Communication Failures Research Articles

Language Reflection: Digital Etiquette

The author argues that modern digital etiquette is in the process of formation and constantly evolving. Old norms of business correspondence do not always align with the current conditions and users’ views on effective and ethical communication. Researchers are faced with the question of what can serve as a source of information on emerging ethical and linguistic norms. The purpose of the article is to prove that the analysis of language reflection can be an effective way to study the norms of modern digital etiquette. The study conducted in the fall of 2022 used the method of analyzing the corpus of language reflection. The dataset obtained through a two-stage survey includes an assessment by 3464 Internet users of 92 formulas and expressions used in digital correspondence. The article analyzes the state of modern digital etiquette, substantiates the need for the analysis of language reflection to study ethical and speech norms, describes the methodology of studying language reflection through surveys, and con cludes on the necessity of analyzing language reflection to capture trends in digital etiquette. The novelty of the article is determined by at least two factors. Firstly, it addresses the topic of unexplored and unstable norms of digital etiquette. Secondly, it highlights the need to analyze language reflection on the rules of speech behavior on the web. The significance of the study is related to the fact that digital etiquette norms are constantly changing, and researchers need a tool to capture such changes. The practical value of the study is that it enables certain recommendations on email etiquette and warns against potential communicative failures in internet communication.

Equitable Allocation of Operations and Makespan Minimization for Autonomous Agents

We study the problem of allocating a set of indivisible operations to a set of agents in a fair and efficient manner while also minimizing the makespan. We first present the Operation Trading Algorithm that generates allocations satisfying the DEQx (Duplicated Equitability up to any operation) fairness criterion while also guaranteeing an upper bound of 2 on the makespan for identical agents. The pairwise approach used in this algorithm has the added advantages of being decentralizable and robust. We then define a relaxed version of the DEQ1 (Duplicated Equitability upto some operation) fairness criterion called partial-DEQ1. A market based algorithm is presented to achieve partial-DEQ1 along with Pareto Optimality. Following this, it is shown that the algorithm also guarantees an upper bound of 1.618 on the makespan for 2 non-identical agents. Parametric Pruning further improves the upper bound to 1.5 which is theoretically the best possible upper bound. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first algorithms designed to achieve the mentioned fairness criteria. The algorithms additionally guarantee upper bounds on the makespan. Finally, we show the efficacy of the algorithms in generating allocations with near optimal makespans by numerically evaluating the algorithms on random instances. Note to Practitioners—This paper provides fast algorithms that can be used for task allocation among any number of agents. The algorithms generate allocations that satisfy fairness criteria along with minimizing the makespan, thus achieving two practically important criteria simultaneously. Additionally, some of the algorithms introduced can be implemented in a reactive manner thus making it easy to deal with sudden changes. The algorithms can also be implemented in a decentralized manner in environments where maintaining a centralized situational awareness is difficult due to communication and machine failures.

Asynchronous Decomposition Method for the Coordinated Operation of Virtual Power Plants

Virtual Power Plant (VPP) aggregates and coordinates community-owned renewable distributed generations (DGs) and flexibility resources for participating in power system operation. In this paper, the coordinated operation problem of VPPs and the distribution system operator (DSO) is formulated as minimizing the total operational cost constrained by linearized three-phase power flow equations and operational constraints. To preserve the VPPs’ privacy, the DSO needs to coordinate the VPPs in a distributed manner. However, conventional synchronous distributed methods may suffer from communication delays or failures because of the flimsy communication conditions between DSO and VPPs. We propose an asynchronous distributed algorithm that is robust against communication uncertainties. Firstly, a hybrid alternative direction method of multipliers (ADMM) algorithm is developed, which can be applied to convex problems with promising convergence performance. In the hybrid ADMM framework, the delayed or missing data that transmitted from VPPs are compensated by a novel predicting algorithm combining the multi-parameter quadratic programming (MPQP) and autoregressive integrated moving average model (ARIMA). We prove that the proposed algorithm can converge under imperfect communication condition with some mild assumptions. Numerical tests on IEEE 33-bus and IEEE 123-bus systems indicate that the proposed method has more reliable and faster convergence performance than existing asynchronous methods in all cases.

