Mapping Scientific Frontiers

Author : Chaomei Chen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447151289

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Mapping Scientific Frontiers by Chaomei Chen Pdf

This is an examination of the history and the state of the art of the quest for visualizing scientific knowledge and the dynamics of its development. Through an interdisciplinary perspective this book presents profound visions, pivotal advances, and insightful contributions made by generations of researchers and professionals, which portrays a holistic view of the underlying principles and mechanisms of the development of science. This updated and extended second edition: highlights the latest advances in mapping scientific frontiers examines the foundations of strategies, principles, and design patterns provides an integrated and holistic account of major developments across disciplinary boundaries “Anyone who tries to follow the exponential growth of the literature on citation analysis and scientometrics knows how difficult it is to keep pace. Chaomei Chen has identified the significant methods and applications in visual graphics and made them clear to the uninitiated. Derek Price would have loved this book which not only pays homage to him but also to the key players in information science and a wide variety of others in the sociology and history of science.” – Eugene Garfield “This is a wide ranging book on information visualization, with a specific focus on science mapping. Science mapping is still in its infancy and many intellectual challenges remain to be investigated and many of which are outlined in the final chapter. In this new edition Chaomei Chen has provided an essential text, useful both as a primer for new entrants and as a comprehensive overview of recent developments for the seasoned practitioner.” – Henry Small Chaomei Chen is a Professor in the College of Information Science and Technology at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA, and a ChangJiang Scholar at Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Information Visualization and the author of Turning Points: The Nature of Creativity (Springer, 2012) and Information Visualization: Beyond the Horizon (Springer, 2004, 2006).

Author : Chaomei Chen
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Bibliographical citations
ISBN : 1536102806

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CiteSpace by Chaomei Chen Pdf

CiteSpace is a freely available computer program written in Java for visualizing and analyzing literature of a scientific domain. A knowledge domain is broadly defined in order to capture the notion of a logically and cohesively organized body of knowledge. It may range from specific topics such as post-traumatic stress disorder to fields of study lacking clear-cut boundaries, such as research on terrorism or regenerative medicine. CiteSpace takes bibliographic information, especially citation information from the Web of Science, and generates interactive visualizations. Users can explore various patterns and trends uncovered from scientific publications, and develop a good understanding of scientific literature much more efficiently than they would from an unguided search through literature. The full text of many scientific publications can be accessed with a single click through the interactive visualization in CiteSpace. At the end of a session, CiteSpace can generate a summary report to summarize key information about the literature analyzed. This book is a practical guide not only on how to operate the tool but also on why the tool is designed and what implications of various patterns that require special attention. This book is written with a minimum amount of jargon. It uses everyday language to explain what people may learn from the writings of scholars of all kinds.

Author : Scott Freundschuh,NATIONAL UNIV OF IRELAND
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781317798071

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Cognitive Mapping by Scott Freundschuh,NATIONAL UNIV OF IRELAND Pdf

This important work brings together international academics from a variety of disciplines to explore the topic of spatial cognition on a 'geographic' scale. It provides an overview of the historical origins of the subject, a description of current debates and suggests directions for future research.

Author : Pål Buhl-Mortensen,Vincent Lecours,Craig John Brown
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889713905

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Seafloor Mapping of the Atlantic Ocean by Pål Buhl-Mortensen,Vincent Lecours,Craig John Brown Pdf

Author : Leah Ceccarelli
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780870130342

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On the Frontier of Science by Leah Ceccarelli Pdf

“The frontier of science” is a metaphor that has become ubiquitous in American rhetoric, from its first appearance in the public address of early twentieth-century American intellectuals and politicians who aligned a mythic national identity with scientific research, to its more recent use in scientists’ arguments in favor of increased research funding. Here, Leah Ceccarelli explores what is selected and what is deflected when this metaphor is deployed, its effects on those who use it, and what rhetorical moves are made by those who try to counter its appeal. In her research, Ceccarelli discovers that “the frontier of science” evokes a scientist who is typically male, a risk taker, an adventurous loner—someone separated from a public that both envies and distrusts him, with a manifest destiny to penetrate the unknown. It conjures a competitive desire to claim the riches of a new territory before others can do the same. Closely reading the public address of scientists and politicians and the reception of their audiences, this book shows how the frontier of science metaphor constrains American speakers, helping to guide the ends of scientific research in particular ways and sometimes blocking scientists from attaining the very goals they set out to achieve.

