2019
Autores
García Peñalvo, FJ; Conde, MA; Gonçalves, J; Lima, J;
Publicação
TEEM'19: SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGICAL ECOSYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING MULTICULTURALITY
Abstract
After the computational thinking sessions in the previous 2016-2018 editions of TEEM Conference, the fourth edition of this track has been organized in the current 2019 edition. Computational thinking is still a very significant topic, especially, but not only, in pre-university education. In this edition, the robotic has a special role in the track, with a strength relationship with the STEM and STEAM education of children at the pre-university levels, seeding the future of our society. © 2019 ACM.
2019
Autores
Cunha, CR; Carvalho, A; Afonso, L; Silva, D; Fernandes, PO; Pires, LC; Costa, C; Correia, R; Ramalhosa, E; Correia, AI; Parafita, A;
Publicação
IBIMA Business Review
Abstract
Rural regions concentrate on themselves a very rich set of ancestral traditions. The perpetuation of such traditions has been achieved through transmission between generations. Unfortunately, all this knowledge is typically elders-centered and it lacks effective processes of digitalization, storage and providing-systems for that all this heritage can effectively be perpetuated through future generations that are digital-born. From this base, it was created a project case study limited to the Portuguese Northeast region, named Viv@vó – living in the grandma's house. This paper presents the ICT platform that was created in this project and some main achievements during the project development process. Tourism and mainly experience and cultural heritage tourism are growing in tourist’s interests. Rural regions have an untapped potential for this slice of tourism industry. Rural regions have an enormous collection of ancestral knowledge that we are responsible to deliver to future generations as an inheritance to which they are entitled. Copyright © 2019. Carlos R. CUNHA, Aida CARVALHO, Luís AFONSO, Daniel SILVA, Paula Odete FERNANDES, Luís Carlos PIRES, Carlos COSTA, Ricardo CORREIA, Elsa RAMALHOSA, Alexandra I. CORREIA and Alexandre PARAFITA.
2019
Autores
Barbosa, B; Brito, PQ;
Publicação
Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science
Abstract
This study aims to contribute to the understanding of children’s word-of-mouth communication: how it is processed, its dimensions and its relation to other sources of information and to young consumers’ use of the Internet. Theoretical contributions from consumer socialization, new media and word-of-mouth communication studies are assembled, and an exploratory qualitative analysis in the form of focus group interviews with 7–11-year-old children is reported. We provide empirical evidence for word-of-mouth communication being a common activity among children. Observation and marketing exposure both complement and trigger word-of-mouth activity. Electronic word-of-mouth communication is less frequent, but the Internet is a relevant source of information and marketing exposure; it assists children’s learning about products and brands and furthers their purchase decision processes. This study suggests that word-of-mouth communication received by children is more complex and dynamic as compared to extant literature, suggesting that future research further explores its sought and unsought components, as well as its relationship with non-verbal peer influence that results from observation. © 2019, Academy of Marketing Science.
2019
Autores
Nascimento, J; Pinto, T; Vale, Z;
Publicação
2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech, PowerTech 2019
Abstract
Electricity markets are complex environments with very dynamic characteristics. The large-scale penetration of renewable energy sources has brought an increased uncertainty to generation, which is consequently, reflected in electricity market prices. In this way, novel advanced forecasting methods that are able to predict electricity market prices taking into account the new variables that influence prices variation are required. This paper proposes a new model for day-ahead electricity market prices forecasting based on the application of an artificial neural network. The main novelty of this paper relates to the pre-processing phase, in which the relevant data referring to the different variables that have a direct influence on market prices such as generation, temperature, consumption, among others, is analysed. The association between these variables is performed using spearman correlation, from which results the identification of which data has a larger influence on the market prices variation. This pre-analysis is then used to adapt the training process of the artificial neural network, leading to improved forecasting results, by using the most relevant data in an appropriate way. © 2019 IEEE.
2019
Autores
Veloso, BM; Leal, F; Malheiro, B; Burguillo, JC;
Publicação
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
Abstract
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have revolutionised the tourism domain, providing a wide set of new services for tourists and tourism businesses. Both tourists and tourism businesses use dedicated tourism platforms to search and share information generating, constantly, new tourism crowdsourced data. This crowdsourced information has a huge influence in tourist decisions. In this context, the paper proposes a stream recommendation engine supported by crowdsourced information, adopting Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) matrix factorisation algorithm for rating prediction. Additionally, we explore different (i) profiling approaches (hotel-based and theme-based) using hotel multi-criteria ratings, location, value for money (VfM) and sentiment value (StV); and (ii) post-recommendation filters based on hotel location, VfM and StV. The main contribution focusses on the application of post-recommendation filters to the prediction of hotel guest ratings with both hotel and theme multi-criteria rating profiles, using crowdsourced data streams. The results show considerable accuracy and classification improvement with both hotel-based and theme-based multi-criteria profiling together with location and StV post-recommendation filtering. While the most promising results occur with the hotel-based version, the best theme-based version shows a remarkable memory conciseness when compared with its hotel-based counterpart. This makes this theme-based approach particularly appropriate for data streams. The abstract completely needs to be rewritten. It does not provide a clear view of the problem and its solutions the researchers proposed. In addition, it should cover five main elements, introduction, problem statement, methodology, contributions and results. Done.
2019
Autores
Martins, A; Costelha, H; Neves, C;
Publicação
2019 19TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTONOMOUS ROBOT SYSTEMS AND COMPETITIONS (ICARSC 2019)
Abstract
This paper addresses one of the key components in today's industrialization approach: virtualization. The work describes the virtualization of a typical production process, the digital twin in the scope of Industry 4.0, involving different devices, such as robotic arms, conveyors, automatic warehouses and vision systems. It includes both legacy and recent equipment, with different characteristics and communication capabilities, ranging from RS232 serial communication to TCP/IP-based communication, or even I/O-based interaction for devices with no communication capabilities. The developed approach aims at industrial implementations, while allowing for educational purposes. For a standardized approach, the OPC UA protocol is used for high-level communication between the various systems. Several results are described showing the success of the methodology and application.
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