A ttracting professors to a program—and subsequently keeping them—has much to do with the management and teaching philosophy of the department as a whole, and the department head or chair in particular. The gap between attracting the potential professor and keeping him/her can be summed in a few sentences. The departmental philosophy as it relates to mentoring and molding the new faculty member...

The methods of complex systems research are increasingly being used and valued by international development organisations. These approaches enable a shift away from existing tools and business processes that reinforce a focus on static, simple and linear problems. The evidence is that these methods can help development partners better navigate the complex, dynamic realities they face on a day-t...

Of the many minimax algorithms, SSS* consistently searches the smallest game trees. Its success can be attributed to the accumulation and use of information acquired while traversing the tree, allowing a best first search strategy. The main disadvantage of SSS* is its excessive storage requirements. This paper describes a class of search algorithms which, though based on the popular alpha-beta ...