Human Development in Saudi Education: a Critical Systemic Approach

This paper is drawn from PhD research funded by the Saudi government on the policy and governance of Saudi schools (Algraini 2017. A critical systemic approach to human development in education: a case study of the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia). The aim of this article is to address human development challenges using the Critical Systems Heuristics approach. The results show that the central policy framework limits the opportunity for teachers and learners to contribute to shaping the curriculum and the process for human development. The Saudi Ministry of Education needs to: a) develop policy that takes into account the structure and the processes that shape education outcomes and b) to represent the voices of service users and service providers who have different and overlapping views.     

An Organizational Cybernetics Framework for Designing a Viable Higher Education System

Systemic Practice and Action Research - The Viable System Model (VSM) is an Organizational Cybernetics framework mainly used to handle systems complexity. The fundamental role of the VSM is to...     

Distance Education: A Reflective Action Research Project and Its Systemic Implications for Higher Education

This reflective action research study examines faculty experience with distance education. Distance education has become increasingly of interest in higher education and is seen by many as the opportunity for systemic change in higher education. This study is a reflective action research project which examined the author's experiences teaching a distance version of a basic instructional design course at the same time as teaching a residential version of that same course. The examination finds significant faculty issues that emerged during the experience and specifically found concerns with the distance education learner. In the end, the study finds that as a tool for systemic change of higher education, distance delivery will have to engage faculty with their concerns in more substantive ways than they have to date. In essence, this study asserts that the current demands on distance educators are not motivating for traditional faculty members because of increased time demands, lack of traditional rhythm, lack of personal contact with students, and less evident interest among distant students in the areas that faculty value.     

Systemic Change in a Higher Education Institution: Inquiring into Organizational and Instructional Transformation

Systemic Practice and Action Research - Changes often occur in organizational systems due to the technology, new methods, new understandings and emerging needs. This study examined the reasons,...     

基于区间方法的模糊系统稳定性分析与设计

基于区间矩阵的等价表示方法,将非线性时变的模糊控制系统稳定性分析问题转化为带有时变不确定性的线性系统鲁棒稳定性问题。首先,得到T-S模糊系统地二次稳定的充分必要条件,同时给出了控制器的实现算法。在子系统输入矩阵相同的情况下,得到了模糊系统可二次镇定的充分必要条件,进而设计出模糊控制器。仿真结果证明了此方法的有效性。     

高等教育中素质教育的系统思考

高等教育是社会培养高级人才的系统工程,而人才素质教育是高等教育最为重要的核心内容。人才素质教育中人文素质、科技素质、伦理素质、身心素质的系统整合,成为素质教育成功与否的关键所在,在一定意义上表明,人才素质教育成为社会全面发展的重要动力之一。     

摩擦式电磁离合器的多学科设计优化

摩擦式电磁离合器优化设计涉及的学科多,计算时间长,容易造成逻辑混乱问题,而传统串行优化算法割裂了学科间耦合关系难以得到全局最优解,因此引入了多学科设计优化方法。为了解决协同优化方法(CO法)不容易收敛的问题,提出了CO与同时分析和设计方法(SAND法)结合的二级多学科优化算法,给出了算法架构和计算流程。最后,对产品实例的结构参数进行优化得到了Pareto解,实现了多个优化目标。结果表明,该优化算法有效地减少了计算时间,增强了CO算法的收敛性能。     

Systems Thinking and Higher Education: The Vanguard Method

Reforms to the higher education sector in the UK are only increasing competitive pressures between institutions. Universities are therefore looking to gain competitive advantage over their rivals both in terms of student experience and through administrative efficiency. This paper will present an alternative view of how to transform the way that the higher education system delivers service to students in an environment where ‘student choice’ will be viewed as of paramount importance. The paper will argue that the prevailing ‘command and control’ (Seddon 2003) management logic, which can be found at work throughout both the public and private sectors, is the primary cause of inferior, expensive service. As an alternative, this paper will explore the benefits of working in a systems thinking way, whilst comparing and contrasting this with the flawed thinking which currently prevails. The Vanguard Method (Seddon 2008) is one particular form of systems thinking which has been developed for use in service organisations (Jackson et al. 2008) and which has been applied to many public sector organisations (ODPM 2005; Middleton 2010; Zokaei et al. 2010). Using a case study methodology (Yin 2009), this paper will address what has been learnt by applying the Vanguard Method in an HEI environment for the first time.     

我国高等教育自组织发展路径探讨

我国政府对高等教育的直接管理是一种他组织的管理,这种他组织的管理是造成我国高等教育供应不足、创新乏力、资源配置失灵、效率不高等问题的原因。而美国高等教育则走的是一条自组织的发展之路,表现出与环境相适应的多元化发展、持续的创新能力以及较高的办学效率等优势。要改变我国高等教育的现状,必须走高等教育自组织发展的道路,这首先要从高等学校产权改革、赋予社会自主办高等教育的权利、公平的和多元化的高等教育财政支助政策着手。     

Participatory Design and Technologies for Sustainable Development: an Approach from Action Research

This paper explores the relevance of the action research for design of technological solutions that lead to both systemic sustainable development and active involvement of the community. The paper shows how this idea was implemented in a project for water resource conservation with educational institutions of rural areas in Colombia. Through the use of technology, a reduction in water consumption increases in awareness about the use of this natural resource, and the active involvement of the community were sought. Additionally, social processes related to the conservation of natural resources were addressed through a socio-technical approach for analysis and design. During the application of the Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), the participants and researchers created technological prototypes that allowed to: 1) give visibility to the community’s initiatives, and 2) save water in the households. This paper focuses on the importance of the design process of innovative solutions for social and environmental issues through the participative approach of action research.

