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Wichita State University

EducationWichita, Kansas, United States
About: Wichita State University is a education organization based out in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 4988 authors who have published 9563 publications receiving 253824 citations. The organization is also known as: WSU & Fairmount College.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the likelihood of a firm adding a woman to its board in a given year is negatively affected by the number of women already on the board.

1,026 citations

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01 Jan 1987
TL;DR: Using the methods and concepts of contemporary information-processing psychology (or cognitive science) the authors develop a series of artificial-intelligence programs that can simulate the human thought processes used to discover scientific laws.
Abstract: Scientific discovery is often regarded as romantic and creative -- and hence unanalyzable -- whereas the everyday process of verifying discoveries is sober and more suited to analysis. Yet this fascinating exploration of how scientific work proceeds argues that however sudden the moment of discovery may seem, the discovery process can be described and modeled. Using the methods and concepts of contemporary information-processing psychology (or cognitive science) the authors develop a series of artificial-intelligence programs that can simulate the human thought processes used to discover scientific laws. The programs -- BACON, DALTON, GLAUBER, and STAHL -- are all largely data-driven, that is, when presented with series of chemical or physical measurements they search for uniformities and linking elements, generating and checking hypotheses and creating new concepts as they go along. Scientific Discovery examines the nature of scientific research and reviews the arguments for and against a normative theory of discovery; describes the evolution of the BACON programs, which discover quantitative empirical laws and invent new concepts; presents programs that discover laws in qualitative and quantitative data; and ties the results together, suggesting how a combined and extended program might find research problems, invent new instruments, and invent appropriate problem representations. Numerous prominent historical examples of discoveries from physics and chemistry are used as tests for the programs and anchor the discussion concretely in the history of science.

900 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a continuous contact force model for the impact analysis of a two-particle collision is presented, where a hysteresis damping function is incorporated in the model which represents the dissipated energy in impact.
Abstract: A continuous contact force model for the impact analysis of a two-particle collision is presented. The model uses the general trend of the Hertz contact law. A hysteresis damping function is incorporated in the model which represents the dissipated energy in impact. The parameters in the model are determined, and the validity of the model is established. The model is then generalized to the impact analysis between two bodies of a multibody system. A continuous analysis is performed using the equations of motion of either the multibody system or an equivalent two-particle model of the colliding bodies. For the latter, the concept of effective mass is presented in order to compensate for the effects of joint forces in the system. For illustration, the impact situation between a slider-crank mechanism and another sliding block is considered.

807 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined familiar roles that customers play in both manufacturing and service organizations and integrated insights from organization theory, services marketing, and total quality concepts to develop both a conceptual model and 10 propositions based on a more complex view of potential customer contributions to competitive quality.
Abstract: Regardless of the specific tools and methods a firm adopts or what quality experts an organization follows, managing for quality and competitive advantage means a firm must become customer oriented. Unfortunately, many quality-management programs and efforts to enhance competitiveness take a rather limited view of potential customer involvement in the process. This article first examines familiar roles that customers play in both manufacturing and service organizations. Then, insights from organization theory, services marketing. strategic management, and total quality concepts are integrated to develop both a conceptual model and 10 propositions based on a more complex view of potential customer contributions to competitive quality. Both a research agenda and ideas for improved organizational practice are discussed.

784 citations

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TL;DR: This paper investigated the extent to which venture capitalists' perceptions of "entrepreneurial passion" influence the VCs' investment decisions, and defined entrepreneurial passion as an entrepreneurial pursuit.
Abstract: We investigated the extent to which venture capitalists' (VCs') perceptions of “entrepreneurial passion” influence the VCs' investment decisions. We defined entrepreneurial passion as an entreprene...

777 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Herbert A. Simon157745194597
Rui Zhang1512625107917
Frederick Wolfe119417101272
Shunichi Fukuzumi111125652764
Robert Y. Moore9524535941
Maurizio Salaris7641720927
Annie K. Powell7348622020
Gunther Uhlmann7244419560
Danielle S. McNamara7053922142
Jonathan P. Hill6736719271
Francis D'Souza6647716662
Osamu Ito6554917035
Louis J. Guillette6433820263
Karl A. Gschneidner6467522712
Robert Reid5921512097
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202314
202259
2021331
2020351
2019325
2018327