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Current Issue:
(Volume 22 - Number 7 - Year 2024)


Utilization of Artificial Intelligence by Students in Interdisciplinary Field of Biomedical Engineering
Shigehiro Hashimoto
(pages: 1-5)

Transdisciplinary Applications of Data Visualization and Data Mining Techniques as Represented for Human Diseases
Richard S. Segall
(pages: 6-15)

Beyond Status Quo: Why is Transdisciplinary Communication Instrumental in Innovation?
James Lipuma, Cristo Leon
(pages: 16-20)

How We Can Locate Validatable Foundations of Life Themes
Jeremy Horne
(pages: 21-32)

Bringing Discipline into Transdisciplinary Communications -The ISO 56000 Family of Innovation Standards-
Rick Fernandez, William Swart
(pages: 33-39)

To AI Is Human: How AI Tools with Their Imperfections Enhance Learning
Martin Cwiakala
(pages: 40-46)

Knowledge, Learning and Transdisciplinary Communication in the Evolution of the Contemporary World
Rita Micarelli, Giorgio Pizziolo
(pages: 47-52)

Human Complexity vs. Machine Linearity: Tug-of-War Between Two Realities Coexisting in Precarious Balance
Paolo Barile, Clara Bassano, Paolo Piciocchi
(pages: 53-62)

A Cybernetic Metric Approach to Course Preparation
Russell Jay Hendel
(pages: 63-70)

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Education
John Jenq
(pages: 71-76)

Bridging the Gap: Harnessing the Power of Machine Learning and Big Data for Media Research
Li-jing Arthur Chang
(pages: 77-84)

Image Processing, Computer Vision, Data Visualization, and Data Mining for Transdisciplinary Visual Communication: What Are the Differences and Which Should or Could You Use?
Richard S. Segall
(pages: 85-92)

Identification – The Essence of Education
Jeremy Horne
(pages: 93-99)

The Greek-Roman Theatre in the Mediterranean Area
Maria Rosaria D’acierno Canonici Cammino
(pages: 100-108)

Examination of AI and Conventional Teaching Approaches in Cultivating Critical Thinking Skills in High School Students
Luis Castillo
(pages: 109-112)

Thoughts, Labyrinths, and Torii
Maurício Vieira Kritz
(pages: 113-119)

Can Two Human Intelligences (HIs or Noes) and Two Artificial Intelligences (AIs) Get Involved in Interlinguistic Communication? – A Transdisciplinary Quest
Ekaterini Nikolarea
(pages: 120-128)
 

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A Markov Chain Approach for the Evaluation of Global Performance of Universities of South Africa

Masikini Lugoma, Masengo Ilunga


The Markov chain (MC) technique is used preliminarily in the evaluation of the ranking of selected institutions of higher learning of South Africa. The data related to Scimago is used to illustrate the practical implication of MC. A random selection of universities was conducted for applying the MC technique., i.e., a middle and a bottom performing universities are selected. Different states were defined to carry out the estimation of the steady state of the Markov Chain to predict theoretically the future state of their rankings. These preliminary results showed that the former had 2 states with probability distributions of (0, 1) respectively, whereas the latter had 5 states with probability distribution of (0.892, 0.035, 0.035, 0.035, 0.01). This approach could be replicated to the rest of institutions of higher learning and considering other ranking metrics.

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