Author : Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., Mehdi
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 8104 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781522522560

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Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition by Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., Mehdi Pdf

In recent years, our world has experienced a profound shift and progression in available computing and knowledge sharing innovations. These emerging advancements have developed at a rapid pace, disseminating into and affecting numerous aspects of contemporary society. This has created a pivotal need for an innovative compendium encompassing the latest trends, concepts, and issues surrounding this relevant discipline area. During the past 15 years, the Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology has become recognized as one of the landmark sources of the latest knowledge and discoveries in this discipline. The Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition is a 10-volume set which includes 705 original and previously unpublished research articles covering a full range of perspectives, applications, and techniques contributed by thousands of experts and researchers from around the globe. This authoritative encyclopedia is an all-encompassing, well-established reference source that is ideally designed to disseminate the most forward-thinking and diverse research findings. With critical perspectives on the impact of information science management and new technologies in modern settings, including but not limited to computer science, education, healthcare, government, engineering, business, and natural and physical sciences, it is a pivotal and relevant source of knowledge that will benefit every professional within the field of information science and technology and is an invaluable addition to every academic and corporate library.

Author : Katy Borner
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262014458

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Atlas of Science by Katy Borner Pdf

Science maps that can help us understand and navigate the immense amount of results generated by today's science and technology. Cartographic maps have guided our explorations for centuries, allowing us to navigate the world. Science maps have the potential to guide our search for knowledge in the same way, allowing us to visualize scientific results. Science maps help us navigate, understand, and communicate the dynamic and changing structure of science and technology—help us make sense of the avalanche of data generated by scientific research today. Atlas of Science, featuring more than thirty full-page science maps, fifty data charts, a timeline of science-mapping milestones, and 500 color images, serves as a sumptuous visual index to the evolution of modern science and as an introduction to “the science of science”—charting the trajectory from scientific concept to published results. Atlas of Science, based on the popular exhibit, “Places & Spaces: Mapping Science”, describes and displays successful mapping techniques. The heart of the book is a visual feast: Claudius Ptolemy's Cosmographia World Map from 1482; a guide to a PhD thesis that resembles a subway map; “the structure of science” as revealed in a map of citation relationships in papers published in 2002; a visual periodic table; a history flow visualization of the Wikipedia article on abortion; a globe showing the worldwide distribution of patents; a forecast of earthquake risk; hands-on science maps for kids; and many more. Each entry includes the story behind the map and biographies of its makers. Not even the most brilliant minds can keep up with today's deluge of scientific results. Science maps show us the landscape of what we know.

Author : Martin Dodge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781134043866

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Rethinking Maps by Martin Dodge Pdf

Rethinking Maps brings together leading researchers to explore how maps are being rethought, made and used, and what these changes mean.

Author : Zhan Wang,Gamini Dissanayake,Shoudong Huang
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789814350327

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Simultaneous Localization and Mapping by Zhan Wang,Gamini Dissanayake,Shoudong Huang Pdf

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a process where an autonomous vehicle builds a map of an unknown environment while concurrently generating an estimate for its location. This book is concerned with computationally efficient solutions to the large scale SLAM problems using exactly sparse Extended Information Filters (EIF). The invaluable book also provides a comprehensive theoretical analysis of the properties of the information matrix in EIF-based algorithms for SLAM. Three exactly sparse information filters for SLAM are described in detail, together with two efficient and exact methods for recovering the state vector and the covariance matrix. Proposed algorithms are extensively evaluated both in simulation and through experiments.

