Low-cost modular devices for on-road vehicle detection and characterisation

[EN] Detecting and characterising vehicles is one of the purposes of embedded systems used in intelligent environments. An analysis of a vehicle¿s characteristics can reveal inappropriate or dangerous behaviour. This detection makes it possible to sanction or notify emergency services to take early and practical actions. Vehicle detection and characterisation systems employ complex sensors such as video cameras, especially in urban environments. These sensors provide high precision and performance, although the price and computational requirements are proportional to their accuracy. These sensors offer high accuracy, but the price and computational requirements are directly proportional to their performance. This article introduces a system based on modular devices that is economical and has a low computational cost. These devices use ultrasonic sensors to detect the speed and length of vehicles. The measurement accuracy is improved through the collaboration of the device modules. The experiments were performed using multiple modules oriented to different angles. This module is coupled with another specifically designed to detect distance using previous modules¿ speed and length data. The collaboration between different modules reduces the speed relative error ranges from 1 to 5%, depending on the angle configuration used in the modules.This work was by the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry: CICYT project PRESECREL: "Models and platforms for predictable, secure and reliable industrial information technology systems" PID2021-124502OB-C41. Funding for open access charge: CRUE-Universitat Politecnica de Valencia.Poza-Lujan, J.; Uribe-Chavert, P.; Posadas-Yagüe, J. (2023). Low-cost modular devices for on-road vehicle detection and characterisation. Design Automation for Embedded Systems. 27(1-2):85-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10617-023-09270-y85102271-2Broy M, Cengarle MV, Geisberger E (2012) Cyber-physical systems: imminent challenges. 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A survey on quality of service support on middelware-based distributed messaging systems used in multi agent systems

The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19934-9_10Messaging systems are widely used in distributed systems to hide the details of the communications mechanism to the multi agents systems. However, the Quality of Service is treated in different way depending on the messaging system used. This article presents a review and further analysis of the quality of service treatment in the mainly messaging systems used in distributed multi agent systems. The review covers the issues related to the purpose of the functions provided and the scope of the quality of service offered by every messaging system. We propose ontology for classifying and decide which parameters are relevant to the user. The results of the analysis and the ontology can be used to select the most suitable messaging system to distributed multi agent architecture and to establish the quality of service requirements in a distributed system.The study described in this article is a part of the coordinated project SIDIRELI: Distributed Systems with Limited Resources. Control Kernel and Coordination. Education and Science Department, Spanish Government and European FEDER found. CICYT: MICINN: DPI2008-06737-C02-01/02.Poza-Lujan, J.; Posadas-Yagüe, J.; Simó Ten, JE. (2011). A survey on quality of service support on middelware-based distributed messaging systems used in multi agent systems. En International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence. Springer. 77-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19934-9_10S7784Gaddah, A., Kunz, T.: A survey of middleware paradigms for mobile computing. Technical Report SCE-03-16. Carleton University Systems and Computing Engineering (2003)Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents, http://www.fipa.org/Java Message Service Specification, http://java.sun.com/products/jms/docs.htmlCommon Object Request Broker Architecture, http://www.corba.org/Data Distribution Service, http://portals.omg.org/dds/Java Agent DEvelopment Framework, http://jade.tilab.com/Agent Oriented Software Pty Ltd., JACK Intelligent Agents: User Guide (1999)Nwana, H., Ndumu, D., Lee, L., Collis, J.: ZEUS: A tool-kit for building distributed multi-agent systems. Applied Artifical Intelligence Journal 13(1), 129–186 (1999)Perdikeas, M.K., Chatzipapadopoulos, F.G., Venieris, I.S., Marino, G.: Mobile Agent Standards and Available Platforms. Computer Networks Journal, Special Issue on ’Mobile Agents in Intelligent Networks and Mobile Communication Systems’ 31(10) (1999)Perrone, P.J., Chaganti, K.: J2EE Developer’s Handbook. Sam’s Publishing, Indianapolis (2003)Apache ActiveMQ, http://activemq.apache.org/IBM WebSphere MQSeries, http://mqseries.net/Object Management Group, http://www.omg.org/RTI Data Distribution Service. RTI corp., http://www.rti.com/OpenSplice DDS. PrismTech Ltd., http://www.prismtech.comVogel, A., Kerherve, B., von Bochmann, G., Gecsei, J.: Distributed Multimedia and QoS: A Survey. IEEE Multimedia 2(2), 10–19 (1995)Crawley, E., Nair, R., Rajagopalan, B.: RFC 2386: A Framework for QoS-based Routing in the Internet. IETF Internet Draft, 1–37 (1998)Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents. FIPA Quality of Service Ontology Specification. Doc: SC00094A (2002)Sun Microsystems, Inc. Java(TM) Message Service Specification Final Release 1.1 (2002)Object Management Group (OMG). The Common Object Request Broker Architecture and Specification. CORBA 2.4.2 (2001

