Neculai ANDREI1,2 1 Center for Advanced Modeling and Optimization, I C I Bucharest (National Institute for R & D in Informatics) 8-10 Averescu Blvd. 011455 Bucharest 1, Romania nandrei@ici.ro 2 Academy of Romanian Scientists 54, Splaiul Independenţei, Bucharest 5, Romania Abstract: A numerical evaluation and comparisons using performance profiles of …
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Multi-criteria Assessment Model of Technologies
Edmundas Kazimieras ZAVADSKAS, Zenonas TURSKIS, Robertas VOLVAČIOVAS, Simona KILDIENE Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulètekio Ave. 11, Vilnius, LT-10223, Lithuania {edmundas.zadadskas; zenonan.turskis; robertas.volvaciovas; simona.kildiene}@vgtu.lt Abstract: Construction is a sector that accepts innovations slowly. Selection of effective technological systems in construction is a complex multi-criteria task. Many decision-makers refuse innovations once faced …
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Michal KOMPAN, Mária BIELIKOVÁ Institute of Informatics and Software Engineering, Faculty of Informatics and Information, Technologies, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Ilkovicova, Bratislava, 842 16, Slovakia {kompan, bielik}@fiit.stuba.sk Abstract: The amount of information available on the Web is increasing day by day. Users are overloaded and cannot access desired …
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Héctor KASCHEL, José MARDONES, Gustavo QUEZADA Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Chile Avenida Bdo. O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago, Chile Abstract: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are highly vulnerable in their security. They are generally deployed in hostile environments to collect different kinds of data, …
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Gisli THORSTEINSSON1, Andrei NICULESCU2,3 1 University of Iceland, v/Stakkahlid, 101, Reykjavik, Iceland cdt@khi.is 2 Spiru Haret University 13 Ion Ghica Street, Bucharest 3, Romania andreiniculescu@hotmail.com 3 I C I Bucharest (National Institute for R & D in Informatics) 8-10 Averescu Blvd. 011455 Bucharest 1, Romania Abstract: In a digital world, …
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Raluca-Monica POP1, Marian POP2, Grigore DOGARU3, Vladimir C. BACAREA1 1 Department of Medical Research Methodology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy 38, Ghe. Marinescu Street, Târgu Mureş, 540000, Romania 2 Doctoral School, University of Medicine and Pharmacy 38, Ghe. Marinescu Street, Târgu Mureş, 540000, Romania 3 Department of Internal Medicine, University …
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Karel MUNDNICH, Marcos E. ORCHARD, Jorge F. SILVA, Patricio PARADA Electrical Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile Av. Tupper 2007, Santiago, 8370451, CHILE Abstract: This article presents and analyzes the implementation of risk-sensitive particle filtering algorithm for volatility estimation of continuously compounded returns of financial assets. The proposed approach uses a …
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Eugenia BABILONI, Ester GUIJARRO, Manuel CARDÓS Universidad Politècnica de València Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, Spain Abstract: Recent developments on the fill rate estimation in periodic review stock policies provide new techniques for setting up the stock policy parameters including exact procedures. However, the implementation of this method in real …
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Alex – Alexandru SIROMASCENKO, Ion LUNGU Economic Informatics and Cybernetics Department, Academy of Economic Studies Calea Dorobanţi, 15-17, Bucharest, 010552, Romania Abstract: Traffic simulators based on microscopic models are a detailed approach to infrastructure and policy evaluation. They allow a closer to reality representation of the factors that influence traffic …
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Constantin-Bala ZAMFIRESCU, Bogdan-Constantin PÂRVU, Jochen SCHLICK, Detlef ZÜHLKE DFKI – German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Innovative Factory Systems Trippstadter Strasse 122, Kaiserslautern, Germany Abstract: The classical view of cyber-physical systems is that the integration of computing, communication and control elements are considering only the physical and computational elements, neglecting the …
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