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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
Reconnaissance automatique de cibles par utilisation de signaux de radars passifs bistatiques
No full textWe present the design, development, and test of three novel, distinct automatic target recognition (ATR) systems for the recognition of airplanes and, more specifically, non-cooperative airplanes, i.e. airplanes that do not provide information when interrogated, in the framework of passive bistatic radar systems. Passive bistatic radar systems use one or more illuminators of opportunity (already present in the field), with frequencies up to 1 GHz for the transmitter part of the systems considered here, and one or more receivers, deployed by the persons managing the system, and not co-located with the transmitters. The sole source of information are the signal scattered on the airplane and the direct-path signal that are collected by the receiver, some basic knowledge about the transmitter, and the geometrical bistatic radar configuration. The three distinct ATR systems that we built respectively use the radar images, the bistatic complex radar cross-section (BS-RCS), and the bistatic radar cross-section (BS-RCS) of the targets. We use data acquired either on scale models of airplanes placed in an anechoic, electromagnetic chamber or on real-size airplanes using a bistatic testbed consisting of a VOR transmitter and a software-defined radio (SDR) receiver, located near Orly airport, France. We describe the radar phenomenology pertinent for the problem at hand, as well as the mathematical underpinnings of the derivation of the bistatic RCS values and of the construction of the radar images.For the classification of the observed targets into pre-defined classes, we use either extremely randomized trees or subspace methods. A key feature of our approach is that we break the recognition problem into a set of sub-problems by decomposing the parameter space, which consists of the frequency, the polarization, the aspect angle, and the bistatic angle, into regions. We build one recognizer for each region. We first validate the extra-trees method on the radar images of the MSTAR dataset, featuring ground vehicles. We then test the method on the images of the airplanes constructed from data acquired in the anechoic chamber, achieving a probability of correct recognition up to 0.99.We test the subspace methods on the BS-CRCS and on the BS-RCS of the airplanes extracted from the data acquired in the anechoic chamber, achieving a probability of correct recognition up to 0.98, with variations according to the frequency band, the polarization, the sector of aspect angle, the sector of bistatic angle, and the number of (Tx,Rx) pairs used. The ATR system deployed in the field gives a probability of correct recognition of 0.82, with variations according to the sector of aspect angle and the sector of bistatic angle.Dans cette thèse, nous présentons la conception, le développement et le test de trois systèmes de reconnaissance automatique de cibles (ATR) visant à reconnaître des avions non-coopératifs, c’est-à-dire des avions ne fournissant par leur identité, en utilisant des signaux de radars passifs bistatiques. Les radars passifs bistatiques utilisent un ou plusieurs émetteurs d’opportunité (déjà présents sur le terrain), avec des fréquences allant jusqu’à 1 GHz pour les émetteurs considérés ici, et un ou plusieurs récepteurs déployés par le gestionnaire du système et non-colocalisés avec les émetteurs. Les seules informations utilisées sont les signaux réfléchis sur les avions et les signaux directement reçus qui sont tous les deux collectés par le récepteur, quelques informations concernant l’émetteur, et la configuration géométrique du radar bistatique.Les trois systèmes ATR que nous avons construits utilisent respectivement les images radar, les surfaces équivalentes radar (SER) complexes bistatiques et les SER réelles bistatiques. Nous utilisons des données acquises soit sur des modèles d’avions placés en chambre anéchoique à l’ONERA, soit sur des avions réels en utilisant un banc d’essai bistatique consistant en un émetteur VOR et un récepteur basé sur la radio-logicielle (SDR), et que nous avons déployé aux alentours de l’aéroport d’Orly. Nous décrivons d’abord la phénoménologie radar pertinente pour notre problème ainsi que les fondements mathématiques