A concept map is a diagram depicting relationships among concepts which is used as a knowledge representation tool in many knowledge domains. In this paper, we build on the modeling framework of Hui et al. (2008) in o...A concept map is a diagram depicting relationships among concepts which is used as a knowledge representation tool in many knowledge domains. In this paper, we build on the modeling framework of Hui et al. (2008) in order to develop a concept map suitable for testing the empirical evidence of theories. We identify a theory by a set of core tenets each asserting that one set of independent variables affects one dependent variable, moreover every variable can have several operational definitions. Data consist of a selected sample of scientific articles from the empirical literature on the theory under investigation. Our “tenet map” features a number of complexities more than the original version. First the links are two-layer: first-layer links connect variables which are related in the test of the theory at issue;second-layer links represent connections which are found statistically significant. Besides, either layer matrix of link-formation probabilities is block-symmetric. In addition to a form of censoring which resembles the Hui et al. pruning step, observed maps are subject to a further censoring related to second-layer links. Still, we perform a full Bayesian analysis instead of adopting the empirical Bayes approach. Lastly, we develop a three-stage model which accounts for dependence either of data or of parameters. The investigation of the empirical support and consensus degree of new economic theories of the firm motivated the proposed methodology. In this paper, the Transaction Cost Economics view is tested by a tenet map analysis. Both the two-stage and the multilevel models identify the same tenets as the most corroborated by empirical evidence though the latter provides a more comprehensive and complex insight of relationships between constructs.展开更多
变分图自编码器是图嵌入研究中重要的深度学习模型,但存在着先验正态分布缺陷、训练过程中容易出现后验塌陷等问题.本文从建立云概念空间与隐空间的映射关系入手,引入云模型数字特征对网络中的节点进行不确定性概念表示,设计了一种基于...变分图自编码器是图嵌入研究中重要的深度学习模型,但存在着先验正态分布缺陷、训练过程中容易出现后验塌陷等问题.本文从建立云概念空间与隐空间的映射关系入手,引入云模型数字特征对网络中的节点进行不确定性概念表示,设计了一种基于多维云模型的变分图自编码器(Variational Graph Autoencoder based on Multidimensional Cloud Model,MCM-VGAE).该模型实现了隐空间的多维云概念嵌入及相应的漂移性损失度量,将先验分布扩展为泛正态分布,利用多维正向云发生器及云包络带修正采样算法实现了重参数化过程,有效缓解了后验塌陷现象.在应用效果上,模型在多类型数据集上的链路预测、节点聚类、图嵌入可视化实验表现均优于基准模型,进一步说明了方法的普适有效性.展开更多
文摘A concept map is a diagram depicting relationships among concepts which is used as a knowledge representation tool in many knowledge domains. In this paper, we build on the modeling framework of Hui et al. (2008) in order to develop a concept map suitable for testing the empirical evidence of theories. We identify a theory by a set of core tenets each asserting that one set of independent variables affects one dependent variable, moreover every variable can have several operational definitions. Data consist of a selected sample of scientific articles from the empirical literature on the theory under investigation. Our “tenet map” features a number of complexities more than the original version. First the links are two-layer: first-layer links connect variables which are related in the test of the theory at issue;second-layer links represent connections which are found statistically significant. Besides, either layer matrix of link-formation probabilities is block-symmetric. In addition to a form of censoring which resembles the Hui et al. pruning step, observed maps are subject to a further censoring related to second-layer links. Still, we perform a full Bayesian analysis instead of adopting the empirical Bayes approach. Lastly, we develop a three-stage model which accounts for dependence either of data or of parameters. The investigation of the empirical support and consensus degree of new economic theories of the firm motivated the proposed methodology. In this paper, the Transaction Cost Economics view is tested by a tenet map analysis. Both the two-stage and the multilevel models identify the same tenets as the most corroborated by empirical evidence though the latter provides a more comprehensive and complex insight of relationships between constructs.
文摘变分图自编码器是图嵌入研究中重要的深度学习模型,但存在着先验正态分布缺陷、训练过程中容易出现后验塌陷等问题.本文从建立云概念空间与隐空间的映射关系入手,引入云模型数字特征对网络中的节点进行不确定性概念表示,设计了一种基于多维云模型的变分图自编码器(Variational Graph Autoencoder based on Multidimensional Cloud Model,MCM-VGAE).该模型实现了隐空间的多维云概念嵌入及相应的漂移性损失度量,将先验分布扩展为泛正态分布,利用多维正向云发生器及云包络带修正采样算法实现了重参数化过程,有效缓解了后验塌陷现象.在应用效果上,模型在多类型数据集上的链路预测、节点聚类、图嵌入可视化实验表现均优于基准模型,进一步说明了方法的普适有效性.