1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789638703321

Autore

Perestyuk Nikolai A.

Titolo

Differential equations with impulse effects [[electronic resource] ] : multivalued right-hand sides with discontinuities / / by Nikolai A. Perestyuk ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter, c2011

ISBN

1-283-39862-1

9786613398628

3-11-021816-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

De Gruyter studies in mathematics, , 0179-0986 ; ; 40

Classificazione

SK 520

Altri autori (Persone)

Peresti͡ukN. A (Nikolaĭ Alekseevich)

Disciplina

515/.353

Soggetti

Impulsive differential equations

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

Front matter -- Introduction -- Notation -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Impulsive Differential Equations -- Chapter 2. Impulsive Differential Inclusions -- Chapter 3. Linear Impulsive Differential Inclusions -- Chapter 4. Linear Systems with Multivalued Trajectories -- Chapter 5. Method of Averaging in Systems with Pulse Action -- Chapter 6. Averaging of Differential Inclusions -- Chapter 7. Differential Equations with Discontinuous Right-Hand Side -- Appendix A. Some Elements of Set-Valued Analysis -- Appendix B. Differential Inclusions -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Significant interest in the investigation of systems with discontinuous trajectories is explained by the development of equipment in which significant role is played by impulsive control systems and impulsive computing systems. Impulsive systems are also encountered in numerous problems of natural sciences described by mathematical models with conditions reflecting the impulsive action of external forces with pulses whose duration can be neglected. Differential equations with set-valued right-hand side arise in the investigation of evolution processes in the case of measurement errors, inaccuracy or incompleteness of information, action of bounded perturbations, violation of unique solvability conditions, etc. Differential inclusions



also allow one to describe the dynamics of controlled processes and are widely used in the theory of optimal control. This monograph is devoted to the investigation of impulsive differential equations with set-valued and discontinuous right-hand sides. It is intended for researchers, lecturers, postgraduate students, and students of higher schools specialized in the field of the theory of differential equations, the theory of optimal control, and their applications.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781291103321

Autore

Ryan Orla

Titolo

Chocolate nations [[electronic resource] ] : living and dying for cocoa in West Africa / / Órla Ryan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21915-0

1-283-01138-7

9786613011381

1-84813-540-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

African arguments

Disciplina

338.173740966

Soggetti

Cocoa trade - Ghana

Cocoa trade - Côte d'Ivoire

Cocoa trade - Africa, West

Cacao growers - Ghana - Economic conditions

Cacao growers - Côte d'Ivoire - Economic conditions

Cacao growers - Africa, West - Economic conditions

Chocolate

Development studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"In association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, Social Science Research Council."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ghana is cocoa -- Cocoa wars -- Child labour -- Follow the money --



From bean to bar -- Fairtrade myths and reality -- Trading games -- Building a sustainable future.

Sommario/riassunto

From the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans, Chocolate Nations reveals the hard economic realities of our favourite sweet. This vivid and gripping exploration of the reasons behind farmer poverty includes the human stories of the producers and traders at the heart of the West African industry. Provocative and eye-opening, Chocolate Nations exposes the true story of how the treat we love makes it onto our supermarket shelves.