Media Independent End User Behavior and Performance Reports

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Almeida ◽  
Susana Sargento
Keyword(s):  
User Behavior ◽  
End User ◽  
Performance Reports ◽  
And Performance

NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT BUILDINGS AND CITIES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Widera
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
End User ◽  
Material Consumption ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Sustainable Urbanization ◽  
And Performance

The paper addresses the topic of nature-based solutions applied in the architectural and urban design. These ideas are analyzed in the context of the opportunities they create for the humanity in terms of the sustainable growth and environmental protection. Nature-based solutions are inherently taken from nature. The first part of the paper presents their tremendous potential to be energy and resource-efficient, and resilient to change. In the second part of the research particular concepts driven from nature (copied form nature or inspired by nature) proposed for the buildings and cities are described and evaluated. The author discusses their functional usefulness, spatial appropriateness, adaptation to local conditions, end-user comfort, environmental benefits and the possibility of duplication. Nature-based solutions applied in urban planning can make cities more climate resilient and contribute to ecosystems restoration. The paper describes how sustainable urbanization can stimulate economic growth, make cities more attractive and enhance well-being of the inhabitants. It is also explained how particular buildings can benefit from the concepts driven from nature e.g. by increasing their energy efficiency and performance in terms of raw material consumption. In purpose to properly response to the climate challenge, humanity has to establish a new kind of partnership with nature. Using nature-based solutions should be considered as an important part of this approach. The concepts presented in this paper show some of the most promising options, such as integration of living systems with built systems and innovative combinations of soft and hard engineering. In conclusion some of the most promising nature-based solutions for climate resilient buildings and cities are indicated

scholarly journals TESSA: design and implementation of a platform for situational sea awareness

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-196
Author(s):  
Mario Scalas ◽  
Palmalisa Marra ◽  
Luca Tedesco ◽  
Raffaele Quarta ◽  
Emanuele Cantoro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
End User ◽  
Performance Requirements ◽  
Platform Architecture ◽  
Front End ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Key Aspects

Abstract. This article describes the architecture of sea situational awareness (SSA) platform, a major asset within TESSA, an industrial research project funded by the Italian Ministry of Education and Research. The main aim of the platform is to collect, transform and provide forecast and observational data as information suitable for delivery across a variety of channels, like web and mobile; specifically, the ability to produce and provide forecast information suitable for creating SSA-enabled applications has been a critical driving factor when designing and evolving the whole architecture. Thus, starting from functional and performance requirements, the platform architecture is described in terms of its main building blocks and flows among them: front-end components that support end-user applications and map and data analysis components that allow for serving maps and querying data. Focus is directed to key aspects and decisions about the main issues faced, like interoperability, scalability, efficiency and adaptability, but it also considers insights about future works in this and similarly related subjects. Some analysis results are also provided in order to better characterize critical issues and related solutions.

Characterizing Smartphone Usage

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tapio Soikkeli ◽  
Juuso Karikoski ◽  
Heikki Hämmäinen
Keyword(s):  
Context Awareness ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
End User ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
User Context ◽  
Services Industry ◽  
High Level

Mobile end user context has gained increasing attention in the mobile services industry. This article utilizes handset-based data, collected from 140 users, to examine smartphone usage in different place-related end user contexts. Smartphone usage is examined first on a high level by using smartphone usage session as a unit of analysis. Then the usage sessions are dismantled into application sessions for deeper analysis and application level study. According to the authors’ analysis, smartphone usage is highly diversified across users. For example, the daily smartphone usage time differs by orders of magnitude between users. They observed also that smartphones are used differently in different end user contexts. For example, some applications are clearly more context sensitive than others. The results imply that mobile services and applications need to adapt to user behavior in order to be personalized enough, and that context awareness can indeed be a worthwhile step towards this.

scholarly journals 802.11 wireless simulation and anomaly detection using HMM and UBM

SIMULATION ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (12) ◽  
pp. 939-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anisa Allahdadi ◽  
Ricardo Morla ◽  
Jaime S Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Anomaly Detection ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Local Area Networks ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Access Point ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Wireless Local Area Networks ◽  
Network Simulator ◽  
Detection Analysis ◽  
And Performance

Despite the growing popularity of 802.11 wireless networks, users often suffer from connectivity problems and performance issues due to unstable radio conditions and dynamic user behavior, among other reasons. Anomaly detection and distinction are in the thick of major challenges that network managers encounter. The difficulty of monitoring broad and complex Wireless Local Area Networks, that often requires heavy instrumentation of the user devices, makes anomaly detection analysis even harder. In this paper we exploit 802.11 access point usage data and propose an anomaly detection technique based on Hidden Markov Model (HMM) and Universal Background Model (UBM) on data that is inexpensive to obtain. We then generate a number of network anomalous scenarios in OMNeT++/INET network simulator and compare the detection outcomes with those in baseline approaches—RawData and Principal Component Analysis. The experimental results show the superiority of HMM and HMM-UBM models in detection precision and sensitivity.

