suffix Square Completion -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definitions -- 3 Generating Infinite Words -- 4 Finite Words: Algorithms -- 5 Future Work -- References -- Square-Density Increasing Mappings -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries -- 3 Fractional-Power Density Increasing Mappings to Expand the Alphabet -- 3.1 Fractional-Power Density Preserving Quaternarizer -- 3.2 Fractional-Power Density Preserving Mappings to Double the Alphabet Size -- 4 Strictly Square-Density Increasing ; Mappings -- 4.1 Strictly Square-Density Increasing Alphabet Downsizer -- 5 Future Work -- References -- Mechanical Proofs of Properties of the Tribonacci Word -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Tribonacci Representation -- 3 Mechanical Proofs of Properties of the Infinite Tribonacci Word -- 3.1 Repetitions -- 4 Enumeration -- 5 Additional Results -- 5.1 Palindromes -- 5.2 Quasiperiods -- 5.3 Unbordered Factors -- 5.4 Lyndon Words.; 5.5 Critical Exponent -- 6 Abelian Properties -- 7 Things We Could Not Do Yet -- References -- On Arithmetic Progressions in the Generalized Thue-Morse Word -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries -- 3 Main Result -- 3.1 Case of d=3n-1 -- 3.2 Case of d=3n-1 -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- A Square Root Map on Sturmian Words -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Notation and Preliminary Results -- 2.1 Optimal Squareful Words -- 2.2 Continued Fractions -- 2.3 Sturmian Words -- 2.4 Powers in Sturmian Words -- 3 The Square Root Map -- 4 One Characterization of Words Satisfying the Square Root Condition -- 5 Characterization by a Word Equation -- 6 A More Detailed Combinatorial Description of the Square Root Map -- References -- Specular Sets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries -- 3 Specular Groups -- 4 Specular Sets -- 5 Subgroup Theorems -- References -- On the Tree of Ternary Square-Free Words -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definitions and Notation -- 3 Letters Fixed by Short Squares -- 4 Long Squares -- 5 Discussion -- References -- Author Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Combinatorics on Words, WORDS 2015, held in Kiel, Germany, in September 2015 under the auspices of the EATCS. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The main object in the contributions are words, finite or infinite sequences of symbols over a finite alphabet. The papers reflect both theoretical contributions related to combinatorial, algebraic, and algorithmic aspects of words, as well as to contributions presenting applications of the theory of words in other field of computer science, linguistics, biology, bioinformatics, or physics.