Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Rationale for the Conference and Proceedings -- Organisation and Committees -- Scientific Organising Committee -- Local Organising Committee -- Sponsors -- Contents -- Part I The Life and Work of Michael J. Thompson -- Michael Thompson's Legacy in Solar and Stellar Physics -- References -- Michael Thompson in Sheffield -- 1 As a Head -- 2 Opportunity for All -- 3 Good Citizenship -- 4 A Committed Academic -- 5 A Musical Talent and His Love of Carols -- References -- Michael J. Thompson: A Remarkable Scientist, Leader, and Friend -- Michael -- Assessing the Threat of Major Outbreaks of Vector-Borne Diseases Under a Changing Climate -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Climate Data -- 2.2 Epidemiological Model -- 2.3 Model Parameters -- 2.4 Instantaneous Outbreak Risk (IOR) -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- References -- Touching the Interior Structure and Dynamics of Our Nearest Star -- 1 Michael's Professional Trajectory and of Helioseismology -- 2 Scientific Surprises Emerging About Dynamics Within the Sun -- 2.1 Nature of Solar Magnetism and Sunspot Mergence -- 2.2 Guidance from Helioseismology and Surprise of Tachocline -- 2.3 Recent Advances in 3-D Global Dynamo Modeling -- References -- Part II Solar Interior and Dynamics -- Uncovering the Hidden Layers of the Sun -- 1 The Need for Inversions -- 2 Structure Inversion Results -- 3 What Else Can We Learn? -- 4 The Current Issue: The Solar Metallicity Problem -- 5 Summary -- References -- Solar Rotation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Inversion Problem -- 3 A Tour of the Rotation Profile -- 3.1 The Core -- 3.2 The Radiative Interior -- 3.3 The Tachocline -- 3.4 The Convection Zone -- 3.5 The Near-Surface Shear Layer -- 4 Temporal Variations -- 4.1 The Torsional Oscillation -- 4.2 Tachocline Variations -- 5 The Rotation Project -- 6 Conclusions. , References -- On Solar and Solar-Like Stars Convection, Rotation and Magnetism -- 1 Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun and Sun-Like Stars -- 2 Large Scale Flows and Fields of the Sun -- 2.1 A Key Ingredient: Solar and Stellar Differential Rotation -- 2.2 Meridional Circulation: How Many Cells? -- 2.3 Magnetic Field in Solar Interior -- 3 Connecting Solar and Stellar Magnetism -- 4 Perspectives -- References -- Recent Progress in Local Helioseismology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data for Local Helioseismology -- 3 Methods of Local Helioseismology -- 3.1 Ring-Diagram Analysis -- 3.1.1 Ring-Diagram Analysis: Background -- 3.1.2 Ring-Diagram Analysis: The SOLA Method and the Noise Correlation -- 3.1.3 Ring-Diagram Analysis: Recent Developments -- 3.2 Time-Distance Helioseismology -- 3.2.1 Time-Distance Helioseismology: Background -- 3.2.2 Time-Distance Helioseismology: Recent Developments -- 4 Selected Recent Observational Results -- 4.1 Rossby Waves -- 4.2 Flows Associated with Active Regions -- 5 Outlook -- References -- Time-Distance Helioseismology of Deep Meridional Circulation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Time-Distance Helioseismology of Deep MC: Current Results -- 3 Systematics and Signals in Travel Times -- 3.1 Wave-Frequency Dependence of Systematics and Signals -- 4 Differing Meridional Flow Solutions over Wave-Frequency -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Surface Rotation and Magnetic Activity of Solar-Like Stars: Impact on Seismic Detections -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Studying the Surface Rotation and Magnetic Activity of Main-Sequence Stars -- 2.1 Data and Methodology -- 2.2 Results -- 3 Stars Without Detection of Oscillations -- 4 Conclusions and Summary -- References -- Study of Acoustic Halos in NOAA Active Region 12683 -- 1 Data and Results -- References -- Helioseismic Center-to-Limb Effect and Measured Travel-Time Asymmetries Around Sunspots -- References. , Probing the Variation with Depth of the Solar Meridional Circulation Using Legendre Function Decomposition -- 1 Summary of Procedure and Results -- References -- New Inversion Scheme for Time-Distance Helioseismology -- 1 The Toy Problem and a Probabilistic Solution -- 2 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- On Active Region Emergence Precursors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Results -- 3 Conclusions -- Solar Hemispheric Helicity Rules: A New Explanation -- References -- Comparing Solar Activity Minima Using Acoustic Oscillation Frequencies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Results -- References -- Solar Cycle Variation of Large Scale Plasma Flows -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data and Analysis -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Measuring the Dispersion Relation of Acoustic-Gravity Waves in the Solar Atmosphere -- 1 Background -- References -- Non-adiabatic Helioseismology via 3D Convection Simulations -- 1 Non-adiabatic Modes -- References -- Part III From the Sun to the Stars -- Deciphering Solar Convection -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Convective Scales -- 3 Where do the Observed Horizontal Motions Originate? -- 4 Why 10 Mm? -- 5 Some Preliminary Checks -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- G Modes and the Solar Core -- 1 Solar Oscillations -- 2 Mixed Modes Detected in Other Stars -- 2.1 g-Mode Oscillations in Compact Objects -- 2.2 Mixed-Mode Oscillations in Red Giant Stars -- 3 The Search for g Modes in the Sun -- 3.1 Early Observations -- 3.2 Upper Limits on g-Mode Detection -- 3.3 Needles in the Haystack -- 3.4 Search for Repeated Structure -- 3.5 Influence on Other Parameters -- 4 What Next -- References -- Inverse Analysis of Asteroseismic Data: A Review -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Primer on Inverse Problems -- 2.1 Inverse Problems in Asteroseismology -- 3 Evolutionary Inversions -- 4 Sound Speed Inversions -- 4.1 The Method of Optimally Localized Averages. , 5 Summary of Current Results and Future Outlook -- References -- Diagnostics from Solar and Stellar Glitches -- 1 Glitch, Glitch Signature, and Mode Trapping -- 2 Acoustic Glitches -- 3 Buoyancy Glitches -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Dynamo States with Strikingly Different Symmetries Coexisting in Global Solar Simulations -- References -- Influence of Turbulence on an Essentially Nonlinear DynamoMechanism -- References -- Part IV Stellar Dynamics -- The Tachocline Revisited -- 1 The Turbulent Tachocline -- 2 Horizontal Shear Instabilities in Stars -- 2.1 Model Description -- 2.2 Low Péclet Number Results -- 2.2.1 Qualitative Results -- 2.2.2 Scaling Laws -- 2.2.3 Mixing by Horizontal Shear Flows at Low Péclet Number -- 2.3 Low Prandtl Number/High Péclet Number Results -- 3 Discussion -- References -- Seismic Signatures of Solar and Stellar Magnetic Activity -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Seismic Signatures of Solar Magnetic Activity -- 2.1 Activity-Related Frequency Shifts -- 2.2 Quasi-Biennial Variations -- 2.3 Variations in the Excitation and Damping of the Acoustic Modes -- 2.4 Cycle-to-Cycle Variation -- 3 Seismic Signatures of Stellar Magnetic Activity -- 3.1 CoRoT -- 3.2 Kepler -- 4 Future of Seismic Signatures of Magnetic Activity -- References -- Confinement of Magnetic Fields Below the Solar Convection Zone -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Slow Confinement in Cartesian Models -- 3 Fast Confinement in Spherical Shell Models -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Asteroseismic Study of KIC11145123: Its Structure and Rotation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Two-Dimensional Rotation of the Star -- 2.1 Latitudinally Differential Rotation -- 2.2 Hint of a Fast Core Rotation -- 3 Refining the Equilibrium Model of the Star Based on the Observed Period Spacing Pattern -- 4 Conclusions -- References. , The Impact of a Fossil Magnetic Field on Dipolar Mixed-Mode Frequencies in Sub- and Red-Giant Stars -- 1 Introduction: Understanding Red Giant Dynamics -- 2 Perturbative Methods -- 3 Mixed-Mode Splittings in RG -- 4 Conclusion and Perspectives -- References -- Asteroseismic Stellar Modelling: Systematics from the Treatment of the Initial Helium Abundance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Target Sample -- 2.1 Stellar Models -- 3 Discussion -- 4 Summary -- References -- Direct Travel Time of X-ray Class Solar Storms -- 1 Plasma Speed -- References -- On the Limits of Seismic Inversions for Radial Differential Rotation of Solar-Type Stars -- References -- The Physical Origin of the Luminosity Maximum of the RGB-Bump -- 1 Mirror and Bump -- References -- A New Utility to Study Strong Chemical Gradients in Stellar Interiors -- References -- 16 Cygni A: A Testbed for Stellar Core Physics -- References -- Exploring the Origins of Intense Magnetism in Early M-Dwarf Stars -- References -- Part V The Future -- A Future Path for Solar Synoptic Ground-Based Observations -- 1 The Need for Synoptic Observations of the Sun -- 2 Paths Gone: European Helio- and Asteroseismology Network (HELAS) -- 3 The Solar Physics Research Integrated Network Group-SPRING -- 3.1 Science Requirements -- 3.2 Feasibility Study -- 3.3 Preliminary Design Study -- 4 Future Path -- References -- Observational Asteroseismology of Solar-Like Oscillatorsin the 2020s and Beyond -- 1 A Brief History of Solar-Like Oscillations -- 2 First Results from the TESS Mission -- 2.1 Target Selection and Expected Yield -- 2.2 Exoplanet Host Stars -- 2.3 Bright Benchmark Stars and Galactic Archeology -- 3 The Future: PLATO, WFIRST and Beyond -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Oblique Pulsation: New, Challenging Observations with TESS Data -- 1 Scientific Justification -- References -- Accounting for Asphericity. , 1 Introduction.

Note: Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Planetary seismology: High risk, high return -- A bright outlook for helio- and asteroseismology -- Part I Observation and space missions -- 1 Asteroseismology observations and space missions -- 2 Helioseismology: Observations and space missions -- 3 Planetary seismometry -- Part II Data and physical parameters -- 4 Asteroseismology: From the telescope to the modeler's desk -- 5 Global helioseismology and asteroseismology of solar-type stars -- 6 Measurements with local helioseismology -- 7 Planetary seismology: Early observational results -- Part III Modeling approaches -- 8 Modeling approaches in asteroseismology -- 9 Modeling approaches in helioseismology -- 10 Modeling approaches in planetary seismology -- Part IV Discoveries of physical structures and processes -- 11 Asteroseismology of red giant stars -- 12 A helioseismic view of the Sun's internal structure and dynamics -- 13 Recent discoveries of structures and physical processes in local helioseismology -- 14 Seismology of giant planets -- 15 Seismicity and interior structure of the Moon -- Part V Interdisciplinary research involving planetary and astrophysical sciences -- 16 Diskoseismology of accretion disks -- 17 Numerical simulations of magnetoconvection and helioseismology -- 18 Impact seismology on terrestrial and giant planets -- 19 Angular momentum transport in stars: From short to long time scales -- 20 From the Sun to the distant stars, and back: Future research directions -- 21 Stellar dynamics: Rotation, convection, and magnetic fields -- 22 Sunquakes: Helioseismic response to solar flares -- 23 Seismic waves in small bodies: Sources and propagation -- Part VI Interdisciplinary research involvingterrestrial seismology. , 24 The interpretation of seismic travel times -- 25 Interpreting cross-correlations in seismology -- 26 Waveform tomography in geophysics and helioseismology -- References -- Index.

Note: Intro -- CITAMA 2019-Preface -- Organization -- Honor Committee -- Organizing Committee -- Program Committee -- Local Organizing Committee -- Sponsoring Institutions -- Contents -- Contributors -- Intelligent and Knowledge-Based Systems -- SePeRe: Semantically-Enhanced System for Pest Recognition -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Proposed Framework -- 3.1 Agricultural Ontology and Ontology Population -- 3.2 Pest Recognition -- 4 Proof-of-Concept Implementation -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Selecting Safe Walking Routes to Minimize Exposure Time in Outdoor Environments -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 System Architecture -- 3.1 Location of the Air-Quality Monitoring Stations -- 3.2 Nature of the Barriers -- 3.3 Journey Planner -- 4 Experiment -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Decision Support System for the Control and Monitoring of Crops -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Decision Support System -- 3.1 Crop Control Ontology -- 3.2 Rule-Based Engine -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 System Architecture -- 5 Evaluation and Results -- 6 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- A Rule-Based Expert System for Cow Disease Diagnosis -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 A Rule-Based Expert System for Cow Disease Diagnosis -- 3.1 Architecture and Functionality -- 3.2 Knowledge Base -- 3.3 Rule-Based Engine -- 4 Evaluation -- 4.1 Method -- 4.2 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Internet of Things and Monitoring Systems -- On-Line Monitoring of Bioelectricity from a Microbial Fuel Cell Using Fishery-Industry Wastewater -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Microbial Fuel Cell -- 3.2 Bioelectricity On-Line Monitoring -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work. , Acknowledgements -- References -- A Monitoring System for Lettuce Cultivation in an NFT Hydroponic System: A Case Study -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Monitoring System for Lettuce Cultivation in an NFT Hydroponic System -- 3.1 Case Study -- 3.2 Monitoring System Design -- 3.3 Test Case -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Automated Hydroponic Modular System -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Analysis -- 5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- IoT Applications in Agriculture: A Systematic Literature Review -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 IoT Applications in Agriculture -- 2.1 Research Questions -- 2.2 Search Strategy -- 2.3 Studies Selection -- 3 Information Extraction -- 3.1 IoT Applications in Agriculture -- 3.2 IoT-Based Devices Used in Agriculture -- 3.3 IoT-Based Software Applications Used in Agriculture -- 3.4 Benefits of IoT in Agriculture -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Image Processing -- Analysis of Computer Vision Algorithms to Determine the Quality of Fermented Cocoa (Theobroma Cacao): Systematic Literature Review -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Analysis and Review Planning -- 2.1 Research Questions -- 2.2 Search Sources -- 2.3 Search Strategy -- 2.4 Exclusion Criteria -- 3 Review Execution -- 3.1 Q1: What Are the Image Processing Levels in a Computer Vision Model? -- 3.2 Q2: What Are the Physical and Chemical Characteristics of the Cocoa Beans that Identify the Computer Vision Algorithms? Q3: What Are the Computer Vision Algorithms That Are Used for the Image Processing in the Fermentation of Cocoa? -- 4 Result Analysis: Discussion -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Agro-Ecological Zoning of Cacao Cultivation Through Spatial Analysis Methods: A Case Study Taura, Naranjal -- Abstract. , 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Study Area -- 2.2 Data -- 2.3 Methodology -- 2.4 Analysis of Climatic Variables -- 2.5 Automated Information Processing with GIS Tools -- 3 Discussion -- 4 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- PestDetect: Pest Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Network -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Proposed Framework -- 3.1 The Convolutional Neural Network -- 3.2 Dataset -- 3.3 Structure of the Neural Network -- 3.4 Training and Validation Results -- 4 Proof-of-Concept Implementation -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Social and Collaborative Systems -- Citizen Science in Agriculture Through ICTs. A Systematic Review -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Systematic Review -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Research Analysis -- 3.2 Search Planning -- 3.3 Study Selection and Quality Evaluation -- 4 Search Results -- 4.1 Frequency of Publication -- 4.2 Extraction Information -- 4.3 Results Analysis -- 5 Results Analysis: Discussion -- 6 Conclusion and Future Research -- References -- Sentiment Analysis in Social Networks for Agricultural Pests -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Word -- 3 Approach -- 3.1 Data Collection -- 3.2 Pre-processing Module -- 3.3 Polarity Identification -- 4 Evaluation and Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Trends in the Use of Webapps in Agriculture: A Systematic Review -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Analysis and Planification of the Review -- 2.1 Questions -- 2.2 Sources -- 2.3 Search Strategies -- 2.4 Exclusion Criteria -- 3 Development and Literature Review -- 3.1 RQ1: What Webapp Tools Are Used/Are Available in the Context of Agriculture? -- 3.2 RQ2. What Functions Do the Software Tools Perform According to Each Phase/Cycle in the Context of Agriculture? -- 3.3 RQ3. What is the Trend of Use of Webapps Applications? -- 4 Results. , 5 Conclusion Future Research -- References -- Author Index.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Knowledge Acquisition & -- Representation -- 1 Personalization of Ontologies Visualization: Use Case of Diabetes -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 State of the Art -- 1.2.1 Personalization of Ontologies Visualization -- 1.2.2 Diabetes Mellitus -- 1.2.3 Diabetes Ontologies -- 1.3 Approach -- 1.3.1 Overview -- 1.3.1.1 Navigation Menus -- 1.3.1.2 Treemaps -- 1.3.1.3 Site Maps and Site Indexes -- 1.3.2 Facets -- 1.3.3 Approach Validation -- 1.4 Case Study -- 1.5 Conclusions and Future Work -- Author's contributions -- References -- 2 Semantic Data Integration of Big Biomedical Data for Supporting Personalised Medicine -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Preliminaries -- 2.2.1 The 5Vs Model for Biomedical Data -- 2.2.2 Knowledge Modeling and Ontologies -- 2.2.3 Ontologies in the Biomedical Domain -- 2.2.4 The RDF Mapping Language (RML) -- 2.2.5 Federated Query Processing -- 2.3 Related Work -- 2.3.1 Big Data -- 2.3.2 Semantic Data Integration -- 2.3.3 Knowledge Management and Query Processing -- 2.3.4 Data Privacy -- 2.4 A Knowledge-Driven Framework -- 2.5 Applying the Knowledge-Driven Framework in Big Data Based Project iASiS -- 2.5.1 Big Biomedical Data Sources -- 2.5.2 Techniques for Extracting Knowledge from Big Biomedical Data -- 2.5.3 The iASiS Unified Schema -- 2.5.4 The Knowledge Graph Creation -- 2.5.5 Exploring and Querying a Knowledge Graph -- 2.5.6 Knowledge Discovery over a Knowledge Graph -- 2.6 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 Interaction Net as a Representation Model of a Programming Language -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Interactions Nets as a Model for the Programming Language -- 3.2.1 Realization of the Model of Computation to the Programming Language -- 3.2.2 Operating Conditions Language. , 3.3 Implementation of Interactions -- 3.3.1 Reference Languages -- 3.3.2 Operating Environment -- 3.3.3 Infrastructure-Less and Operation -- 3.3.4 Architecture Networks -- 3.3.5 Implementation of Interactions -- 3.4 Programming Language Tests -- 3.4.1 Expansion of Coverage -- 3.4.2 Sensor Network -- 3.4.3 Node Connectivity -- 3.5 Comparison with Other Programming Languages -- 3.6 Conclusions -- References -- 4 An Adaptive Trust Model for Achieving Emergent Cooperation in Ad Hoc Networks -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Related Work: Cooperation Models in Ad Hoc Networks -- 4.2.1 Cooperation Models -- 4.2.2 Social Dilemmas -- 4.3 An Adaptive Model of Trust -- 4.4 Simulation Scenarios -- 4.4.1 Scenario 1: No Error -- 4.4.2 Scenario 2: Errors in the Communication Process -- 4.4.3 Scenario 3: A Dynamic Population -- 4.5 A Meta-strategy on Cooperative-Competitive Games -- 4.6 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Operational Risk Identification in Ground Transportation Activities: Ontology-Approach -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Literature Review -- 5.2.1 Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) -- 5.2.2 Operational Risk Management -- 5.2.3 Risk Identification -- 5.2.4 Ontologies -- 5.3 Methodology -- 5.3.1 Determine the Domain and Scope of the Ontology, Its Purpose and Its Objective -- 5.3.2 Consider Reusing Existing Ontologies -- 5.3.3 Enumerate Important Terms in the Ontology -- 5.3.4 Define the Classes and the Class Hierarchy -- 5.3.5 Define the Properties of Classes-Slots -- 5.3.6 Define the Facets of the Slots -- 5.3.7 Create Instances -- 5.4 Results -- 5.4.1 Determine the Domain and Scope of the Ontology, Its Purpose and Its Objective -- 5.4.2 Consider Reusing Existing Ontologies -- 5.4.3 Enumerate Important Terms in the Ontology -- 5.4.4 Define the Classes and the Class Hierarchy -- 5.4.5 Define the Properties of Classes-Slots -- 5.4.6 Create Instances. , 5.5 Conclusions and Industrial Implications -- References -- 6 Challenges in RDF Validation -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 RDF Data Model -- 6.3 Validating RDF Data -- 6.3.1 ShEx -- 6.3.2 SHACL -- 6.3.3 Comparing ShEx and SHACL -- 6.3.4 Language S -- 6.3.5 From SHACL to S -- 6.3.6 From ShEx to S -- 6.4 Challenges -- 6.4.1 Negation, Recursion and Semantics -- 6.4.2 Shapes Libraries and Reusability -- 6.5 Shapes and the Semantic Web Stack -- 6.5.1 Data Transformation -- 6.5.2 Schema Inference -- 6.5.3 Validation, Modelling and Visualization -- 6.5.4 Validation Usability -- 6.5.5 Real Time and Streaming Validation -- 6.6 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7 A Bayesian Network Model for the Parkinson's Disease: A Study of Gene Expression Levels -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Theoretical Context -- 7.2.1 Genetic Aspects of PD -- 7.2.2 Microarrays -- 7.2.3 Machine Learning -- 7.2.4 Modeling Classes -- 7.2.4.1 Neurological Disease Control -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Multisystemic Atrophy -- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy -- Corticobasal Degeneration -- Healthy Control -- 7.2.5 Genes and Levels of Gene Expression -- 7.2.6 Biomarkers -- 7.3 State-of-the-Art -- 7.4 Materials and Methods -- 7.4.1 Data Set -- 7.4.2 Data Pre-processing -- 7.4.3 Normalization -- 7.4.4 Bayesian Networks -- 7.4.5 Discretization -- 7.4.6 Anova -- 7.4.7 WEKA -- 7.5 Methodology -- 7.6 Results and Discussion -- 7.6.1 Normalization of the GDS2519 Database -- 7.6.2 Bayesian Networks -- 7.6.3 Discussion -- 7.7 Conclusions and Future Work -- 7.7.1 Conclusions -- 7.7.2 Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Semantic Web Applications -- 8 Use of Sentiment Analysis Techniques in Healthcare Domain -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 State of the Art on the Use of Sentiment Analysis in Healthcare Domain -- 8.3 Design of a Module for Obtaining Sentiments and Emotions. , 8.4 Process for Performing Sentiment Analysis -- 8.5 Case Studies in Healthcare Domain -- 8.5.1 Obtaining Medicines Reputation -- 8.5.2 Obtaining Medical Doctors Reputation -- 8.6 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9 Medic-Us: Advanced Social Networking for Intelligent Medical Services and Diagnosis -- 9.1 System in a Nutshell -- 9.2 Introduction -- 9.3 Related Work -- 9.4 Medic-Us -- 9.4.1 Presentation Layer -- 9.4.2 Services Layer -- 9.4.3 Business Logic Layer -- 9.4.4 Data Layer -- 9.5 Social Network Environment -- 9.5.1 Sentiment Analysis of Physician's Reviews -- 9.6 Knowledge Representation -- 9.7 Knowledge Enhancement -- 9.7.1 MedlinePlus Extraction -- 9.7.2 Automatic Summarization of Medical Literature -- 9.7.3 Named Entities Recognition for Symptoms Extraction -- 9.8 Virtual Medical Office -- 9.9 Medical Trainer -- 9.10 Conclusions -- References -- 10 Semantic PHI-Base Web Interface: A Web Tool to Interact and Visualize Plant-Pathogen Interactions Data -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Semantic PHI-Base -- 10.3 Semantic PHI-Base Web Interface -- 10.3.1 Search Interface -- 10.3.2 Visualization Interface -- 10.4 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- 11 FASELOD: A Faceted Search Engine in Linked Open Datasets Using Voice Recognition -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Related Works -- 11.2.1 Faceted Search Engines -- 11.2.2 Projects that Apply NLP -- 11.3 Application Architecture -- 11.4 Case Studies -- 11.4.1 Search for Medical Information Related to Prediabetes -- 11.4.2 Search for Medical Information, of a Student, Related to Obesity and Overweight -- 11.5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- 12 ARLOD: Augmented Reality Mobile Application Integrating Information Obtained from the Linked Open Drug Data -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Related Works -- 12.2.1 AR in the Medical Field. , 12.2.2 LOD Cloud in the Medical Field -- 12.3 ARLOD Architecture -- 12.3.1 Architecture Description -- 12.3.1.1 Components Description -- 12.3.1.2 Architecture Workflow -- 12.4 Case Study -- 12.4.1 Case Study: Search for the Different Routes of Administration that a Drug Has -- 12.4.2 Case Study: Search for Information About a Drug for Educational