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Adapting participatory and agile software methods to participatory rural development
This paper presents observations from a project that combines participatory rural development methods with participatory design techniques to support a farmers’ co-operative in Madhya Pradesh, India</p
Participatory design and participatory development: a comparative review
This paper examines literature in the twin domains of participatory interactive systems design and participatory approaches to international development. As interactive systems are increasingly promoted as a possible means of achieving international development goals, designers generally agree that participatory design approaches should be applied. However, review of the literature reveals that these two different traditions have more complex relationships, and questions must be asked about: the aims of participation, the forms of participation that are being advocated, and the skills and strategies required of practitioners. The findings suggest that successful integration of participatory interactive systems design into development will require careful reflection on the nature of development and the approaches adopted.</p
Ranking Problems in Multivariate Normal (Statistical) Populations Semiannual Progress Report No. 1, 1 Jul. - 31 Dec. 1966
Differential difference equations involving noncentral chi-square density and distribution functions for solving minimization problem in selection from multivariate normal population
Nonparametric ranking and selection procedures Final report, 1 Oct. 1968 - 30 Sep. 1969
Research and development of nonparametric methodology in statistical ranking and selection procedure
Ranking problems in multivariate normal /statistical/ populations Final report, 1 Jul. 1966 - 30 Jun. 1967
Theory and solutions for ranking problems in multivariate normal statistical population
Ranking problems in multivariate normal (statistical) populations (first year work). Nonparametric ranging and selection procedures (second year work)
Optimal selection of automation systems under multivariate normal model in terms of reliability, feasibility, and econom
Selection from Multivariate Normal Populations
Selection from multivariate normal population
Governance, Decentralisation, and Poverty: The Case of Pakistan
Human development and human rights share a common vision and purpose: to secure the freedom, well being and dignity of humanity. Human development is as essential for human rights as the latter is for the former. Historical evidence suggests that the more civilised societies were those that gave a higher priority to both, for example, the Greek, the Roman and the enlightened years of early Islam. The freedom from want is perhaps the one inalienable right of humanity which stands between dignity and indignity and which must be mitigated against by both state and individual.1 For the first time in history mankind adopted these and other human rights when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948. Today all but one of the six core covenants and conventions have been ratified by at least 140 countries and state sponsored anti-poverty programmes were initiated globally, most with the help of civil society [UNDP (2000)]. The lessons from history clearly establish that for improving the social endowment of the poor the state and the individual are key players, money is a necessary requirement, good governance is critical to success and the participation of each component of society as a whole ensures sustainability and continued benefits beyond the initial attempts to mitigate the impact of poverty. In other words decentralisation is a key element to improve the lot of the people, particularly the poor and the disenfranchised.
On selection procedures based on ranks - Counterexamples concerning least favorable configurations
Multiple decision procedures based on ranking methods proprosed for analyzing data in one-way layou
An experimental investigation of internal area ruling for transonic and supersonic channel flow
A simulated transonic rotor channel model was examined experimentally to verify the flow physics of internal area ruling. Pressure measurements were performed in the high speed wind tunnel at transonic speeds with Mach 1.5 and Mach 2 nozzle blocks to get an indication of the approximate shock losses. The results showed a reduction in losses due to internal area ruling with the Mach 1.5 nozzle blocks. The reduction in total loss coefficient was of the order of 17 percent for a high blockage model and 7 percent for a cut-down model
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