2023
Authors
Costa, DS; Mamede, HS;
Publication
HELIYON
Abstract
Organizations are more frequently turning towards robotic process automation (RPA) as a solu-tion for employees to focus on higher complexity and more valuable tasks while delegating routine, monotonous and rule-based tasks to their digital colleagues. These software robots can handle various rule-based, digital, repetitive tasks. However, currently available process identi-fication methods must be qualified to select suitable automation processes accurately. Wrong process selection and failed attempts are often the origin of process automation's bad reputation within organizations and often result in the avoidance of this technology. As a result, in this research, a method for selecting processes for automation combining two multi-criteria decision -making techniques, 'Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), will be proposed, demonstrated, and evaluated. This study follows the Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM) and applies the proposed method for selecting processes for automation to a real-life scenario. The result will be a method to support the proper selection of business processes for automation, increasing the success of implementing RPA tools in an organization.
2023
Authors
Pinto, B; Correia, MV; Paredes, H; Silva, I;
Publication
SENSORS
Abstract
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) causes blockage of the arteries, altering the blood flow to the lower limbs. This blockage can cause the individual with PAD to feel severe pain in the lower limbs. The main contribution of this research is the discovery of a solution that allows the automatic detection of the onset of claudication based on data analysis from patients' smartphones. For the data-collection procedure, 40 patients were asked to walk with a smartphone on a thirty-meter path, back and forth, for six minutes. Each patient conducted the test twice on two different days. Several machine learning models were compared to detect the onset of claudication on two different datasets. The results suggest that we can identify the onset of claudication using inertial sensors with a best case accuracy of 92.25% for the Extreme Gradient Boosting model.
2023
Authors
Schlemmer, E;
Publication
Abstract
2023
Authors
Castro Aguiar, R; Sam Jeeva Raj, EJ; Chakrabarty, S;
Publication
Sensors
Abstract
2023
Authors
Zajzon, N; Topa, BA; Papp, RZ; Aaltonen, J; Almeida, JM; Almeida, C; Martins, A; Bodó, B; Henley, S; Pinto, MT; Zibret, G;
Publication
EUROPEAN GEOSCIENCES UNION GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2023, EGU DIVISION ENERGY, RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT, ERE
Abstract
The UNEXMIN (Horizon 2020) and UNEXUP (EIT RawMaterials) projects developed a novel technology to send robots and even autonomously deliver optical images, 3D maps and other georeferenced scientific data from flooded underground environments, like abandoned mines, caves or wells. The concept turned into a market ready solution in seven years, where the last few years of field trials of the development beautifully demonstrating the technology's premier capabilities. Here in this paper, we focus on the wide variety of environments, circumstances and measurements where the UNEXMIN technology can be the best solution or the only solution to deliver certain research or engineering data. These are obtained from both simple and complex environments like different mines and caves, small and large cavities, long and tight tunnels and shafts, different visibility conditions, even different densities of the liquid medium where UX robots operated.
2023
Authors
Alonso, O; Cousijn, H; Silvello, G; Marrero, M; Teixeira Lopes, C; Marchesin, S;
Publication
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Abstract
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