New Contributions in Information Systems and Technologies: Volume 2

✍ Scribed by Alvaro Rocha, Ana Maria Correia, Sandor Costanzo, Luis Paulo Reis (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 397
• Series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 354
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book contains a selection of articles from The 2015 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'15), held between the 1st and 3rd of April in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern Information Systems and Technologies research, technological development and applications.

The main topics covered are: Information and Knowledge Management; Organizational Models and Information Systems; Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; Big Data Analytics and Applications; Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; Multimedia Systems and Applications; Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; Human-Computer Interaction; Health Informatics; Information Technologies in Education; Information Technologies in Radio communications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages 1-21
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Novel Varactor-Loaded Phasing Line for Reflectarray Unit Cell with Large Reconfigurability Frequency Range....Pages 3-9
Low-Cost Radars Integrated into a Landslide Early Warning System....Pages 11-19
Cylindrical Rectangular Antenna for Wireless Communications....Pages 21-31
Antenna for Fifth Generation (5G) Using a EBG Structure....Pages 33-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
A Density-Based Clustering of Spatio-Temporal Data....Pages 41-50
A Platform for Assessing Cancer Patients’ Quality of Life....Pages 51-61
Assessing Diabetes Health Literacy, Knowledge and Empowerment in Northern Portugal....Pages 63-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Action Research Study on Individual Knowledge Use in Organizational Innovation Processes....Pages 75-82
Intelligent Business Process Based Cloud Services....Pages 83-92
Business Intelligence: An Essential Tool in the Identification of Organizational Internal Talent....Pages 93-104
Business Intelligence Applied to Human Resources Management....Pages 105-113
A Multi-driven Approach to Improve Data Analytics for Multi-value Dimensions....Pages 115-128
A Decision Support System for Municipal Budget Plan Decisions....Pages 129-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Ramex: A Sequence Mining Algorithm Using Poly-trees....Pages 143-153
Decision Support in E-Government – A Pervasive Business Intelligence Approach....Pages 155-166
Pervasive Business Intelligence Platform to Improve the Quality of Decision Process in Primary and Secondary Education – A Portuguese Case Study....Pages 167-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Predicting Plateau Pressure in Intensive Medicine for Ventilated Patients....Pages 179-188
Predicting Nosocomial Infection by Using Data Mining Technologies....Pages 189-198
Information Systems Assessment in Pathologic Anatomy Service....Pages 199-209
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Lessons Learned on Developing Educational Systems Using a Hybrid User Centered Methodology....Pages 213-222
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Using NVivo to Evaluate a Program of Goal Corrected Empathic Attunement Skills: A Case Study in the Context of Higher Education....Pages 223-233
Mentoring Relationships: Shedding Light on PhD Student Perspective....Pages 235-244
Perceptions and Understandings on the Need of Change: Viewpoints across Management Levels....Pages 245-254
Perceptions of Teaching in Students and in Teachers’ Point of View: Implications on Students’ Learning Skills in Higher Education....Pages 255-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Modeling of Complex Properties of Vacuum Packed Particles Using Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 267-276
Modelling of Innovative Controllable Structures Made of Granular Materials....Pages 277-286
Preparing the Aid System for Industrial Network Oriented Diagnostics....Pages 287-297
New Controllable Sound Absorbers Made of Vacuum Packed Particles....Pages 299-309
An Engine Room Simulator as a Tool for Environmental Education of Marine Engineers....Pages 311-322
Remote Control of Industry Robots Using Mobile Devices....Pages 323-332
Basic Reliability Structures of Complex Technical Systems....Pages 333-342
Handheld Device Applications for Remote Control of Industrial Robots....Pages 343-353
Numerical Technologies for Vulnerable Road User Safety Enhancement....Pages 355-364
Conceptual Design of Means of Transport Harnessing Human Power....Pages 365-373
Monitoring Human Website Interactions for Online Stores....Pages 375-384
Front Matter....Pages 385-385
Detection of Dangerous Situations Using a Smart Internet of Things System....Pages 387-396
Back Matter....Pages 397-398

✦ Subjects

Computational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)