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What is Recursion

Chapter 1
Handbook of Research on Enhancing Innovation in Higher Education Institutions
Hierarchical arrangement of the system which implies that the whole system repeats through its subsystems, i.e. the same principles can be used to organization subsystems, the organization itself, and the supra system, whose organization is a part.
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Higher Education Institutions as Viable Systems: A Cybernetic Framework for Innovativeness
Dejana Zlatanović (University of Kragujevac, Serbia), Verica Babić (University of Kragujevac, Serbia), and Jelena Nikolić (University of Kragujevac, Serbia)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2708-5.ch001
Abstract
In a knowledge-based economy, higher education institutions (HEIs) are a key factor in fostering innovation and play a central role in sustainable economic growth and development. Growing complexity of HEIs and their environments requires systemic, i.e. cybernetic approach to innovation. The chapter highlights the importance of introducing a cybernetic framework for innovativeness of higher education institutions by their examination in conceptual framework of organizational cybernetics (OC). The purpose is to demonstrate how viable system model (VSM) as a key methodological tool of OC can help understanding the viability and innovativeness of HEIs. In addition, higher education institutions are investigated in a conceptual framework of VSM through the case of the public higher education institution (HEI) in Serbia. The main contribution of the chapter is related to practical implications of presented framework including the strengths and weaknesses of a VSM application.
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Chapter 502
PROLOG
In Prolog, recursion appears when a predicate contain a goal that refers to itself. When a rule is called Prolog creates a new query with new variables. A recursive definition always has at least two parts: facts that act like a stopping condition, and a rule that calls itself.
Published in Chapter: PROLOG; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 631
Using Prolog for Developing Real World Artificial Intelligence Applications
The definition of a program in terms of itself. This gives the program the ability to call itself.
Published in Chapter: Using Prolog for Developing Real World Artificial Intelligence Applications; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 28
Visualizing Big Data From a Philosophical Perspective
In its simplest sense: repeatability. For example, when the outputs or results of a formula are fed back into the formula as inputs, the outputs will reappear. In the computer world, an overall solution requires the solution of its smaller constituents. One statement can generate any number of objects, meaning a specific program can describe limitless computations. A computer program reflects Recursion by having a function call itself inside a program.
Published in Chapter: Visualizing Big Data From a Philosophical Perspective; From: Handbook of Research on Big Data Storage and Visualization Techniques
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Chapter 603
Transforming Recursion to Iteration in Programming
The definition of a program in terms of itself. This gives the program the ability to call itself.
Published in Chapter: Transforming Recursion to Iteration in Programming; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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