• Spiking Neural P Systems with Communication on Request 

  Pan, Linqiang ; Paun, Gheorge ; Zhang, Gexiang ; Neri, Ferrante (Article)

  Spiking Neural P Systems are Neural System models characterised by the fact that each neuron mimics a biological cell and the communication between neurons is based on spikes. In the Spiking Neural P systems investigated ...
• An Investigation into Risk Perception in the ICT Industry as a Core Component of Responsible Research and Innovation 

  Chatfield, Kate ; Borsella, Elisabeta ; Mantovani, Elvio ; Porcari, Andrea ; Stahl, Bernd Carsten, 1968- (Article)

  Abstract: This paper makes an original contribution to the responsible research and innovation (RRI) discourse, with an inquiry into the extent to which risk, risk assessment, or risk management, including ethical and ...
• The Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Maturity Model: Linking Theory and Practice 

  Stahl, Bernd Carsten, 1968- ; Obach, Michael ; Yaghmaei, Emad ; Ikonen, Veikko ; Chatfield, Kate ; Brem, Alexander (Article)

  Abstract: Responsible research and innovation (RRI) is an approach to research and innovation governance aiming to ensure that research purpose, process and outcomes are acceptable, sustainable and even desirable. In order ...
• Diffusion and Adoption of Bitcoins In Light of The Financial Crisis: The case of Greece 

  Zamani, Efpraxia D. ; Babatsikos, Ioannis (Conference)

  In 2008, following the outbreak of the global financial crisis, a new trading system emerged that was made possible by cryptographically-produced currencies. Among them, the most popular digital cryp-tocurrency is undoubtedly ...
• A green intelligent routing algorithm supporting flexible QoS for many-to-many multicast 

  Wang, Xingwei ; Zhang, Jinhong ; Huang, Min ; Yang, Shengxiang (Article)

  The tremendous energy consumption attributed to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field has become a persistent concern during the last few years, attracting significant academic and industrial efforts. ...
• Multiobjective optimization of the production process for ground granulated blast furnace slags 

  Wang, Kang ; Li, Xiaoli ; Jia, Chao ; Yang, Shengxiang ; Li, Miqing ; Li, Yang (Article)

  The production process of ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) aims to produce products of the best grade and the highest yields. However, grade and yields are two competing objectives which can not be optimized at ...
• Differential evolution with a new encoding mechanism for optimizing wind farm layout 

  Wang, Yong ; Liu, Hao ; Long, Huan ; Zhang, Zijun ; Yang, Shengxiang (Article)

  This paper presents a differential evolution algorithm with a new encoding mechanism for efficiently solving the optimal layout of the wind farm, with the aim of maximizing the power output. In the modeling of the wind ...
• A genetic algorithm for independent job scheduling in grid computing 

  Younis, Muhanad Tahrir ; Yang, Shengxiang (Article)

  Grid computing refers to the infrastructure which connects geographically distributed computers owned by various organizations allowing their resources, such as computational power and storage capabilities, to be shared, ...
• Cloud computing, capabilities and intercultural ethics: Implications for Africa 

  Wakunuma, Kutoma ; Masika, Rachel (Article)

  This paper evaluates the potential benefits, drawbacks and ethical risks of cloud computing for African countries in the context of information communication technologies for development (ICT4D). The paper argues that the ...
• Healthcare in the Smart Home: A Study of Past, Present and Future 

  Bennett, Jamie ; Rokas, Osvaldas ; Chen, Liming (Article)

  Ubiquitous or Pervasive Computing is an increasingly used term throughout the technology industry and is beginning to enter the consumer electronics space in its most recent form under the umbrella term: “Internet of ...
• Minimum Cost Consensus Models based on Random Opinions 

  Chiclana, Francisco ; Zhang, Ning ; Gong, Zaiwu (Article)

  In some complex group decision making cases, the opinions of decision makers (DMs) present random characteristic. However, it is difficult to determine the range of opinions by knowing only their probability distributions. ...
• A Feedback Mechanism Based on Granular Computing to Improve Consensus in GDM 

  Cabrerizo, Francisco Javier ; Chiclana, Francisco ; Perez, Ignacio Javier ; Mata, Francisco ; Alons, Sergio ; Herrera-Viedma, Enrique (Book chapter)

  Group decision making is an important task in real world activities. It consists in obtaining the best solution to a particular problem according to the opinions given by a set of decision makers. In such a situation, an ...
• The Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Maturity Model: Linking Theory and Practice 

  Stahl, Bernd Carsten, 1968- ; Obach, Michael ; Yaghmaei, Emad ; Ikonen, Veikko ; Chatfield, Kate ; Brem, Alexander (Article)

  Responsible research and innovation (RRI) is an approach to research and innovation governance aiming to ensure that research purpose, process and outcomes are acceptable, sustainable and even desirable. In order to achieve ...
• An interaction consensus in group decision making under distributed trust information 

  Lifang Dai ; Wu, Jian ; Chiclana, Francisco ; Fujita, Hamido ; Herrera-Viedma, Enrique (Book chapter / Conference)

  A theoretical interaction consensus model in group decision making with distributed linguistic trust information is proposed. To do that, the concept of distributed linguists trust function (DLTF) is defined, and then the ...
• Confidence Based Consensus in Environments with High Uncertainty and Incomplete Information 

  Urena, Raquel ; Chiclana, Francisco ; Fujita, Hamido ; Herrera-Viedma, Enrique (Book chapter / Conference)

  With the incorporation of web 2.0 frameworks the complexity of decision making situations has exponentially increased, involving in many cases many experts, and a potentially huge number of different alternatives, leading ...
• Listening to professional voices: draft 2 of the ACM code of ethics and professional conduct 

  Flick, Catherine ; Brinkman, Bo ; Gotterbarn, D. W. ; Miller, Keith ; Vazansky, Kate ; Wolf, Marty J. (Article)

  For the first time since 1992, the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (the Code) is being updated. The Code Update Task Force in conjunction with the Committee on Professional Ethics is seeking advice from ACM ...
• Audio-based Event Recognition System for Smart Homes 

  Vafeiadis, Anastasios ; Votis, Konstantinos ; Giakoumis, Dimitrios ; Tzovaras, Dimitrios ; Chen, Liming ; Hamzaoui, Raouf (Conference)

  Building an acoustic-based event recognition system for smart homes is a challenging task due to the lack of high-level structures in environmental sounds. In particular, the selection of effective features is still an ...
• Quantification of Perception Clusters Using R-Fuzzy Sets and Grey Analysis 

  Khuman, A. S. ; Yang, Yingjie ; John, Robert, 1955- ; Liu, Sifeng (Conference)

  This paper investigates the use of the R-fuzzy significance measure hybrid approach introduced by the authors in a previous work; used in conjunction with grey analysis to allow for further inferencing, providing a higher ...
• R-fuzzy Sets and Grey System Theory 

  Liu, Sifeng ; Khuman, A. S. ; Yang, Yingjie ; John, Robert, 1955- (Conference)

  This paper investigates the use of grey theory to enhance the concept of an R-fuzzy set, with regards to the precision of the encapsulating set of returned significance values. The use of lower and upper approximations ...
• Type-1 OWA Unbalanced Fuzzy Linguistic Aggregation Methodology. Application to Eurobonds Credit Risk Evaluation 

  Chiclana, Francisco ; Mata, F. ; Perez, L. G. ; Herrera-Viedma, Enrique (Article)

  In decision making, a widely used methodology to manage unbalanced fuzzy linguistic information is the linguistic hierarchy (LH), which relies on a linguistic symbolic computational model based on ordinal 2-tuple linguistic ...

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