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Correlations among Game of Thieves and other centrality measures in complex networks
2021
Social Network Analysis (SNA) is used to study the exchange of resources among individuals, groups, or organizations. The role of individuals or connections in a network is described by a set of centrality metrics which represent one of the most important results of SNA. Degree, closeness, betweenness and clustering coefficient are the most used centrality measures. Their use is, however, severely hampered by their computation cost. This issue can be overcome by an algorithm called Game of Thieves (GoT). Thanks to this new algorithm, we can compute the importance of all elements in a network (i.e. vertices and edges), compared to the total number of vertices. This calculation is done not in…
Reliability of transcranial magnetic stimulation and H-reflex measurement during balance perturbation tasks
2022
Following ankle movement, posterior balance perturbation evokes short- (SLR ∼30–50 ms), medium- (MLR ∼50–60 ms), and long-latency responses (LLR ∼70–90 ms) in soleus muscle before voluntary muscle contraction. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and Hoffmann-reflex (H-reflex) measurements can provide insight into the contributions of corticospinal and spinal mechanisms to each response. Motor evoked potential (MEP) and H-reflex responses have shown good reliability in some dynamic muscle contraction tasks. However, it is still unclear how reliable these methods are in dynamic balance perturbation and corticospinal modulation during long amplitude balance perturbation tasks. 14 subjects …
Non-linear Correlation Coefficients for pushover analysis
2013
Aiming to put forward an improvement on Multimodal Pushover Analysis, a modified version of the modal correlation rule that takes into account the non-linear behavior of structures is proposed. The modification is primarily based on using the correlation coefficients consistent with the mechanical and dynamical properties of the hysteretic oscillators utilized in the MPA method, i.e. determined taking into account the second order statistics pertinent to the non-linear oscillators. Initially, the new correlation coefficients are evaluated by Monte Carlo Simulations (MCS), assuming a spectrum-compatible representation of the seismic input. The results of a large numerical parametric analysis…
Correlation Analysis of Node and Edge Centrality Measures in Artificial Complex Networks
2021
The role of an actor in a social network is identified through a set of measures called centrality. Degree centrality, betweenness centrality, closeness centrality, and clustering coefficient are the most frequently used metrics to compute the node centrality. Their computational complexity in some cases makes unfeasible, when not practically impossible, their computations. For this reason, we focused on two alternative measures, WERW-Kpath and Game of Thieves, which are at the same time highly descriptive and computationally affordable. Our experiments show that a strong correlation exists between WERW-Kpath and Game of Thieves and the classical centrality measures. This may suggest the po…
The beta-, neutrino- and proton-asymmetry in neutron beta-decay
2004
This article describes measurements of angular-correlation coefficients in the decay of free neutrons with the superconducting spectrometer PERKEO II. A method for measuring the β-asymmetry coefficient A is presented, as well as a new method for determining the neutrino-asymmetry coefficient B, which allows a value for the proton-asymmetry coefficient C to be obtained for the first time. An ongoing experiment is trying to improve the accuracy of these quantities.
Tecniche di analisi statica non lineare multimodale per strutture intelaiate
2015
Viene presentata una panoramica delle più efficienti tecniche di analisi statica non lineare, evidenziando i progressi fatti nella formulazione di procedure con profili di carico adattivi multimodali, finalizzati alla valutazione della risposta di strutture a comportamento fortemente non lineare. Vengono poi presentate le diverse procedure che consentono di analizzare il comportamento di strutture irregolari in altezza o con grandi periodi di vibrare, nella quale la risposta è fortemente influenzata dai modi superiori. In quest’ambito viene evidenziato il ruolo della procedura Modal Pushover Analysis, che risulta fra le più efficienti nel riprodurre il comportamento di strutture fortemente …