Understanding expressive ensemble singing through acoustics

2021 ◽  
pp. 129-138
Author(s):  
Helena Daffern ◽  
Sara D’Amario
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Acoustic Signal ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Acoustic Features ◽  
Holistic Perspective ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Ecological Experiments ◽  
Multiple Voices ◽  
Ensemble Performance ◽  
Methodological Approaches

A valuable body of research utilizes the study of acoustics to explore the combined sonic output of vocal ensembles and the processes and vocal contributions of individual voices within an ensemble. This chapter focuses on specific acoustic features that can be measured in the acoustic signal and contribute to expressive ensemble performance, including: intonation, vibrato, intensity, and timbre. The different methodological approaches to acoustics research for singing ensemble performance are discussed, alongside their context and relevance in understanding the importance of these features from a more holistic perspective. In light of the development of digital technologies, new approaches arise that address the complexities of analyzing multiple voices, spanning from synthesis-based studies to more ecological experiments. The implications for this corpus of research to influence practice and decision-making in performance are highlighted alongside the opportunities for more performers to lead research in this area, facilitated through increasingly accessible technology.

On digitalization: a reply to critics

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
Evgeniy Maslanov
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Huge Amount ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
The World ◽  
New Algorithms

This paper suggests brief answers to the criticism given on the article “Digitalization Challenges for Technogenic Civilization”. New digital technologies make it possible both to obtain a huge amount of data about users and the world, and to process it. The evolution of new algorithms for data processing based on the shared activities of representatives from various social groups can become an important element in the formation of a future technogenic civilization. The use of algorithms in the practice of power requires the development of new approaches to data analysis and an assessment of the role that al-gorithms may play in decision-making.

scholarly journals An Exploratory Study of Research Data Governance in the U.S.

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-142
Author(s):  
Inna Kouper ◽  
Anjanette H Raymond ◽  
Stacey Giroux
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
Data Governance ◽  
Knowledge Commons ◽  
Multiple Voices ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Commons ◽  
The U.S

AbstractMaking decisions regarding data and the overall credibility of research constitutes research data governance. In this paper, we present results of an exploratory study of the stakeholders of research data governance. The study was conducted among individuals who work in academic and research institutions in the US, with the goal of understanding what entities are perceived as making decisions regarding data and who researchers believe should be responsible for governing research data. Our results show that there is considerable diversity and complexity across stakeholders, both in terms of who they are and their ideas about data governance. To account for this diversity, we propose to frame research data governance in the context of polycentric governance of a knowledge commons. We argue that approaching research data from the commons perspective will allow for a governance framework that can balance the goals of science and society, allow us to shift the discussion toward protection from enclosure and knowledge resilience, and help to ensure that multiple voices are included in all levels of decision-making.

Evolution of e-participation in Greek local government

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Constantina Costopoulou ◽  
Maria Ntaliani ◽  
Filotheos Ntalianis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Community ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Impact

Local governments are increasingly developing electronic participation initiatives, expecting citizen involvement in local community affairs. Our objective was to assess e-participation and the extent of its change in local government in Greece. Using content analysis for 325 Greek municipal websites, we assessed e-participation status in 2017 and 2018 and examined the impact of change between these years. The assessment regards two consecutive years since the adoption of digital technologies by municipalities has been rapid. The main findings show that Greek local governments have made significant small- to medium-scale changes, in order to engage citizens and local societies electronically. We conclude that the integration of advanced digital technologies in municipalities remains underdeveloped. We propose that Greek municipalities need to consider incorporating new technologies, such as mobile apps, social media and big data, as well as e-decision making processes, in order to eliminate those obstacles that hinder citizen engagement in local government. Moreover, the COVID-19 outbreak has highlighted the need for enhancing e-participation and policymakers’ coordination through advanced digital technologies.

Methodological approaches to assessing the digitalization scale in types of economic activity in the region and the potential of digital technologies for the real economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 1519-1541
Author(s):  
Vitalii V. PECHATKIN ◽  
Liliya M. VIL'DANOVA
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Real Economy ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The Real ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Subject. As digital technologies spread across all industries, active processes of digital transformation need to be managed both nationally and regionally. Assessing the extent of digitalization across types of economic activities is the key issue for setting up the socio-economic development strategy of the region and evaluating its efficiency. Objectives. The study is aimed to formulate and test methodological approaches to assessing the digitalization in types of economic activities and the potential of digital technologies for the real economy. Methods. The study relies upon the dialectical method, systems approach, questionnaires, expert approach, interpretation of empirical facts through tables, etc. Results. We devised a methodological approaches to assessing the extent of digitalization in types of economic activities across regions. The approach combines the quantification and evaluation of the process and helps determine the extent of local digital transformation at the regional level. We devised and tested the methodological approach to rating digital technologies, which have the high potential for raising the competitiveness and resilience to competition of the industrial sector in the Russian regions. As opposed to the existing approaches, the approach accounts for the current scale of digital technologies in the national economy, the potential for growth in the demand and supply in the domestic and foreign markets, and the potential for import substitution with respect to foreign technologies and products. Conclusions and Relevance. What makes the proposed methodological approaches more preferable is that they help assess not only the extent of digitalization in types of economic activities and the predominance of certain types in industrial enterprises, but also determine their potential for import substitution in terms of digital security.

