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The Case for Improving U.S. Computer Science Education
Despite the growing use of computers and software in every facet of our economy, not until recently has computer science education begun to gain traction in American school systems. The current focus on improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the U.S. school system has disregarded differences within STEM fields. Indeed, the most important STEM field for a modern economy is not only one that is not represented by its own initial in "STEM" but also the field with the fewest number of high school students taking its classes and by far has the most room for improvement—computer science
Economic Doctrines and Approaches to Climate Change Policy
In climate change, as in all policy issues, economic philosophy has a significant influence on how people view both the problems and the solutions. For the first time, ITIF surveys four dominant schools of economic thought and analyzes how adherents approach policy options for climate change and energy policy. With climate change and major energy legislation stalled, maybe it is time to put aside fixed philosophical notions and take a practical look on ways to address climate change in an economically feasible way. The report reviews the principles and goals of each economic doctrine, and offers a critique of the advantages and limitations of each doctrine's contribution to addressing the challenge of climate change.Innovation; Economics; Climate Change; Public Policy
The enumeration of three pattern classes using monotone grid classes
The structure of the three pattern classes defined by the sets of forbidden permutations \{2143,4321\}, \{2143,4312\} and \{1324,4312\} is determined using the machinery of monotone grid classes. This allows the permutations in these classes to be described in terms of simple diagrams and regular languages and, using this, the rational generating functions which enumerate these classes are determined
The enumeration of permutations avoiding 2143 and 4231
We enumerate the pattern class Av(2143, 4231) and completely describe its permutations. The main tools are simple permutations and monotone grid classes
Permutation Classes of Polynomial Growth
A pattern class is a set of permutations closed under the formation of
subpermutations. Such classes can be characterised as those permutations not
involving a particular set of forbidden permutations. A simple collection of
necessary and sufficient conditions on sets of forbidden permutations which
ensure that the associated pattern class is of polynomial growth is determined.
A catalogue of all such sets of forbidden permutations having three or fewer
elements is provided together with bounds on the degrees of the associated
enumerating polynomials.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figure
Global Innovation Policy Index
Ranks fifty-five nations' strategies to boost innovation capacity: policies on trade, scientific research, information and communications technologies, tax, intellectual property, domestic competition, government procurement, and high-skill immigration
Small Business Incubators: A Tool for Economic Development
This article describes how incubators can help small businesses. It examines and presents examples of four types of facilities in the United States. The author addresses the question of how the effectiveness of incubators can be evaluated and concludes by discussing the North Carolina Incubator Facilities Program
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