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Numerical solution of the Boltzmann equation by time relaxed Monte Carlo (TRMC) methods
No full textA new family of Monte Carlo schemes has been recently introduced
for the numerical solution of the Boltzmann equation of rarefied gas
dynamics[14]. After a splitting of the equation the time discretization of the
collision step is obtained from the Wild sum expansion of the solution by replacing
high order terms in the expansion with the equilibrium Maxwellian
distribution. The corresponding time relaxed Monte Carlo (TRMC) schemes
allow the use of time steps larger than those required by direct simulation
Monte Carlo (DSMC) and guarantee consistency in the fluid-limit with the
compressible Euler equations. Conservation of mass, momentum, and energy
are also preserved by the schemes. Applications to a two-dimensional gas dynamic
flow around an obstacle are presented which show the improvement in
terms of computational efficiency of TRMC schemes over standard DSMC for
regimes close to the fluid-limit
Adaptive and recursive time relaxed monte carlo methods for rarefied gas dynamics
No full textRecently a new class of Monte Carlo methods, called time relaxed Monte Carlo (TRMC), designed for the simulation of the Boltzmann equation close to fluid regimes has been introduced [L. Pareschi and G. Russo, SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 23 (2001), pp. 1253–1273]. A generalized Wild sum expansion of the solution is the basis of the simulation schemes. After a splitting of the equation, the time discretization of the collision step is obtained from the Wild sum expansion of the solution by replacing high order terms in the expansion with the equilibrium Maxwellian distribution; in this way speed-up of the methods close to fluid regimes is obtained by efficiently thermalizing particles close to the equilibrium state. In this work we present an improvement of such methods which allows us to obtain an effective uniform accuracy in time without any restriction on the time step and subsequent increase of the computational cost. The main ingredient of the new algorithms is recursivity [L. Pareschi and B. Wennberg, Monte Carlo Methods Appl., 7 (2001), pp. 349–358]. Several techniques can be used to truncate the recursive trees generated by the schemes without degrading the accuracy of the numerical solution. Techniques based on adaptive strategies are presented. Numerical results emphasize the gain of efficiency of the present simulation schemes with respect to standard DSMC (direct simulation Monte Carlo) methods
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
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
Comparison betweenTime Relaxed Monte Carlo Method and Majorant Frequency Scheme methods for the space homogeneous Boltzmann equation
No full textRecently a new class of schemes, called Time Relaxed Monte Carlo (TRMC) has been introduced for the numerical solution of the Boltzmann equation of gas dynamics. The motivation is to propose a systematic framework to derive Monte Carlo methods effective near the fluid dynamic regime. Before the methods can be accepted as alternative tools to other methods, they have to show that they are able to reproduce results obtainable by well established reliable methods. In this paper a detailed comparison is performed between TRMC methods and the Majorant Frequency Scheme in the case of the space-homogeneous Boltzmann equation. In particular, the effect of finite number of particles is considered. © 2005 American Institute of Physics
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
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
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