Double-integrator consensus for a switching network without dwell time.

Due to a failure of communication, the connections among multi-agent system may switch extremely frequently. This paper focuses on the consensus of a multi-agent system with double-integrator dynamics in a generalized uniformly jointly connected switching network environment without dwell time. We prove that the distributed controller is robust against unreliable communication. The stability of the closed-loop system is proved by a virtual output technique and the generalized Krasovskii-LaSalle theorem. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed controller, a simulation example including a uniformly jointly connected network with dwell time and generalized uniformly jointly connected network without dwell time is presented.

"В ожидании парома" Д. В. Григоровича: рефлексия и нарратив

The article analyses the essay “Waiting for the Passage-Boat” (1857) by the Russian writer and publicist Dmitry Vasilyevich Grigorovich. The essay was published in the magazine Sovremennik (“Contemporary”), and its publication seemed to draw a line under the discussion of the slaver and serfdom question in Russian magazines. Grigorovich’s prose played a role in this discussion. Grigorovich was one of the first writers of Russian realism (the so-called “natural school”) and tried to move away from the theatre vaudeville and sentimental images of Russian peasants in his novellas The Village and Anton-Goremyka. His subsequent texts on peasant themes, written during the “gloomy seven years”, varied the source material, sometimes showing a movement towards melodrama. The article offers a variant of a narratological and hermeneutic reading of the essay in the aspect of reflection and narration. In the author’s opinion, Grigorovich demonstrates the exhaustion of the peasant theme in literature, using the technique of multiple storytelling (from Hoffmann’s Serapion Brothers or Odoevsky’s Russian Nights). This becomes most obvious at that moment of the narrative, when the “right to voice” passes to casual interlocutors, while the narrator, correlated with the writer, loses this right. He is not recognized as the author of stories in his environment and takes the passive role of a listener. The use of allusions, remeniscences (from Karamzin, Radishchev, Mérimée, de Prevost), and autoquotation creates “noise” in the communication channel, making it difficult to perceive these stories as “bitter truth” (Stendhal), at the same time convincing the reader of the impossibility of finding an adequate description language for peasant everyday life. In this regard, Grigorovich’s position coincides with that of Honore de Balzac in the introduction to his Les Paysans or of Pavel Annenkov that was declared in his main article: you can expect a lot of pleasure from the expression in art of the course of common life, many pictures, original faces, excellent descriptions, but hardly real knowledge of this course as a subject for discussion and conclusion. Yet many of the writers and a very large number of readers have in mind this latter goal; but it is the same as judging about the height of the people who built the Egyptian pyramid by the pyramid’s height. This epistemological impossibility is illustrated in Grigorovich’s essay: the nobles and the peasant world exist in parallel. Thus, interlocutors do not feel empathy, and the purpose of conversation is not to change reality, but to spend time. Thus, the conversation of the nobles can be correlated with the Socratic dialogue, in which the possibility of the maieutic acquisition of truth is not realized due to the failure of communication. The arrival of the passage-boat demonstrates the inconsistency and exhaustion of conversations about people’s happiness, becomes a marker of such a failure. The article is illustrated with fragments of critical articles and epistolary works by Grigorovich. whose 200th anniversary inspires researchers to search for the latest interpretations and update the ways of reading the writer’s texts. Results and observations that are presented in the article can be used in teaching the history of 19th-century Russian literature.

