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No full textIl testo riporta i risultati di una ricerca europea triennale che ah consentito di indagare su aspetti meno noti della carriera scientifica delle donne e sulle cause dell'abbandon
A learning theory approach to the construction of predictor models.
No full textAbstract. This paper presents new results for the identification of predictive models for unknown dynamical systems. The three key elements of the proposed approach are: i) an unknown mechanism that generates the observed data; ii) a family of models, among which we select our predictor, on the basis of past observations; iii) an optimality criterion that we want to minimize. A major departure from standard identification theory is taken in that we consider interval models for prediction, that is models that return output intervals, as opposed to output values. Moreover, we introduce a consistency criterion (the model is required to be consistent with obser-vations) which act as a constraint in the optimization procedure. In this framework, the model has not to be interpreted as a faithful description of reality, but rather as an instrument to perform prediction. To the optimal model, we attach a certificate of reliability, that is a statement of the probability that the computed model will actually be consistent with future unknown data. 1. Introduction. I
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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
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
Crossing the boundaries, entering the territory of science Women and Physics (p.325-349)
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