Event Management Proposal for Distribution Data Service Standard

The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00551-5_32This paper presents a proposal to extend the event management subsystem of the Distribution Data Service standard (DDS). The proposal allows user to optimize the use of DDS in networked control systems (NCS). DDS offers a simple event management system based on message filtering. The aim of the proposal is to improve the event management with three main elements: Events, Conditions and Actions. Actions are the new element proposed. Actions perform basic operations in the middleware, discharging the process load of control elements. The proposal is fully compatible with the standard and can be easily added to an existing system. Proposal has been tested in a distributed mobile robot navigation system with interesting results.The study described in this paper is a part of the coordinated project COBAMI: Mission-based Hierarchical Control. Education and Science Department, Spanish Government. CICYT: MICINN: DP1201 1-28507-C02-01/02.Poza-Lujan, J.; Posadas-Yagüe, J.; Simó Ten, JE. (2013). Event Management Proposal for Distribution Data Service Standard. En Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence. Springer. 259-266. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00551-5_32S259266Sánchez, J., Guarnes, M.Á., Dormido, S.: On the Application of Different Event-Based Sampling Strategies to the Control of a Simple Industrial Process. Sensors 9, 6795–6818 (2009)Sandee, J.H., Heemels, W.P.M.H., van den Bosch, P.P.J.: Case Studies in Event-Driven Control. In: Bemporad, A., Bicchi, A., Buttazzo, G. (eds.) HSCC 2007. LNCS, vol. 4416, pp. 762–765. Springer, Heidelberg (2007)Hadim, S., Nader, M.: Middleware Challenges and Approaches for Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Distributed Systems Online 7(3) (2006)Pardo-Castellote, G.: OMG Data-Distribution Service: architectural overview. In: Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, Providence, USA, vol. 19-22, pp. 200–206 (2003)Object Management Group. Data Distribution Service for Real-time Systems Version 1.2 (2007), http://www.omg.org/Dorf, R.C., Bishop, R.H.: Modern Control Systems, 11th edn. Prentice Hall (2008)Poza-Luján, J., Posadas-Yagüe, J., Simó-Ten, J.: Quality of Service and Quality of Control Based Protocol to Distribute Agents. In: DCAI, pp. 73–80 (2010)Waldbusser, S.: RFC 2819 - Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base. Network Working Group. Lucent Technologies (2000)Poza-Luján, J., Posadas-Yagüe, J., Simó-Ten, J.: Relationship between Quality of Control and Quality of Service in Mobile Robot Navigation. In: DCAI, pp. 557–564 (2012)K-Team Corporation. Khepera III robot, http://www.k-team.comBraitenberg, V.: Vehicles: Experiments on Synthetic Psychology. MIT Press, Cambridge (1984)Poza-Luján, J.: Propuesta de arquitectura distribuida de control inteligente basada en políticas de calidad de servicio. Universitat Politècnica de València Press (2012

Relationship between quality of control and quality of service in mobile robot navigation

