DELIBERATING IN THE REAL WORLD: PROBLEMS OF LEGITIMACY IN DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY - by John Parkinson

2008 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 303-304
Author(s):  
Stephen Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Deliberative Democracy ◽  
Real World ◽  
The Real ◽  
Real World Problems

A & B Companies: Impairment of Goodwill

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronique G. Frucot ◽  
Leland G. Jordan ◽  
Marc I. Lebow
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Theoretical Problem ◽  
Problem Statement ◽  
Current Standard ◽  
The Real ◽  
Correct Method ◽  
Real World Problems

Accounting for goodwill has long been a theoretical problem for accountants. Although most businesses possess some goodwill, accountants record it only when a premium is paid in the acquisition of another company. Subsequent to acquisition, valuing goodwill becomes a problem. Statement of Financial Accounting No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (FASB 2001), is the current standard for testing goodwill for impairment. This case is designed to introduce you to the “real-world” problems that many practitioners are likely to encounter while implementing this new standard. The case involves two antagonists: an auditor eager to record an impairment of goodwill and a client even more eager to avoid recording any impairment. You must tactfully address both individuals' arguments and determine the correct method for accounting for goodwill and the standard for testing for impairment per SFAS No. 142.

Is the Solution More Democracy?

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-67
Author(s):  
Jason Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Deliberative Democracy ◽  
Real World ◽  
The Real ◽  
Democratic Systems ◽  
The Right ◽  
Large Groups ◽  
Wisdom Of The Crowds

Philosophers often try to “solve” democracy’s problems by arguing we need more and better democracy. They tend to think certain kinds of democratic systems could unleash the hidden “wisdom of the crowds.” Some defenders of democracy propose deliberative democracy and some extol the reliability of large groups. However, both ideas have limitations in the real world. This chapter objects to such arguments as they rely upon mistaken applications of certain mathematical theorems, or they end up retreating toward unrealistic ideals of how people ought to behave. In effect, they say that democracy would be wonderful if only people behaved the right way.

scholarly journals Flattening the Facebook Curve: Exploring Intersections of Critical Mathematics Education With the Real, the Surreal, and the Virtual During a Global Pandemic

in education ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-50
Author(s):  
Annica Andersson ◽  
Kathleen Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Real World ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Mathematics Teacher Education ◽  
The Real ◽  
Mathematics Classrooms ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Critical Mathematics ◽  
Critical Mathematics Education ◽  
Real World Problems

In March 2020, near the onset of the COVID-19 related lockdowns, quarantine, and isolation measures being taken worldwide, we noticed an increasing number of graphs, diagrams, images, and mathematical models relating to the pandemic posted on our Facebook walls. For the purposes of this paper, we selected a number of these Facebook posts to discuss and analyze, through the lens of questions based in critical mathematics education research. Our analyses draw attention to public discourse(s) around mathematics, as well as how numbers, graphs, diagrams, and images are used on Facebook. In our analyses, we first identify the mathematics topic/concept being depicted through the image and, second, how that Facebook post might serve as an artefact of critical mathematics education. In doing so, we challenge the usual separation of mathematics classrooms from the real world and highlight how, in this time of pandemic, life is less real than it is surreal; it is less real than it is virtual. Keywords: mathematical modelling; real-world problems; images, critical mathematics education; mathematics and social media; virtual reality; Facebook; mathematics in society; mathematics teaching; mathematics teacher education

Promote Systems of Linear Inequalities with Real-World Problems

1999 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-123
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Edwards ◽  
Kenneth R. Chelst
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Operations Research ◽  
Linear Inequalities ◽  
The Real ◽  
Problem Situations ◽  
The World ◽  
Systems Of Linear Inequalities ◽  
Real World Problems

Because operations researchers solve problems in the real world, operations-research-based problems have rich connections to the world in which students live and work. Drawing on such problem situations is one way in which teachers can let applications of mathematics drive instruction. We believe that doing so will better motivate students to learn the mathematics they encounter in the classroom.

scholarly journals An Ensemble Framework of Evolutionary Algorithm for Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization

Symmetry ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Junhua Ku ◽  
Fei Ming ◽  
Wenyin Gong
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Algorithms ◽  
Real World ◽  
Optimization Problems ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Multi Objective Optimization ◽  
The Real ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
The Past ◽  
Hypervolume Indicator ◽  
Real World Problems

In the real-world, symmetry or asymmetry widely exists in various problems. Some of them can be formulated as constrained multi-objective optimization problems (CMOPs). During the past few years, handling CMOPs by evolutionary algorithms has become more popular. Lots of constrained multi-objective optimization evolutionary algorithms (CMOEAs) have been proposed. Whereas different CMOEAs may be more suitable for different CMOPs, it is difficult to choose the best one for a CMOP at hand. In this paper, we propose an ensemble framework of CMOEAs that aims to achieve better versatility on handling diverse CMOPs. In the proposed framework, the hypervolume indicator is used to evaluate the performance of CMOEAs, and a decreasing mechanism is devised to delete the poorly performed CMOEAs and to gradually determine the most suitable CMOEA. A new CMOEA, namely ECMOEA, is developed based on the framework and three state-of-the-art CMOEAs. Experimental results on five benchmarks with totally 52 instances demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach. In addition, the superiority of ECMOEA is verified through comparisons to seven state-of-the-art CMOEAs. Moreover, the effectiveness of ECMOEA on the real-world problems is also evaluated for eight instances.

Advice for Analytic Theologians

2018 ◽  
pp. 173-184
Author(s):  
Trent Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Real World ◽  
Practical Theology ◽  
Academic Rank ◽  
The Real ◽  
Real World Problems

Extending the model of Alvin Plantinga’s “Advice to Christian Philosophers,” in this chapter, Trent Dougherty offers his own “advice” to those working in the emerging field of analytic theology. Through a series of specific suggestions regarding the best practices of analytic theology, Dougherty describes some of the Christian’s community-specific projects that stand in need of attention, and then issues a call to Christians—of all stations of academic rank—to attend to these problems. Partly an exercise in “practical theology” itself, this chapter seeks to be sensitive to the real-world problems connected to how students of analytic theology find themselves situated.

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