The Time Dimension in Predicting Failures: A Case Study

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivano Irrera ◽  
Carlos Pereira ◽  
Marco Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Time Dimension

The time variable in phonological change

1971 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Chen ◽  
Hsin-I Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Sound Change ◽  
Time Variable ◽  
The Other ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Obvious Reason ◽  
Sound Changes ◽  
The One ◽  
Phonological Change

One of the perennial problems in diachronic linguistics is how to reconcile, on the one hand, the Neogrammarian postulate of sound laws operating without exception, and, on the other hand, the embarrassingly numerous irregularities we observe in many languages. On most occasions linguists have attempted to solve the problem by positing interdialectal borrowing or analogical levelling and have largely overlooked the possibility of the gradual diffusion of phonological changes across the lexicon. As a result of the lexical gradualness of sound changes, exceptions may be created either through the incompletion of a sound change, or owing to the conflict of two sound changes overlapping along the time dimension. It is the latter concept that we will attempt to elaborate and illustrate with two sets of data, both from Peking dialect. We have chosen Chinese as a case study for an obvious reason: it is possible in the case of Chinese, like few other cases, to follow sound changes step by step through the phonological dictionaries, rhyme charts and other records compiled at various stages of history. The columns on Tables 1 and 2 contain information taken from the various datable phonological dictionaries.

Hybridity and the use of performance measurement: facilitating compromises or creating moral struggles? Insights from healthcare organizations

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agathe Morinière ◽  
Irène Georgescu
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measures ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Hospital Data ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThis study aims to understand whether and how the use of performance measures in the context of healthcare organizations facilitates the dynamics of compromise or whether it creates moral struggles among a wide variety of actors. It offers novel insights into the concept of hybridity by investigating its underlying moral dimension. Drawing upon the sociology of worth theory (Boltanski and Thévenot, 1991, 2006), this paper examines how actors negotiate and compromise over time concerning issues of justice, involving the use of performance measures on a day-to-day basis.Design/methodology/approachThe article presents a single case study of a medical unit in a French public hospital. Data were obtained through the ethnographic method, semi-structured interviews and internal financial and accounting documents.FindingsUnlike earlier accounting studies, the authors analyze whether, and how, accounting, on one hand, contributes to the dynamics of compromise between actors with divergent values that characterize hybrid organizations, and, on the other hand, increases tensions among actors with convergent values involved in caregiving. This offers practical insights into three relational mechanisms underlying the dynamics of compromise and their limits through the time dimension.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors use a single case study in a country-specific context.Practical implicationsThis study helps managers of healthcare organizations to understand the relationships between the use of performance measures and their impact on the evaluation of worth in practice.Originality/valueIn terms of theoretical contribution, the authors show how the sociology of worth (Boltanski and Thévenot, 1991, 2006) complements the analysis of hybridity and develop an original approach to understanding the ambivalent role of performance measures in bringing together divergent values within French public hospitals.

Dynamic Modeling of Balanced Scorecard

2019 ◽  
pp. 105-122
Author(s):  
Esmail Mostafavi
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Modeling ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
System Dynamic ◽  
Causal Loop Diagram ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Data Network ◽  
Loop Diagram ◽  
Causal Loop ◽  
Telecommunication Company

This chapter aims to use system dynamic (SD) methodology for the implementation of a balanced scorecard (BSC) model in Tehran Telecommunication Company-Data Network. The value of this chapter at first is related to the application of SD in a BSC which overcomes the limitations of BSC such as ignoring time dimension and causal loop, lack of integration between strategic and operational levels, and wider view to consider competitors and supplier contributions. It provides a causal loop diagram of the system and dynamic modeling for each perspective of the BSC that can be applied for the purpose of policymaking. The chapter is based on a case study of Tehran Telecommunication Company-Data Network, which is a service-based company. Thus, it provides knowledge and information for academicians and practitioners of BSC and SD to implement SD based on a BSC in companies, especially service-based firms.

scholarly journals Network Modeling and Dynamic Mechanisms of Multi-Hazards—A Case Study of Typhoon Mangkhut

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 2198
Author(s):  
Yilong Niu ◽  
Jiayi Fang ◽  
Ruishan Chen ◽  
Zilong Xia ◽  
Hanqing Xu
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Rain ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Spatial Dimension ◽  
Core Area ◽  
Bipartite Network ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Damage Area ◽  
The Core ◽  
Disaster Loss

