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Message from the Organizers
No full textGreen Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Intelligent Electrical Power Grid
Simulation-Based Assessment Methods
No full textThis chapter provides a brief overview of modelling and simulation approaches for smart grid systems. A special focus is put onto the coupling of simulation environments; i.e., the co-simulation of power systems and its components. Furthermore, selected implementations of standardized interfaces for domain simulators covering the domains of power systems and ICT are presented
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
Le syllogisme pratique et son importance pour les sciences humaines
No full textThe author sketches the motives which led to attempts to conceive of an analytical theory of action. He also points to the old problem of the « Geisteswissenschaften », a problem Popper and Hempel were unable to deal with. In this context von Wright's essay on Explanation and Understanding merits attention because this scholar tries to give a synthesis of what he calls the « Galilean » and the « Aristotelian tradition » in Occidental thought. Within the latter the idea of the « practical syllogism » plays an important role. Thomas Aquinas' and Kant's conception of the « syllogismus practicus » are compared with von Wright's ideas. It appears that the logical reflection concerning an action is not on a footing with the action itself, since the action as such is directed towards its goal and since immediate directedness prevents reflection. The author, therefore, proposes to speak of « teleological reasoning » rather than of « practical syllogisms ». Interpreting Max Weber's notion of « Zweckrationalität » the author shows that the appropriate character of the means respective to their end constitutes a first instrument which enables the scientist to interprete human actions. The end may be choosen quite subjectively, the means too, but the adequacy or inadequacy of the means as related to their end can be evaluated in an objective manner. Teleological reasoning, therefore, may ensure a minimum of rationality in the scientific interpretation of human action. Von Wright is right in rejecting methodological dualism as advocated in the 19th century by Droysen and Dilthey. History, psychology, sociology are not simply « hermeneutical sciences ». « Nature » (as opposed to « culture ») plays a decisive role in the life of human individuals and groups. Nature as such cannot be interpreted in an anthropomorphic way, it can only be described by stating law-like regularities. Human sciences, therefore, cannot do without causal research. Scientifically speaking an interpretative theory has the status of a hypothesis. It is not a demonstration in the sense of natural science, it is a reconstruction ex post facto. The author proposes not to speak of « truth » in his context but rather of « plausibility ». An interpretative theory may be called « plausible », when it is elucidating, when it makes us understand the relations between many particular facts, when in its light certain regularities become intelligible. An interpretation which has none of these qualities is to be considered as « non plausible ». If it is incompatible with one of the facts known the interpretative theory is « false ».L'A. esquisse les motifs qui ont mené à essayer de concevoir une théorie analytique de l'action. Il mentionne aussi la vieille question des « Geisteswissenschaften », que Popper et Hempel ont été incapables de traiter. C'est pourquoi l'ouvrage de von Wright, Explanation and Understanding, mérite notre attention : cet auteur essaie de faire une synthèse de ce qu'il appelle les traditions « galiléenne » et « aristotélicienne » dans la pensée occidentale. Dans cette tradition-ci, l'idée du « syllogisme pratique » joue un rôle important. Les conceptions du « syllogisme pratique » selon S. Thomas et Kant sont comparées avec les idées de von Wright. Il en ressort que la réflexion logique à propos d'une action n'est pas sur le même plan que l'action elle-même, puisque l'action en tant que telle est dirigée vers son but et que cette application immédiate empêche la réflexion. L'A., en conséquence, propose de parler de « raisonnement téléologique » plutôt que de « syllogisme pratique ». Interprétant la notion weberienne de « Zweckrationalität », l'A. montre que le caractère approprié des moyens par rapport à la fin constitue un premier instrument qui permet à l'homme de science d'interpréter les actions humaines. La fin peut être choisie de manière tout à fait subjective, les moyens aussi, mais l'adéquation ou l'inadéquation des moyens à leur fin peut être évaluée de manière objective. Le raisonnement téléologique, par conséquent, peut assurer un minimum de rationalité dans l'interprétation scientifique des actions humaines. Von Wright est en droit de rejeter le dualisme méthodologique invoqué au XIXe siècle par Droysen et Dilthey. L'histoire, la psychologie et la sociologie ne sont pas de simples « sciences herméneutiques ». La « nature » (en tant qu'opposée à la « culture ») joue un rôle décisif dans la vie des êtres et des groupes humains. La nature en tant que telle ne peut être interprétée d'une manière anthropomorphique, elle peut seulement être décrite en établissant des régularités ressemblant à des lois. Les sciences humaines ne peuvent donc se passer de la recherche des causes. Scientifiquement parlant, une théorie interprétative a le statut d'une hypothèse. Ce n'est pas une démonstration comme dans les sciences de la nature, c'est une reconstruction ex post facto. L'A. propose de ne pas parler de « vérité » dans ce contexte, mais plutôt de « plausibilité ». Une théorie interprétative peut être appelée « plausible », quand elle éclaire, quand elle nous fait comprendre les relations entre plusieurs faits particuliers, quand à sa lumière des régularités deviennent intelligibles. Une interprétation qui n'a aucune de ces qualités ne peut pas être considérée comme « plausible ». Si la théorie interprétative est incompatible avec l'un des faits, elle est « fausse ».Strasser Stephan. Le syllogisme pratique et son importance pour les sciences humaines. In: Revue Philosophique de Louvain. Quatrième série, tome 81, n°49, 1983. pp. 82-102
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
Towards Scalable FMI-based Co-simulation of Wind Energy Systems Using PowerFactory
No full textDue to the increased deployment of renewable energy sources and intelligent components the electric power system will exhibit a large degree of heterogeneity, which requires inclusive and multi-disciplinary system assessment. The concept of co-simulation is a very attractive option to achieve this; each domain-specific subsystem can be addressed via its own specialized simulation tool. The applicability, however, depends on aspects like standardised interfaces, automated case creation, initialisation, and the scalability of the co-simulation itself. This work deals with the inclusion of the Functional Mock-up Interface for co-simulation into the DIgSILENT PowerFactory simulator, and tests its accuracy, implementation, and scalability for the grid connection study of a wind power plant. The coupling between the RMS mode of PowerFactory and MATLAB/Simulink in a standardised manner is shown. This approach allows a straightforward inclusion of black-boxed modelling, is easily scalable in size, quantity, and component type."Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public."Intelligent Electrical Power Grid
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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