Purposes -- 12.5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Semantic Web Applications -- 1 im4Things: An Ontology-Based Natural Language Interface for Controlling Devices in the Internet of Things -- Abstract -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Related Works -- 1.3 im4Things System -- 1.3.1 im4Things App -- 1.3.1.1 Bot Configuration -- 1.3.1.2 Instant Messaging -- 1.3.2 im4Things Cloud Service -- 1.3.2.1 im4Things API -- 1.3.2.2 Communication Management -- 1.3.2.3 Security -- 1.3.2.4 Understanding Module -- 1.3.3 im4Things Bot -- 1.3.3.1 Conversational Agent -- 1.4 Evaluation and Results -- 1.4.1 Subjects -- 1.4.2 Procedure -- 1.4.3 Results -- 1.4.4 Discussion -- 1.5 Conclusions and Future Research -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 2 Knowledge-Based Leisure Time Recommendations in Social Networks -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Related Work -- 2.3 Social Networking, Semantics and QoS Foundations -- 2.3.1 Influence in Social Networks -- 2.3.2 Leisure Time Places Semantic Information and Similarity -- 2.3.3 Physical Distance-Based and Thematic-Based Location Similarity -- 2.3.4 Leisure Time Places QoS Information -- 2.3.5 User's Profile for Enabling Recommendations -- 2.4 The Leisure Time Recommendation Algorithm -- 2.5 Experimental Evaluation -- 2.5.1 Determining the Number of Influencers -- 2.5.2 Estimating the Taxonomy Level of Places Categories of Interest per User -- 2.5.3 Interest Probability Threshold -- 2.5.4 Recommendation Formulation Time -- 2.5.5 User Satisfaction -- 2.6 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- 3 An Ontology Based System for Knowledge Profile Management -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Theoretical Background -- 3.3 State of the Art -- 3.3.1 Ontologies for Knowledge Management -- 3.3.2 Ontologies for Users' Profile Management. , 3.4 An Ontology for Knowledge Profile Management -- 3.4.1 Development of the Ontology -- 3.4.1.1 Specification -- 3.4.1.2 Conceptualization -- 3.5 Results -- 3.5.1 The Case Study -- 3.5.2 Ontology Implementation -- 3.5.2.1 Determination of Base Components -- 3.5.2.2 Detailed Definition of Base Components -- 3.5.2.3 Normalization -- 3.6 Discussion and Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 Sentiment Analysis Based on Psychological and Linguistic Features for Spanish Language -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Related Work -- 4.3 Corpus -- 4.4 LIWC and Stylometric Variables -- 4.5 Machine Learning Approach -- 4.6 Experiment -- 4.6.1 Combination of LIWC Dimensions and Stylometric Dimension -- 4.6.2 Text Analysis with LIWC and WordSmith -- 4.6.3 Training a Machine Learning Algorithm and Validation Test -- 4.7 Evaluation and Results -- 4.7.1 Results for the Tourism Corpus -- 4.8 Discussion of Results -- 4.8.1 Comparison -- 4.9 Conclusion and Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Knowledge Acquisition and Representation -- 5 Knowledge-Based System in an Affective and Intelligent Tutoring System -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Related Work -- 5.3 Fermat Architecture and ITS Knowledge Representation -- 5.3.1 The System Archetypes -- 5.3.2 Fermat's Architectural Style -- 5.3.3 Intelligent Tutoring System into Fermat Social Network -- 5.3.4 Knowledge Representation in the Intelligent Tutoring System -- 5.4 Recognizing Emotional States -- 5.4.1 Artificial Neural Network for Recognizing Emotional States -- 5.4.1.1 Training and Testing the Network with Emotional States -- 5.5 The Decision Network -- 5.5.1 Integrating Affect into the ITS -- 5.6 Evaluation and Results -- 5.6.1 Fermat Real-Time Evaluation -- 5.7 Conclusions and Future Directions -- Acknowledgments -- References. , 6 A Software Strategy for Knowledge Transfer in a Pharmaceutical Distribution Company -- Abstract -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Theoretical Background -- 6.2.1 Knowledge and Knowledge Management -- 6.2.2 Knowledge Transfer -- 6.3 Software Strategy -- 6.3.1 Identification -- 6.3.1.1 Knowledge Identification -- 6.3.1.2 Knowledge Assessment -- 6.3.2 Capture/Storage -- 6.3.2.1 Capture of Missing Knowledge -- 6.3.2.2 Knowledge Repository -- 6.3.3 Transfer/Visualization -- 6.3.3.1 Enablers -- 6.3.3.2 Enabling Tools -- 6.3.4 Application -- 6.3.4.1 Usage Assessment -- 6.4 Software Strategy Implementation -- 6.4.1 Identification -- 6.4.1.1 Knowledge Identification -- 6.4.1.2 Knowledge Assessment -- 6.4.2 Capture/Storage -- 6.4.2.1 Knowledge Repository -- 6.4.3 Transfer/Visualization -- 6.4.3.1 Enabling Processes and Tools -- 6.4.4 Application -- 6.4.4.1 Usage Assessment -- 6.5 Conclusions -- References -- 7 GEODIM: A Semantic Model-Based System for 3D Recognition of Industrial Scenes -- Abstract -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 State of the Art -- 7.2.1 Object Recognition -- 7.2.2 Semantic on Object Recognition -- 7.3 GEODIM Overview -- 7.3.1 Process of Geometric Primitives Recognition -- 7.3.2 Semantic Enrichment Process -- 7.3.3 Semantic Model -- 7.4 A Real Use Case: Objects Recognition in an Industrial Facility -- 7.4.1 Recognition Process of Geometric Primitives -- 7.4.2 Semantic Enrichment Process -- 7.5 Evaluation -- 7.6 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 8 Beyond Interoperability in the Systems -- Abstract -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Challenge of Interoperability in the Industry 4.0 -- 8.3 Related Work -- 8.4 The Advanced Industrial Technical Interoperability Concept (TIC) -- 8.4.1 Introduction -- 8.4.2 Description of the TIC Layer -- 8.4.3 Basic Interoperability Functions. , 8.4.4 Application of the TIC Layer to Manage Complex Design Reuse Scenarios -- 8.5 Discussion of the TIC Layer in Industry 4.0 Toolchains -- 8.6 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Knowledge-Based Decision Support Systems (Tools for Industrial Knowledge Management) -- 9 Knowledge-Based Decision Support Systems for Personalized u-lifecare Big Data Services -- Abstract -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Related Work -- 9.3 Proposed Platform -- 9.3.1 Data Acquisition and Management -- 9.3.2 Data Wrangling -- 9.3.2.1 Data Cleansing -- 9.3.2.2 Data Transformation -- 9.3.2.3 Data Loading -- 9.3.3 Big Data Storage and Processing -- 9.3.4 Learning Models -- 9.3.5 Model Interface -- 9.3.6 Knowledge Bases -- 9.3.7 Reasoner and Inferencing Services -- 9.3.8 Analytical Services -- 9.3.9 u-Lifecare Services API -- 9.4 Case Study -- 9.5 Conclusion -- References -- 10 Decision Support System for Operational Risk Management in Supply Chain with 3PL Providers -- Abstract -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 State of the Art -- 10.2.1 Supply Chain Risk Management-SCRM -- 10.2.2 Operational Risk -- 10.2.3 Outsourcing as a Logistics Strategy -- 10.2.4 Risk in 3PL Operations -- 10.3 Proposed Model -- 10.3.1 Risk Identification -- 10.3.2 Risk Prioritization -- 10.3.3 Risk Quantification -- 10.3.4 Risk Management -- 10.4 Case Study -- 10.4.1 Risk Identification -- 10.4.2 Risk Prioritization -- 10.4.3 Risk Quantification -- 10.4.4 Risk Management -- 10.