Coastal areas are home to billions of people and assets that are prone to natural disasters and climate change. In this study, we established a disaster network to assess the multi-hazards (gale and heavy rain) of typhoon disasters, specifically Typhoon Mangkhut of 2018 in coastal China, by applying the methodology of a bipartite network in both time dimension and spatial dimension. In this network, the edge set and adjacent matrix are based on the connection between an hour and a city with a multi-hazards impact that includes gales and heavy rain. We analyze the characteristics and structure of this disaster network and assess the multi-hazards that arose from Typhoon Mangkhut in different areas. The result shows that there are 14 cities in the core area and 21 cities in the periphery area, based on core–periphery classification in the disaster network. Although more damage area belongs to the periphery area, the percentage of the population affected by the typhoon and direct economic loss in GDP in the core area was 69.68% and 0.22% respectively, which is much higher than in the periphery area (55.58% and 0.06%, respectively) The core area suffered more from multi-hazards and had more disaster loss. This study shows that it is feasible to assess multiple hazards with a disaster network based on the bipartite network.

scholarly journals Resilience assessment of dynamic engineering systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 281 ◽  
pp. 01008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Kammouh ◽  
Paolo Gardoni ◽  
Gian Paolo Cimellaro
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Bayesian Network ◽  
Engineering Systems ◽  
Probabilistic Framework ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Resilience Indicators ◽  
Previous Time Step

Resilience indicators are a convenient tool to assess the resilience of engineering systems. They are often used in preliminary designs or in the assessment of complex systems. This paper introduces a novel approach to assess the time-dependent resilience of engineering systems using resilience indicators. The temporal dimension is tackled in this work using the Dynamic Bayesian Network (DBN). DBN extends the classical BN by adding the time dimension. It permits the interaction among variables at different time steps. It can be used to track the evolution of a system’s performance given an evidence recorded at a previous time step. This allows predicting the resilience state of a system given its initial condition. A mathematical probabilistic framework based on the DBN is developed to model the resilience of dynamic engineering systems. A case study is presented in the paper to demonstrate the applicability of the introduced framework.

The Time Dimension in International Regime Interplay

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regine Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Plant Genetic Resources ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Convention On Biological Diversity ◽  
Regime Theory ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
Food And Agriculture

Interplay between different international agreements is a novel field of study in regime theory. The importance of understanding this interplay is increasing, due to the rising number of international agreements with overlapping functional scopes. By including the time dimension in the study of regime interplay, per spectives are opened up, which may provide a better grasp of the dynamics of regime development. Three propositions are suggested in this article on how different development stages of overlapping international regimes affect their interplay. The propositions are illustrated with the case of overlapping regimes pertaining to the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. The regimes are the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The case study shows that an analytic grasp of the time dimension might uncover barriers to regime formation, as well as strategic opportunities.

scholarly journals A siker szerepe és jelentése a vevő-beszállító kapcsolatban (The meaning and role of success in buyer-supplier relationship)

2012 ◽  
pp. 46-59
Author(s):  
Anikó Bódi-Schubert
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Business Partners ◽  
Making A Difference ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
Over Time

A cikk komplex kvalitatív kutatás eredményeit mutatja be, amelynek célja az volt, hogy feltárja a siker jelentését és szerepét a vevő-beszállító kapcsolatban, s ehhez kapcsolódóan elemezze a siker időbeli viselkedését és az üzleti kapcsolat fejlődésére gyakorolt hatását. A kutatás alapegységét a vevő és beszállító pozícióban levő vállalatok között kialakuló kapcsolatok jelentik, az empirikus vizsgálatok e diadikus kapcsolatok elemzésére összpontosítottak. A kutatás fogalmi kerete megkülönbözteti az üzleti és kapcsolati siker B2B kontextusban értelmezhető tartalmát, ez empirikus vizsgálatok során az utóbbira fókuszálva. A feltáró-fogalomalkotó kutatási célhoz illeszkedően a cikkben ismertetendő kutatási eredmények összehasonlító esettanulmány-feldolgozáson, illetve a megalapozott elmélet segítségével történő szisztematikus tartalomelemzésen nyugszanak. _______ This paper focuses on to introduce the results of an empirical research, which aims to create a conceptual framework on the meaning and role of success in buyer-supplier relationship’s operation and development. Related to this, a further research point is to analyze the time-dimension of success: how success changes and develops over time. The basic elements of this research are the relationships between supplier and buyer business partners, so the empirical study will focus on these dyads. At the theoretical grounding of the paper I highly focused on making a difference between business and relationship success. The introduced research definitely had an exploratory scope. That is why; two qualitative methodologies were applied: the grounded theory and the case study ones.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTS OF A SHOPPING MALL ON HOUSING PRICES: A CASE STUDY IN HANGZHOU

