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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
Pseudospectra and Kreiss Matrix Theorem on a General Domain
No full textLet be a matrix with spectrum . The Kreiss Matrix Theorem (KMT), a well-known fact in applied matrix analysis, gives estimates of upper bounds for if is in the unit disc, or
for if is in the left-half plane based on the resolvent norm, or equivalently the pseudospectra. In this talk, we will discuss the extension of this celebrated theorem to an arbitrary holomorphic function. We will first briefly talk about the norm behavior of matrices that have identical or super-identical pseudospectra. Next we will focus on some generalizations of KMT for holomorphic functions on a general complex domain.Non UBCUnreviewedAuthor affiliation: University of ReginaPostdoctora
Image numérique et le théorème de Crouzeix
No full textTableau d’honneur de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, 2009-2010L'objectif principal de ce travail est, d'une part, d'étudier l'image numérique d'un opérateur borné sur un espace de Hilbert H et, d'autre part, d'établir que, pour toute matrice carrée A et pour tout polynôme p : C C, on a ||p(A)||< 11,08 sup \p(z)\. z€W(A) On prouve aussi que cette inégalité est valide pour n'importe quel opérateur borné A sur H et n'importe quelle fonction p continue sur W(A) et holomorphe en son intérieur. Comme application, on montre que chaque opérateur borné T est semblable à un opérateur ayant une 9l4y (T)-dilatation normale
Pseudospectres identiques et super-identiques d'une matrice
No full textLe pseudospectre est un nouvel outil pour étudier les matrices et les opérateurs linéaires. L’outil traditionnel est le spectre. Celui-ci peut révéler des informations sur le comportement des matrices ou operateurs normaux. Cependant, il est moins informatif lorsque la matrice ou l’opérateur est non-normal. Le pseudospectre s’est toutefois révélé être un outil puissant pour les étudier. Il fournit une alternative analytique et graphique pour étudier ce type des cas. Le but de cette thèse est d’étudier le comportement d’une matrice non-normale A en se basant sur le pseudospectre. Il est bien connu que le théorème matriciel de Kreiss donne des estimations des bornes supérieures de [symbol] et [symbol] en fonction du pseudospectre. En 1999, Toh et Trefethen [31] ont généralisé ce célèbre théorème aux polynômes de Faber et aux matrices ayant des spectres dans des domaines plus généraux. En 2005, Vitse [34] a donné une généralisation du théorème aux fonctions holomorphes dans le disque unité. Dans cette thèse, on généralise le théorème matriciel de Kreiss aux fonctions holomorphes et aux matrices ayant des spectres dans des domaines plus généraux. Certaines conditions devraient cependant être vérifiées. L’étude du comportement d’une matrice au cas où la valeur exacte de la norme de la résolvante est connue a été aussi remise en question. Il est bien connu que si A et B sont des matrices à pseudospectres identiques, alors [symbol] Mais, qu’en est-il pour les puissances supérieures [symbol] En 2007, Ransford [21] a montré qu’il existe des matrices [symbol] avec des pseudospectres identiques et où peuvent prendre des valeurs aléatoires et indépendantes les unes des autres pour [symbol]. Serait-il aussi le cas pour n assez grand ? Par ailleurs, le pseudospectre est aussi utilisé pour étudier le semi-groupe [symbol], mais permet-il de déterminer [symbol] ? Cette thèse répond à toutes ces questions en démontrant des résultats plus généraux. Elle généralise l’inégalité (1) aux transformations de Möbius. Elle montre aussi que la condition de pseudospectre identique n’est pas suffisante pour déterminer le comportement d’une matrice. Cependant, la condition de pseudospectre super-identique pourrait l’être.The theory of pseudospectra is a new tool for studying matrices and linear operators. The traditional tool is the spectrum. It reveals information on the behavior of normal matrices or operators. However, it is less informative as the matrix or the operator are non-normal. Pseudospectra have nevertheless proved to be a powerful tool to study them. They provide an analytical and graphical alternative to study this type of case. The purpose of this thesis is to study the behavior of a non-normal matrix A based on its pseudospectra. It is well known that the Kreiss matrix theorem provides estimates of upper bounds of [symbol] according pseudospectra. In 1999, Toh and Trefethen [31] generalized the celebrated theorem to Faber polynomials and matrices with spectra in more general domains. In 2005, Vitse [34] generalized the theorem for holomorphic functions in the unit disk. In this thesis, the Kreiss matrix theorem is generalized to holomorphic functions and matrices with spectra in more general domains. However, certain conditions should be imposed. The behavior of a matrix if the exact knowledge of the resolvent norm is assumed has also been questioned. It is well known that if A and B are matrices with identical pseudospectra, then [symbol] But what about higher powers [symbol] ? In 2007, Ransford [21] showed that there exist matrices [symbol] with identical pseudospectra and where [symbol] and [symbol] can take more or less arbitrary values for [symbol]. Is it also the case for large n? Moreover, pseudospectra are also used to study the semigroup [symbol], but do they allow us to determine [symbol] ? This thesis addresses all these issues by demonstrating more general results. It generalizes the inequality (2) to Möbius transformations. It also shows that the condition of identical pseudospectra is not sufficient to determine the behavior of a matrix. However, the condition of super-identical pseudospectra could do so
Pseudospectra and holomorphic functions of matrices
No full textNon UBCUnreviewedAuthor affiliation: University of ReginaPostdoctora
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
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