The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28765-7_67This article presents the experimental work developed to test the viability and to measure the efficiency of an intelligent control distributed architecture. To do this, a simulated navigation scenario of Braitenberg vehicles has been developed. To test the efficiency, the architecture uses the performance as QoS parameter. The measuring of the quality of the navigation is done through the ITAE QoC parameter. Tested scenarios are: an environment without QoS and QoC man-aging, an environment with a relevant message filtering and an environment with a predictive filtering by the type of control. The results obtained show that some of the processing performed in the control nodes can be moved to the middleware to optimize the robot navigation.The work described in this article is a part of the coordinated project SIDIRELI: (Distributed Systems with Limited Resources) and COBAMI (Mission-Based Control) Education and Science Department, Spanish Government and European FEDER found. MICINN CICYT: SIDIRELI: DPI2008-06737-C02-01/02, COBAMI: DPI2011-28507-C02-02.Poza-Lujan, J.; Posadas-Yagüe, J.; Simó Ten, JE. (2012). Relationship between quality of control and quality of service in mobile robot navigation. En Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence: 9th International Conference. Springer. 557-564. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28765-7_67S557564Vogel, A., Kerherve, B., von Bochmann, G., Gecsei, J.: Distributed Multimedia and QoS: A Survey. IEEE Multimedia 2(2), 10–19 (1995)Crawley, E., Nair, R., Rajagopalan, B.: RFC 2386: A Framework for QoS-based Routing in the Internet. IETF Internet Draft, 1–37 (1998)Bradner, S.: RFC 2026: The Internet Standards Process. IETF Internet Draft, sec.10 (1996)Object Management Group (OMG): Data Distribution Service for Real-Time Systems, v1.1. Document formal (April 12, 2005)Poza, J.L., Posadas, J.L., Simó, J.E.: QoS-based middleware architecture for distributed control systems. In: International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence. DCAI, Salamanca, Spain (2008)Poza, J.L., Posadas, J.L., Simó, J.E.: A Survey on Quality of Service Support on Middleware-Based Distributed Messaging Systems Used in Multi Agent Systems. In: 9th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. DCAI, Salamanca, Spain (2011)Dorf, R.C., Bishop, R.H.: Modern Control Systems, 11th edn. Prentice Hall (2008)Soucek, S., Sauter, T.: Quality of Service Concerns in IPBased Control Systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 51(6) (December 2004)Poza, J.L., Posadas, J.L., Simó, J.E.: Multi-Agent Architecture with Support to Quality of Service and Quality of Control. In: 11th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning, Paisley, UK (2010)Braitenberg, V.: Vehicles: Experiments on Synthetic Psychology. MIT Press, Cambridge (1984)Gabel, O., Litz, L.: QoS-adaptive Control in NCS with Variable Delays and Packet Losses – A Heuristic Approach. In: 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (2004)Poza, J.L., Posadas, J.L., Simó, J.E.: From the Queue to the Quality of Service Policy: A Middleware Implementation. In: Omatu, S., Rocha, M.P., Bravo, J., Fernández, F., Corchado, E., Bustillo, A., Corchado, J.M. (eds.) IWANN 2009, Part II. LNCS, vol. 5518, pp. 432–437. Springer, Heidelberg (2009

Un Salto hacia la Profesionalidad: Utilizando la Norma CCII-N2016-2 en la Elaboración de Memorias de Trabajos Fin de Grado y Máster en Ingeniería Informática

Este artículo analiza la adaptación de la norma técnica CCII-N2016-2 de documentación de proyectos de ingeniería informática para su aplicación en Trabajos de Fin de Grado o Máster. Se examina la conveniencia de esta adaptación y se proponen diversas opciones. Se realiza un análisis de las ventajas e inconvenientes de estas opciones tanto para los estudiantes como para los tribunales de evaluación. Además, se lleva a cabo una búsqueda de Trabajos Fin de Grado y Trabajos Fin de Máster realizados en universidades españolas donde se haya utilizado dicha norma en mayor o menor medida. Los resultados revelan que las tres opciones son empleadas, lo que sugiere la conveniencia de proponer una solución que homogenice los trabajos

Consenso Delphi sobre la transición de pediatría a adulto en las consultas de epilepsia

