Adaptive Weighting Scheme for Multi-Objective Optimization in Metasurface Antenna Design

We present a novel adaptive weighting scheme suited to the current-based optimization of metasurface antennas. The problem is formulated in terms of a weighted sum of individual objective functions corresponding to different constraints. A nonlinear conjugate gradient optimization algorithm is combined with an hyperplane adaptive weighting scheme to improve the convergence properties. The proposed approach is inspired by a geometrical interpretation of the properties of the Pareto front, and guarantees a balancing of the individual goals. The procedure has been applied to the design of broadside-radiating metasurface antenna working at 23 GHz, and demonstrated its effectiveness in improving both the speed of convergence and quality of the solution with respect to existing algorithms

The buildings for the holiday in the 20 years. The “Vittorino da Feltre” colony in Matera

In Italy, the holiday colonies are an important research field for researchers in recent years. This study - a part of a wide research that involves the whole Basilicata area - has highlighted the spread of marine and heliotherapeutic colonies in the territory. An important part of the study is also represented by the built-landscape relationship that has characterized the area. With the advent of mass tourism, these testimonies have been progressively abandoned, favouring their philological disappearance; in fact, there have been converted to education facilities as the “Vittorino da Feltre” colony in Matera. The study aims to present the first results of a wide research carried out on the holiday constructions made in Basilicata during the Fascism, in particular on the “Vittorino da Feltre” helioterapical colony in Matera; it was built in 1937 by a design of the engineer Vincenzo Corazza. It is the only helioterapical building present on Basilicata area until today, which has not been destroyed in the decades, after the collapse of the fascist regime because it was transformed and readapted in a public school. The analysis of the archival material, the study of the state of the art and the technological characterization of the building made it possible to highlight all the typicalities of this architecture

Territories in the Middle of the Ford. Mapping and Knowledge for Nature-Based Approach in the South Italy

The paper investigates a particular phenomenon of the industrialization of Southern Italy, starting from the second post-war period, and, in particular, the unsolved relationship between some large industrial areas and the territories of the medium and small cities on which such productive “plates” have been installed. The town planning policies and instruments with which the industrialization of Southern Italy was planned, on the contrary, foresaw a strong integration between urban fabric and industrial agglomerations. Through the case study of the province of Caserta, the research illustrated by the paper investigates, first of all, the policies that supported this process of industrialization and what the territorial effects of this phenomenon were. Next, the paper illustrates the method of knowledge and mapping of the territory of the case study of the industrial development area of Caserta. The data will be collected in a GIS platform that will return the following condition that is nowadays not available: analytical maps of the brownfield areas and the identification of the areas still intact, agricultural or green areas, urban areas and infrastructures, which trace a cognitive framework addressed to the project in which it will possible to experiment some possible eco-innovative and nature-based solutions

Progettazione e realizzazione di un Data Warehouse di supporto al Project Management secondo i principi della metodologia di sviluppo Agile SCRUM

Il progetto, svolto presso l'azienda Danese d60, illustra la progettazione e l'implementazione di un datawarehouse al fine di supportare le decisioni di Project Owner e Project Coordinator nell'ambito del project management secondo i principi della metodologia di sviluppo agile utilizzata in d60 e definita col nome di SCRUM