A Criterion for Designing Emergency Control Schemes to Counteract Communication Failures in Wide-Area Damping Control

A Criterion for Designing Emergency Control Schemes to Counteract Communication Failures in Wide-Area Damping Control

Distributed Fixed-Time Optimal Resource Management for Microgrids

This article studies the problem of distributed cooperative resource management for Microgrids. In order to maximize the social welfare, a distributed fixed-time consensus algorithm is first proposed to integrate economic dispatch and demand response, which optimally assigns the energy between generation participants and load participants. Based on the designed algorithm, each participant is able to quickly obtain its optimal operation and only requires partial calculation and communication without a central control coordination, thus it offers high flexibility, strong robustness, and better privacy. Moreover, compared with the existing distributed optimization algorithms, the proposed algorithm simultaneously possesses the advantages of fixed-time consensus, no initialization conditions, and supporting switching topology, etc. Furthermore, it is proved that each participant can achieve consensus in a fixed-time manner and converge to the global optimal point if the parameters of the algorithm satisfy some conditions. Finally, numerical simulations in the 6-Bus and the IEEE 30-Bus systems are provided to validate the effectiveness of the presented algorithm. Note to Practitioners—This article is motivated by the problem of distributed cooperative resource management for Microgrids to make the system economical and safe operation. The existing distributed methods only converge in an infinite time horizon. However, asymptotic convergence is undesirable in practice, especially in multiperiod optimisation problems. To address this issue and integrate more distributed resources in the future, in this article, we first propose a distributed fixed-time consensus method, where each participant can achieve consensus in a fixed time and obtain its optimal operation locally. Moreover, the proposed method is robust to communication failures and adaptive to topology changes. Our future work will aim at considering more practical constraints, such as power flow constraints, ramping rate constraints, etc.

A Single-Ended Protection Principle for LCC-VSC-MTDC System with High Resistance Fault Tolerance

Line-commutated converter-voltage source converter (LCC-VSC) power transmission technology does not have the problem of communication failure very usually. It therefore can support the long-distance, long-capacity transmission of electric energy. However, factors such as topology, control strategy, and short-circuit capacities make the traditional protection principles not fully applicable to LCC-VSC hybrid transmission systems. To enhance the reliability of hybrid DC systems, a single-ended principle based on transmission coefficients is proposed and produced. First, the equivalent circuit of the LCC-VSC hybrid DC system is analyzed and the expression of the first traveling wave is deduced accordingly. Then, the concept of multi-frequency transmission coefficients is proposed by analyzing the amplitude-frequency, and the characteristics of each element. Finally, the LCC-VSCDC system model is built to verify the reliability and superiority of the principle itself. Theoretical analysis and experimental verification show that the principle has strong interference resistance.

Легко ли представить документы в срок?

The article discusses the causes of disputes arising in the interpretation of the meaning of the verb predstavit’ ‘to submit’ and proposes their solution. This problem is considered on the real expert material concerning the combination predstavit’ dokumenty‘to submit documents’. This material shows that the combination of the verb predstavit’‘to submit’ with an indication of the time and mode of action leads to communicative failure, that is, it creates ambiguity and a conflictogenic situation. According to the authors of the article, the ability of native speakers to see ambiguity and avoid it is a necessary part of their stylistic thinking. Therefore, discussion of its reasons and ways of its elimination is an integral part of stylistics. In order to solve the questions arising from this combination, a semantic analysis of verbs that can be used to describe the situation of predstavleniye dokumentov‘submission of documents’ is carried out. The differences in their semantics are revealed by describing the structure of this situation itself, i.e. by applying an action approach —from the type of situation to the peculiarities of the means denoting it.

ОЦЕНКА ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ ИНТЕРВАЛЬНОГО РЕГУЛИРОВАНИЯ ДВИЖЕНИЯ ПОЕЗДОВ

The paper analyses the purpose, main characteristics and extent of implementation of interval control, as well as experience in assessing its efficiency. Problems associated with the introduction of interval control, in particular the «shockwave effect» arising from the densification of train flows and exacerbating the cumulative chain reaction, have been investigated. The directions for further research in the evaluation of the efficiency of interval control were determined: modelling of the operation of specific sections and stations, analysis of throughput under conditions of digital radio communication failures, development of solutions oriented towards the seamless transport process, correction of documentation, evaluation of the efficiency of interval control on single-track lines. The structure of a decision support system for the development of interval control on single-track lines is proposed.

