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2016

Towards the Integration of Electric Buses in Conventional Bus Fleets

Authors
Santos, D; Kokkinogenis, Z; de Sousa, JF; Perrotta, D; Rossetti, RJF;

Publication
2016 IEEE 19TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITSC)

Abstract
Private individual transportation is becoming cumbersome and expensive, as urban traffic turns more chaotic, fuel prices increase and the effects of pollutant emissions become evident. Public buses are an attractive approach to reducing the cars in use, as they mostly depend on preexistent infrastructure. Making these buses electric would mean even less tailpipe emissions and cheaper consumption costs, when compared to conventional vehicle fleets. However, fully electric bus fleets can prove disadvantageous. We can tackle this with a more conservative approach - using mixed bus fleets, comprised by both electric and conventional buses. This work intends on studying how to obtain a good balance of the different vehicle typologies in the fleet. To fulfill these goals, real data of a bus network in Porto, Portugal, is studied and an evolutionary algorithm devises mixed fleet arrangements, with a brief sensitivity analysis giving us an overview of how to improve our results. As a means of decision support, this work contributes not only with an approach to configure optimized mixed bus fleets, but also with general considerations for managing public transit with electric vehicle fleets.

2016

Quantifying Attention in Computer-based Tasks

Authors
Carneiro D.; Durães D.; Bajo J.; Novais P.;

Publication
AfCAI

Abstract
Attention-to-task is one of the most important Human cognitive abilities, allowing an individual to selectively focus on a specific issue (among many possible sources) and effectively carry out a task. Without this ability to focus, the individual would constantly switch between stimuli, hardly concluding any task. While attention can be influenced by many internal and external factors, the purpose of this paper is not to analyse them but rather to propose an approach to monitor the attentional behaviour of computer users. The proposed approach may improve the individual's self-awareness as well as the team manager's knowledge about the state of the workforce. It may thus improve the definition of better attention-management strategies, with expected improvements in variables such as on-task behaviour, productivity or work quality.

2016

Determinants of Consumer Intention to Use Online Gambling Services: An Empirical Study of the Portuguese Market

Authors
Fortes, N; Moreira, AC; Saraiva, J;

Publication
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-BUSINESS RESEARCH

Abstract
Online gambling has skyrocketed in recent years. As such, knowing the determinants of consumer usage behavior is crucial in understanding online gambling services. This study has as main objective the construction of an explanatory model of the online gambling services usage behavior, based on the incorporation of perceived risk in the conceptual framework of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2). The empirical validation of the model was performed by conducting an online survey to a convenience sample of 212 Portuguese online players. Data were processed using the PLS-SEM methodology. The results evidence that performance expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivations, price value, habits, as well as perceived risk influence the intention to use online gambling services.

2016

Efficient Delivery of Forecasts to a Nautical Sports Mobile Application with Semantic Data Services

Authors
Amorim, RC; Rocha, A; Oliveira, MA; Ribeiro, C;

Publication
C3S2E

Abstract
Weather and sea-related forecasts provide crucial insights for the practice of nautical sports such as surf and kite surf, and mobile devices are appropriate interfaces for the visualization of meteorology and operational oceanography data. Data are collected and processed by several agencies and are often obtained from forecast models. Their use requires adaptation and refinement prior to visualisation. We describe a set of semantic data services using standard common vocabularies and interoperable interfaces following the recommendations of the INSPIRE directive. NautiCast, a mobile application for forecast delivery illustrates the adaptation of data at two levels: 1) semantic, with the integration of data from different sources via standard vocabularies, and 2) syntactic, with the manipulation of the spacial and temporal resolution of data to get effective mobile communication.

2016

A Data Mining Approach to Predict Falls in Humanoid Robot Locomotion

Authors
Andre, J; Faria, BM; Santos, C; Reis, LP;

Publication
ROBOT 2015: SECOND IBERIAN ROBOTICS CONFERENCE: ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS, VOL 2

Abstract
The inclusion of perceptual information in the operation of a dynamic robot (interacting with its environment) can provide valuable insight about its environment and increase robustness of its behaviour. In this regard, the concept of Associative Skill Memories (ASMs) has provided a great contributions regarding an effective and practical use of sensor data, under a simple and intuitive framework [2, 13]. Inspired by [2], this paper presents a data mining solution to the fall prediction problem in humanoid biped robotic locomotion. Sensor data from a large number of simulations was recorded and four data mining algorithms were applied with the aim of creating a classifier that properly identifies failure conditions. Using Support Vector Machines, on top of sensor data from a large number of simulation trials, it was possible to build an accurate and reliable offline fall predictor, achieving accuracy, sensitivity and specificity values up to 95.6%, 96.3% and 94.5%, respectively.

2016

Message from the MDM 2016 general co-chairs

Authors
Gama, J; Kumar, V; Tan, KL;

Publication
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management

Abstract

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