escape from being caught in such local optima. The Particle Swarm Method of global optimization is one of such methods. A … optimization testifies the success of bounded rationality and decentralized decisionmaking in reaching at the global optima. It has … global optimum by the Repulsive Particle Swarm method. The program has been tested on over 90 benchmark functions of varied …

especially because it removes the arbitrariness in identifying control/influence. There is a large variety in even within FDI and … that while control/influence is a better indicator of the effectiveness of foreign association through investment in risk … capital, since foreign investors’ objectives in exercising that control/influence could differ significantly between financial …

former Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan. The cognitive and affective outcomes for high school students who were taught by … (IEEEP) are examined and compared to those of students in courses taught by a sample of teachers who had not received … training. like most publicly supported programs, beneficiaries were not randomly chosen and assigned to treatment and control …

exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of Indian mandated employment quota policy to examine its ….9- percentage points. This effect varies by gender and location. The less educated SCs experienced increase in their consumption …

on the contribution of youth to national product. India at present suffers from remarkably high educated unemployment and … formation and unemployment among youth in India, focusing specially on educated unemployment. We find that current skill …/training situation of youth in India is inadequate. Surplus and shortage coexists in the labour market indicating serious mismatch …

The present paper examines the changing nature of employment situation of rural youth in India by social group status …, during the last two decades. The large part of the analysis in this paper is based on the NSSO quinquennial surveys on … employment and unemployment. In this respect we have used the unit record data of three NSS rounds: 50th (1993-94), 61st (2004 …

study covered students who had successfully completed MBA in India and those Indians who had pursued an MBA in USA. The … hypothetical associations of students’ perception of high quality education with input, process and output of management schools …The purpose of this research was to gain an insight into students’ perception about the quality of management education …