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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
Stratégie de modélisation multi-fidélité via une approche système incluant des métamodèles basés sur les entités NURBS
No full textThe more complex the problem, the greater the amount of computational resources needed to simulate it. On the other hand, the need for accuracy in the results of a system will not be the same depending on its design phase and the domain studied. The goal of this thesis is to propose a fast, low-cost multi-fidelity modeling strategy. To meet this need, a hybrid modeling approach is developed that combines Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) and a metamodel based on Non-Uniform Rational Basis-Spline (NURBS) hypersurfaces. More specifically, the scientific challenge of this work is to develop a metamodel based on NURBS entities to simulate the behavior of highly nonlinear systems that require high fidelity modeling but are capable of providing results in real time to be compatible with the MBSE approach. In this context, the NURBS entity-based metamodel is obtained as a solution to an optimization problem solved with a gradient algorithm. In addition, a smoothing term is included in the problem formulation, not only to reduce the influence of any spurious nonlinearities in the training database, but also to limit the phenomenon of overfitting. The technical and scientific challenge of this work is to couple the general MBSE approach with the NURBS-based metamodel.Plus un problème est complexe, plus la quantité de ressources informatiques nécessaires pour le simuler est importante. D’autre part, le besoin de précision dans les résultats d’un système ne sera pas le même selon sa phase de conception et le domaine étudié. L'objectif de cette thèse est de proposer une stratégie de modélisation multi-fidélité rapide et peu couteuse en ressources de calcul. Pour répondre à ce besoin, une modélisation hybride est développée, couplant approche Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) et métamodèle basé sur les hypersurfaces Non-Uniform Rational Basis-Spline (NURBS). Plus précisément, l’enjeu scientifique de ce travail est le développement du métamodèle basé sur les entités NURBS pour simuler le comportement de systèmes fortement non-linéaires nécessitant une modélisation haute-fidélité mais capable de fournir les résultats en temps réel pour être compatible avec l’approche MBSE. Dans ce contexte, le métamodèle basé sur les entités NURBS est obtenu comme solution d’un problème d’optimisation résolu avec un algorithme au gradient. En outre, un terme de lissage est intégré dans la formulation du problème pour non seulement réduire l’influence d’éventuelles non-linéarités parasites de la base de données d’entraînement mais également pour limiter le phénomène d’overfitting. L’enjeu technicoscientifique de ce travail est de parvenir à coupler l’approche générale MBSE avec le métamodèle à base de NURBS
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
Multi-fidelity modeling strategy via a system approach including metamodels based on NURBS entities
No full textPlus un problème est complexe, plus la quantité de ressources informatiques nécessaires pour le simuler est importante. D’autre part, le besoin de précision dans les résultats d’un système ne sera pas le même selon sa phase de conception et le domaine étudié. L'objectif de cette thèse est de proposer une stratégie de modélisation multi-fidélité rapide et peu couteuse en ressources de calcul. Pour répondre à ce besoin, une modélisation hybride est développée, couplant approche Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) et métamodèle basé sur les hypersurfaces Non-Uniform Rational Basis-Spline (NURBS). Plus précisément, l’enjeu scientifique de ce travail est le développement du métamodèle basé sur les entités NURBS pour simuler le comportement de systèmes fortement non-linéaires nécessitant une modélisation haute-fidélité mais capable de fournir les résultats en temps réel pour être compatible avec l’approche MBSE. Dans ce contexte, le métamodèle basé sur les entités NURBS est obtenu comme solution d’un problème d’optimisation résolu avec un algorithme au gradient. En outre, un terme de lissage est intégré dans la formulation du problème pour non seulement réduire l’influence d’éventuelles non-linéarités parasites de la base de données d’entraînement mais également pour limiter le phénomène d’overfitting. L’enjeu technicoscientifique de ce travail est de parvenir à coupler l’approche générale MBSE avec le métamodèle à base de NURBS.The more complex the problem, the greater the amount of computational resources needed to simulate it. On the other hand, the need for accuracy in the results of a system will not be the same depending on its design phase and the domain studied. The goal of this thesis is to propose a fast, low-cost multi-fidelity modeling strategy. To meet this need, a hybrid modeling approach is developed that combines Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) and a metamodel based on Non-Uniform Rational Basis-Spline (NURBS) hypersurfaces. More specifically, the scientific challenge of this work is to develop a metamodel based on NURBS entities to simulate the behavior of highly nonlinear systems that require high fidelity modeling but are capable of providing results in real time to be compatible with the MBSE approach. In this context, the NURBS entity-based metamodel is obtained as a solution to an optimization problem solved with a gradient algorithm. In addition, a smoothing term is included in the problem formulation, not only to reduce the influence of any spurious nonlinearities in the training database, but also to limit the phenomenon of overfitting. The technical and scientific challenge of this work is to couple the general MBSE approach with the NURBS-based metamodel
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
Stratégie de modélisation multi-fidélité via une approche système incluant des métamodèles basés sur les entités NURBS
No full textThe more complex the problem, the greater the amount of computational resources needed to simulate it. On the other hand, the need for accuracy in the results of a system will not be the same depending on its design phase and the domain studied. The goal of this thesis is to propose a fast, low-cost multi-fidelity modeling strategy. To meet this need, a hybrid modeling approach is developed that combines Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) and a metamodel based on Non-Uniform Rational Basis-Spline (NURBS) hypersurfaces. More specifically, the scientific challenge of this work is to develop a metamodel based on NURBS entities to simulate the behavior of highly nonlinear systems that require high fidelity modeling but are capable of providing results in real time to be compatible with the MBSE approach. In this context, the NURBS entity-based metamodel is obtained as a solution to an optimization problem solved with a gradient algorithm. In addition, a smoothing term is included in the problem formulation, not only to reduce the influence of any spurious nonlinearities in the training database, but also to limit the phenomenon of overfitting. The technical and scientific challenge of this work is to couple the general MBSE approach with the NURBS-based metamodel.Plus un problème est complexe, plus la quantité de ressources informatiques nécessaires pour le simuler est importante. D’autre part, le besoin de précision dans les résultats d’un système ne sera pas le même selon sa phase de conception et le domaine étudié. L'objectif de cette thèse est de proposer une stratégie de modélisation multi-fidélité rapide et peu couteuse en ressources de calcul. Pour répondre à ce besoin, une modélisation hybride est développée, couplant approche Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) et métamodèle basé sur les hypersurfaces Non-Uniform Rational Basis-Spline (NURBS). Plus précisément, l’enjeu scientifique de ce travail est le développement du métamodèle basé sur les entités NURBS pour simuler le comportement de systèmes fortement non-linéaires nécessitant une modélisation haute-fidélité mais capable de fournir les résultats en temps réel pour être compatible avec l’approche MBSE. Dans ce contexte, le métamodèle basé sur les entités NURBS est obtenu comme solution d’un problème d’optimisation résolu avec un algorithme au gradient. En outre, un terme de lissage est intégré dans la formulation du problème pour non seulement réduire l’influence d’éventuelles non-linéarités parasites de la base de données d’entraînement mais également pour limiter le phénomène d’overfitting. L’enjeu technicoscientifique de ce travail est de parvenir à coupler l’approche générale MBSE avec le métamodèle à base de NURBS
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