An Autonomous UAV Architecture for Remote Sensing and Intelligent Decision-making

Recently, the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration and other international organizations have proposed a set of requirements for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to operate for nonrecreational purposes. However, existing UAV architectures fulfill only some of the established requirements, and not all in one solution. This article presents an event-driven service-oriented architecture that allows autonomous UAVs to satisfy all these requirements and to detect critical situations, performing real-time decision making

Towards the use of unmanned aerial systems for providing sustainable services in smart cities

La sostenibilidad está en el centro de muchos campos de aplicación en los que el uso de los sistemas aéreos no tripulados (SUA) es cada vez más importante (por ejemplo, la agricultura, la detección y predicción de incendios, la vigilancia ambiental, la cartografía, etc.). Sin embargo, su uso y evolución están muy condicionados por el campo de aplicación específico para el que están diseñados y, por lo tanto, no pueden ser fácilmente reutilizados entre los diferentes campos de aplicación. Desde este punto de vista, al no ser polivalentes, podemos decir que no son totalmente sostenibles. Teniendo esto en cuenta, el objetivo de este trabajo es doble: por un lado, identificar el conjunto de características que debe proporcionar un UAS para ser considerado sostenible y demostrar que no hay ningún UAS que satisfaga todas estas características; por otra parte, presentar una arquitectura abierta y sostenible de los UAS que pueda utilizarse para construir UAS a petición para proporcionar las características necesarias en cada campo de aplicación. Dado que esta arquitectura se basa principalmente en la adaptabilidad del software y el hardware, contribuye a la sostenibilidad técnica de las ciudades.Sustainability is at the heart of many application fields where the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) is becoming more and more important (e.g., agriculture, fire detection and prediction, environmental surveillance, mapping, etc.). However, their usage and evolution are highly conditioned by the specific application field they are designed for, and thus, they cannot be easily reused among different application fields. From this point of view, being that they are not multipurpose, we can say that they are not fully sustainable. Bearing this in mind, the objective of this paper is two-fold: on the one hand, to identify the whole set of features that must be provided by a UAS to be considered sustainable and to show that there is no UAS satisfying all these features; on the other hand, to present an open and sustainable UAS architecture that may be used to build UAS on demand to provide the features needed in each application field. Since this architecture is mainly based on software and hardware adaptability, it contributes to the technical sustainability of cities.• Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad y Fondos FEDER. Proyecto TIN2015-69957-R (I+D+i) • Junta de Extremadura y Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional. Ayuda GR15098 y IB16055 • Parcialmente financiado por Interreg V-A España-Portugal (POCTEP) 2014-2020 program. Proyecto 0045-4IE-4-PpeerReviewe

CompareML: A Novel Approach to Supporting Preliminary Data Analysis Decision Making

There are a large number of machine learning algorithms as well as a wide range of libraries and services that allow one to create predictive models. With machine learning and artificial intelligence playing a major role in dealing with engineering problems, practising engineers often come to the machine learning field so overwhelmed with the multitude of possibilities that they find themselves needing to address difficulties before actually starting on carrying out any work. Datasets have intrinsic properties that make it hard to select the algorithm that is best suited to some specific objective, and the ever-increasing number of providers together make this selection even harder. These were the reasons underlying the design of CompareML, an approach to supporting the evaluation and comparison of machine learning libraries and services without deep machine learning knowledge. CompareML makes it easy to compare the performance of different models by using well-known classification and regression algorithms already made available by some of the most widely used providers. It facilitates the practical application of methods and techniques of artificial intelligence that let a practising engineer decide whether they might be used to resolve hitherto intractable problems. Thus, researchers and engineering practitioners can uncover the potential of their datasets for the inference of new knowledge by selecting the most appropriate machine learning algorithm and determining the provider best suited to their data

SCPL: a social cooperative programming language to automate cooperative processes in (A)symmetric social networks

