2016
Authors
Marcos, Adérito; Amílcar, Martins; Saldanha, Ângela; Araújo, António; Carvalho, Elizabeth; Bidarra, José; Coelho, José; Shirley, Paulo; Veiga, Pedro Alves da; Cardoso, Vitor; Pais, Carlos Castilho;
Publication
Russian Creative Education in Digital Arts in line with EU standards
Abstract
In Project TEMPUS “Enhancement of Russian Creative Education: new Master Programme in Digital Arts in line with EU standards” (2014-2016) the Russian students had the opportunity to study in EU Universities for one semester. The Universidade Aberta, in Portugal, didn’t have a master degree in Digital Arts so a
pilot programme had to be created: a new postgraduation in Digital Art Practice. This new curriculum, using blearning (based on online and face to face activities) with transdisciplinary methods, aims a practice oriented training on digital art. It started with a deep understanding of Lisbon, the relationship between people, cultural and artistic spaces and their environments. This knowledge inspired the students to produce and to create an artistic artefact presented in exhibition to an audience. With this postgraduation new possibilities started for reflection about global challenges for education in the millennium.
2016
Authors
Augusto, AB; Correia, ME;
Publication
Psychology and Mental Health
Abstract
2016
Authors
Vieira, B; Viana, A; Matos, M; Pedroso, JP;
Publication
ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Abstract
The integration of wind power in electricity generation brings new challenges to the unit commitment problem, as a result of the random nature of the wind speed. The scheduling of thermal generation units at the day-ahead stage is usually based on wind power forecasts. Due to technical limitations of thermal units, deviations from those forecasts during intra-day operations may lead to unwanted consequences, such as load shedding and increased operating costs. Wind power forecasting uncertainty has been handled in practice by means of conservative stochastic scenario-based optimization models, or through additional operating reserve settings. However, generation companies may have different attitudes towards the risks associated to wind power variability. In this paper, operating costs and load shedding are modeled by non-linear utility functions aggregated into a single additive utility function of a multi-objective model. Computational experiments have been done to validate the approach: firstly we test our model for the wind-thermal unit commitment problem and, in a second stage, pumped storage hydro units are added, leading to a model with wind-hydro-thermal coordination. Results have shown that the proposed methodology is able to correctly reflect different risk profiles of decision makers for both models.
2016
Authors
Barbosa, J; Dias, J; Pereira, A; Leitao, P;
Publication
PROCEEDINGS 2016 IEEE 25TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS (ISIE)
Abstract
On the verge of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), companies will need, sooner or later, to adapt their systems in order to follow the emergent visions of Industrie 4.0 and Industrial Internet demanding the digitalization of their processes, preventing the losing of their competiveness levels. The engineering of such innovative manufacturing control systems assumes a crucial challenge without which becomes hard to convince researchers and, primarily, practitioners of the proposed architecture potentials. This paper describes the engineering aspects of deploying an ADACOR (ADAptive holonic COntrol aRchitecture for distributed manufacturing systems) based CPS for a real small-scale production system. Since the solution is using agent technology, a special attention is devoted to the interface from the agent control layer to the physical resources using the industrially adopted OPC-UA (OPC Unified Architecture). At the end, some lessons learned in engineering this CPS are drawn.
2016
Authors
Boström, H; Knobbe, AJ; Soares, C; Papapetrou, P;
Publication
IDA
Abstract
2016
Authors
Gomes Correia, A; Parente, M;
Publication
Materials and Infrastructures 1
Abstract
Intelligent Compaction (IC), which is a part of compaction management, is a real-time automatic adjustment and continuous compaction control technology of geomaterials and asphalt layers. Adjustment of the compaction parameters by the equipment is conducted simultaneously to the compaction process, as well as the continuous measurement of a dynamic compaction value, which is an indicator of the material's degree of compaction. This chapter seeks to assess the advantages and disadvantages of IC, as well as formulating a comparison with conventional compaction methods in terms of efficiency. This goal was achieved through in situ application of various technologies to two distinct types of material: a soil-rockfill mixture and a sandy soil. Data was obtained and analysed by the IC continuous information, as well as by the application of several different conventional compaction control tests and methods. Results show that the IC technology presents a superior performance, as well as various advantages when compared to conventional compactors.
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