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A statistical duality for Random Matching of Agents
Yannacopoulos, Athanasios; Oliveira, Bruno; Ferreira, Miguel; Martins, José; Pinto, AlbertoWe propose a statistical duality among the preferences and endowments of the agents. Under this duality, the logarithmic prices of random trades among agents in a decentralized economy converge in expectation to the logarithm of the Walrasian equilibrium price in a centralized economy.
LAR@Home 2025 Team Description Paper
Ribeiro, Tiago Alcântara; Silva, Bruno; Martins, Renata; Silva, Rui; Martins, Diogo; Martins, José; Garcia, Inês Sofia Moreira; Gonçalves, FernandoThis paper describes the development and progresses of the team LAR@Home from the University of Minho, Portugal, for the RoboCup@Home competition that will take place in Salvador, Brazil, in 2025. After the robot’s participation in the 2023 and 2024 editions, the main efforts centred on improving and developing the localisation and navigation system, developing a GUI system that can be used in competitions visu...
Factors affecting cloud computing adoption in the education context: systematic...
Santos, António; Martins, José; Pestana, Pedro Duarte; Gonçalves, Ramiro; São Mamede, Henrique; Branco, FredericoThis systematic literature review investigates the factors influencing cloud computing adoption within both educational and organizational settings. By synthesizing a comprehensive body of research, this study finds and analyzes the determinants that shape the decision-making process about cloud technology adoption. Security, cost-effectiveness, scalability, interoperability, and regulatory compliance are exami...
LAR@MSL Team description paper 2024
Ribeiro, António Fernando Alcântara; Lopes, Carolina; Ribeiro, Cláudio; Costa, Joel; Martins, José; Oliveira, Paulo; Silva, Rúben; Lima, RuiThe LAR@MSL team has been participating in MSL for many years, from 1999-2007, 2011, 2016 and again in 2023. This Team Description Paper intends to briefly explain the robot’s structure, hardware and software and some of the most important changes implemented by this new team. It is important to point out that new students joined the team and are new to the league. Most of the changes, so far, have been regardi...
Factors affecting cloud computing adoption in the education context: systematic...
Santos, António; Martins, José; Gonçalves, Ramiro; São Mamede, Henrique; Branco, Frederico; Pestana, Pedro DuarteThis systematic literature review investigates the factors influencing cloud computing adoption within both educational and organizational settings. By synthesizing a comprehensive body of research, this study finds and analyzes the determinants that shape the decision-making process about cloud technology adoption. Security, cost-effectiveness, scalability, interoperability, and regulatory compliance are exami...
An information systems architecture proposal for the thermalism sector
Branco, Frederico; Gonçalves, Catarina; Gonçalves, Ramiro; Au-Yong-Oliveira, Manuel; Martins, José; Moreira, FernandoThe thermal SPA sector is currently experiencing a stable growth trend, which according to the World Tourism Organization (WTO) is expected to continue over the upcoming years. In Portugal, the sector has a very significant profile, with the existence of almost a hundred SPAs and thermal SPAs that generate a business volume (direct and indirect) of over 30 M€ per year. Although the beginning of the process of d...
Tendências contemporâneas de educação para ciência
Dias, Kátia; Moura, Marilene; Pereira, Joicy; Martins, JoséEste estudo é resultado da reflexão sobre a interação entre ciência, sociedade e redes sociais, analisando como as redes sociais impactam a divulgação e a percepção da ciência, além das tendências contemporâneas de educação em ciência nesse contexto. Entende-se que as redes sociais desempenham um papel importante na disseminação do conhecimento científico a um público diversificado. No entanto, essa disseminaçã...
The impact of digital influencers on product/service purchase decision making—A...
Caiado, Fábio; Fonseca, Joana; Silva, Joana; Neves, Soraia; Moreira, Ana; Gonçalves, Ramiro; Martins, José; Branco, Frederico; Au‐Yong‐Oliveira, ManuelThe growing use of technology and social media has resulted in the emergence of digital influencers, a new profession capable of changing the mentalities and behaviours of those who follow them. This study arises to better understand the potential impact digital influencers might have on the Portuguese population's purchase behaviour and patterns, and for this purpose, seven hypotheses were formulated. An onlin...
Digital marketing’s impact on rural destinations’ image, intention to visit, an...
Rodrigues, Sónia; Correia, Ricardo; Gonçalves, Ramiro Manuel; Branco, Frederico; Martins, JoséThe relevance of the tourism industry to the overall sustainability of rural territories grows along with the demand for rural tourism destinations. Likewise, as the digital transition of rural tour operators takes place, their marketing initiatives also evolve towards a digital nature, which is why it is crucial to comprehend how the overall calibre of these activities might affect the perception of rural plac...
A flow-based intrusion detection framework for internet of things networks
Santos, Leonel; Gonçalves, Ramiro Manuel; Rabadão, Carlos; Martins, JoséThe application of the Internet of Things concept in domains such as industrial control, building automation, human health, and environmental monitoring, introduces new privacy and security challenges. Consequently, traditional implementation of monitoring and security mechanisms cannot always be presently feasible and adequate due to the number of IoT devices, their heterogeneity and the typical limitations of...