A Distributed Control Strategy for State-of-Charge Balance of Energy Storage Without Continuous Communication in AC Microgrids

With the high penetration of renewable energy sources (RES), the energy storage system (ESS) units have been employed as critical components to compensate for the power fluctuation generated by RESs in an ac microgrid. However, it's a major challenge to achieve the state-of-charge (SoC) balance of ESS units due to the difference of initial SoC values and varied capacities. To deal with this issue, a distributed event-triggered control strategy has been proposed to realize the SoC balance among ESS units by regulating the virtual resistances. Compared with existing methods, only the local SoC of each energy storage is exchanged with the neighboring ESS units. Furthermore, by employing the proposed event-triggered mechanism, the data sampling and signal transmission are only conducted when the predefined triggering condition is satisfied, which effectively saves the usage of communication resources. Moreover, the stability and inter-event interval with the proposed control strategy is analyzed in this paper. Finally, several case studies are presented in the experiment where the presented approach shows its robustness against dynamic load and unexpected single-point communication failure.

A Delay-dependent Dynamic Wide Area Damping Controller for Renewable Energy Integrated Power System Resilient to Communication Failure

A Delay-dependent Dynamic Wide Area Damping Controller for Renewable Energy Integrated Power System Resilient to Communication Failure

Resolusi Konflik Internal Subak Taman Desa Taman Kecamatan Abiansemal Kabupaten Badung

Internal Conflict Resolution in Subak Taman, Taman Village, Abiansemal District, Badung Regency
 Subak is an organization that oversees farmers to regulate irrigation, in its activities Subak cannot avoid problems in the form of conflict. Internal conflicts within the subak organization can be triggered by various factors, namely water scarcity and weak coordination between tempek to distribute water resources. Various conflicts that can arise in subak as a consequence of interaction between individuals in the organization, in this case farmers are members of the subak, it is very necessary to handle conflicts that can be applied in the form of management of any problems that arise from the subak organization. This study aims to determine the conflicts that occur in Subak Taman and the conflict resolutions taken to overcome these internal conflicts. This research was conducted with a qualitative descriptive analysis using primary and secondary data. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, observations, documentation studies and literature studies. The results showed that the conflicts that occurred in Subak Taman, Taman Village, Abiansemal District, Badung Regency were lack of irrigation water, work situations where there was blurring of task boundaries, communication failures, cropping patterns and cropping schedules, irrigation water pollution, and individual characteristics, namely differences. traits and personalities and differences in values and needs. Conflict resolution carried out in Subak Taman is by the methods of cooperation (cooperation), avoidance, competition, compromise, accommodation, domination, and problem solving. From the results of the study it can be concluded that there are six internal conflicts that occur in Subak Taman and conflict resolution is carried out using seven methods. The results of this study are expected to be a reference for those who need it.

Communication Patterns of Cybercrime in The Financial Technology Business During The Covid-19 Pandemic

In the era of technological development in Indonesia, Fintech services (Financial technology) are increasingly widespread, one of which is Peer to peer lending or often known as online loans (Pinjol). Moreover, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it had an economic impact, so people chose a way out to borrow funds through illegal loans because there was no guarantee, the process was easy and fast. The purpose of the study was to determine the communication pattern of digital crime in the financial technology business during the COVID-19 pandemic (a case study of illegal online loan application debtors). The paradigm used is constructivist with qualitative research methods, using the theory of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and the theory of technological determinism. Researchers used informants based on the purposive sampling technique. The results of the study indicate that the communication pattern of digital crime in the fintech business of illegal lending applications during the COVID-19 pandemic between creditors and debtors uses one-way and two-way communication patterns with synchronous communication and asynchronous communication types. Changes in communication technology inevitably lead to communication failures, as well as changes in cultural and social fabrics. The ongoing communication process gives rise to digital crimes of online fraud, cyber-related crime, and infringements of privacy, which are forms of violation for the benefit of the illegal lending company while harming the debtor as a victim.

