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A Q‐Learning Algorithm to Solve the Two‐Player Zero‐Sum Game Problem for Nonlinear Systems

open access: yesInternational Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 566-581, March 2025.
A Q‐learning algorithm to solve the two‐player zero‐sum game problem for nonlinear systems. ABSTRACT This paper deals with the two‐player zero‐sum game problem, which is a bounded L2$$ {L}_2 $$‐gain robust control problem. Finding an analytical solution to the complex Hamilton‐Jacobi‐Issacs (HJI) equation is a challenging task.
Afreen Islam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making Sense, Making Do: Local District Implementation of a New State Induction Policy

open access: yesInternational Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2016
Connecticut’s Teacher Education and Mentoring (TEAM) program is in its early stages of implementation. This study examined how local school districts implemented TEAM and identified factors that affected implementation.
Chad D. Ellis
doaj  

Making Policy Without Parameters: Obtaining Data on the Nonprofit Sector in a Local Community

open access: yesNonprofit Policy Forum, 2012
This study began with an effort to obtain data on the economic contribution of the nonprofit sector in a large, metropolitan community to inform policy-makers.
Roudebush Margaret M.   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Territorial Governance and Area Image

open access: yesSymphonya, 2004
The image of a region or a city is an emerging topic in most debates about economic development strategies at the local and national level. Local and national policies of innovation which form an essential part of modern policies of local development are
Nicola Bellini
doaj   +1 more source

A Robust Adaptive One‐Sample‐Ahead Preview Super‐Twisting Sliding Mode Controller

open access: yesInternational Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, EarlyView.
Block Diagram of the Robust Adaptive One‐Sample‐Ahead Preview Super‐Twisting Sliding Mode Controller. ABSTRACT This article introduces a discrete‐time robust adaptive one‐sample‐ahead preview super‐twisting sliding mode controller. A stability analysis of the controller by Lyapunov criteria is developed to demonstrate its robustness in handling both ...
Guilherme Vieira Hollweg   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Asylum Policies Go Local: the Case of Socially Useful Works for Asylum-Seekers.

open access: yesItalian Political Science, 2019
The local sphere of migration policy has become a key area of intervention for local governments, during the recent refugee crisis. The scant existing literature on the topic has distinguished different approaches through which local governments manage ...
Andrea Pettrachin
doaj  

Between patronage and good governance: organizational arrangements in (local) public appointment processes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This article investigates whether certain organizational arrangements in (local) public appointment processes could encourage the use of appointments as a tool of good governance rather than as a tool of patronage.
Grossi, Giuseppe   +2 more
core   +1 more source

NFDI MatWerk Ontology (MWO): A BFO‐Compliant Ontology for Research Data Management in Materials Science and Engineering

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents the NFDI‐MatWerk Ontology (MWO), a Basic Formal Ontology‐based framework for interoperable research data management in materials science and engineering (MSE). Covering consortium structures, research data management resources, services, and instruments, MWO enables semantic integration, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and ...
Hossein Beygi Nasrabadi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Decides? Toward a Typology of Transit Governance

open access: yesUrban Science, 2020
This article describes a typology for formal governance structures of public transit in the United States to support inquiry into how organizational structures influence policy making processes, organizational capacity and policy outcomes. Scholarship of
Lauren Ames Fischer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public Participation in Climate Policy Making: Toward Reconciling Public Preferences and Legal Frameworks

open access: yes, 2020
Climate policies require public support. But if people feel excluded from decision making, this can fuel resistance to such policies. Legal frameworks, such as the Aarhus Convention, mandate extensive obligations to engage the public in decision making ...
G. Perlaviciute, L. Squintani
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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