Bill Halchin asks about some lines that refer to category theory in the document below, to wit: "What is this trying to say?" Beats me. I thought the original document might help. Well, here it is. Anyone know who the author is? http://www.asrios.ge/maincentreprojectsoverview_800.htm [last modified on August 11, 2002] FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE INFORMATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SPACE OF GEORGIA The program goal is the formation of integrated self-organizing, stable system of State Administration based on the informative- telecommunicative space, that ensure transparency, completeness and actualization of information and creation of favorable conditions for modeling certain cases, decision making, implementation and control. The principle objects of State Administration Structures are: . to promote more transparent standardized forms; to promote the efficient implementation of the basic and additional Government functions; to ensure the transparency of the activities of governmental and self-governmental institutions; to promote transformation of different forms from quantitative state into the qualitative one; to promote anti-corruption activities and protection of human rights and freedom; to reflect principles of evolution trends and state development The program goals are: to work out the modern model of State Administration Structures formation; to introduce the necessities and prospects of forming modern State Administration System; to work out basic criteria defining State Administration Structures; to introduce tasks and principles concerning formalization of State Administration Structures; to work out basic demands addressing perspective State Administration System; to show the influence of new informational technologies on formation of modern State Administration Structures. to work out basic principles of evolutionary transition to modern State Administration Structure. THEORETICAL APPROACH TO THE FORMATION OF PROGRESSIVE STATE ADMINISTRATION STRUCTURES State Administration System is a sole mechanism of raising problems, making decisions, implementing and controlling activities, that is decomposed in a hierarchical order and is reflected on the executive structures. Global economic, communicative and other correlation determine the integration process. State Administration Structure is one of the main components of this process. State Administration Structures, with their broad variety and conservatism have a negative impact on the integration process. Conceptual integration processes can not progress without united administration norms. Creation of perspective State Administration Structures is especially substantial for the countries building up a democratic society, where an intensive transformation process is in the initial stage and transition from one structure to another is possible. Modern world should be involved in unification and standardization processes of State Administration Structures, based on new scientific and technological approach. RESEARCH ON THE FORMATION OF UNIFIED DYNAMIC DATABASE STRUCTURE BASED ON MATHEMATICAL MODELS The program goal is development of methodology of construction of information complexes on the basis of their unification. Creation of dynamic information systems mechanisms of the account of functions, planning, management and performance of actions are the aspects of the methodology. Research works are carried out in the fields of unification of the elaboration of the structures of databases. Research topics include application of 'categorial' structure of database based on various mathematical models and theories, that gives possibility to conduct development of dynamic database structure based on Categorial Analysis, Petri Nets, Mathematical Lattice etc. One of the key tasks is to formulate and present the different applied fields, and more precisely the inter-correlation between them. General overview on research activities in carrying out mathematical structures in computer science: The category theory may become the core part of the mathematical instrument for the conceptual systems development. The system can be presented as a category in which the relative correlation exists among the objects (morphisms). Each system must be presented both on generalized and concrete reflection levels. The generalized level (upper level) and each of the concrete reflection levels are categories. Hence, it should be considered the process of reflection between general and concrete levels (functors). Each objects of the category system can be a system by itself (category). Consequently we have to consider lattice dependence of categories both on the generalized level and as well as on the decomposition of the objects. Each system changes in time. So it should be considered problems related to the dynamics of categories. Complex consideration and decisions of the above-stated and other related problems should ensure the formation of the mathematical base. This will enable to consider the creation of dynamic, unified distributed databases that can be used in various applied fields. TRAINING SYSTEM "INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF ORGANIZATIONS" The civil world went through the hard way of the formation of governmental, social and commercial organizations, and examined and worked out effective methodologies for functions of various organizational structures. Organization is a system consisting of interrelated components, which have definite properties, conditions of existence and functioning, integrity of management and the rules of activities. Simplicity, convenience, clearness, efficiency, controllability, guarantee and other quantitative indices should characterize the functioning of modern organizations. The system analysis of an organization with all its elements and interrelations, and all its spheres of competence, will allow to describe the organization, reveal its weak functional elements, formulate rational directions for its transformation, and demonstrate efficiency of the future organization. To achieve higher indices of organization activity it is necessary to carry out appropriate training of the stuff, first of all the management elite of organizations. The "Increasing Efficiency of Organizations" is a system of interdependent training courses which are technologically independent and short-termed, and which are oriented on a free choice of components, forms and cleanness of the teaching terms of the implementation of the training: 1 System analysis and transformation of organizations; 2 Strategic decisions in the development of organization; 3 Result-oriented strategy of the organization development; 4 Activities and orientations on the interests of consumers; 5 Organizational distribution of powers; 6 Diagnosing and changing organizational culture; 7 Rational and structural components of organization; 8 Institutional documents; 9 Decision-making methods; 10 Conceptual informatization of organizations; 11 The environment of new informational technologies; 12 Human resources management. The program conceptual goals are: giving the inter-depended system of knowledge and practical skills to the listeners in the field of modern methodologies and technologies of management in the organization activities; permanent expansion of the listeners' groups, who are receiving necessary and enough knowledge in the field of managing organization activities; the development of the system of knowledge and practical skills, which mainly corresponds to the listeners9 problems; form self-government and local administration ethics and develop the background for the institute9s effective functioning; to fill the information vacuum concerning this sphere; to increase the effectiveness of self-government and interaction of local administrations. The following thesis demonstrates that it is rather easier to fight against corruption during the reform than afterwards, when corruption becomes part of the system; creation of an intellectual basis for evolutional transition of the new forms and technologies of the organization activities. The entire program is oriented on: the leadership and stuff of the state bodies and the local administration, which should know new methods and technologies of governing for carrying out their office responsibilities, forming the aims and principles of the development of activities in proper organizations; the governing elite and the managers of commercial organizations, who within their responsibility should strive to increase the profits of enterprises, the effectiveness of functioning and correspondingly should carry out the necessary changes in proper organizations; the specialists in the field of organization and management of enterprise, creation of the information-computer system, who in their professional activity should use the most progressive methods and technologies of carrying out the analysis, introductions of effectively functioning organizational systems. the students and young specialists, who want to understand the idea of the system, organization, their components and peculiarities, to learn the principles and technologies of increasing the effectiveness and functioning of organization, and methods of transformation. * Projects both theoretical and practical are at various stages of study. 16-Sep-2002 17:26:55 -0300,2020;000000000000-00000000