Methods for remote stock monitoring using depth sensors 

    Vila Clarà, Oriol (Fecha de defensa: 2024-01-29)

    RGB-D cameras return images like an ordinary camera but in addition to color, depthmaps where each pixel value represents the distance to a point of the scene are also obtained. Although originally conceived for gaming and ...

    Método para descubrir patrones espacio-temporales de comportamiento de usuarios eléctricos utilizando herramientas de aprendizaje automático 

    Flor Ambrosi, Mario Alberto (Fecha de defensa: 2021-10-27)

    This research presents a novel approach to define geographic areas with typical electricity consumption profiles from smart meter records, using machine learning and spatial analysis methods. Distribution system operators ...

    Modelling of electric vehicle user profiles for flexibility management and charging infrastructure planning 

    Cañigueral Maurici, Marc (Fecha de defensa: 2023-10-10)

    The transition to electric mobility is facing multiple challenges, usually associated with the roll-out of the charging infrastructure. On one hand, cities must develop a charging infrastructure that meets the user needs ...

    Multi-attribute auctions: application to workflow management systems 

    Pla Planas, Albert (Fecha de defensa: 2014-04-25)

    Resource and task allocation for workflows poses an allocation problem in which several attributes may be involved (economic cost, delivery time, CO2 emissions...), therefore, it must be treated from a multi-criteria ...

    Multi-layer survivability: routing schemes for GMPLS-based networks 

    Urra i Fàbregas, Anna (Fecha de defensa: 2006-12-18)

    En les xarxes IP/MPLS sobre WDM on es transporta gran quantitat d'informacio, la capacitat de garantir que el trafic arriba al node de desti ha esdevingut un problema important, ja que la fallada d'un element de la xarxa ...

    Multivariate statistical modelling and monitoring of smart buildings 

    Burgas Nadal, Llorenç (Fecha de defensa: 2019-11-22)

    In order to reduce mismatches between real and expected consumption, this thesis explores the use of PCA (Principal Component Analysis) as a modelling tool for buildings. PCA is a statistical technique that allows complex ...

    New solutions to control robotic environments: quality control in food packaging 

    Banús Paradell, Núria (Fecha de defensa: 2021-12-16)

    Machine vision systems and artificial intelligence techniques are two active research areas in the context of Industry 4.0. Their combination allows the reproduction of human procedures while improving the performance ...

    Novel methods for the efficacy and safety in the artificial pancreas intended for domiciliary use 

    Ramkissoon, Charrise Mary (Fecha de defensa: 2019-03-07)

    Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease that targets the insulin producing β-cells in the pancreas that results in chronically elevated blood glucose (BG) levels and requires lifelong insulin-replacement therapy. ...

    Noves tecnologies i aplicacions innovadores per l'ensenyament d'assignatures d’empresa en estudis d’enginyeria 

    Rafart Serra, Maria Assumpció (Fecha de defensa: 2020-11-20)

    The present doctoral thesis explores an e-learning proposal fruit of using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) with the objective of improving students’ learning experience. The proposal aims to facilitate the ...

    Online 3D view planning for autonomous underwater exploration 

    Vidal Garcia, Eduard (Fecha de defensa: 2019-11-28)

    Autonomous underwater vehicles are used nowadays in many applications. One of the applications is mapping of a particular area of the ocean. Quen the robot needs to cover the area of interest and no prior knowledge of ...

    Optimization of inverse reflector design 

    Mas Baixeras, Albert (Fecha de defensa: 2011-03-30)

    Aquesta tesi presenta un nou mètode pel disseny invers de reflectors. Ens hem centrat en tres temes principals: l’ús de fonts de llum reals i complexes, la definició d’un algoritme ràpid pel càlcul de la il•luminació del ...

    Perceptual information-theoretic measures for viewpoint selection and object recognition 

    Bonaventura Brugués, Xavier (Fecha de defensa: 2015-07-10)

    Viewpoint selection has been an emerging area in computer graphics for some years, and it is now getting maturity with applications in fields such as scene navigation, volume visualization, object recognition, mesh ...

    Quantified real constraint solving using modal intervals with applications to control 

    Herrero i Viñas, Pau (Fecha de defensa: 2006-12-22)

    Les restriccions reals quantificades (QRC) formen un formalisme matemàtic utilitzat per modelar un gran nombre de problemes físics dins els quals intervenen sistemes d'equacions no-lineals sobre variables reals, algunes ...

    Realistic urban layout modeling from real data 

    Pueyo Vallet, Oriol (Fecha de defensa: 2016-01-15)

    Computer Graphics applications community has big interest on urban modeling and especially on designing complex and realistic cities and buildings. This topic is interesting for film, video game and urbanism industries. ...

    Reducción de barreras de adopción de criptomonedas: innovación tecnológica en los procesos de validación de transacciones 

    Carrillo Peña, Paulo Nicolás (Fecha de defensa: 2019-07-10)

    This research proposes a solution for the reduction of part of the aforementioned barriers, through the design of the consensus protocol called Proof of Reputation (PoR) that is based on the Blockchain technology of Ethereum, ...

    Reformulation of constraint models into SMT 

    Palahí i Sitges, Miquel (Fecha de defensa: 2015-12-10)

    In this thesis we focus on reformulate constraint satisfaction problems (CSP) into SAT Modulo Theories (SMT). SMT is an extension of SAT where the literals appearing in the formulas are not restricted to contain only ...

    Representació qualitativa asíncrona de senyals per a la supervisió de sistemes dinàmics 

    Colomer, Joan (Colomer Llinàs) (Fecha de defensa: 1998-07-28)

    L'objectiu general d'aquest treball és trobar i mostrar una eina que permeti obtenir una<br/>representació dels senyals procedents de sistemes dinàmics adequada a les necessitats<br/>dels sistemes de Supervisió Experta de ...

    Robust control of systems subjected to uncertain disturbances and actuator dynamics 

    Villamizar Mejia, Rodolfo (Fecha de defensa: 2005-03-17)

    Esta tesis está enfocada al diseño y validación de controladores robustos que pueden reducir de una manera efectiva las vibraciones structurales producidas por perturbaciones externas tales como terremotos, fuertes vientos ...

    Scheduling through logic-based tools 

    Coll Caballero, Jordi (Fecha de defensa: 2019-07-15)

    Scheduling problems consist in determining how to execute the activities of a project in order to satisfy some requirements. Such problems are ubiquitous nowadays in industry and services, but finding solutions of scheduling ...

    Selective submap joining SLAM for autonomous vehicles 

    Aulinas Masó, Josep M. (Fecha de defensa: 2011-09-22)

    Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) do not result in consistent maps of large areas because of gradual increase of the uncertainty for long term missions. In addition, as the size of the map grows the computational ...