This study presents a Feynman–Kac path-integral implementation for solving the Dirichlet problem for Poisson’s equation. The algorithm is a modified “walk on spheres” (WOS) that includes the Feynman–Kac path-integral contribution for the source term. In our approach, we use an h-conditioned Green’s function instead of simulating Brownian trajectories in detail to implement this path-integral co...

BACKGROUND Self-citation is one of the main challenges in the evaluation of researchers' scientific output. This study aimed at comparing the institutional self-citation among the universities located in Northern Iran. METHODS This study was conducted as a scientometric study. Research population included all scientific productions of 16 Northern Iran Universities with at least 100 indexed do...

Abstract Dimensions was introduced as an alternative bibliometric database to the well-established Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus, however all three databases have fundamental differences in coverage content, resultant from their owners’ indexation philosophies. In light these differences, we explore here, using a citation network analysis assessment normalized impact overlapping publications ...

Introduction The observed citation counts of publications can be divided by the average of a reference set of similar publications in order to get a relative impact measure. It is customary to define the reference set by publication date, scientific discipline and document type. Different document types (DT) have very different citation distributions, leading to very different results in calcul...

For the 27th time in a row the Netherlands Heart Institute (NHI, formerly ICIN) and the Netherlands Society of Cardiology (NVVC) supported the competition for the three best cardiovascular PhD theses, published in the year 2015 [1–5]. The dissertation prize carries the name of one of the greatest Dutchmen in the history of cardiovascular medicine, Willem Einthoven, who in 1902 for the first tim...

Weighted order statistics (WOS) filters are highly effective, in processing digital signals, due to their simple window structure. This paper proposes a fast and efficient learning algorithm that both improves learning speed and reduces the complexity of designing WOS filters. The algorithm uses a dichotomous approach to reduce the Boolean functions from 255 levels to two levels which are separ...

Background and Purpose: The purpose of this research was to establish the characteristics and the trends of scientific activity in the field of biology in Croatia, using scientometric analysis of scientific papers published in biology journals indexed in WoS-SCI Expanded database for the period of 1991 to 2005. The results could serve as useful tool in defining a more acceptable model for the e...

Interface agents are computer programs that provide personalized assistance to users with their computer-based tasks. The interface agents developed so far have focused their attention on learning a user’s preferences in a given application domain and on assisting him according to them. However, in order to personalize the interaction with users, interface agents should also learn how to best i...

Which journal should I choose for the publication of my research? Which indicators of quality are important? How do I best reach a wide and international audience? Which journal within my field has most impact or the highest Impact Factor? In the end, what I'm looking for is a high-quality venue that at the same time allows my paper to be read, used, and cited by as many readers as possible. Al...