En los últimos años, el uso cada vez mayor de las redes sociales y las aplicaciones, especialmente las que se utilizan de forma asimétrica, ha cambiado significativamente los procesos comerciales en muchas organizaciones. Estas aplicaciones proporcionan nuevas formas cooperativas de realizar estos procesos al aprovechar las interacciones entre los usuarios. Sin embargo, el alto número de estas aplicaciones ha llevado a una falta de automatización en sus interacciones y, por lo tanto, a la necesidad de conectarse manualmente a estas redes para realizar tareas recurrentes y repetitivas. Para automatizar estas operaciones, este documento presenta SCPL, un lenguaje específico de dominio (DSL) que permite la conectividad entre diferentes redes sociales y aplicaciones, y proporciona una forma de automatizar su gestión. La principal contribución de este documento es mostrar cómo SCPL se puede usar para especificar tareas de colaboración utilizando redes sociales simétricas y asimétricas de forma transparente.In recent years, the increasing use of social networks and applications—especially those used in an asymmetric way—has significantly changed the business processes in many organizations. These applications provide new cooperative ways of performing these processes by taking advantage of the interactions among users. However, the high number of these applications has led to a lack of automation in their interactions and, thus, the need of manually connecting to these networks to perform recurrent and repetitive tasks. In order to automate these operations, this paper presents SCPL, a Domain Specific Language (DSL) that enables connectivity among different social networks and applications and provides a way to automate their management. The main contribution of this paper is showing how SCPL can be used to specify collaborative tasks using symmetric and asymmetric social networks in a transparent way.• Ministerio de Economía e Innovación y Fondos FEDER. Proyecto TIN2015-6957-R • Junta de ExtremadurapeerReviewe

A short-term data based water consumption prediction approach

A smart water network consists of a large number of devices that measure a wide range of parameters present in distribution networks in an automatic and continuous way. Among these data, you can find the flow, pressure, or totalizer measurements that, when processed with appropriate algorithms, allow for leakage detection at an early stage. These algorithms are mainly based on water demand forecasting. Different approaches for the prediction of water demand are available in the literature. Although they present successful results at different levels, they have two main drawbacks: the inclusion of several seasonalities is quite cumbersome, and the fitting horizons are not very large. With the aim of solving these problems, we present the application of pattern similarity-based techniques to the water demand forecasting problem. The use of these techniques removes the need to determine the annual seasonality and, at the same time, extends the horizon of prediction to 24 h. The algorithm has been tested in the context of a real project for the detection and location of leaks at an early stage by means of demand forecasting, and good results were obtained, which are also presented in this paper.publishersversionpublishe

Libro: Acceso, conocimiento y uso de Internet en la universidad. Modelo de diagnóstico y caracterización: Caso Universidad de Antioquia

Based upon the research project Access to and Knowledge and Use of the Internet in the University of Antioquia, this paper presents a model that will enable any university to diagnose and analyze its situation relative to the utilization of the Internet as a support medium for instruction, research, extension and administrative management and, consequently, to determine the possible actions that would be necessary in order for the Internet to become a "digital opportunity" in every university. This model would also enable each university to address the four great threats or limitations to which universities are often exposed: the digital divide, information and digital illiteracy, the poor quality of the digital information that is so often used (information asymmetry), and information overload (infoxication). The methodology utilized in this study included the following steps: creation of a matrix for the information compiled, definition of the macroconcepts-macrovariables of analysis, the state of the art on the subject, the contextualization of the situation of the university, the selection of the sample group, and, finally, the recommendations to the agencies. As a general conclusion, this study notes the urgent necessity for all of the universities to assume, as one of their principal strategies for action, the incorporation of the TIC and the Internet into their tools and services as well as their mission statements. This incorporation must include the integration of plans, programs, and projects and ongoing evaluation

Análisis de la Motivación, la Satisfacción y el Esfuerzo en la Implantación de un Grado Bilingüe

La internacionalización de las enseñanzas a través de la implantación de titulaciones bilingües presenta importantes retos para el alumnado, el profesorado y la institución. La identificación temprana de barreras y problemas es fundamental para lograr con éxito su implantación. Con este objetivo en mente, este trabajo presenta los resultados obtenidos de la evaluación de la implantación de un título bilingüe en un grado de Ingeniería Informática. En concreto, se han contemplado tres ejes fundamentales dentro de esta evaluación: (1) la motivación del alumnado para no elegir enseñanzas en inglés, (2) la satisfacción del alumnado con el desarrollo de las asignaturas en inglés, y (3) el esfuerzo del profesorado en la docencia en inglés. A partir de estos datos se realiza un análisis de la docencia en castellano y la docencia en inglés para el mismo conjunto de asignaturas. El objetivo último del estudio es proponer acciones para la mejora continua, así como extraer conclusiones sobre el funcionamiento del título que puedan servir como referencia para la puesta en marcha o mejora de otras iniciativas de implantación de títulos bilingües.Higher education internationalization by means of bilingual degrees presents great challenges for students, teaching staff and institutions. Early identification of burdens and issues is of utmost importance to offer such studies successfully. Within that goal, this work presents results obtained from the evaluation of a new bilingual degree (English) in Computer Science. Concretely, three main dimensions has been evaluated: (1) students’ motivation to learn in English; (2) students’ satisfaction with English teaching; and (3) perceived staff effort to teach in English. Based on the resulting data we perform an analysis about teaching in English and in Spanish the same subject set. The final goal of this study is to propose concrete actions for continuous enhancement and to derive conclusions about degree development, so that they may be useful for other initiatives of bilingual educational programs