Delphi; Neuropediatría; TransiciónDelphi; Paediatric neurology; TransitionDelphi; Neuropediatria; TransicióIntroduction The transition from paediatric to adult neurology consultations in patients with epilepsy must be understood as a process in which the patient acquires independence in the management of their disease and faces new issues related to adulthood. The aim of this study is to gather the opinion of experts in epilepsy on this transition in order to issue recommendations. Methods Using a Delphi consensus process, 54 paediatric and adult neurologists with expertise in epilepsy expressed their degree of agreement on 38 statements on about the transition from paediatric to adult consultations, grouped into the following sections: (1) preparation and moments prior to transition; (2) transition process; and (3) moments after the transition and follow-up. Results After 2 rounds, consensus was reached for 33 statements (86.8%). For the remaining 5 statements (13.2%), there was neither agreement nor disagreement. Among the subjects for which consensus was strongest was the involvement of the patient and family, who must be provided sufficient information to resolve their doubts and concerns. Before referral, the clinical report must be reviewed to ensure that it contains all relevant information on the disease. During the first follow-up visits after the transition, the patient's knowledge should be brought up to date in order to promote their autonomy. Conclusion The clinical report, early preparation, and complete case review are considered fundamental in the process of transition from paediatric to adult neurology care.Introducción La transición desde neuropediatría a las consultas de neurología para adultos en pacientes con epilepsia ha de entenderse como un proceso en el que el paciente adquiere una independencia en el manejo de la enfermedad y afronta nuevos aspectos relacionados con la edad adulta. El objetivo de este estudio es conocer la opinión de expertos en epilepsia sobre esta transición para poder ofrecer recomendaciones. Métodos Mediante un consenso Delphi, 54 neuropediatras y neurólogos expertos en epilepsia mostraron su grado de acuerdo en 38 aseveraciones sobre la transición de pediatría a la consulta de adultos agrupadas en los siguientes bloques: 1) preparación y momento previo a la transición; 2) durante la transición; y 3) momento posterior a la transición y seguimiento. Resultados Tras dos rondas, se alcanzó un consenso en el acuerdo en 33 aseveraciones (86,8%). En las 5 aseveraciones restantes (13,2%) no hubo ni acuerdo ni desacuerdo. Entre los acuerdos más importantes destaca la implicación del paciente y la familia a los que es necesario aportar información suficiente para disipar sus dudas y miedos. Antes de la derivación, se ha de comprobar que el informe clínico contiene toda la información relevante de la enfermedad. Durante las primeras visitas de seguimiento tras la transición, se han de actualizar los conocimientos de los pacientes para lograr su autonomía. Conclusión El informe clínico, la preparación anticipada y la revisión completa del caso se consideran fundamentales en el proceso de transición de pediatría a la consulta de adultos.EISAI Farmacéutica SA funded this project, without participating in any way in study design, data analysis, or drafting of the article. EISAI Farmacéutica SA also funded the assistance with manuscript drafting

De la pizarra al circuito: una metodología para mejorar el aprendizaje en las prácticas de diseño lógico

En este artículo se presenta una metodología que pretende servir de apoyo para una mejor comprensión, por parte del alumno, de los conceptos de diseño de circuitos digitales. Dicha metodología se aplica a las prácticas de laboratorio y utiliza dos herramientas metodológicas complementarias. Tradicionalmente las prácticas de apoyo relacionadas con lógica digital se vienen realizando, en la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, en entrenadores lógicos, los cuales presentan el principal inconveniente de su limitación de uso y complejidad creciente del montaje en relación a la magnitud del circuito. El objetivo principal de la metodología propuesta es ofrecer una herramienta de aprendizaje basada en simulaciones, que permita al alumno poner en práctica los conceptos que posteriormente serán utilizados en la implementación de circuitos en el entrenador. Así, el alumno tiene la posibilidad de adquirir los conceptos tratados en clases teóricas y ponerlos en práctica mediante una transición más suave: pizarra, simulación, circuito real

A Game-Theory method to design job rotation schedules to prevent musculoskeletal disorders Based on workers preferences and competencies

[EN] Job rotation is an organizational strategy based on the systematic exchange of workers between jobs in a planned manner according to specific criteria. This study presents the GS-Rot method, a method based on Game Theory, in order to design job rotation schedules by considering not only workers' job preferences, but also the competencies required for different jobs. With this approach, we promote workers' active participation in the design of the rotation plan. It also let us deal with restrictions in assigning workers to job positions according to their disabilities (temporal or permanent). The GS-Rot method has been implemented online and applied to a case in a work environment characterized by the presence of a high repetition of movements, which is a significant risk factor associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). A total of 17 workstations and 17 workers were involved in the rotation, four of them with physical/psychological limitations. Feasible job rotation schedules were obtained in a short time (average time 27.4 milliseconds). The results indicate that in the rotations driven by preference priorities, almost all the workers (94.11%) were assigned to one of their top five preferences. Likewise, 48.52% of job positions were assigned to workers in their top five of their competence lists. When jobs were assigned according to competence, 58.82% of workers got an assignment among their top five competence lists. Furthermore, 55.87% of the workers achieved jobs in their top five preferences. In both rotation scenarios, the workers varied performed jobs, and fatigue accumulation was balanced among them. The GS-Rot method achieved feasible and uniform solutions regarding the workers' exposure to job repetitiveness.This research was funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission under Grant 2017-1-ES01-KA203-038589 in the frame of the project CoSki21-Core Skills for 21th-century professionals.Asensio-Cuesta, S.; Garcia-Gomez, JM.; Poza-Lujan, J.; Conejero, JA. (2019). A Game-Theory method to design job rotation schedules to prevent musculoskeletal disorders Based on workers preferences and competencies. International Journal of Environmental research and Public Health. 16(23):1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234666S1161623Aptel, M., Cail, F., Gerling, A., & Louis, O. (2008). Proposal of parameters to implement a workstation rotation system to protect against MSDs. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 38(11-12), 900-909. doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2008.02.006Jeon, I. S., Jeong, B. Y., & Jeong, J. H. (2016). 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Mobile-Based Distributed System for Managing Abandoned or Lost Pets

