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Constrained intervals and interval spaces
No full textConstrained intervals, intervals as a mapping from [0, 1] to polynomials of degree one (linear functions) with non-negative slopes, and arithmetic on constrained intervals generate a space that turns out to be a cancellative abelian monoid albeit with a richer set of properties than the usual (standard) space of interval arithmetic. This means that not only do we have the classical embedding as developed by H. Radström, S. Markov, and the extension of E. Kaucher but the properties of these polynomials. We study the geometry of the embedding of intervals into a quasilinear space and some of the properties of the mapping of constrained intervals into a space of polynomials. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the basic notions of interval arithmetic and interval analysis. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.Department of Mathematics University of Colorado Denver, DenverDepartamento de Matemática Aplicada UNESP, São José do Rio PretoDepartamento de Matemática Aplicada UNESP, São José do Rio Pret
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Two numerical methods for the solutions of optimal control problems with computed error bounds using the maximum principle of pontryagin
Full text linkA simplification of the proof of the maximum principle of
Pontryagin is obtained for constrained and unconstrained optimal control
problems. Two numerical methods for solving optimal control problems
with guaranteed error bounds using the maximum principle of Pontryagin
and interval analysis are derived
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
Flexible and generalized uncertainty optimization: theory and methods
No full textThis book presents the theory and methods of flexible and generalized uncertainty optimization. Particularly, it describes the theory of generalized uncertainty in the context of optimization modeling. The book starts with an overview of flexible and generalized uncertainty optimization. It covers uncertainties that are both associated with lack of information and that more general than stochastic theory, where well-defined distributions are assumed. Starting from families of distributions that are enclosed by upper and lower functions, the book presents construction methods for obtaining flexible and generalized uncertainty input data that can be used in a flexible and generalized uncertainty optimization model. It then describes the development of such a model in detail. All in all, the book provides the readers with the necessary background to understand flexible and generalized uncertainty optimization and develop their own optimization model.
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
Incerteza intervalar em otimização e controle
No full textThe purpose of this research is to look at interval uncertainty in optimization problems and control. We present a process to determine the solutions of interval-valued optimization problems. Using extremal differentiability, we demonstrate the necessary conditions and present the sufficient conditions for three different concepts of solutions. In this study, we formulated the problem of interval-valued optimal control and demonstrated the optimality of necessary and sufficient conditions using extremal differentiability and generalized Hukuhara differentiability under assumptions of convexity. Furthermore, we applied these results in the area of weed management and control with an intervalvalued objective function in order to describe the best and worst-case scenarios for crop profitability in corn. The results for the interval analysis theory were found according to single-level constraint interval arithmetic for both the interval-valued functions and the interval functions. We defined the concept of single-level integral and derivative for interval-valued functions and obtained the fundamental theorem of calculus for the interval context. Using this concept, we then analyzed interval ordinary differential equations and obtained the existence and uniqueness theorem of the solution. Considering that the interval functions developed were −single-level differentiable, we formulated the interval optimal control problem and demonstrated the necessary and sufficient optimality conditions under assumptions of convexity for the problem in questionO propósito desta pesquisa consiste no estudo de incerteza do tipo intervalar em problemas de otimização e controle. Para os problemas de otimização de valor intervalar foi exposto o processo de determinação das soluções, foram determinadas as condições necessárias e apresentadas as condições suficientes utilizando a diferenciabilidade extremal, para três diferentes conceitos de solução. O problema de controle ótimo de valor intervalar foi formulado e as condições de otimalidade, necessárias e suficientes, foram demonstradas, utilizando os conceitos de diferenciabilidade extremal e generalizada de Hukuhara, sob determinadas hipóteses de convexidade, para três diferentes conceitos de solução. Somando-se a isto, esses resultados foram aplicados no problema de controle de plantas daninhas, com função lucro de valor intervalar, descrevendo-se os cenários, pessimista e otimista, da lucratividade na produção de milho. Por outro lado, o arcabouço teórico da análise intervalar, segundo a aritmética intervalar restrita single level, foi desenvolvido considerando tanto as funções de valor intervalar quanto as funções intervalares. Para a integral e derivada single level de funções de valor intervalar foi proposto o teorema fundamental do cálculo e, além disso, esses conceitos foram aplicados na determinação de solução dos problemas de valor inicial intervalar. Neste âmbito, obteve-se o teorema de existência e da unicidade. Uma formulação para os problemas de controle ótimo totalmente intervalar foi apresentada e derivou-se as condições de otimalidade para o problema em questão, utilizando a diferenciabilidade −single level e as hipóteses de convexidade das funções intervalares envolvidas no problemaFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)FAPESP: 2012/00189− 3.CAPES: 11153/13−
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
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