Effect of poultry manure and biosolid mixed with European turbe for cucurbit seedling production

En México, la turba de Sphagnum (peat moss), es el principal sustrato utilizado para la producción de plántulas de hortalizas en bandeja de poliestireno, su precio es elevado por ser de importación, lo que hace necesario estudiar alternativas de menor costo. Por lo anterior, se propone mezclar la turba con materiales orgánicos de origen local como la gallinaza (G) y biosólido (B) para producir plántulas de pepino (Cucumis sativus L.) y calabacita (Cucurbita pepo L.). Ocho mezclas de material orgánico-turba fueron evaluadas para cada especie: 1) 4% G + 96% turba; 2) 8% G + 92% turba; 3) 12% G + 88% turba; 4) 16% G + 84% turba; 5) 4% B + 96% turba; 6) 8% B + 92% turba; 7) 12% B + 88% turba; 8) 16% B + 84% turba, el tratamiento testigo fue 100% turba. En los resultados se destaca, en pepino, la mezcla con 16% de biosólido que afectó positivamente en unidades SPAD (Soil Plant Analysis Development), diámetro de tallo y área foliar, mientras que la mezcla con 12% de gallinaza aumentó peso seco de parte aérea y total (P ≤ 0,05). En calabacita, la mezcla con 16% de gallinaza incrementó área foliar (P ≤ 0,05). En las variables de altura, peso seco de raíz y balance de plántula no se encontraron diferencias significativas en ambas especies y mezclas. Se concluye que mezclas de turba europea (peat moss) con gallinaza o biosólido, son una importante alternativa técnica y económica para la producción de plántulas en pepino y calabacita.In Mexico, Sphagnum turbe (peat moss) is the main substrate used for the production of vegetable seedlings in polystyrene trays. It is imported and thus has an elevated price, therefore some lower cost alternatives need to be addressed. This work proposes a mixture of peat with local organic materials as poultry manure (PM) and biosolid (B) to produce cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) and zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.) seedlings. Eight mixtures of organic material-peat were evaluated for each species: 1) 4% PM + 96% peat; 2) 8% PM + 92% peat; 3) 12% PM + 88% peat; 4) 16% PM + 84% peat; 5) 4% B + 96% peat; 6) 8% B + 92% peat; 7) 12% B + 88% peat; 8) 16% B + 84% peat, and 100% peat as control. Compared with the control, the mixture with 16% of biosolid affected positively SPAD (Soil Plant Analysis Development) units, stem diameter and leaf area in cucumber seedlings, while the mixture with 12% of poultry manure increased aerial and total dry weight (P ≤ 0.05). In zucchini, the mixture with 16% of poultry manure increased leaf area (P ≤ 0.05). No significant differences were found in height, root dry weight and seedling balance in both species and mixtures. We concluded that use of peat moss mixed with poultry manure or biosolid represents an important technical and economic alternative for cucumber and zucchini seedling production.Fil: Carballo Méndez, Fernando de Jesús. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. Facultad de AgronomíaFil: Rodríguez Ortiz, Juan Carlos. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. Facultad de AgronomíaFil: García Hernández, José Luis.Fil: Alcalá Jáuregui, Jorge Alonso. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. Facultad de AgronomíaFil: Preciado Rangel, Pablo. Instituto Tecnológico de Torreón (México)Fil: Rodríguez Fuentes, Humberto. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (México). Facultad de Agronomía.Fil: Villarreal Guerrero, Federico. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. Facultad de Agronomí