pour la dérivation de la SER bistatique d’un objet, et pour la construction d’images radar d’un objet. Nous utilisons deux méthodes pour la classification de cibles en classes prédéfinies : les arbres extrêmement aléatoires (extra-trees) et les méthodes de sous-espaces. Une caractéristique-clé de notre approche est que nous divisons le problème de reconnaissance global en un ensemble de sous-problèmes par décomposition de l’espace des paramètres (fréquence, polarisation, angle d’aspect et angle bistatique) en régions. Nous construisons un classificateur par région.Nous validons en premier lieu la méthode des extra-trees sur la base de données MSTAR, composée d’images radar de véhicules terrestres. Ensuite, nous testons cette méthode sur des images radar d’avions que nous avons construites à partir des données acquises en chambre anéchoique. Nous obtenons un pourcentage de classification allant jusqu’à 99%. Nous testons ensuite la méthode de sous-espaces sur les SER bistatiques (complexes et réelles) des avions que nous avons extraits des données de chambre anéchoique. Nous obtenons un pourcentage de classification allant jusqu’à 98%, avec des variations suivant la fréquence, la polarisation, l’angle d’aspect, l’angle bistatique et le nombre de paires émetteur-récepteur utilisées. Nous testons enfin la méthode de sous-espaces sur les SER bistatiques (réelles) extraites des signaux acquis par le banc d’essai déployé à Orly. Nous obtenons une probabilité de classification de 82%, avec des variations suivant l’angle d’aspect et l’angle bistatique. On a donc démontré dans cette thèse que l’on peut reconnaitre des cibles aériennes à partir de leur SER acquise en utilisant des signaux de radars passifs bistatiques
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
Automatic target recognition using passive bistatic radar signals
Get PDFWe present the design, development, and test of three novel, distinct automatic target recognition (ATR) systems for the recognition of airplanes and, more specifically, non- cooperative airplanes, i.e. airplanes that do not provide information when interrogated, in the framework of passive bistatic radar systems. Passive bistatic radar systems use one or more illuminators of opportunity (already present in the field), with frequencies up to 1 GHz for the transmitter part of the systems considered here, and one or more receivers, deployed by the persons managing the system, and not co-located with the transmitters. The sole source of information are the signal scattered on the airplane and the direct-path signal that are collected by the receiver, some basic knowledge about the transmitter, and the geometrical bistatic radar configuration.
The three distinct ATR systems that we built respectively use the radar images, the bistatic complex radar cross-section (BS-RCS), and the bistatic radar cross-section (BS- RCS) of the targets. We use data acquired either on scale models of airplanes placed in an anechoic, electromagnetic chamber or on real-size airplanes using a bistatic testbed consisting of a VOR transmitter and a software-defined radio (SDR) receiver, located near Orly airport, France.
We describe the radar phenomenology pertinent for the problem at hand, as well as the mathematical underpinnings of the derivation of the bistatic RCS values and of the construction of the radar images. For the classification of the observed targets into pre-defined classes, we use either extremely randomized trees or subspace methods. A key feature of our approach is that we break the recognition problem into a set of sub-problems by decomposing the parameter space, which consists of the frequency, the polarization, the aspect angle, and the bistatic angle, into regions. We build one recognizer for each region.
We first validate the extra-trees method on the radar images of the MSTAR dataset, featuring ground vehicles. We then test the method on the images of the airplanes constructed from data acquired in the anechoic chamber, achieving a probability of correct recognition up to 0.99.
We test the subspace methods on the BS-CRCS and on the BS-RCS of the airplanes extracted from the data acquired in the anechoic chamber, achieving a probability of correct recognition up to 0.98, with variations according to the frequency band, the polarization, the sector of aspect angle, the sector of bistatic angle, and the number of (Tx,Rx) pairs used.
