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Cognitive computing in the travel and tourism industry
Guarda, Teresa; Lopes, Isabel Maria; Fernandes, Paula OdeteCognitive computingemergedfromamixtureofcognitivescience and computer science. Although cognitive computing is seen as a challenge for com panies, it is an opportunity that raises the bar for the services provided, allowing companies that are committed to investing in innovation, and in this particular case in the travel and tourism sector, being able to stand out from the compe tition by adopting new technolog...
An effective decision-making trilogy: data-driven, artificial intelligence, and...
Guarda, Teresa; Pinto, Filipe; Lopes, Isabel MariaThis paper presents an insightful analysis of the trilogy of data-driven tech niques, artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain technology as a power structure that contributes to an efficient, agile, and secure decision-making process based on the analysis of large datasets is further enhanced by the integration of more receptive AI techniques, enabling pattern recognition, prediction, and automation. Meanw...
Computational simulation of the COVID-19 epidemic with the SEIR stochastic model
Balsa, Carlos; Lopes, Isabel Maria; Guarda, Teresa; Rufino, JoséA small number of individuals infected within a community can lead to the rapid spread of the disease throughout that community, leading to an epidemic outbreak. This is even more true for highly contagious diseases such as COVID-19, known to be caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Mathematical models of epidemics allow estimating several impacts on the population and, therefore, are of great use for the d...
Two decades (2000–2020) of scientifc production about digital economy: a biblio...
Ribeiro, Maria Isabel; Fernandes, António; Lopes, Isabel Maria; Guarda, TeresaThe digitalization of the economy is considered a key factor in developing sustainable competitive advantages for the economy at large. The digital economy is experiencing a significant growth, especially in developping countries. The rapid transition to a digital economy resulted from a converging set of technological innovations, both in terms of hardware and software.
Augmented computing and smart cities sustainability
Guarda, Teresa; Lopes, Isabel Maria; Bustos Gaibor, Samuel Baldomero; Ribeiro, Maria Isabel; Fernandes, AntónioSmart Cities promote a great improvement in urban environments in terms of sustainability, leveraged by the use of technologies that allow the opti mization and monitoring of different systems, from waste management systems to public safety. There are several technologies that can play a key role in this process, highlighting augmented computing, augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and ...
Impact of ICT on the agricultural sector's sustainability: evidence based on pr...
Ribeiro, Maria Isabel; Guarda, Teresa; Lopes, Isabel Maria; Fernandes, AntónioDespite being an emerging phenomenon, the literature on how ICT impact the adoption of sustainable agriculture has aroused growing interest on the part of farmers, scientific and business communities and policy makers. There fore, the main objective of this study was to investigate the state-of-the-art of ICT use in agriculture with an impact on the sustainability of the sector. In order to achieve this objecti...
How 5G will transform smart cities: a literature review
Lopes, Isabel Maria; Guarda, Teresa; Fernandes, António; Ribeiro, Maria IsabelThe expectation created around 5G is great. Major changes are fore seen, in very different areas, which will have a great impact on people’s daily lives. It is expected that smart cities will be more efficient, more sustainable and safer, with significant impacts on the people who inhabit them and also on the people who visit them. 5G technology is not being implemented in the world in a com prehensive and simi...
How the 5G network will boost the concept of smart tourism in Portugal: a liter...
Lopes, Isabel Maria; Guarda, Teresa; Fernandes, António; Ribeiro, Maria IsabelWhen the discussion on sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication networks begins in Portugal, the implementation of 5G on the ground is taking its first steps. Portugal is one of the European Union (EU) countries that is most behind in the implementation of this technology, although the European Commission considers its implementation essential for the strategy of digitizing Europe. The question that this rese...
Augmented analytics an innovative paradigm
Guarda, Teresa; Lopes, Isabel MariaBusiness intelligence (BI) and analytics are a set of techniques, methodologies, and tools used in the analysis of business data, which allow users (decision makers) to have a clearer view of the market, leveraging the decision-making process, allowing timely business decisions. Usually BI refers to Extract Transform and Load processes (ETL), Data Warehouse (DW), Data mining (DM), online analytical processing (...
Business to consumer (B2C): barreiras à compra online identificadas por estudan...
Ribeiro, Maria Isabel; Fernandes, António; Lopes, Isabel Maria; Guarda, TeresaAs tecnologias de informação e comunicação revolucionaram a forma de fazer negócios. O desenvolvimento do comércio eletrónico e o uso massivo da Internet aumentaram a popularidade das compras online em todo o mundo. Por isso, esta investigação teve como objetivos avaliar os fatores que afetam o uso futuro do comércio eletrónico por estudantes do ensino superior em Portugal e, verificar se existem diferenças ten...