Implementación de servicios de infraestructura it basada en zentyal 6.2

En este trabajo se implementa un servidor con el sistema operativo Zentyal en versión 6.2 el cual trabaja de manera centralizada la administración de los servicios, con un panel de control para configurarlos de manera correcta. Este trabajo está orientado a la administración y control de una distribución GNU/Linux basada en Ubuntu, enfocada a la implementación de servicios de infraestructura IT de mayor nivel para intranet y extranet en instituciones complejas. La distribución que se trabaja es GNU/Linux Zentyal Server 6.2 la cual es instalada y configurada como sistema operativo base para disponer de los servicios y plataformas de infraestructura IT. Los servicios y plataformas explicados en este trabajo son DHCP Server, DNS Server, Controlador de Dominio, Proxy no transparente, Cortafuegos, File Server, Print Server y VPN.This work implements a server with the Zentyal operating system in version 5.0.1 which works centrally in the administration of the services, with a control panel to configure them correctly. This work is aimed at the administration and control of a GNU / Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, focused on the implementation of higher level IT infrastructure services for intranet and extranet in complex institutions. The distribution that works is GNU / Linux Zentyal Server 6.2 which is installed and configured as a base operating system to provide IT infrastructure services and platforms. The services and platforms explained in this work are DHCP Server, DNS Server, Domain Controller, Non-transparent Proxy, Firewall, File Server, Print Server and VPN

Efecto de gallinaza y biosólido en mezcla con turba europea para producción de plántulas de cucurbitáceas

In Mexico, Sphagnum turbe (peat moss) is the main substrate used for the production of vegetable seedlings in polystyrene trays. It is imported and thus has an elevated price, therefore some lower cost alternatives need to be addressed. This work proposes a mixture of peat with local organic materials as poultry manure (PM) and biosolid (B) to produce cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) and zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.) seedlings. Eight mixtures of organic material-peat were evaluated for each species: 1) 4% PM + 96% peat; 2) 8% PM + 92% peat; 3) 12% PM + 88% peat; 4) 16% PM + 84% peat; 5) 4% B + 96% peat; 6) 8% B + 92% peat; 7) 12% B + 88% peat; 8) 16% B + 84% peat, and 100% peat as control. Compared with the control, the mixture with 16% of biosolid affected positively SPAD (Soil Plant Analysis Development) units, stem diameter and leaf area in cucumber seedlings, while the mixture with 12% of poultry manure increased aerial and total dry weight (P ≤ 0.05). In zucchini, the mixture with 16% of poultry manure increased leaf area (P ≤ 0.05). No significant differences were found in height, root dry weight and seedling balance in both species and mixtures. We concluded that use of peat moss mixed with poultry manure or biosolid represents an important technical and economic alternative for cucumber and zucchini seedling production.En México, la turba de Sphagnum (peat moss), es el principal sustrato utilizado para la producción de plántulas de hortalizas en bandeja de poliestireno, su precio es elevado por ser de importación, lo que hace necesario estudiar alternativas de menor costo. Por lo anterior, se propone mezclar la turba con materiales orgánicos de origen local como la gallinaza (G) y biosólido (B) para producir plántulas de pepino (Cucumis sativus L.) y calabacita (Cucurbita pepo L.). Ocho mezclas de material orgánico-turba fueron evaluadas para cada especie: 1) 4% G + 96% turba; 2) 8% G + 92% turba; 3) 12% G + 88% turba; 4) 16% G + 84% turba; 5) 4% B + 96% turba; 6) 8% B + 92% turba; 7) 12% B + 88% turba; 8) 16% B + 84% turba, el tratamiento testigo fue 100% turba. En los resultados se destaca, en pepino, la mezcla con 16% de biosólido que afectó positivamente en unidades SPAD (Soil Plant Analysis Development), diámetro de tallo y área foliar, mientras que la mezcla con 12% de gallinaza aumentó peso seco de parte aérea y total (P ≤ 0,05). En calabacita, la mezcla con 16% de gallinaza incrementó área foliar (P ≤ 0,05). En las variables de altura, peso seco de raíz y balance de plántula no se encontraron diferencias significativas en ambas especies y mezclas. Se concluye que mezclas de turba europea (peat moss) con gallinaza o biosólido, son una importante alternativa técnica y económica para la producción de plántulas en pepino y calabacita