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Applying UAVs for indoor emergency risk evaluation
No full textThis study deals with the adoption of UAVs in the case of indoor fires. UAVs map the indoor space before the rescue team arrival in order to minimize the risk of exposure to firefighters, maximize the effectiveness of their intervention and provide information to the evacuees. We develop a framework in which first we compute the drone trajectory that minimizes the number of sacrificed detection points; next, we derive the value of risk associated with each monitored point, evaluated through the main dangerous products of a fire (i.e. smoke, temperature and carbon monoxide). After that, we match the pedestrian path with the environment risk analysis and finally, the lowest risk pedestrian paths are generated both for evacuees and rescue operators, respectively toward the exits and the ignition point(s). Preliminary results are shown for a real-case indoor space, simulated using a synthetic environment generator
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
Expected Shortfall for the Makespan in Activity Networks with Fuzzy Durations
No full textThe paper deals with the evaluation of the Expected Shortfall or the Conditional Value-at-Risk for the makespan in scheduling problems represented as temporal activity networks where we assume that only a type-1 fuzzy representation for the activity integer valued durations is known to the scheduler. More precisely, we address the evaluation of the Expected Shortfall associated to a feasible schedule, and we extend the approach recently proposed for the case of interval valued durations. We develop and analyze a suitable computational method to obtain the fuzzy evaluation of the Expected Shortfall of the makespan of a given schedule. The proposed method enables to use the Expected Shortfall as quality criterion for wide classes of scheduling approaches considering risk-aversion in different practical contexts when only a fuzzy representation of activity durations is known
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
3dID: a low-power, low-cost hand motion capture device
No full textThis paper presents a novel input device design for capturing gestures. The system is based on commodity components and combines accelerometers, gyroscopes and bend sensors. It is a low-power, low-cost hand device, characterized by extreme wearability thanks to wireless communication support and small form-factor. It can be used as a stand-alone platform or combined with other wireless sensor nodes in a body area network. The system has been tested as input interface for moving a virtual three-dimensional hand in real-time
Integration methods for aircraft scheduling and trajectory optimization at a busy terminal manoeuvring area
No full textThis paper deals with the problem of efficiently scheduling take-off and landing operations at a busy terminal manoeuvring area (TMA). This problem is particularly challenging, since the TMAs are becoming saturated due to the continuous growth of traffic demand and the limited available infrastructure capacity. The mathematical formulation of the problem requires taking into account several features simultaneously: the trajectory of each aircraft should be accurately predicted in each TMA resource, the safety rules between consecutive aircraft need to be modelled with high precision, the aircraft timing and ordering decisions have to be taken in a short time by optimizing performance indicators of practical interest, including the minimization of aircraft delays, travel times and fuel consumption. This work presents alternative approaches to integrate various modelling features and to optimize various performance indicators. The approaches are based on the resolution of mixed-integer linear programs via dedicated solvers. Computational experiments are performed on real-world data from Milano Malpensa in case of multiple delayed aircraft. The results obtained for the proposed approaches show different trade-off solutions when prioritizing different indicators
Microscopic delay management: Minimizing train delays and passenger travel times during real-time railway traffic control
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