The ATR system deployed in the field gives a probability of correct recognition of 0.82, with variations according to the sector of aspect angle and the sector of bistatic angle
Reconnaissance automatique de cibles par utilisation de signaux de radars passifs bistatiques
No full textWe present the design, development, and test of three novel, distinct automatic target recognition (ATR) systems for the recognition of airplanes and, more specifically, non-cooperative airplanes, i.e. airplanes that do not provide information when interrogated, in the framework of passive bistatic radar systems. Passive bistatic radar systems use one or more illuminators of opportunity (already present in the field), with frequencies up to 1 GHz for the transmitter part of the systems considered here, and one or more receivers, deployed by the persons managing the system, and not co-located with the transmitters. The sole source of information are the signal scattered on the airplane and the direct-path signal that are collected by the receiver, some basic knowledge about the transmitter, and the geometrical bistatic radar configuration. The three distinct ATR systems that we built respectively use the radar images, the bistatic complex radar cross-section (BS-RCS), and the bistatic radar cross-section (BS-RCS) of the targets. We use data acquired either on scale models of airplanes placed in an anechoic, electromagnetic chamber or on real-size airplanes using a bistatic testbed consisting of a VOR transmitter and a software-defined radio (SDR) receiver, located near Orly airport, France. We describe the radar phenomenology pertinent for the problem at hand, as well as the mathematical underpinnings of the derivation of the bistatic RCS values and of the construction of the radar images.For the classification of the observed targets into pre-defined classes, we use either extremely randomized trees or subspace methods. A key feature of our approach is that we break the recognition problem into a set of sub-problems by decomposing the parameter space, which consists of the frequency, the polarization, the aspect angle, and the bistatic angle, into regions. We build one recognizer for each region. We first validate the extra-trees method on the radar images of the MSTAR dataset, featuring ground vehicles. We then test the method on the images of the airplanes constructed from data acquired in the anechoic chamber, achieving a probability of correct recognition up to 0.99.We test the subspace methods on the BS-CRCS and on the BS-RCS of the airplanes extracted from the data acquired in the anechoic chamber, achieving a probability of correct recognition up to 0.98, with variations according to the frequency band, the polarization, the sector of aspect angle, the sector of bistatic angle, and the number of (Tx,Rx) pairs used. The ATR system deployed in the field gives a probability of correct recognition of 0.82, with variations according to the sector of aspect angle and the sector of bistatic angle.Dans cette thèse, nous présentons la conception, le développement et le test de trois systèmes de reconnaissance automatique de cibles (ATR) visant à reconnaître des avions non-coopératifs, c’est-à-dire des avions ne fournissant par leur identité, en utilisant des signaux de radars passifs bistatiques. Les radars passifs bistatiques utilisent un ou plusieurs émetteurs d’opportunité (déjà présents sur le terrain), avec des fréquences allant jusqu’à 1 GHz pour les émetteurs considérés ici, et un ou plusieurs récepteurs déployés par le gestionnaire du système et non-colocalisés avec les émetteurs. Les seules informations utilisées sont les signaux réfléchis sur les avions et les signaux directement reçus qui sont tous les deux collectés par le récepteur, quelques informations concernant l’émetteur, et la configuration géométrique du radar bistatique.Les trois systèmes ATR que nous avons construits utilisent respectivement les images radar, les surfaces équivalentes radar (SER) complexes bistatiques et les SER réelles bistatiques. Nous utilisons des données acquises soit sur des modèles d’avions placés en chambre anéchoique à l’ONERA, soit sur des avions réels en utilisant un banc d’essai bistatique consistant en un émetteur VOR et un récepteur basé sur la radio-logicielle (SDR), et que nous avons déployé aux alentours de l’aéroport d’Orly. Nous décrivons d’abord la phénoménologie radar pertinente pour notre problème ainsi que les fondements mathématiques pour la dérivation de la SER bistatique d’un objet, et pour la construction d’images radar d’un objet. Nous utilisons deux méthodes pour la classification de cibles en classes prédéfinies : les arbres extrêmement aléatoires (extra-trees) et les méthodes de sous-espaces. Une caractéristique-clé de notre approche est que nous divisons le problème de reconnaissance global en un ensemble de sous-problèmes par décomposition de l’espace des paramètres (fréquence, polarisation, angle d’aspect et angle bistatique) en régions. Nous construisons un classificateur par région.Nous validons en premier lieu la méthode des extra-trees sur la base de données MSTAR, composée d’images radar de véhicules terrestres. Ensuite, nous testons cette méthode sur des images radar d’avions que nous avons construites à partir des données acquises en chambre anéchoique. Nous obtenons un pourcentage de classification allant jusqu’à 99%. Nous testons ensuite la méthode de sous-espaces sur les SER bistatiques (complexes et réelles) des avions que nous avons extraits des données de chambre anéchoique. Nous obtenons un pourcentage de classification allant jusqu’à 98%, avec des variations suivant la fréquence, la polarisation, l’angle d’aspect, l’angle bistatique et le nombre de paires émetteur-récepteur utilisées. Nous testons enfin la méthode de sous-espaces sur les SER bistatiques (réelles) extraites des signaux acquis par le banc d’essai déployé à Orly. Nous obtenons une probabilité de classification de 82%, avec des variations suivant l’angle d’aspect et l’angle bistatique. On a donc démontré dans cette thèse que l’on peut reconnaitre des cibles aériennes à partir de leur SER acquise en utilisant des signaux de radars passifs bistatiques
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