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Goodput Maximization in Opportunistic Spectrum Access Radio Links with Imperfect Spectrum Sensing and FEC-based Packet Protection
No full textWe consider a cognitive radio scenario where the communication between two secondary users (SUs) exploits opportunistic spectrum access (OSA) over a wireless channel licensed to primary users (PUs). Assuming a slotted MAC over a single frequency channel and imperfect spectrum sensing, we address the problem of determining the packet size and Forward Error Correction (FEC) coding rate that maximize the SU communication goodput, i.e., the amount of payload bits correctly received in the unit time. Assuming a Markovian model for the PU activity, a saturation regime for the SU, and periodic channel sensing, we find out the mean time between two consecutive packet transmissions and derive approximate analytical expressions, in closed form, which provide upper and lower bounds on the SUs goodput. Such expressions show the dependence of the SU goodput on packet size, FEC coding rate, signal to noise plus interference ratio, amount of resources allocated to sensing, packet overhead, and primary traffic statistics. We provide simulation results showing that the derived analytical expressions are very close to the actual system performance. We also evaluate the sensitivity of the optimal packet size and FEC coding rate pair to the operational conditions represented by the received power and the PU traffic load, showing that the optimal pair is very sensitive to the former, and only moderately affected by the latter
Goodput Maximization in Opportunistic Spectrum Access Networks under Constraints on the Inter-Packet Transmission Waiting Time
No full textWe consider the problem of selecting the packet size, the Forward Error Correction (FEC) coding rate, and the duration of the spectrum sensing interval, which maximize the communication goodput (payload bits correctly received per unit time) of the Secondary Users (SUs) of a cognitive radio network. We start by deriving a closed form expression of the SUs achievable goodput under the assumption of Markovian primary channel use and perfect spectrum sensing. Then, we show that the optimal packet size and FEC coding rate selection change in case we impose a constraint on the maximum time SUs can wait before successfully transmitting a packet, i.e., on what we call the inter-packet transmission waiting time. Such waiting time depends on the alternating PU presence on the channel. Finally, we derive upper and lower bounds on the achievable goodput, which allow us to optimally select the packet size, the FEC coding rate, and the duration of the spectrum sensing time interval, in case of imperfect spectrum sensing. Extensive simulation results are provided that validate our findings. Specifically, we show that by adaptively and jointly selecting the system parameters as a function of received SU power and PU traffic statistics, it is possible to achieve a goodput increase in the order of 20%
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
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
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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