Similarity-Based Decision Support for Internet Enabled Supply-Web Interactions

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj Veeramani ◽  
Narayanan Viswanathan ◽  
Shailesh M. Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Job Shop ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Effective Decision ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Effective Decision Making

Abstract New approaches for decision making are emerging to support the use of the Internet for supply-web interactions in the manufacturing industry. In this paper, we discuss one such paradigm, namely similarity-based decision support. It recognizes that knowledge of similar experiences can support rapid and effective decision making in various forms of supply-web interactions. We illustrate this approach using two prototype systems, WebScout (an agent-based system for customer–supplier matchmaking in the job-shop machining industry context) and TOME (Treasury of Manufacturing Experiences — an Intranet application to aid manufacturability assessment in foundries).

scholarly journals Commentary: We Are a Global Community: What if We Collaborated?

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Julie Lindsay
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Connected Learning ◽  
Global Context ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

Connected and collaborative learning that leads to co-creation of ideas and solutions is imperative across all levels of education. To make the shift we want to see, we need to understand the pedagogy of online learning in a global context. This commentary shares an understanding of thought leaders who have developed and shared new approaches that take learning beyond the immediate environment sca olded by digital technologies. It also poses the question, "What if we collaborated as a global community?" and starts a conversation about new pedagogical approaches to support " at," connected learning. This is already happening now—the future is now— it’s time to connect the world.

scholarly journals Decision Making Methods in Comparative Studies of Complex Economic Processes Management

2020 ◽  
pp. 652-664
Author(s):  
Kesra Nermend ◽  
Mateusz Piwowarski ◽  
Mariusz Borawski
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Demographic Situation ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis ◽  
Economic Process ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Support Methods ◽  
Selection Of

In this study different methodological approaches are used and described by many features (indicators) of complex socio-economic process. Outcome of analysis has the most reliable and acceptable representation of the studied process specific to chosen case. In order to solve problems in this area (depending on the situation, case under consideration), methods from two groups are most often used: multidimensional comparative analysis and multi-criteria decision analysis. The first of these cases concern problems at the macro level (socio-economic development, demographic situation, population's living standards, etc.), in which the decisionmaker's participation is relatively small (eg the selection of diagnostic variables or expert assessment). The second of these groups include issues in which the decisionmaker's participation is significant which are subjective to the decisions taken and reflects his or her preferences. Among the decision support methods, one can also distinguish those that have both the characteristics of methods from the area of multidimensional comparative analysis and multi-criteria decision analysis. The article presents the combination of both trends exposing maximum possibilities of using selected methods used in the decision making by Polish schools. The general methodological assumptions, advantages of having approaches discussed (in relation to other known methods) as well as the applied aspects (exemplary applications) also presented.

scholarly journals Research on the Evolution of Methodological Approaches to Accounting and Auditing of Estimated Values in the Context of Digitalization

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 64-74
Author(s):  
I. N. Bogataya ◽  
E. M. Evstaf’eva
Keyword(s):  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Information Base ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Sound Management ◽  
And Control ◽  
Current Stage

The article is devoted to the issues of development of methodological approaches to accounting and auditing of estimated values and their changes in the conditions of digitalization. The purpose of the research is to study modern methodological approaches to accounting and auditing of estimated values, taking into account the specifics of the current stage of digital transformation, and to develop the main directions for their improvement in order to improve the quality of the information base in order to be able to make sound management decisions. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research consists of the evolutionary-adaptive theory, balance sheet theory, risk-based approach, methods contained in IFRS, ISA, FSB in the field of accounting and auditing of estimated values, regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, research in the field of modern international and Russian accounting and auditing practice. The research methodology included a review of accounting and auditing practices in the field of estimated values. The main features of accounting and auditing of estimated values are defined. Methodological approaches to improving accounting and auditing of estimated values that are based on digital technologies are proposed. Implementation of the proposed methodological approaches to accounting and auditing of estimated values in the context of digitalization will significantly improve the quality of accounting and control support for business.

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