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Zhang ◽  
Jiantao Zhou ◽  
Eddie C. M. Hui ◽  
Haizhen Wen
Keyword(s):  
Housing Prices ◽  
Housing Price ◽  
Shopping Mall ◽  
Hedonic Price ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

There are few studies on the externalities of shopping malls affecting the housing market. This study aims to discuss two issues: (1) What is the intensity of the impact of a shopping mall? (2) When does the external influence of a shopping mall begin to reveal itself? The West Intime Shopping Mall in Hangzhou offers a unique situation to research the questions. By dividing the study area into nine blocks, using hedonic price theory, and the price gradient approach with housing price data from 2011 to 2015, we found that in the space dimension, the mall exerted a significantly positive effect on the housing prices of nearby blocks. With the increase in distance from the mall, the positive effect decreased. There were more significantly positive effects in blocks far away from the city center. In the time dimension, the effects of West Intime did not reveal themselves until the mall had started to operate and gradually matured over time, implying that the mall did not have the obvious expected impact on housing prices before the mall had begun operating.

scholarly journals Eksistensi Media Tradisional Sebagai Media Informasi Publik

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laila
Keyword(s):  
Suitable Model ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
Family Politics ◽  
Information Group ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
Information Media ◽  
Drug And Alcohol

Research of existence of traditional media as publik information media be held in South and CentralKalimantan. The goal is to discover the existence of performance traditional media as publik informationmedia and the suitable model and information for the audience. This research using a qualitative approachwith constructivist paradigm. The research method used case study to answer potency of traditional peopleperformance, which suitable for publik information as publik information media and messages according toaudience tastes. The result showed that people performance media in South and Central Kalimantan arepretty much could be as publik information media, the existing performance media in South Kalimantan areMadihin, Bapantun, Mamanda dan Wayang. And Central Kalimantan are Keringat and Deder. The suitableinformation will be presented by many media performances according to character of the audience. If theaudience are young people, it will be presented about drug and alcohol prohibition and also if the audienceare adult it will be presented about family, politics etc. Meanwhile, the model performances of traditionalmedia loved by audiences is a story theme, such as art combination with some song lyrics and dangdut. So, ithas to be suitable to the audiences preference, and also the time dimension since traditional media still existand can be used as publik information media, it should be as society information group, which institutionbuilder not only by the ministry of tourism or tourism department, but also by the ministry of ICT or ICTdepartment in every regions.Keywords: Existence, Traditional Media, Publik Information ABSTRAK Penelitian eksistensi media tradisional sebagai media informasi publik dilakukan di wilayah KalimantanSelatan dan Kalimantan Tengah. Tujuannya untuk mengetahui eksistensi media pertunjukkan tradisionalsebagai media informasi publik dan informasi apa yang dianggap tepat bagi penonton. Penelitian inimenggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan paradigma konstruktivis. Metode penelitian menggunakan studikasus untuk menjawab potensi media pertunjukkan rakyat tradisional manakah yang cocok sebagai mediainformasi publik dan pesan-pesan apa saja yang dianggap tepat sesuai selera penonton. Hasil penelitiandiketahui bahwa media pertunjukkan rakyat di Kalimantan Selatan dan Kalimantan Tengah cukup banyakyang dapat dijadikan sebagai sarana informasi publik, hanya saja yang eksis untuk di Kalimantan Selatanyakni Madihin, bapantun, mamanda dan wayang, Sedangkan di Kalimantan Tengah yakni Kerungut danDeder, Informasi yang cocok disajikan melalui melalui media pertunjukkan rakyat beragam, sesuai dengankrakter penontonnya. Bila penontonnya anak-anak muda, masalah larangan narkoba, minuman keras tetapibila penontonnya orang tua atau dewasa informasi tentang keluarga, politik dan lain sebagainya. Karene itumedia tradisional yang masih eksis dan dapat dijadikan sebagai media informasi publik, hendaknya bisadijadikan sebagai kelompok informasi masyarakat, yang pembinaannya tidak saja dari kementerianpariwisata atau Dinas pariwisata, tetapi juga dari Kementerian Kominfo atau Dinas Komunikasi daninforamatika yang ada di daerah masing-masing.Kata Kunci : Eksistensi, Media Tradisional, Informasi Publik

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