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 11 Assessment of Ergonomic Compatibility on the Selection of Advanced Manufacturing Technology -- Abstract -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Literature Review -- 11.2.1 Models for Assessment and Selection of AMT -- 11.2.2 Applications of Fuzzy Logic in Manufacturing -- 11.2.3 Fuzzy Inference -- 11.2.4 Axiomatic Design for the Assessment and Selection of AMT -- 11.3 Methodology. , 11.3.1 Methods -- 11.3.2 Mathematical Model -- 11.3.3 Results Using a Numerical Example -- 11.3.4 Conclusions and Future Research -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 12 Developing Geo-recommender Systems for Industry -- Abstract -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 State of the Art -- 12.2.1 Recommender Systems in Different Domains -- 12.2.2 Geographic Information Systems Applied to Environmental and Urban Studies -- 12.3 How to Develop a Geographic Recommender System? -- 12.3.1 Development Tools for Recommender Systems -- 12.4 Usage Scenarios of Geographic Recommender Systems -- 12.4.1 Geo-recommendations for Selecting Points of Sale (Pos) -- 12.4.2 Geo-recommendations for Product Deliveries -- 12.4.3 Touristic Geo-recommendations -- 12.4.4 Geo-recommendation for Public Transportation -- 12.4.5 Geo-recommendations for Sale Offers Within a Specific Radius -- 12.4.6 GEOREMSYS: A Geo-recommender System for Selecting POS -- 12.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 13 Evaluation of Denoising Methods in the Spatial Domain for Medical Ultrasound Imaging Applications -- Abstract -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Review of Speckle Noise Reduction Methods for Ultrasound Medical Images -- 13.2.1 Transform Domain Methods -- 13.2.2 Spatial Domain Methods -- 13.3 Multiplicative Noise Model -- 13.4 Speckle Denoising Filters Compared in This Chapter -- 13.4.1 Average Filter -- 13.4.2 Median Filter -- 13.4.3 Frost Filter -- 13.4.4 Kuan et al. Filter -- 13.4.5 Lee Filter -- 13.4.6 Gamma MAP Filter -- 13.4.7 Anisotropic Diffusion -- 13.4.7.1 Speckle Reducing Anisotropic Diffusion (SRAD) -- 13.5 Metrics -- 13.6 Results -- 13.7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendix A: Attributes for AMT Ergonomic Evaluation -- Appendix B: Rates Given by Experts to Milling Machines Alternatives -- References.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- Contents -- Cloud and Mobile Computing -- Migrating SOA Applications to Cloud: A Systematic Mapping Study -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Research Method -- 3.1 Planning Stage -- 3.2 Conducting Stage -- 4 Results -- 5 Threats to Validity -- 6 Conclusions -- A Excerpt of the Papers Selected -- References -- Analysis of Mobile Applications for Self-healthcare of Panamanian Patients with Hepatitis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 3 Method -- 3.1 Search Strategy -- 3.2 Selection Criteria -- 3.3 Evaluation and Assessment of Application Functionalities -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Classification of the Application -- 5 Ontological Model -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Intelligent Agents and Semantic Web Services: Friends or Foes? -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State of the Art -- 2.1 IAs -- 2.2 SWS -- 3 Agents Versus Services -- 3.1 Comparison Framework -- 3.2 IAs Analysis -- 3.3 SWS Analysis -- 4 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Knowledge Based and Expert Systems -- An Ontology-Based Decision Support System for the Management of Home Gardens -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Guayaquil and Its Planting Preferences in Organic Orchards -- 4 An Ontology-Based Decision Support System -- 4.1 Home Garden Ontology -- 4.2 Rule-Based Engine -- 5 Evaluation -- 5.1 Method -- 5.2 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- A Collaborative Filtering Based Recommender System for Disease Self-management -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State of the Art -- 3 A Collaborative Filtering Based Recommender System for Diabetes Self-management -- 3.1 Mobile Application for Diabetes Self-management -- 3.2 Collaborative Filtering Based Recommender Module -- 4 Evaluation and Results -- 4.1 Method -- 4.2 Results. , 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Analysis of a Network Fault Detection System to Support Decision Making -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Architecture of the System for Network Fault Detection -- 3.1 Monitoring Module -- 3.2 Fault Detection Module -- 3.3 Network Fault History Module -- 3.4 New Knowledge Module -- 4 Evaluation and Results -- 4.1 Fault Detection -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Knowledge-Based Expert System for Control of Corn Crops -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Knowledge-Based Expert System for Control of Corn Crops -- 3.1 Modules of the Expert System -- 3.2 Inference Rules of the Mobile Application -- 3.3 Architecture -- 4 Case Study: Mobile Application for the Control of Maize Crop -- 4.1 Results -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Applying a Software Estimation Method to the Human Resources Management Based on PMBOK -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 2.1 Function Points -- 2.2 Use-Case Points Analysis -- 2.3 COCOMO II -- 3 Problems for the Human Resources Management in Software Projects -- 4 Estimation Method to Calculate the Absolute Value of Work -- 4.1 Calculation in Data Area -- 4.2 Calculation in Business Logic Area -- 4.3 Calculation in User Interface Area -- 4.4 Calculation in Integration Area -- 4.5 Calculation of Performance and Time -- 5 Applying MCAVW to Support the Processes for