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Harmony search augmented with optimal computing budget allocation capabilities for noisy optimization
No full textIn this work we introduce the combinatory use of Harmony Search (HS) with Optimal Computing Budget Allocation (OCBA) as a means to tackle noisy optimization situations as those that occur during the execution of Discrete Event Systems (DES) for modeling complex systems. The OCBA procedure is employed for the exclusion of the worst harmony during the memory updating process in order to minimize the computational cost and at the same time retain a pool of promising solutions. The proposed hybrid approach is tested on real valued test functions as a proof of concept and the results are promising in case of small computational budgets
Ambient Systems for the Environmental Monitoring: Characteristic Examples at Different Spatial Scales
No full textCoastal Marine Environment Monitoring Using Satellite Data Derived from MODIS Instrument
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Augmented Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Supplemented with Case Based Reasoning for Advanced Medical Decision Support
No full textEmpower Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Decision Making abilities with Swarm Intelligence Algorithms
No full textGoing 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
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