Author : Chaomei Chen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447136224

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Information Visualisation and Virtual Environments by Chaomei Chen Pdf

Linking the two areas together, this book presents the latest research and development, so as to highlight the potential of information visualisation as an enabling technology in the design of new generations of virtual environments. This will be an invaluable source of reference for courses in information visualisation, user interface design, virtual environments, HCI, and information retrieval, as well as a useful resource for consultants and practitioners. The book contains 144 colour images of intriguing and influential works in information visualisation.

Author : Katy Borner
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262028813

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Atlas of Knowledge by Katy Borner Pdf

The power of mapping: principles for visualizing knowledge, illustrated by many stunning large-scale, full-color maps. Maps of physical spaces locate us in the world and help us navigate unfamiliar routes. Maps of topical spaces help us visualize the extent and structure of our collective knowledge; they reveal bursts of activity, pathways of ideas, and borders that beg to be crossed. This book, from the author of Atlas of Science, describes the power of topical maps, providing readers with principles for visualizing knowledge and offering as examples forty large-scale and more than 100 small-scale full-color maps. Today, data literacy is becoming as important as language literacy. Well-designed visualizations can rescue us from a sea of data, helping us to make sense of information, connect ideas, and make better decisions in real time. In Atlas of Knowledge, leading visualization expert Katy Börner makes the case for a systems science approach to science and technology studies and explains different types and levels of analysis. Drawing on fifteen years of teaching and tool development, she introduces a theoretical framework meant to guide readers through user and task analysis; data preparation, analysis, and visualization; visualization deployment; and the interpretation of science maps. To exemplify the framework, the Atlas features striking and enlightening new maps from the popular “Places & Spaces: Mapping Science” exhibit that range from “Key Events in the Development of the Video Tape Recorder” to “Mobile Landscapes: Location Data from Cell Phones for Urban Analysis” to “Literary Empires: Mapping Temporal and Spatial Settings of Victorian Poetry” to “Seeing Standards: A Visualization of the Metadata Universe.” She also discusses the possible effect of science maps on the practice of science.

Author : Sanjay Rana,Jayant Sharma
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540313052

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Frontiers of Geographic Information Technology by Sanjay Rana,Jayant Sharma Pdf

Originally intended for desktop mapping and analysis, Geographic Information Systems have been coupled to other technologies, due to the limitations in commercially available systems, and has occurred in areas including visualisation, simulation, data storage and management and decision support. This book, written by an international group of experts, focuses on the use of GIS and the technology it has been allied to. A companion website offers additional materials and links.

Author : Lemarchand, Guillermo A.,Tash, April
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231001260

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Mapping research and innovation in the Republic of Rwanda by Lemarchand, Guillermo A.,Tash, April Pdf

Author : Chaomei Chen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642191602

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Turning Points by Chaomei Chen Pdf

"Turning Points: The Nature of Creativity" discusses theories and methods focusing on a critical concept of intellectual turning points in the context of critical thinking, scientific discovery, and problem solving in general. This book introduces a novel analytical and experimental system that provides not only new ways for retrospective studies of scientific change but also for characterizing transformative potentials of prospective scientific contributions. The book is intended for scientists and researchers in the fields of information science and computer science. Dr. Chaomei Chen is an Associate Professor at the College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, USA.

Author : Stephen S. Hall
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Cartography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016305232

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Mapping the Next Millennium by Stephen S. Hall Pdf

A visually stunning and conceptually explosive report from the frontiers of mapmaking. Ranging from the mapping of the ocean floor to the scanning of remote galaxies, from portraits of subatomic collisions to an unprecedented view of the mathematical constant "pi, " this work makes the theoretical compellingly concrete, even as it reminds us that the world is far more vast than we ever dreamed. Photographs throughout.