Managing Human Resources Defined in the PMBOK -- 5.1 Develop the Plan of the Human Resources -- 5.2 Acquire the Team of the Project -- 5.3 Develop the Project Team -- 5.4 Manage the Project Team -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Evaluation of Vulnerability and Seismic Risk Parameters Through a Fuzzy Logic Approach -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fuzzy Logic Techniques -- 2.1 Fuzzy Sets -- 2.2 Fuzzy Sets Operations. , 2.3 Membership Functions Characteristics -- 2.4 Integration of AHP with Fuzzy Sets -- 3 Study of the Seismic Case Through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) -- 3.1 Structuring the Problem -- 3.2 Construction of the Comparison Matrix -- 3.3 Estimation of Relative Weights -- 3.4 Results Analysis -- 4 Seismic Risk Assessment - Set Method -- 4.1 Fuzzy Logic Toolbox - Matlab -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Applications in Healthcare and Wellness -- An IoT-Based Architecture to Develop a Healthcare Smart Platform -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 2.1 Obesity in the IoT Paradigm -- 2.2 Hypertension in the IoT Paradigm -- 2.3 Chronic-Degenerative Diseases in the IoT Paradigm -- 3 Architecture of the Healthcare Smart Platform -- 4 Case Study: An Elderly Patient with Overweight and Hypertension -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgments -- References -- A Development Model of an Embedded System for Improving the Mobility of People with Physical Disabilities -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Design and Implementation -- 3.1 HomeR Architecture -- 3.2 Methodology -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- A Decision Support Visualization Tool for Infection Management Based on BMPN and DMN -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Decision Support Tool -- 3.1 WASPSS Platform -- 3.2 EHR Interactive Timeline -- 3.3 Guideline and BPMN Model -- 3.4 Rules: Excecution Point -- 3.5 DMN: Decision Support -- 4 Case of Use: Vancomycin -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Automatic Recording and Analysis of Somniloquy Through the Use of Mobile Devices to Support the Diagnosis of Psychological Pathologies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Physical Sound Magnitudes -- 3.1 Amplitude, Frequency, Intensity and Sound Pressure -- 3.2 Digital Sound Audio -- 4 System Overview. , 4.1 Architecture -- 4.2 Mobile Platform -- 4.3 Web Platform -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Clinical Assessment Using an Algorithm Based on Fuzzy C-Means Clustering -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fuzzy Logic -- 2.1 Fuzzy Sets -- 2.2 Universe of Discourse -- 2.3 Membership Function -- 2.4 Fuzzy Driver -- 2.5 Fuzzy Grouping -- 3 Research Method -- 3.1 Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) -- 3.2 Process of the Manchester Triage System (MTS) -- 3.3 FCM Clustering Method -- 3.4 FCM Grouping Algorithm -- 3.5 Case Study -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Kushkalla: A Web-Based Platform to Improve Functional Movement Rehabilitation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Overview of Kushkalla Platform -- 3.1 Client Applications -- 3.2 Cloud Components -- 4 Experimental Evaluation -- 5 Conclusions and Future Works -- References -- E-learning -- Competences as Services in the Autonomic Cycles of Learning Analytic Tasks for a Smart Classroom -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 SaCI and LA -- 4 Competences in SaCI -- 4.1 Specification of Autonomic Cycle with Competences -- 4.2 Autonomic Cycle with Competences -- 4.3 Tasks Description of This Cycle -- 4.4 Competences as a Service (CaaS) -- 5 Implementation Sample of One of the ACOLATs -- 5.1 Competences as a Service -- 5.2 Classify the Students by their Scores, Participations, etc. -- 5.3 Determine the Relationship Between the Classification of the Students and the Educational Resources -- 5.4 Determine the Best Educational Resource for a Given Student -- 6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- A Cloud-Based Architecture for Robotics Virtual Laboratories -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Open-Source Tools -- 3.1 Open-Source Cloud-Based Platforms -- 3.2 Free Software Tools for Robotics -- 4 Case Study -- 4.1 Tests -- 4.2 Case Study Recommendations -- 5 Results. , 5.1 Evaluation -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- A Reference Framework for Empowering the Creation of Projects with Arduino in the Ecuadorian Universities -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Free Hardware and Software -- 4 Case Study -- 4.1 Design and Implementation of a Robot Architecture -- 4.2 Robot Morphology -- 5 Results -- 5.1 Students Evaluation -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Ontology Model for the Knowledge Management in the Agricultural Teaching at the UAE -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State of the Art -- 3 Ontology Model for the Knowledge Management in the Agricultural Teaching at the UAE -- 3.1 Business Model Ontology of Milagro Campus -- 3.2 Business Process of Milagro Campus -- 3.3 Knowledge Management Model -- 3.4 Technology Architecture for Knowledge Management Model of Milagro Campus -- 3.5 Ontology of Knowledge Management of Milagro Campus, UAE -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- ICT in Agronomy -- The Current State and Effects of Agromatic: A Systematic Literature Review -- Abstract -- 1 Background -- 2 Systematic Review -- 2.1 Systematic Review Planning -- 2.2 Systematic Review Execution -- 2.3 Information Extraction -- 2.4 Result Analysis -- 3 Result Analysis: Discussion -- 4 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- A Photogrammetry Software as a Tool for Precision Agriculture: A Case Study -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Analysis and Comparison of the Most Used Applications in Agriculture -- 4 Case Study -- 4.1 Collection of Images -- 4.2 Software Installation -- 4.3 Images Processing -- 4.4 Validation and Results -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Search for Optimum Color Space for the Recognition of Oranges in Agricultural Fields -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Color Spaces Analyzed. , 2.2 Color Classification Algorithm.