The pursuit of wisdom and happiness in education : historical sources and contemplative practices / / Sean Steel ; cover image courtesy of Amber Homeniuk

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786555303321
• Autore: Steel Sean <1972->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, New York : , : State University of New York Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4384-5214-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.1
• Soggetti: Education - Philosophy; Knowledge, Theory of; Happiness
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Stating the Problem: The Loss of Wisdom in the Modern World""; ""2. Aristotleâ€?s Understanding of Wisdom and Wisdomâ€?s Pursuit""; ""On Distinguishing Sophia and Phronesis""; ""On Accusations against Sophia""; ""On Phronesis as the “Mastercraftâ€?""; ""On The Divine and Political Ends of Sophia and Phronesis""; ""Aristotleâ€?s Warnings Against Instructing Youth in the Pursuit of Phronesis""; ""Aristotleâ€?s Warnings against Instructions Leading Youth in the Pursuit of Sophia""; ""Perplexities concerning Phronesis and Sophia and their Value in Education""""On the Relationship between the Moral Virtues and Phronesis as It Relates to Education""; ""On Pleasure in Relation to Theoria and Wisdomâ€?s Pursuit""; ""On the Accessibility of Theoria in Education""; ""On the Connection between Wisdom and Happiness""; ""Aristotleâ€?s Rejection of Play in the Pursuit of Wisdom""; ""The Contemplative Life and the Pursuit of Wisdom as True Happiness in Education?""; ""On Education as Immortalization""; ""3. Boethius: The Relevance of Philosophy and the Need for a Wisdom Atmosphere in Education""""Introduction: What does Philosophy Matter in the Lives of Students?""; ""To See or Not to See? That Is the Question""; ""Boethius and True Philosophy""; ""Philosophizing and a â; €œWisdom Atmosphereâ€??""; ""The Consolation of Philosophy for a Small Boy in a Small Town?""; ""Boethius and “The Feelingâ€? of Intelligence""; ""4. Moses Maimonidesâ€?s Warnings against the Pursuit of Wisdom in Schools""; ""Maimonides on Why Mass Education of the Youth Should NOT Include Philosophy""; ""A Defense of Philosophizing with Young People""""Maimonides on Wisdom and Tradition""; ""5. Thomas Aquinas and the Gift of Wisdom""; ""Happiness as the Ultimate End for Human Beings""; ""Gradations of Happiness?""; ""On the Moral Virtues""; ""On the Intellectual Virtues and Their Relation to the Moral Virtues""; ""On Wisdom and Its Relation to the Other Intellectual Virtues""; ""Wisdom as Intellectual Virtue versus Wisdom as Infused Gift?""; ""On Wisdom as a Gift: The Larger Context""; ""The Gift of Wisdom in Public Education""; ""Attention to the Nature of Wisdom as a Gift Is Integral to True Education""""Pursuing Wisdom: A Medieval Perspective on the Contemplative Life""; ""Contemplation and Bloomâ€?s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives""; ""Pursuing Wisdom: The Need for Schole and the Dangers of Akedia""; ""Teaching and the Contemplative Life""; ""6. “Forget about Wisdom! Letâ€?s Innovate!â€? A Critique of Current Trends in Education Reform""; ""7. The Same Old Story: A History Lesson with St. Augustine about Education Reform""; ""On Education as a “Trifling Gameâ€?""; ""On Modern Education and Ancient Sophistry""

Business Optimization Using Mathematical Programming : An Introduction with Case Studies and Solutions in Various Algebraic Modeling Languages / / by Josef Kallrath

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910495200503321
• Autore: Kallrath Josef
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021
• ISBN: 3-030-73237-1
• Edizione: [2nd ed. 2021.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (653 pages)
• Collana: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, , 2214-7934 ; ; 307
• Disciplina: 519.7
• Soggetti: Operations research; Management science; Mathematical optimization; Operations Research and Decision Theory; Operations Research, Management Science; Continuous Optimization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Optimization: Using Models, Validating Models, Solutions, Answers -- From the Problem to its Mathematical Formulation -- Mathematical Solution Techniques -- Problems Solvable Using Linear Programming -- How Optimization is Used in Practice: Case Studies in Linear Programming -- Modeling Structures Using Mixed Integer Programming -- Types of Mixed Integer Linear Programming Problems -- Case Studies and Problem Formulations -- User Control of the Optimization Process and Improving Efficiency -- How Optimization is Used in Practice: Case Studies in Integer Programming -- Beyond LP and MILP Problems -- Mathematical Solution Techniques - The Nonlinear World -- Global Optimization in Practice -- Polylithic Modeling and Solution Approaches -- Cutting & Packing beyond and within Mathematical Programming -- The Impact and Implications of Optimization -- Concluding Remarks and Outlook.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents a structured approach to formulate, model, and ; solve mathematical optimization problems for a wide range of real world situations. Among the problems covered are production, distribution and supply chain planning, scheduling, vehicle routing, as well as cutting stock, packing, and nesting. The optimization techniques used to solve the problems are primarily linear, mixed-integer linear, nonlinear, and mixed integer nonlinear programming. The book also covers important considerations for solving real-world optimization problems, such as dealing with valid inequalities and symmetry during the modeling phase, but also data interfacing and visualization of results in a more and more digitized world. The broad range of ideas and approaches presented helps the reader to learn how to model a variety of problems from process industry, paper and metals industry, the energy sector, and logistics using mathematical optimization techniques.