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Reasoning about Intuitionistic Computation Tree Logic
No full textIn this paper, we define an intuitionistic version of Computation Tree Logic. After explaining the semantic features of intuitionistic logic, we examine how these characteristics can be interesting for formal verification purposes. Subsequently, we define the syntax and semantics of our intuitionistic version of CTL and study some simple properties of the so obtained logic. We conclude by demonstrating that some fixed-point axioms of CTL are not valid in the intuitionistic version of CTL we have defined
Coalition Alternating-Time Temporal Logic: A Logic to Find Good Coalitions to Achieve Strategic Objectives
No full textAlternating-time Temporal Logic (ATL) extends the temporal logic CTL, permitting quantification over coalitions of agents. During the model checking process, the coalitions defined in a given formula are predetermined, operating under the assumption that the user possesses knowledge about the specific coalitions under exam. However, this presumption is not universally applicable. The outcome of this paper is twofold. Initially, we introduce CATL, a modified version of ATL which empowers users to define coalition quantifiers based on two key attributes: the number of agents involved within the coalitions and the methodology for grouping these agents. Subsequently, we show the incorporation of CATL into MCMAS, a widely recognized tool dedicated to ATL model checking. Additionally, we provide details of this extension accompanied by empirical experiments
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
A Game Theoretic Approach to Attack Graphs
No full textAn attack graph is a succinct representation of all the paths in an open system that allow an attacker to enter a forbidden state (e.g., a resource), besides any attempt of the system to prevent it. Checking system vulnerability amounts to verifying whether such paths exist. In this paper we reason about attack graphs by means of a game-theoretic approach. Precisely, we introduce a suitable game model to represent the interaction between the system and the attacker and an automata-based solution to show the absence of vulnerability
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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