Challenges faced by beef cattle farmers in innovation adoption towards food security and sustainability: a narrative review

The agricultural industry in Malaysia remains a vital element in providing food and employment. Introducing innovation in beef cattle farming has brought new changes in the livestock sector. Hopefully, it can generate a high income among farmers and brighten the Malaysian economy. However, introducing innovations such as assisted reproduction technology, biosecurity and intensive rearing require more significant effort from all parties, including farmers, extension agents and the government. This paper aims to identify beef cattle farmers' challenges in adopting innovations to improve beef production. Process of identifying, screening and eligibility is essential in producing an extensive literature review paper. From these processes, nine articles were found as the most relevant for this review article. The financial problem, communication failure and inaccessible information were the main challenges faced by farmers and extension agents in implementing innovations. Nevertheless, cooperation from all parties can lead to an excellent distribution of knowledge and skills among farmers.

Family Conflict in Marriage Story Movie Script by Noah Baumbach

The aims of this study were to identify types of family conflict and identify factors also the impact of family conflict on the main character in the Marriage Storymovie script by Noah Baumbach. The author uses descriptive qualitative research with a sociological approach and the theory of types of family conflict by Ursula Lehr and the theory of factor of family conflict by Sadarjoen. The results of the research show that in Marriage Story movie script, there are six types of family conflicts, namely; conflicts with parents, conflicts with child, conflicts with other people, conflict among husband and wife, conflicts of job selection and inner conflicts. Then, there are four factors that influence family conflict namely; economy, child, communication failures and jealousy. This type of family conflict and its factors then have an impact on the breakdown of marriages, fights in the divorce process, struggles for child custody, and distribution of assets.

The Reflection of the Socio-Cultural Context in Russian, French and Azerbaijani Internet Memes

Internet texts represent the most mobile and eclectic type of a text. Therefore, the methodology of their analysis is integrative and polyparadigmatic; and for adequate interpretation it is required to consider them taking into account modern socio-cultural context and presuppositional knowledge. The article is devoted to the description of meme-creating components associated with modern sociocultural context in various forms of Internet memes: comics, demotivators, cartoons, presented in three segments of the Internet (Runet, French and Azerbaijani segments). The novelty of the research is based on the fact that for the first time, the meme-creating plots in the Russian, French and Azerbaijani segments of the Internet were identified and correlated; the authors carried out an analysis of the authentic material formed under the influence of the socio-cultural context - the influence of various external factors and cultural background. A continuous selection of network sources from various segments of the Internet allowed compiling an author’s card-file containing more than 2 500 Internet memes, the examples from which became an empirical basis for the study. The material was аnalysed with the use of a descriptive and analytical method that involves direct observation of the phenomena under analysis and their systematization, generalization of language material; we also used elements of discursive, componential and linguopragmatic analysis.A comparative analysis of memes in the Russian, French and Azerbaijani segments of the Internet showed, on the one hand, a quantitative asymmetry (Russian memes prevail), and on the other hand, differences in the forms of Internet memes (for example, demotivators prevail in Runet, comics and cartoons are commonly found in the French and Azerbaijani segments). The analyzed material showed that both words and phraseological units of different categories realize the functional potential in the verbal part of Internet memes of the three linguocultures under consideration. In a number of cases, there is an actualization and complete rethinking of lexical and precedent units. The nature of the presentation of images in the visual part may be associated with the cultural tradition of the nation. The study shows that such 21st century attraction events as migration and threat of coronavirus infection are reflected in Internet memes regardless of the system of values, religion and mentality. When creating national images and presenting artefacts, the role of ethno-linguistic markers perceived by a particular nation is decisive. The visual element can also be actualized in connection with ongoing socio-political events. All this proves that adequate interpretation of memes requires presuppositional knowledge, so that understanding such a polycode formation as an Internet meme does not become a communicative failure. Memes about labour migration and the coronavirus pandemic in the Belarusian segment of the Internet, content and forms of which are conditioned by the multicultural originality and socio-cultural openness of modern Belarus, confirm and typify the main provisions about the factors, conditions, methods and motivations of meme formation in Russian, French and Azerbaijani linguocultures.

