Driving business performance: innovation complementarities and persistence patterns

Complementarities between technological and non-technological innovation are crucial determinants of firm performance. Although innovation complementarity has been extensively tested in the empirical literature, it has not been analysed in conjunction with innovation persistence. This fact is mainly due to the lack of data sets able to provide adequate longitudinal information. The capacities to develop market-oriented behaviour and introduce new organisational innovations, together with technological innovation, are the drivers of a firm’s productivity and profitability. We find that these activities complement technological innovation and that their impact is greater when they persist over time, thus introducing a more general concept of innovation persistence. We present an empirical model based on a large new panel of Italian manufacturing firms covering the period 2000–2012 which enables us to determine the precise impacts of a firm’s innovative attitude, in a broad definition that incorporates non-technological innovation and persistence, on its productivity and profitability.     

A DLT-based framework for secure IoT infrastructure in smart communities

In the field of smart communities, significant progress has been made in recent years. The objective of constructing smart communities is to improve the quality of life of their inhabitants. To accomplish this objective, technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) were deployed. The data gathered and processed by IoT devices, particularly those with centralized control, are however susceptible to availability, integrity, and privacy risks. Due to its inherent properties of transparency, immutability, and underlying secure-by-design architecture, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and Smart Contracts enable distributed, decentralized, automated workflows that can be incorporated to automate the management of the next generation of IoT networks. Using a potential use case, a conceptual architecture for securing smart communities with DLT is developed and explained. In this paper, a framework for IoT eco-systems is proposed that provides seamless integration between IoT and DLT to create a decentralized trusted architecture that ensures the trustworthiness of IoT eco-systems at design time and a trust reputation model based on the architecture to protect it at run-time. In addition, the initial implementation steps are described for this framework.     

Computer-assisted techniques to enhance transformative learning in first-year literature courses

When students use computers as learning tools, the whole process of learning, and, indeed, the learners themselves, are transformed. This article illustrates some techniques that foster transformative learning in computer-assisted first-year literature classes: first, a lesson plan on A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning that uses Microsoft Word functions, including format painter, tables, and annotation to explore meaning in context; second, a plan for learners to use subconference options in the Daedalus Interactive Writing Environment to analyze Oedipus Rex; finally, a demonstration of how students engage in a meta-reflection process as they explore Barn Burning with Freelance Graphics.Marguerite Jamieson is an English instructor at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland, and a doctoral student at George Mason University. Her research interests include forming bridges between adult learning theory and contemporary literary theory — especially drawing on transformational learning theory and the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and Lev Vygotsky.Rebecca Kajs holds a doctorate in English from Texas Woman's University with a concentration in rhetoric. For ten years, she taught the use of heuristic tools for reading analysis at the University of Texas at Arlington. She is currently an associate professor of English and Philosophy at Anne Arundel Community College.Anne Agee holds a doctorate in rhetoric from The Catholic University of America. A professor of English and formerly director of the Humanities Computer Center at Anne Arundel Community College, she is currently the college's Coordinator of Instructional Technology. Dr. Agee and Professor Jamieson have collaborated in a study of the learning environment in a computer classroom, the results of which were published in the Fall 1995 issue of Teaching/Learning Conversations. Dr. Agee has also published Using [Daedalus] InterChange as a Teachers' Journal in the Fall 1995 issue of Wings.     

基于ETM＋的北京西部山区乔木群落结构研究

利用遥感技术结合地面调查的方法对2008年春季北京西部山区乔木群落的多样性进行了研究。提取归一化植被指数（NDVI）,并计算NDVI随时间的变化率（△NDVI）;利用地面调查数据计算研究区的健康指数、Mar-galef丰富度指数、Shannon-Wiener多样性指数和Simpson多样性指数,并分析△NDVI、健康指数和多样性指数之间的关系。结果表明：（1）健康指数和多样性指数之间存在正相关关系,群落多样性指数越高,群落的整体健康状况越好。（2）△NDVI与健康指数之间呈正相关关系,健康指数越高的群落,单位时间内NDVI的增加值越大,植被群落的生长变化越明显。（3）△NDVI的高低可以代表区域植被的健康程度,反映区域植物群落的丰富度、多样性。△NDVI的值越高,植被群落的健康程度越好,植被群落的丰富度、多样性指数越高。本文的研究较好的将遥感技术和地面调查相结合,对△NDVI与群落植被健康程度、多样性指数进行了研究和验证,为以后研究植被群落多样性提供了一定的借鉴。     