scholarly journals Emerging Homogeneous DNA-based Technologies in the Clinical Laboratory

2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 990-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole A Foy ◽  
Helen C Parkes
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Molecular Diagnostic ◽  
End User ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Diagnostic Technologies ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Diagnostic Setting

Abstract Background: Advances in molecular diagnostic technologies have enabled genetic testing in single closed-tube reactions. The purpose of this review is to highlight some of the platforms and technologies currently available for the homogeneous detection of targets and the application of the technologies in the clinical setting. Validation issues surrounding the technologies, which may need to be addressed before they can become widely accepted, will also be discussed. Approach: This review discusses the principles of several of the major technologies available for performing homogeneous genetic analyses. Publications arising from the application of the technologies in a wide range of clinical areas are used to highlight and compare the potential advantages and shortcomings of the various technologies. Content: This review is descriptive and focuses on three areas: the technologies available for performing homogeneous analysis, the clinical applications where the technologies are being used, and validation issues surrounding the acceptance of the technologies in the general clinical setting. Summary: This review intends to give the reader a greater understanding of the various technologies available for performing homogeneous genetic testing in the clinical laboratory. Through insight into the principles and performance characteristics underlying these technologies, the end user can evaluate their value and limitations in the clinical diagnostic setting.

Evaluation of visual analytics environments: The road to the Visual Analytics Science and Technology challenge evaluation methodology

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 326-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Scholtz ◽  
Catherine Plaisant ◽  
Mark Whiting ◽  
Georges Grinstein
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analytics ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
End User ◽  
Evaluation Program ◽  
Evaluation Methodologies ◽  
The Road ◽  
Community Evaluation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Right

Evaluation of software can take many forms ranging from algorithm correctness and performance to evaluations that focus on the value to the end user. This article presents a discussion of the development of an evaluation methodology for visual analytics environments. The Visual Analytics Science and Technology Challenge was created as a community evaluation resource. This resource is available to researchers and developers of visual analytics environments and allows them to test out their designs and visualization and compare the results with the solution and the entries prepared by others. Sharing results allows the community to learn from each other and to hopefully advance more quickly. In this article, we discuss the original challenge and its evolution during the 7 years since its inception. While the Visual Analytics Science and Technology Challenge is the focus of this article, there are lessons for many involved in setting up a community evaluation program, including the need to understand the purpose of the evaluation, decide upon the right metrics to use, and the appropriate implementation of those metrics including datasets and evaluators. For ongoing evaluations, it is also necessary to track the evolution and to ensure that the evaluation methodologies are keeping pace with the science being evaluated. The discussions on the Visual Analytics Science and Technology Challenge on these topics should be pertinent to many interested in community evaluations.

scholarly journals Task Trail Based Enhanced User Experience in Customer Facing Website using Automatic Facet Construction Techniques.

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9S3) ◽  
pp. 1057-1060
Keyword(s):  
Extraction Method ◽  
World Wide ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Extraction Techniques ◽  
End User ◽  
Standard Specification ◽  
Term Extraction ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Product Standard

World Wide Web is the indispensable source for millions of millions user. The primary goal of the www is provide the most relevant, valid and right information for the end user to who is looking for the information. In this paper we conducted study on various term extraction method used recently by the researchers and we have made a comparative study of various term extraction techniques used in past. Finally we proposed a novel method of improving end user search experience by combining the task trail based user behavior and Automatic facet searching. Also this approach can be further taken forward by enhancing the facets search by referencing the well done Wikipedia for the descriptive based user search goal. The scope of the Automatic facets searching can be further enhanced for the product based product standard specification. Our scopes of work will predominately combining the Automatic facets with the user behavior from the task trail and adding product based standardization to improve the end search experience.

scholarly journals Task Trail Based Enhanced User Experience in Customer Facing Website using Automatic Facet Construction Techniques

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9S3) ◽  
pp. 822-825
Keyword(s):  
Extraction Method ◽  
World Wide ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Extraction Techniques ◽  
End User ◽  
Standard Specification ◽  
Term Extraction ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Product Standard

World Wide Web is the indispensable source for millions of millions user. The primary goal of the www is provide the most relevant, valid and right information for the end user to who is looking for the information. In this paper we conducted study on various term extraction method used recently by the researchers and we have made a comparative study of various term extraction techniques used in past. Finally we proposed a novel method of improving end user search experience by combining the task trail based user behavior and Automatic facet searching. Also this approach can be further taken forward by enhancing the facets search by referencing the well done Wikipedia for the descriptive based user search goal. The scope of the Automatic facets searching can be further enhanced for the product based product standard specification. Our scopes of work will predominately combining the Automatic facets with the user behavior from the task trail and adding product based standardization to improve the end search experience.

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