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2023

Systematic Review of Comparative Studies of the Impact of Realism in Immersive Virtual Experiences

Authors
Gonçalves, G; Coelho, H; Monteiro, P; Melo, M; Bessa, M;

Publication
ACM COMPUTING SURVEYS

Abstract
The adoption of immersive virtual experiences (IVEs) opened new research lines where the impact of realism is being studied, allowing developers to focus resources on realism factors proven to improve the user experience the most. We analyzed papers that compared different levels of realism and evaluated their impact on user experience. Exploratorily, we also synthesized the realism terms used by authors. From 1,300 initial documents, 79 met the eligibility criteria. Overall, most of the studies reported that higher realism has a positive impact on user experience. These data allow a better understanding of realism in IVEs, guiding future R&D.

2023

Distributed Network-Constrained P2P Community-Based Market for Distribution Networks

Authors
Oliveira, C; Simoes, M; Bitencourt, L; Soares, T; Matos, MA;

Publication
ENERGIES

Abstract
Energy communities have been designed to empower consumers while maximizing the self-consumption of local renewable energy sources (RESs). Their presence in distribution systems can result in strong modifications in the operation and management of such systems, moving from a centralized operation to a distributed one. In this scope, this work proposes a distributed community-based local energy market that aims at minimizing the costs of each community member, accounting for the technical network constraints. The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is adopted to distribute the market, and preserve, as much as possible, the privacy of the prosumers' assets, production, and demand. The proposed method is tested on a 10-bus medium voltage radial distribution network, in which each node contains a large prosumer, and the relaxed branch flow model is adopted to model the optimization problem. The market framework is proposed and modeled in a centralized and distributed fashion. Market clearing on a day-ahead basis is carried out taking into account actual energy exchanges, as generation from renewable sources is uncertain. The comparison between the centralized and distributed ADMM approach shows an 0.098% error for the nodes' voltages. The integrated OPF in the community-based market is a computational burden that increases the resolution of the market dispatch problem by about eight times the computation time, from 200.7 s (without OPF) to 1670.2 s. An important conclusion is that the proposed market structure guarantees that P2P exchanges avoid the violation of the network constraints, and ensures that community agents' can still benefit from the community-based architecture advantages.

2023

Comportamento Alimentar e Risco de perturbações do comportamento Alimentar em estudantes de ensino Superior

Authors
Costa, Carolina; Fernandes, Sandra; Nakamura, Ingrid; Poínhos, Rui; Bruno M P M Oliveira;

Publication

Abstract

2023

Towards a Concrete Implementation of the Principle of Transparency in the Digital Services Act

Authors
Carneiro, D; Palumbo, G;

Publication
NEW TRENDS IN DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, TECH ETHICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DITTET 2023

Abstract
In recent years, the EU has been pushing forward ground-breaking legislation that covers new digital environments and services, with a strong focus on Ethics and AI. This includes legislation such as the Artificial Intelligence Act, the Digital Services Act or the General Data Protection Regulation. This legislation is, however, often written in very general and high-level terms, leaving a lot of space for interpretation, and a gap concerning how it could or should be implemented, realistically. In this paper we look specifically at the principle of Transparency in the Digital Services Act. Specifically, we discuss the requirements concerning Transparency in the regulation, we identify the gaps, and propose concrete measures that can be considered to facilitate and guide its implementation.

2023

Digital Twin Environment for Forestry 4.0 Application Using a CAN Bus Architecture

Authors
Spencer, G; Dionísio, R; Neto, L; Torres, PMB; Gonçalves, G;

Publication
2023 6th Experiment@ International Conference (exp.at'23), Évora, Portugal, June 5-7, 2023

Abstract
This paper presents a digital twin demonstrator of a forest harvesters and wood processing machines. The demonstrator is a cyber-physical system that allow the emulation and identification of faults that may occur during regular machine operations. The proposed solution includes a CAN Bus communication between several electronic controller units connected to sensors and actuators. © 2023 IEEE.

2023

Preface

Authors
Campos, R; Jorge, AM; Jatowt, A; Bhatia, S; Litvak, M;

Publication
CEUR Workshop Proceedings

Abstract
[No abstract available]

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