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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Method And System For Making Optimal Estimates Of Linearity Metrics Of Analog-to-digital Converters
No full textA method and system for making optimal estimates of linearity metrics of analog-to-digital converters. A model building phase and a production test strategy are employed. During the model-building phase, a linear model an analog-to-digital converter is constructed from a set of accurately measured transition code voltages for a set of training analog-to-digital converters. During a production test of an individual analog-to-digital converter, a ramp test signal is applied to the individual analog-to-digital converter, a histogram of codes is produced, and the transition code voltages for the individual analog-to-digital converter are estimated from the resulting histogram. Linearity characteristics of the individual analog-to-digital converter may then be computed.Georgia Tech Research Corp
Method For Diagnosing Process Parameter Variations From Measurements In Analog Circuits
No full textA method for diagnosing process parameter variations from measurements in analog circuits. The diagnosability conditions for the accurate computation of device parameters are extended in the presence of measurement noise. In case this diagnosability condition is not met by standard test signals, a method is provided for automatically generating optimized tests that enable the computation of device parameters. The test generator explicitly optimizes the ability to compute device parameters from the test response. A cause-effect analysis engine is provided to diagnose the cause of variation in IC performance metrics in terms of the variation in device parameter values. Once the cause of parametric yield loss is diagnosed in terms of device parameters variations, the information can be used by process engineers to tune the manufacturing process to improve yield.Georgia Tech Research Corporatio
The testability of regular logic structures
No full textThe use of regular logic structures has become very important in the recent past due to the complexity of the circuits that are being fabricated and the need to design, test and debug them. The testability of different classes of regular logic structures that are widely used in many practical applications is investigated in this thesis. The first class of circuits that is considered is called generalized counters. These are complex tree-structured circuits and can be represented by recursive mathematical equations. They do not possess rigid topological regularity. The testability of these circuits is investigated under the assumption of single as well as multiple faulty cells. A circuit design methodology is proposed that results in easily testable circuits when single faulty cells are assumed to occur. The second class of circuits examined is that of iterative logic arrays which are widely used in computer arithmetic hardware. The issues of design-for-testability, built-in self-test as well as automatic test generation for these circuits are discussed. The techniques developed are far more powerful and general than those conceived by previous researchers. A test generation program for iterative logic arrays that is the first of its kind to be written is discussed. The test generation problem for one-dimensional sequential arrays of cells is also analyzed. Such arrays, called bit-serial arrays, are widely used in many digital signal processing applications.Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:22:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
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