The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00551-5_24This paper presents the work in progress of a mobile-based distributed system which aims to minimize the social impact of abandoned or lost animals. System is based on the use of smart mobile devices to provide message warnings of animals localized. Messages are stored in a database to be processed. In order to enter data such as photography, audio and artificial images, system uses different mobile device interfaces. Data processing consists mainly in matching localized animals with lost animals, assigning abandoned animals at shelters and generating notifications for animal shelters or authorities. Currently, the system is in the development phase. The technical challenges in which we are working are to optimize data and metadata matching, and the management of message warning.The study described in this paper is a part of the coordinated project COBAMI: Mission-based Hierarchical Control. Education and Science Department, Spanish Government. CICYT: MICINN: DP1201 1-28507-C02-01/02.Garrote-Hildebrand, D.; Poza-Lujan, J.; Posadas-Yagüe, J.; Simó Ten, JE. (2013). Mobile-Based Distributed System for Managing Abandoned or Lost Pets. En Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence. Springer. 197-200. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00551-5_24S197200Lord, L.K., Wittum, T.E., Ferketich, A.K., Funk, J.A., Rajala-Schultz, P.J.: Search methods that people use to find owners of lost pets. Journal of the Veterinary Association 230(12), 1835–1840 (2007)Weiss, E., Slater, M., Lord, L.: Frequency of Lost Dogs and Cats in the United States and the Methods Used to Locate Them. Animals 2, 301–315 (2012)Laplante, P.A.: Exciting Real-Time Location Applications. IT Professional 13(2), 4–5 (2011), doi:10.1109/MITP.2011.22IFPUG (International Function Point Users Group). The IFPUG Guide to IT and Software Measurement. Auerbach Publications (2012)Yun, L., Peiji, S.: Applying RFID to the pet’s information management to realize collaboration. In: 7th Int. Conf. on Proc. Serv. Syst. Serv. Manage., Tokyo, Japan, pp. 1–6 (2010)Android SDK, http://developer.android.com/sdkClarck, J.E., Johnson, P.B.: Sencha Touch Mobile Javascript Framework. Packt Publishing (2012

Assessing the impact of continuous evaluation strategies: tradeoff between student performance and instructor effort

© 2016 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works[EN] Current opinion on undergraduate studies has led to a reformulation of teaching methodologies to base them not just on learning, but also on skills and competencies. In this approach, the teaching/learning process should accomplish both knowledge assimilation and skill development. Previous works demonstrated that a strategy that uses continuous evaluation is able to meet both objectives. However, those studies did not evaluate and quantify the additional effort required to implement such strategies. This paper evaluates the additional instructor effort required when implementing continuous evaluation in a first-year Computer Fundamentals course in the Computer Engineering degree program at the Technical University of Valencia, Spain. The experiment quantifies how instructor workload increases under different continuous evaluation strategies and how this affects the overall student grade. Both the standard continuous evaluation method and the intensive continuous evaluation method are analyzed, the latter being a proposal that builds upon the standard method by increasing the number of tests and examinations. The results obtained reveal that continuous evaluation improves student grades but that intensive continuous evaluation is liable to generate an excessive instructor overload without having a significant impact on student scores.This work was supported in part by the Department of Computing Engineering (DISCA) and the School of Informatics (ETSINF) of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV).Poza-Lujan, J.; Tavares De Araujo Cesariny Calafate, CM.; Posadas-Yagüe, J.; Cano Escribá, JC. (2016). Assessing the impact of continuous evaluation strategies: tradeoff between student performance and instructor effort. IEEE Transactions on Education. 59(1):17-23. doi:10.1109/TE.2015.2418740S172359