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New developments in simulation-based harbour crane training
2011
This paper presents the efforts that have been made during the development of a set of harbour training simulators to improve their quality. The paper focuses on two main research lines: the improvement of complex physical systems involved in the simulation and the analysis of hardware architecture solutions. Cable-based hoist systems and bulk materials are systems present in different harbour equipment and are usually simulated with poor quality due to their complexity. In this paper physics-based models for the interactive simulation of these systems are proposed and applied to real cases. Also, different hardware simulator architectures are analysed and different approaches are proposed …
An exploratory case study of interactive simulation for teaching Ecology
2016
This paper explores the effectiveness of interactive simulation for teaching a selected complex subject, Ecology, in higher education. Specifically, we carry out a lab intervention using interactive agent based simulation, to teach the complex concept of spatially-explicit predator prey interaction to undergraduate students of an advanced module: BIOU9CE (Community Ecology & Conservation Applications) at the University of Stirling. We propose use of Netlogo, an interactive agent-based simulation tool, and evaluate its effectiveness for learning and teaching of interactive simulation developed specifically for the classroom, compared with an existing, less interactive, simulation tool (R).
Hierarchical Evolutionary Algorithms and Noise Compensation via Adaptation
2007
Hierarchical Evolutionary Algorithms (HEAs) are Nested Algorithms composed by two or more Evolutionary Algorithms having the same fitness but different populations. More specifically, the fitness of a Higher Level Evolutionary Algorithm (HLEA) is the optimal fitness value returned by a Lower Level Evolutionary Algorithm (LLEA). Due to their algorithmic formulation, the HEAs can be efficiently implemented in Min-Max problems. In this chapter the application of the HEAs is shown for two different Min-Max problems in the field of Structural Optimization. These two problems are the optimal design of an electrical grounding grid and an elastic structure. Since the fitness of a HLEA is given by a…
A. Balsamo: "As the learning practices of our students change, and the locations of learning multiple through the use of networks and mobile devices,…
2010
Anne Balsamo is interviewed by @tic. revista d'innovació educativa Editor, Paz Villar Hernández
The impact of Information Technology on the identification of species and archiviation of taxonomic and floristic data.
2007
In plant taxonomy, classification aims at reconstructing an evolutionary history, usually represented by means of phylogenetic trees. The approach followed by the classification is hierarchical, and rather in coherence with the dichotomies traditionally used for identifying a certain species. But classification and identification are different, since the latter just aims at finding the name of a specimen, eventually in order to get information on it. There are many ways to identify a specimen: to trace it back to its origin, by following the bifurcations of its phylogenetic tree is one possibility, but not always the easiest and quickest one. This theme has been touched during the symposium…
Simulation and Parameter-Identification of the Closed-Loop Cardiovascular System by the Use of a Nonlinear Mathematical Model
1981
Abstract A non-linear model of human cardio-vascular system, which includes the short-term pressure regulation mechanism was mathematically derived and implemented on a PDP-11/45 in a block-oriented, interactive programming language. In this way the behaviour of the arterial and venous pressures, cardiac output, stroke volume, total peripheral resistance and heart-rate under ergometric workload was studied by simulation, and experimentally proved, that the model matches the system with good accuracy. In a second phase the parameters of the model were identified by the use of the output-error method. For this purpose a non-linear system identification programming package was applied. The par…
SILKNOWViz: Spatio-Temporal Data Ontology Viewer
2019
Interactive visualization of spatio-temporal data is a very active area that has experienced remarkable advances in the last decade. This is due to the emergence of fields of research such as big data and advances in hardware that allow better analysis of information. This article describes the methodology followed and the design of an open source tool, which in addition to interactively visualizing spatio-temporal data that are represented in an ontology, allows the definition of what to visualize and how to do it. The tool allows selecting, filtering and visualizing in a graphical way the entities of the ontology with spatiotemporal data, as well as the instances related to them. The grap…
Integrētā mārketinga komunikācija: Promocijas darba (monogrāfija) kopsavilkums
2016
Elektroniskā versija nesatur pielikumus
Lingue e culture della montagna: le Madonie nell’esperienza dell’Atlante Linguistico della Sicilia (ALS)
2015
The cultural context of the Madonie — a hilly and mountainous territory near Palermo with about 60,000 inhabitants distributed in 22 little villages, some of which overlook the Tyrrhenian Sea — results from the influence of three external areas (those surrounding three of the most important towns in Sicily: Palermo, Caltanissetta, and Messina). The most relevant effect of such a complex multidirectional influence is the presence of three different micro-areas, each marked by different linguistic and cultural peculiarities. Since a situation of complex and “ordered” ethnolinguistic variability may be observed in the Madonie, the area and its micro-areas are currently investigated in a resear…
SINCONAPP: A Computerized learning tool for CBCT normal anatomy and variants of the nose and paranasal sinuses
2014
1. Purpose To supply an useful learning tool aimed to interactively display on mobile devices normal anatomy and variants of the nose and paranasal sinuses as seen on CBCT images. 2. Methods and Materials Images Images of the nose and paranasal sinuses were derived by a study series acquired by a CBCT device. CBCT studies of the paranasal sinuses were acquired in patients referred for nasal obstruction or sinusitis with the following parameters: 90 kVp, 12.5 mA, 20 s rotation time, FOV 13 x 14.5 cm, 0.25 x 0.25 x 0.25 mm voxel size. Software The application has been developed for iOS based mobile devices through the platform XCode provided by Apple®, and it is developed using the Objective-…