复杂网络强社团结构探测

社团结构是反映复杂网络整体性质的重要特征,本文从强社团结构定义出发提出简单启发式强社团结构探测算法,受启发因素为度-度负相关性和簇-度负相关性.利用该算法对空手道俱乐部成员关系网络和美国大学橄榄球队网络进行社团结构探测,验证了该算法能正确探测出网络的强社团结构.并将划分结果与传统划分进行比较分析,该算法未引入其它量化指标或中间变量,降低了计算复杂度,在采用方法上不同于单纯的分裂或聚合,有效地提高了探测速度,更适合大规模复杂网络社团结构探测.     

多主题文本摘要抽取的研究与实现

研究自动摘要技术,结合统计与文本关系图并基于复杂网络中的社区划分算法,提出一种多主题文本摘要抽取方法。抽取文本中权重较高的句子,通过句子的相似度计算建立文本关系图,利用社区划分算法解决子主题划分的问题。实验结果表明,该方法对多主题文本摘要的抽取质量较好,能抽取出较多的子主题。     

Examining knowledge contribution from the perspective of an online identity in blogging communities

Knowledge contribution is one of the essential factors behind the success of blogging communities (BCs). This research studies knowledge contribution behavior in a BC from the perspective of knowledge contributors and their characteristics using the lens of social identity theory. Social identity theory asserts that individuals are fundamentally motivated to present or communicate their identities in everyday social life through behavior. A similar line of reasoning can be used to argue that members of a BC would also be motivated to communicate their online identities through their behavior, that is, through knowledge contribution in the BC. Specifically, this study conceptualized the online identity and examined the effects of its personal (online kindness, online social skills, and online creativity) and social aspects (BC involvement) on knowledge contribution. The data was collected using an online survey from the members of Cyworld, a popular BC in South Korea and a few other countries (members from South Korea were included in this study). The results indicate that both the personal and social aspects of online identity and their interactions significantly influenced knowledge contribution. Based on the findings, this study offers suggestions to organizers of BCs to enhance the knowledge contribution from their members.     

基于权重信息挖掘社会网络中的隐含社团

社团结构是一种普遍存在于各类真实网络中的结构特性.挖掘网络的社团结构对于理解网络的功能与行为有着重要作用.然而,现有的各种社团挖掘算法仅仅基于网络拓扑结构信息,而忽视了蕴涵于真实社会网络边权信息中丰富的语义信息.目前普遍使用的基于模块性最大化的社团挖掘算法倾向于将小社团合并,这使得语义上丰富的小社团容易湮灭于基于拓扑结构信息所挖掘出的大社团中.而挖掘出这些隐含于大社团中的有着丰富语义内涵的小社团对于加深社会网络语义层面的理解有着重要作用.为此,提出一个接近线性复杂度的有权网络社团挖掘算法.通过充分利用权重信息,算法可以将社会网络划分为富含语义信息的粒度较细且相对较小的隐含社团.通过对基于DBLP作者合作网络的实证分析,证实了新算法的有效性和高效性.     

P2P环境下基于双层代理的服务发现模型

以集中式注册中心为核心的面向服务体系结构和以服务提供商为中心的服务组织模式容易导致用户发现和订阅服务的难度随着服务的增加而增加。针对上述问题,该文提出一种P2P环境下基于双层代理的语义Web服务发现模型。该模型通过双层代理机制实现基于语义的Web服务的发现和匹配,并提供服务质量协商机制。实验表明该模型具有较高的查全率和查准率。     

基于兴趣和信任评价的P2P语义社区模型

针对大规模网络中P2P信息共享面临的资源定位问题和“搭便车”现象,在考虑节点语义相似度、信任度和活跃强度的基础上,提出一种语义社区构建方法,提高P2P资源组织的结构性和定位准确性。建立基于信任评价的语义社区动态调整机制,以减少或消除“搭便车”的节点。