David P Ellerman
After receiving a BS in philosophy of science at MIT (’65) and then graduate work at Boston University culminating with a PhD in mathematics (’71), I taught for about 20 years in mathematics, computer science, and economics. Since retiring, I have been doing research and writing fulltime mostly in logic, information theory, mathematics, and physics, first in California and now in Slovenia.I have hundreds of articles published in mathematics, information theory, economics, political economy, law, and physics. I have 11 books published or forthcoming, the most recent three are:The Logic of Partitions: With Two Major Applications. Studies in Logic No. 101, Collegiate Publications, London. https://www.collegepublications.co.uk/logic/?00052 New Foundations for Information Theory: Logical Entropy and Shannon Entropy. Cham, Switzerland: SpringerNature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86552-8 Partitions, Objective Indefiniteness, and Quantum Reality: The Objective Indefiniteness Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Cham, Switzerland: SpringerNature https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61786-7_2.
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Address: Trg Prekomorskih Brigad 7, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: +38664199387
Address: Trg Prekomorskih Brigad 7, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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versions of publisbed articles that focus on a common theme. But that common theme is best seen as a "cluster concept" involving such ideas as the following:
• diversity.
• the logic of commitment in organizations,
• parallel experimentation,
• contestation,
• indirect methods of autonomy-respecting help.
• the "how" of social learning .in development assistance,
• localisrn,
• pragmatism and piecemeal social change,
• democratic decision-making.
Stated negatively, the chapters argue against the following:
• monocentric modes of organization,
• experimet1tation that assumes ODe knows where the "Truth" lies,
• views based on authoritative and bureaucratic diktat or socinl conformity to
"correct" views instead of views born out of wntestation and debate,
• modes of "help" the overide or undercut autonomy,
• "globalization" as a euphemism for hegemonic or imperialistic investment and control in developing or transition economies,
• organizations based on the logic of exit,
• big bangery, shock therapy. or engineered social change,
• autocratic-techoocratic decision-making based on the logically fallacious
methodologies of cost-benefit analysis and the social wealt:h maximization school of juridical thought.
There are a number of reasonably complex formulas that are used in the income approach to real estate appraisal, particularly as developed in the United States. The necessary assumptions and the proofs of these formulas are usually to be found only in a few scarce journal articles in the United States or in out-of-print books. Hence we have attempted to give here, all in one place, fresh algebraic derivations of the major formulas to make them available to technically adept students and practitioners.
The topic of internal rates of return or IRR's is also covered largely because IRR's are often misunderstood and improperly applied in the real estate appraisal profession as well as in other areas of business. The point is that appraisers should rely on net present values, not IRR's, when giving advice about the selection of investment projects.
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