CHARACTERİSTİC FEATURES OF İNTERCULTURAL COMMUNİCATİON

Intercultural communication is the interaction of carriers of different cultures. Man is not the only bearer of culture, biologists and psychologists argue that some animals (in particular, great apes) are able to develop and transmit culture. Intercultural communication (ICC) is a special section of the general theory of communication, which studies – in theoretical and practical terms – the communicative interaction of representatives of different cultures. This teaching aid is intended to acquaint students with the basics of the theory of intercultural communication as a special field of scientific knowledge, as well as with the possibilities of applying this theory in real communication practice. Thus, different animal populations are carriers of different cultures, and the interaction of these groups can also be called intercultural communication. The theory of intercultural communication (ICC), of course, is not concerned with the study of the analysis of animal communication. It is important however, to understand that the ICC is a very ancient phenomenon it appeared simultaneously with the formation of what we call different cultures. The theory of intercultural communication is a discipline that describes the process of intercultural communication, the conditions for its implementation, possible difficulties and causes of communication failures. This article will consider the concept of intercultural communication, key features of the theory of intercultural communication, interdisciplinary connections, the history of this discipline, the scope of knowledge from the field of intercultural communication. However, the theory of ICC as an independent scientific discipline arose quite recently, in the middle of the 20th century. Interest in studying the processes of intercultural communication, in their theoretical understanding arose primarily under the influence of globalization. Transnational corporations are being created, the tourism industry is developing, migration processes are intensifying, more and more people are entering into interethnic marriages, and the adoption of children from other countries is becoming more and more popular.

Intersepsi Pesawat Sipil Ryanair FR4978 oleh Pesawat Militer Belarusia Ditinjau dari Konvensi Chicago 1944

Aircraft Interception is an action in which an aircraft moves towards another aircraft in an effort to intercept an aircraft entering national airspace without a flight plan, and an aircraft experiencing communication failure or cannot be identified. Interception actions are allowed in order to protect the sovereign territory of a country, as stated in Article 1 of the 1944 Chicago Convention which recognizes that every sovereign state has complete and complete sovereignty. However, the purpose of interception is limited to determining the identity of the aircraft, directing the aircraft beyond the boundaries of national airspace, directing it away from restricted, restricted or dangerous areas or ordering it to land at a designated airport.. The identification of the problem in this research is, How is the regulation of the interception of civil aircraft by state military aircraft reviewed based on the 1944 Chicago Convention? and What are the legal consequences of the actions of the Belarusian Military Aircraft against the interception of the Ryanair FR4978 Civil Aircraft? This research was conducted using a normative juridical research method. The data collection technique was carried out by literature study and the analysis used in this paper is qualitative analysis by describing or explaining the subject or object of research. The results of this study are first, the regulation of interception actions on civil aircraft is specifically regulated in Article 3 bis of the Chicago Convention 1944 as well as in additional arrangements in Annex 2 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation Rules of the Air which contains instruments or procedures for interception. . Second, the legal consequences received by Belarus for unlawful acts that threaten the security of civil aviation are the imposition of sanctions by the international community in the form of flight restrictions and restrictions on the economic sector, as well as the summons of the Belarusian Ambassador to the European Union

Phasor data concentrator placement in phasor measurement unit networks considering communication channel uncertainty and failure

AbstractOne challenge in Wide Area Measurement System is to design a reliable network which assures data availability. The availability of data in Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) networks depends on two factors: 1‐Reliable data measurements which depend on performance of PMUs and transmission branches, 2‐Reliable data transmission which depends on the reliability of communication networks used to transfer data from PMUs to Phasor Data Concentrators (PDCs) and control centre. The reliability of data transmission can be improved by choosing proper locations for PDCs. In this paper, a novel approach for PDC placement is proposed based on two pre‐defined indices; observability reliability and Loss Of Data Expectation (LODE). In the proposed method, the probability of regional communication networks' failure and the uncertainty of failure data for all components are also included in the calculation of these two indices to achieve more realistic results. To handle uncertainty, fuzzy membership functions are obtained for repair time and failure rate of all components, and a fuzzy Monte Carlo method is presented to evaluate both indices for each possible PDCs' location. The minimum LODE is used to find the best locations for PDCs. The proposed method is investigated for three sample systems which prove the system efficacy.