     

基于神经网络方法的大体积混凝土裂缝控制专家系统的研究

初次建立基于神经网络方法的大体积混凝土裂缝控制 ES的框架结构 ,对框架的设计思路、总体结构、知识库的构建、神经网络应用模式的具体实现等展开了描述 ,重点对神经网络聚类方法在神经网络知识库和自学习功能中的应用进行了研究 ,并且通过计算机模拟进行了可行性验证 ,从中得出了一些有益的结论和新的理论设想.     

Fuzzy Filter Design for Affine Systems with Sensor Faults: A Dynamic Event-Triggered Approach

This study addresses the issue of dynamic event-triggered-based filtering for fuzzy affine systems. To alleviate the utilization of constraint bandwidth resources and improve the efficiency of the signals exchange, a dynamic event-triggered protocol is forwarded to regulate the trigger instants with objective system states. Meanwhile, the nonhomogeneous Markov process is proposed to characterize the dynamic behaviors of sensor faults, where the time-varying transition probabilities belong to a c...     

Professional Development through Action Research: Case Examples in South African Higher Education

This paper identifies the quality characteristics of a professional development (PD) program on action research (AR) and presents the results of a second-order evaluation of such a program. Three case examples in South African higher education demonstrate how AR methodology has been applied to design, conduct and evaluate the PD program and to identify new ways of learning and improving professional practice in higher education. From data analysis, we distinguish six factors significant in contributing to the quality of the PD program in all three universities: facilitator expertise, adaptive planning, responsive evaluation, critical events, application, and self-efficacy. On the basis of the evaluation results, we present five models: (1) the AR workshop cycles; (2) characteristics of a quality PD program; (3) a PD program on and through AR; (4) three levels of reflection on AR; and (5) meta-action research.

基于信任过滤的网格资源选择方法设计与仿真

该方法首先根据用户信任需求过滤低可信资源,然后对剩余高可信资源综合考虑其价格和风险因素,最后给出了最小机会成本启发式算法.实验表明,该方法能对供求双方产生激励:对资源方保证可靠资源提供者的整体利润;对用户方能显著降低作业失效率、减少成本.     

三轴稳定质量矩拦截器的末制导律设计

针对大气层内的机动飞行目标,提出了一种可用于质量矩拦截器末制导段的比例制导律。通过建立三轴稳定质量矩拦截器的数学模型,得到一个非线性动力系统。考虑到法向过载变化比较灵敏的特点,以姿态角及过载的误差作为指标函数,采用遗传算法对PD控制参数进行寻优设计,建立了滑块位置与过载、姿态角的关系。仿真结果表明,该方法在保证姿态稳定的情况下能有效实现拦截器末段的制导控制,且满足一定的精度要求。     

数字电力中智能仿真的设计研究

将人工智能技术与计算机仿真技术相结合构成智能仿真计算机系统，为计算机仿真带来了前所未有的机遇和挑战。本文将基于人工智能设计的概念用于计算机仿真的建模、算法、人机接口及软件的研究，讨论了智能仿真系统的概念和智能建模、智能算法和智能接口的设计方法。作为智能仿真的应用实例，在分析常规的电网调度员培训仿真系统的基础上，给出了电网调度员培训智能仿真系统的体系结构，并详细介绍了智能教员控制子系统的实现技术和方法。     

一种基于约束关联网络模型的模块化设计方法

针对侧重产品设计各阶段宏观布局原则制定、忽略布局合理性及其进化分析技术研究的现状,提出了一种基于细粒度约束关联网络模型的模块化设计方法.从布局规划及其协同进化的角度,给出了此方法的技术框架和闭环流程框架.研究了基于细粒度约束关联网络模型建立产品族模型的方法.探讨了基于细粒度、多视图产品族模型实现模块划分的分析技术和算法.研究了其设计过程调度方法,并提出了基于过程冲突定位和优化细粒度产品族模型的技术方法.通过在某型号发动机模块化设计中的应用,验证了所提出方法的合理性和有效性.     

滞后广义系统反馈镇定控制器设计的LMI方法

讨论了滞后广义系统的反馈镇定控制器的设计问题,首先对滞后广义系统进行稳定性分析,给出了由H∞范数表示的稳定性判据,从而将滞后广义控制系统的镇定问题转化为一个H∞控制问题;然后利用H∞控制方法给出系统可镇定的条件,并将这条件改写为线性矩阵不等式的形式,因而利用现有的LMI工具软件即可获得所需要的反馈控制律.     

一类多源点物流配送优化模型的探讨

首先分析了现代物流系统中物流配送的特点 ,以及物流配送的关键技术 ,重点讨论了物流配送中优化决策问题 .然后针对 B2 B模式 ,建立了对一类多源点物流配送优化模型并计算机实现技术进行了深入探讨 .