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Génération automatique des requêtes de médiation dans un environnement hétérogène
No full textLes systèmes de médiation sont aujourd'hui largement développes et connus. Cependant, leur mise en œuvre pose un certain nombre de problèmes, en particulier la définition de requêtes de médiation en présence d'un grand nombre de sources de données, et d'un volume important de méta-données les décrivant. Ce problème est d'autant plus crucial lorsque les sources sont hétérogènes.Face a cette problématique, nous proposons dans cette thèse pour le contexte relationnel, une approche de génération automatique de requêtes de médiation. A partir de sources de données distribuées et hétérogènes, notre algorithme produit un ensemble potentiel de requêtes de médiation. Nous avons développé un outil qui permet de générer automatiquement des requêtes de médiation dans un environnement hétérogène. Notre objectif principal étant de fournir à l'utilisateur un outil adapte aux petits et grands systèmes, nous avons réalise une série de tests d'évaluation des performances pour mesurer son passage a l'échelle. Ces tests montrent la faisabilité de notre approche.Nowadays, mediation systems are widely used. However, their implementation raises several problems, especially, the definition of queries when there is a high number of sources, and a great amount of meta data. Furthermore, the problem is particularly important when sources are heterogeneous.We propose in this thesis an approach to automatically generate the mediation queries, in a relational context. Our algorithm produce candidate set of queries since heterogeneous and distributed sources. We develop a tool to automatically generate mediation queries in the heterogeneous context. Our principal goal is to provide an appropriate tool for different sizes of systems; we achieve tests series to perform scalability.VERSAILLES-BU Sciences et IUT (786462101) / SudocSudocFranceF
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
Coordination de drones éclaireurs (UAV) dans la smart-city pour servir les véhicules autonomes
No full textLe sujet des véhicules aériens sans pilote (VAP) est devenu un domaine d'étude prometteurtant dans la recherche que dans l'industrie. En raison de leur autonomie et de leur efficacitéen vol, les drones sont considérablement utilisés dans diverses applications pour différentestâches. Actuellement, l'autonomie du drone est un problème difficile qui peut avoir un impactà la fois sur ses performances et sur sa sécurité pendant la mission. Pendant le vol, les dronesautonomes sont tenus d'investiguer la zone et de déterminer efficacement leur trajectoire enpréservant leurs ressources (énergie liée à la fois à l'altitude et à la longueur de la trajectoire) et en satisfaisant certaines contraintes (obstacles et rotations d'axe). Ce problème estdéfini comme le problème de planification de trajectoire UAV qui nécessite des algorithmesefficaces pour être résolus, souvent des algorithmes d'intelligence artificielle. Dans cettethèse, nous présentons deux nouvelles approches pour résoudre le problème de planificationde trajectoire UAV. La première approche est un algorithme amélioré basé sur l'algorithmed'optimisation des vautours africains, appelé algorithmes CCO-AVOA, qui intègre la cartechaotique, la mutation de Cauchy et les stratégies d'apprentissage basées sur l'oppositiond'élite. Ces trois stratégies améliorent les performances de l'algorithme AVOA original entermes de diversité des solutions et d'équilibre de recherche exploration/exploitation. Unedeuxième approche est une approche hybride, appelée CAOSA, basée sur l'hybridation deChaotic Aquila Optimization avec des algorithmes de recuit simulé. L'introduction de lacarte chaotique améliore la diversité de l'optimisation Aquila (AO), tandis que l'algorithmede recuit simulé (SA) est appliqué comme algorithme de recherche locale pour améliorer larecherche d'exploitation de l'algorithme AO traditionnel. Enfin, l'autonomie et l'efficacitédu drone sont abordées dans une autre application importante, qui est le problème de placement du drone. La question du placement de l'UAV repose sur la recherche de l'emplacementoptimal du drone qui satisfait à la fois la couverture du réseau et la connectivité tout entenant compte de la limitation de l'UAV en termes d'énergie et de charge. Dans ce contexte, nous avons proposé un hybride efficace appelé IMRFO-TS, basé sur la combinaisonde l'amélioration de l'optimisation de la recherche de nourriture des raies manta, qui intègreune stratégie de contrôle tangentiel et d'algorithme de recherche taboue.The subject of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has become a promising study field in bothresearch and industry. Due to their autonomy and efficiency in flight, UAVs are considerablyused in various applications for different tasks. Actually, the autonomy of the UAVis a challenging issue that can impact both its performance and safety during the mission.During the flight, the autonomous UAVs are required to investigate the area and determineefficiently their trajectory by preserving their resources (energy related to both altitude andpath length) and satisfying some constraints (obstacles and axe rotations). This problem isdefined as the UAV path planning problem that requires efficient algorithms to be solved,often Artificial Intelligence algorithms. In this thesis, we present two novel approachesfor solving the UAV path planning problem. The first approach is an improved algorithmbased on African Vultures Optimization Algorithm (AVOA), called CCO-AVOA algorithms,which integrates the Chaotic map, Cauchy mutation, and Elite Opposition-based learningstrategies. These three strategies improve the performance of the original AVOA algorithmin terms of the diversity of solutions and the exploration/exploitation search balance. Asecond approach is a hybrid-based approach, called CAOSA, based on the hybridization ofChaotic Aquila Optimization with Simulated Annealing algorithms. The introduction of thechaotic map enhances the diversity of the Aquila Optimization (AO), while the SimulatedAnnealing (SA) algorithm is applied as a local search algorithm to improve the exploitationsearch of the traditional AO algorithm. Finally, the autonomy and efficiency of the UAVare tackled in another important application, which is the UAV placement problem. Theissue of the UAV placement relays on finding the optimal UAV placement that satisfies boththe network coverage and connectivity while considering the UAV's limitation from energyand load. In this context, we proposed an efficient hybrid called IMRFO-TS, based on thecombination of Improved Manta Ray Foraging Optimization, which integrates a tangentialcontrol strategy and Tabu Search algorithms
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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