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Key Points -- Decision Support Systems for Industry -- 1 FINALGRANT: A Financial Linked Data Graph Analysis and Recommendation Tool -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fundamental Analysis -- 2.1 Financial Ratios -- 2.2 Financial Statements -- 2.3 Financial Statements in XBRL -- 3 The XBRL-Linked Data Transformation Process with FINALGRANT -- 3.1 Semantic Model for Financial Data -- 4 Case Study: Financial Analysis of Walmart with FINALGRANT -- 4.1 Walmart's Current Ratio -- 4.2 Walmart's Working Capital Ratio -- 4.3 Walmart's Acid-Test Ratio -- 4.4 Debt Ratio -- 4.4.1 Walmart's Debt Ratio -- 4.5 Additional Data -- 4.6 Case Study Conclusions -- 5 Research Conclusions and Further Work Recommendations -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 2 Constructing and Interrogating Actor Histories -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Actors and Histories -- 4 Constructing Histories -- 5 Interrogation of Histories -- 5.1 Typed Logic Programming -- 5.2 Meta Representation -- 5.3 Meta Interpreter -- 6 Evaluation -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Challenges in the Design of Decision Support Systems for Port and Maritime Supply Chains -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Components of a Decision Support System -- 3 Methodology -- 4 DSS in Port and Maritime Supply Chains: State of the Art -- 4.1 Journals and Research Groups Descriptive Statistics -- 4.2 Problems and Solution Approaches -- 4.2.1 Shipping Lines Problems -- 4.2.2 Container and Bulk Terminals -- 4.2.3 Interface Port-Container (Bulk) Terminals -- 4.2.4 Port and Maritime Management Issues -- 4.3 Data Analytics Methods -- 4.4 Collective Decision Making and Technological Innovations -- 5 Discussion and Implications -- 5.1 Discussion -- 5.2 Implications -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements. , References -- 4 Analyzing the Impact of a Decision Support System on a Medium Sized Apparel Company -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Related Works -- 2.2 The Representative Apparel Company -- 3 The Proposed DSS -- 3.1 The Design of the DSS -- 3.2 The Development of the DSS -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5 A Multicriteria Decision Support System Framework for Computer Selection -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Computer Adoption -- 1.2 Computer Attributes -- 1.3 The Multi-attribute Approach for Alternative Selection -- 1.4 Research Problem and Objective -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Integrating the Decision Group -- 2.2 Identifying Attributes -- 2.3 Selecting Evaluation Attributes -- 2.4 Identifying Alternatives -- 2.5 Selecting a Multi-attribute Technique -- 2.6 AHP and TOPSIS Techniques -- 2.6.1 AHP: Attribute Weighting -- 2.6.2 TOPSIS -- 3 Case Study -- 3.1 Integrating the Decision Group -- 3.2 Identifying Alternatives -- 3.3 Evaluated Attributes -- 3.3.1 Quantitative Attributes -- 3.3.2 Qualitative Attributes -- 3.3.3 Final Decision Matrix -- 3.3.4 Attributes Weighting-Using AHP -- 3.3.5 Normalization of Attributes -- 3.3.6 Weighting Normalized Attributes -- 3.3.7 Calculating Distances to the Ideal Solution -- 3.3.8 Calculating the Decision Index -- 4 Conclusion -- 5 Future Research -- References -- 6 An Agent-Based Memetic Algorithm for Solving Three-Level Freight Distribution Problems -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Three-Level Logistic Distribution Problem -- 2.1 Mathematical Formulation Three-Level Logistic Distribution Problem -- 2.2 Multi-Agent Systems for Solving Logistics Problems -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Multi-agent Model -- 3.2 Agent-Based Memetic Algorithm -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References. , Case Studies: Clinical, Emergency Management and Pollution Control -- 7 DiabSoft: A System for Diabetes Prevention, Monitoring, and Treatment -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Architecture of DiabSoft System -- 3.1 Overview of the Architecture Based on Its Functionality -- 4 Case Study -- 4.1 User Monitoring -- 4.1.1 Record of Symptoms, Vital Signs and User Habits -- 4.1.2 Recommendations for Diabetes Prevention and Care -- 5 Conclusions and Future Directions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 8 Health Monitor: An Intelligent Platform for the Monitorization of Patients of Chronic Diseases -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State of the Art -- 3 Health Monitor's Architecture -- 3.1 Parameters Monitoring -- 3.2 Alerts Management -- 3.3 Health Recommender Module -- 3.4 Monitoring of Patients -- 4 Evaluation and Results -- 4.1 Selection of Participants -- 4.2 Generation of Recommendations -- 4.3 Analysis of Results -- 5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9 Reliable and Smart Decision Support System for Emergency Management Based on Crowdsourcing Information -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 The RESCUER Vision -- 4 The Realisation of the RESCUER Vision -- 4.1 Gathering Data -- 4.2 Prioritising Data -- 4.3 Analysing Text -- 4.4 Analysing Images -- 4.5 Analysing Videos -- 4.6 Aggregating Data -- 4.7 Visualising Relevant Data -- 4.8 Further Features -- 5 The Evaluation of the RESCUER Solution -- 6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 10 Intelligent Decision Support for Unconventional Emergencies -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Brief Account of Related Work -- 3 An Intelligent Decision Support System for Unconventional Emergencies -- 3.1 Research Gaps -- 3.2 Problem Statement -- 3.3 Tools -- 4 Knowledge Representation and Storage. , 4.1 Creating the Ontology of Emergency Situations and Resources -- 4.2 Archiving Past Experiences (Storing Cases) -- 4.3 Expertise Acquisition (Codifying Rules) -- 5 Generating Recommendations -- 5.1 Input and Data Pre-processing Layer (IDPL) -- 5.2 Two Level Computation Layer (2LCL) -- 5.3 Output and Data Dissemination Layer (ODDL) -- 6 Concluding Remarks and Future Proposals -- References -- 11 Information Technology in City Logistics: A Decision Support System for Off-Hour Delivery Programs -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Insights on OHD Programs-Bogota's Case -- 4 OHD Key Performance Indicators -- 4.1 KPIs Methodology Calculation -- 4.1.1 Logistics Performance KPIs -- 4.1.2 Time KPIs -- 4.1.3 Cost KPIs -- 5 Decision Support System for OHD Programs -- 5.1 Solution Architecture -- 6 Conclusions and Future Research -- References.