From Central State to Free Global Market Economy - Nato Science Partnership Subseries: 4 1997 edition

Marc Notes: Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division.; Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Globalization of Innovation Market and the Impact on Industrial Organizations, Moving from Central State to Free Market Economy, Moscow, Russia, November 20-22, 1995--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface. Science in Russia under Transition to a Market- Oriented Economy; G. V. Kozlov. Small Innovative Enterprises in Russia: Current State Development; S. Kudria. New Multimedia Technologies and Market Globalization of Innovation; C. Corsi. Systems of Information and Consulting Services for Innovation Technology Transfer to SME's; R. Vacca. Introducing Innovative Projects in the Industry: The Experience of the Moscow State Aviation Institute (Technical University); F. I. Paramonov, O. V. Kolesnichenko. Problems of Telecommunication Systems and Their Role in the Development of International Science and Technology Co-Operation; L. Mindeli, S. Gubanov. United States State and Federal Governments: Enhancing Economic Competitiveness Through Collaboration; C. Coburn, et al. The Comparative Demands Relating to the Effective Application of CADCAM in Vertically Integrated and Distributed Product-Based Organisations; J. Murray. Technology Policy: The Implementation of Innovation as a Tool of Economic Development; B. Szanto. How to Provide, Obtain and Exploit a Better Way to Transfer Information to SMEs? J. E. Batail. European Cooperation. German Experience in the Use of Common Technical Languages for Chemical Process Industries; U. L. Kreul, A. Gorak. An Information System to Deliver Innovative Services to SMEs: The Case of a Science and Technology Park in Southern Italy; E. Corti, et al. The Russian Culture and the Innovation, as a West Culture; C. Cardone. Innovation, Free Market Economy and Information Technologies; G. Da Costa Pereira. Virtual Corporations; R. Hauges. Diffusion Model of Technology Transfer; D. K. Daukeev. Change Strategy and High Technology: The Added Value of Local Development; R. Botteghi. The Virtual Company' Revolution; D. Robson. WorldMarket of Innovations and Russian Small Innovative Enterprises; E. Vorobieva. Strategic Parameters in Planning Information Networks: Some Features of the US Experience; A. Coletti."Publisher Marketing: The exceptional impact of free market globalization on CIS countries and the use of innovation to counter the concomitant socioeconomic problems are profoundly and frankly analyzed and discussed from a variety of standpoints, both cultural and geographical. New possible solutions are presented and discussed, leading to a proposal for the development of a common technological language.

Contributor Bio:  North Atlantic Treaty Organization Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgments. Clifford Geometric Algebras in Multilinear Algebra and Non-Euclidean Geometries.- Geometric algebra Projective Geometries; Affine and other geometries; Affine Geometry of pseudo-euclidean space; Conformal Geometry and the Horosphere; References. Content-Based Information Retrieval by Group Theoretical Methods.- Introduction; Motivating Examples; General Concept; Fault Tolerance.- Applications, Prototypes, and Test Results; Related Work and Future Research; References.- Four Problems in Radar.-Introduction; Radar Fundamentals; Radar Waveforms; Signal Processing; Space-Time Adaptive Processing; Four Problems in Radar; Conclusions. Introduction to Generalized Classical and Quantum Signal and System Theories on Groups and Hypergroups.-Generalized classical signal/system theory on hypergroups; Generalized quantum signal/system theory on hypergroups; Conclusion; References. Lie Groups and Lie Algebras in Robotics.- Introduction -- Rigid Body Motions; Lie Groups; Finite Screw Motions; Mechanical Joints; Invisible Motion and Gripping; Forward Kinematics; Lie Algebra; The Adjoint Representation; The Exponential Map Derivatives of Exponentials; Jacobians; Concluding Remarks; References. Quantum/Classical Interface: a Geometric Approach from the Classical Side.- Introduction Paravector Space as Spacetime; Eigenspinors; Spin; Dirac Equation; Bell's Theorem; Qubits and Entanglement; Conclusions; References. PONS, Reed-Muller Codes, and Group Algebras.- Introduction; Analytic Theory of One-Dimensional PONS (Welti); Shapiro Sequences, Reed-Muller Codes, and Functional Equations; Group Algebras; Reformulation of Classical PONS; Group Algebra of Classical PONS; GroupAlgebra Convolution; Splitting Sequences; Historical Appendix on PONS; References. Clifford Algebras as a Unified Language.- Introduction; Clifford algebras as models of physical spaces; Clifford Algebras as Models of Perceptual Multicolor Spaces; Hypercomplex-Valued invariants of nD multicolor images; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Recent Progress and Applications in Group FFTs.-Introduction; Finite group FFTs; FFTs for compact groups; Noncompact groups; References. Group Filters and Image Processing.- Introduction: Classical Digital Signal Processing; Abelian Group DSP; Nonabelian Groups; Examples; Group Transforms; Group Filters; Line-like Images; Acknowledgments; References. A Geometric Algebra Approach to Some Problems of Robot Vision.- Introduction; Local Analysis of Multi-dimensional Signals; Knowledge Based Neural Computing; Acknowledgments; References. Group Theory in Radar and Signal Processing.- Introduction; How a Radar Works; Representations; Representations and Radar; Ambiguity Functions; The Wide Band Case; References. Geometry of Paravector Space with Applications to Relativistic Physics.- Clifford Algebras in Physics; Paravector Space as Spacetime; Interpretation; Eigenspinors; Maxwell's Equation; Conclusions; References. A Unified Approach to Fourier-Clifford-Prometheus Transforms- Introduction; New construction of classical and multiparametric Prometheus transforms; PONS associated with Abelian groups; Fast Fourier-Prometheus Transforms; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Fast Color Wavelet Transforms.- Introduction; Color images; Color Wavelet-Haar-Prometheus transforms; Edge detection and compression of color images; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References. Selected Problems; Various Authors.- Transformations of Euclidean Space and Clifford Geometric; Algebra; References; On the Distribution of Kloosterman Sums on Polynomials over Quaternions; References; Harmonic Sliding Analysis Problems; References; Spectral Analysis under Conditions of Uncertainty; A Canonical Basis for Maximal Tori of the Reductive Centrizer of a Nilpotent Element; References; 6 The Quantum Chaos Conjecture References; Four Problems in Radar; Topic Index; Author Index