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Assess and prognosticate operational and environmental efficiency of primary sectors of EU countries: Implementation of DEA window analysis and ANNs
(2017)Efficiency assessment in agriculture is a research field were quite important methodologies have been implemented. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in one of the most recognized approaches due to the considerable advantages ... -
Bikeability audit in urban road environment: Case study in the city of Volos, Greece
(2018)Promotion of cycling can improve the sustainability level of a city or an urban area. This study presents a methodology that audits the bikeability level of the urban road environment across three selected routes in the ... -
Cloud computing economics
(2015)Cloud services and technologies are currently receiving increased attention from the industry mostly due to business-driven promises and expectations. Significant innovations in virtualization and distributed computing, ... -
Developing high quality public health services across the union that are equally accessible to all
(2018)Health systems are facing greater demands and challenges. Access to all with high-quality standards has been a key challenge for the European health systems, however, they are engaged to take care of the rights of those ... -
Does economic crisis force to consumption changes regarding fruits and vegetables?
(2017)This study focuses on consumers' behaviour towards Fruits and Vegetables (FVs) under economic crisis. The implementation of both factor analysis and logistic regression reveals discrete consumer groups, affected and not ... -
Energy efficient resource allocation scheme via auction-based offloading in next-generation heterogeneous networks
(2017)The focus of this chapter is centered on the network underutilization during low traffic periods (e.g., night zone), which enables the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to save energy by having their traffic served by ... -
Fostering computational thinking with arduino and lego mindstorms
(2020)Educational robotics (ER) can be of great assistance to educators who aim to develop their students' computational thinking (CT) skills. The ideas of decomposing a problem, handling it more abstractly, looking for patterns, ... -
Hadoop-based distributed k-shell decomposition for social networks
(2017)Complex network analysis comprises a popular set of tools for the analysis of online social networks. Among these techniques, k-shell decomposition of a network is a technique that has been used for centrality analysis, ... -
Harnessing the power of gamification: A case study of how it reconfigures the activity system of an undergraduate course
(2021)The chapter examines the effect of integrating gamification in the activity system of an undergraduate course. Activity theory is used as a framework in order to investigate the anchoring of gamification as a second-order ... -
Home design using robotic devices: 3D bioclimatic home design utilizing arduino
(2020)Programming and robotics are critical thought-provoking concepts that shape STEM courses within secondary schools today. Their use in creating engaging, skill-building projects in technology education is constantly increasing ... -
Intelligent bidding in smart electricity markets
(2016)This paper has two aims. Firstly, to briefly present overall objectives and expected outcome of an ongoing effort concerning design, implementation and the analysis of next generation energy systems based on anticipatory ... -
LinkZoo: A collaborative resource management tool based on linked data
(2020)This article presents LinkZoo, a web-based, linked data enabled tool that supports collaborative management of information resources. LinkZoo addresses the modern needs of informationintensive collaboration environments ... -
Maintaining Dimension's history in data warehouses effectively
(2019)A data warehouse is considered a key aspect of success for any decision support system. Research on temporal databases have produced important results in this field, and data warehouses, which store historical data, can ... -
Maritime spatial planning concepts and approaches: Focusing on mediterranean examples of conflicts and synergies arising by fishery activities
(2015)Often human activities taking place at limited available marine space may lead to important spatial and temporal conflicts and synergies. Through Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) a series maritime issues have been addressed ... -
Mobile platforms supporting health professionals: Need, technical requirements, and applications
(2016)Mobile computing is beginning defining the future of healthcare. The vast majority of mHealth applications are related to fitness, training and self-monitoring; limited applications are targeting physicians and doctor-patient ... -
Mobile platforms supporting health professionals: Need, technical requirements, and applications
(2016)Mobile computing is beginning defining the future of healthcare. The vast majority of mHealth applications are related to fitness, training and self-monitoring; limited applications are targeting physicians and doctor-patient ... -
Museum digital activities during the pandemic: Art as a communicative experience
(2022)The COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent instability of the health crisis rapidly transformed the cultural landscape and the way the public experiences the museum. Recent research suggests that museums saw a rise in online ... -
Optimal number and location of watchtowers for immediate detection of forest fires in a small island
(2017)A crucial factor for prevention and immediate confrontation of destructive fires and their socioeconomic and environmental consequences constitutes the early detection and spatial localization of fire ignitions, so that ... -
Predicting woody plant diversity as key component of ecosystems: A case study in central Greece
(2019)The Mediterranean basin is a global hotspot of biodiversity. Woody plants are key components of ecosystems. This article explores the environmental impacts on woody plant species richness and diversity in maquis and abandoned ... -
Representativeness of Taxi GPSEnabled Travel Time Data Using Gamma Generalized Linear Model
(2021)The sensor-era has brought rapid changes in transportation; the abundance of data has started changing the traditional way in which planners and engineers approach mobility. Nowadays, traffic monitoring and information ...