Why Inverse Layers in Pavement? Why Zipper Fracking? Why Interleaving in Education? A General Explanation

Authors

Edgar Daniel Rodriguez Velasquez, Universidad de Piura in Peru (UDEP)Follow
Aaron Velasco, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Olga Kosheleva, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

5-1-2023

Comments

Technical Report: UTEP-CS-23-19

Abstract

In many practical situations, if we split our efforts into two disconnected chunks, we get better results: a pavement is stronger if instead of a single strengthening layer, we place two parts of this layer separated by no-so-strong layers; teaching is more effective if instead of concentrating a topic in a single time interval, we split it into two parts separated in time, etc. In this paper, we provide a general explanation for all these phenomena.