Search results for "ALLOCATION"
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A two-stage LDA algorithm for ranking induced topic readability
2022
Probabilistic topic models, such as LDA, are standard text analysis algorithms that provide predictive and latent topic representation for a corpus. However, due to the unsupervised training process, it is difficult to verify the assumption that the latent space discovered by these models is generally meaningful and valuable. This paper introduces a two-stage LDA algorithm to estimate latent topics in text documents and use readability scores to link the identified topics to a linguistically motivated latent structure. We define a new interpretative tool called induced topic readability, which is used to rank topics from the one with the most complex linguistic structure to the one with the…
Les organisations publiques : des institutions communicantes ?
2009
International audience
Les organisations publiques : des institutions communicantes ?
2009
International audience; l'objectif de cet article est de proposer une approche compréhensive de la communication des organisations publiques à travers le cas des Caisses d'Allocations Familiales (CAF). Les travaux dont il est issu ont eu pour objet d'interroger les représentations des cadres, chargés de communication et directeurs des CAF autour de la notion d'institution communicante. Il s'agit notamment de préciser si celle-ci relève d'un artefact ou pourrait -et à quelles conditions- constituer un modèle valide pour analyser la communication des organisations publiques
Optimal Resource Allocation in Multi-Hop Networks: Contention vs. Scheduling
2014
CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance) is actually the most used method in ad-hoc networks for transmitting on a contending medium, even if it shows poor performance in presence of hidden nodes. To increase performance, we propose an algorithm that combines CSMA and TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) approaches. The adopted solution consists of grouping contending nodes in non-interfering subsets and granting a different numbers of time slots to different groups, while using the CSMA to manage medium access among nodes belonging to the same subset. An optimization procedure to assign the time slots to each subset of nodes and to find an equilibrium between contention …
On overall sampling plan for small area estimation
2017
The time and budget restrictions in survey sampling can impose limits on the area sample sizes. This may reduce the possibility to obtain area-specific and population parameters estimates with adequate precision. Market research companies and institutes for producing official statistics face frequently this problem. Various models and methods for small area estimation (SAE) have been developed to solve this problem. The sample allocation must support the selected model and method to ensure efficient estimation and must be implemented in the design phase of the survey. The proposed allocation is developed by incorporating auxiliary information, a model, and an estimation method. The estimate…
Sex Allocation Theory for Facultatively Sexual Organisms Inhabiting Seasonal Environments: The Importance of Bet Hedging
2018
Adaptive explanations for dormancy often invoke bet hedging, where reduced mean fitness can be adaptive if it associates with reduced fitness variance. Sex allocation theory typically ignores variance effects and focuses on mean fitness. For many cyclical parthenogens, these themes become linked, as only sexually produced eggs undergo the dormancy needed to survive harsh conditions. We ask how sex allocation and the timing of sex evolve when this constraint exists in the form of a trade-off between asexual reproduction and sexual production of dormant eggs—the former being crucial for within-season success and the latter for survival across seasons. We show that male production can be tempo…
Data from: Daphnia females adjust sex allocation in response to current sex ratio and density
2019
Cyclical parthenogenesis presents an interesting challenge for the study of sex allocation, as individuals’ allocation decisions involve both the choice between sexual and asexual reproduction, and the choice between sons and daughters. Male production is therefore expected to depend on ecological and evolutionary drivers of overall investment in sex, and those influencing male reproductive value during sexual periods. We manipulated experimental populations, and made repeated observations of natural populations over their growing season, to disentangle effects of population density and the timing of sex from effects of adult sex ratio on sex allocation in cyclically parthenogenetic Daphnia…
Kin selection in interactions between gametes: Gamete competition, gamete limitation, and sex allocation
2023
Kin selection on one hand, and gamete interactions in post-ejaculatory sexual selection on the other are two major research themes that have risen to prominence over the past half century and have simultaneously developed into central fields of research in evolutionary biology. There is a natural connection between the two: when gametes interact with each other, very commonly many of them originate from the same parent and are thus siblings. For example, sperm competition will almost always involve competition between sibling gametes even if the interacting parents are not related to each other. If parents are related to each other, the relatedness between gametes increases further. Here we…
Organizational identity and competition : a study of US semiconductor industry
2017
Organisationaalinen identiteetti ja kilpailu : tutkielma puolijohdeteollisuudesta. Tutkimuksen tehtävänä on selvittää, miten kaksi samalla puolijohdesektorilla kilpailevaa yritystä, Intel Corporation ja Advanced Micro Devices, kuvailee itseänsä ja kenttäänsä suhteessa kilpailijoihinsa ja siten rakentaa ja ylläpitää organisationaalista identiteettiään. Tutkimuksen teoreettisena näkökulmana on tarkastella markkinoita sosiaalisesti rakentuneena kenttänä jota kilpailu ylläpitää. Analyysimenetelmänä on käytetty koneoppivaa tekstin mallinnusmenetelmää nimeltä Latentti Dirichlet Allokaatio (LDA), jolla …
The Link Between Standardization and Economic Growth
2021
We analyze the link between standardization and economic growth by systematically reviewing leading economics journals, leading economic growth researchers’ articles, and economic growth-related books. We make the following observations: 1) No article has analyzed the link between standardization and economic growth in top5 economics journals between 1996 and 2018. 2) A representative sample of the leading researchers of economic growth has allocated little attention to the link between standardization and economic growth. 3) Typically, economic growth textbooks do not contain “standards” or “standardization” in their word indexes. These findings suggest that the economic growth theory has …