Teaching law to non-law students : The use of problem solving models in legal teaching
- Authors: Richardson, Kristy , Butler, Jennifer , Holm, Eric
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Studies in Learning, Evaluation, Innovation and Development Vol. 6, no. 2 (2009), p. 29-41
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- Description: The use of problem solving models has been successfully applied and subject to evaluation in law school courses. However, the models have not been evaluated in terms of their application to law courses in which non-law (i.e., business) students are involved. This paper discusses the usefulness of such legal problem solving methods for non-law students from a technology use and acceptance framework, presenting data obtained from a pilot study which was the subject of a teaching and learning grant from CQUniversity Australia.
- Description: 2003007346
Local optimization method with global multidimensional search
- Authors: Bagirov, Adil , Rubinov, Alex , Zhang, Jiapu
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Global Optimization Vol. 32, no. 2 (2005), p. 161-179
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- Description: This paper presents a new method for solving global optimization problems. We use a local technique based on the notion of discrete gradients for finding a cone of descent directions and then we use a global cutting angle algorithm for finding global minimum within the intersection of the cone and the feasible region. We present results of numerical experiments with well-known test problems and with the so-called cluster function. These results confirm that the proposed algorithms allows one to find a global minimizer or at least a deep local minimizer of a function with a huge amount of shallow local minima. © Springer 2005.
- Description: C1
- Description: 2003001351
The effects of a problem-solving program on adolescent's problem-solving skills
- Authors: Blick, Neil
- Date: 2000
- Type: Text , Thesis , Masters
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- Description: The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of a group training program, based on cognitive behavioural theory and techniques, on the problem-solving skills of adolescents. Evidence of a link between suicidal ideation (engaging in suicidal thinking) and reported deficits in social problem-solving or coping competence levels in adolescents is an area of investigation that offers some hope for suicide primary prevention programs. The study tried to determine if teaching social problem solving skills in a school would better equip adolescents with coping with problematic situations. The work of Hawton (1997) Hawton and Kirk (1989), Lerner and Clum (1990) and McLeavey, Daly, Ludgate and Murray (1994) formed the basis of the training program design. The emphasis was on general problem-solving skills rather on a participant’s specific current problems. Included was training in listening skills, assistance in developing problem-solving skills rather on a participant’s specific current problems. Included was training in listening skills, assistance in developing appropriate problem-solving behaviours and role simulation through the use of structured video case scenarios. Seventy four male and female year 10 secondary school students were subjects in the study. They were randomly divided into two, approximately equal, groups. Thirty six subjects established the control group and the remaining thirty eight constituted the experimental group. The findings indicated that students exposed to the problem solving training program did not have significantly higher problem-solving ability, as measured by the Problem Solving Inventory (PSI) than those who were not exposed to the training. However, females in the experimental group were significantly more likely to make conscious decisions about when they would approach or avoid a problem when compared to control group females. It is suggested that the adaptation of training, designed for suicidal clients, needs to be explored further for application to Year 10 students in the general population. More research is needed into ways to provide school based preventative training programs that will assist in the development of coping skills.
- Description: Master of Health Science (Health Promotion)
Regulatory network discovery using heuristics
- Authors: Zarnegar, Armita
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: This thesis improves the GRN discovery process by integrating heuristic information via a co-regulation function, a post-processing procedure, and a Hub Network algorithm to build the backbone of the network.
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Canonical duality theory and algorithm for solving challenging problems in network optimisation
- Authors: Ruan, Ning , Gao, David
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: 19th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2012 Vol. 7665 LNCS, p. 702-709
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- Description: This paper presents a canonical dual approach for solving a general nonconvex problem in network optimization. Three challenging problems, sensor network location, traveling salesman problem, and scheduling problem are listed to illustrate the applications of the proposed method. It is shown that by the canonical duality, these nonconvex and integer optimization problems are equivalent to unified concave maximization problem over a convex set and hence can be solved efficiently by existing optimization techniques. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.
- Description: 2003010653