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.