
Pedro Moreno-Bernal- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
Pedro Moreno-Bernal
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
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This article studies the effective design of content distribution networks over cloud computing platforms. This problem is relevant nowadays to provide fast and reliable access to content on the internet. A bio-inspired evolutionary multiobjective optimization approach is applied as a viable alternative to solve realistic problem instances where ex...
Solar chimneys are renewable energy systems that increase
natural ventilation to provide thermal comfort in buildings. Solar chimneys are passive systems that effectively improve energy efficiency in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner. The design of the solar chimney and its location, which is in cardinal directions, are essential for e...
This chapter presents an evolutionary algorithm approach, applying a genetic algorithm to address the practical problem of planning corridors in a specific geographical area. The corridor location problem involves identifying a near-optimal set of spatial alternative paths between two locations to determine the best route for the right of way, cons...
Unsteady-state heat transfer problems require considerable computation time for the numerical solution, due to the high space-time dimensionality of realistic scenarios. This article presents a parallel multi-threading global energy balance method for the thermal evaluation of a room in unsteady state composed of different materials. The parallel n...
This book compiles high-quality selected papers from the VII Ibero-American Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES 2024), a leading event in the field of smart urban development. Smart cities are a response to the increasingly urgent need to reorient our lives towards sustainability. In an era of rapid urbanization and growing environmental challeng...
The VII Ibero-American Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES 2024)
was held in a hybrid way (presential and virtual) from November 12th to
14th, 2024, in San Carlos, hosted and sponsored by econolgicodeosta
ica. Researchers from 34 countries gave 93 technical presentations
during the ICSC-CITIES 2024. Fourteen papers were included as posters.
Paper...
This article reviews the literature surrounding innovative computational tools for waste management within smart cities. With the rise of urbanization and the increasing challenges of waste management, innovative technologies play a pivotal role in optimizing waste collection, sorting, recycling, and disposal processes. Leveraging computational too...
This article presents an approach applying artificial intelligence techniques for sentiment analysis to identify potentially negative situations in soccer games. Two artificial intelligence techniques were employed for sentiment analysis: (1) bag-of-words and (2) computer vision. The first is used for Natural Language Processing (NLP) and sentiment...
Smart campuses introduce teaching technologies in modern higher education, employing Information and Communication Technologies, sensor networks, digitalization, and improvement process methodologies for better management of scholarly services. In this context, Lean principles are used for process improvement through muda elimination and continuous...
La logística es un área crucial en el transporte y distribución de bienes y productos. Los modelos de ruteo vehicular aplicados en logística son una herramienta esencial para mejorar la eficiencia y reducir los costos operativos en la distribución de productos. Los modelos de optimización se basan en el problema de ruteo vehicular, el cual puede ab...
The VI Ibero-American Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES 2023) was held in a hybrid way (face-to-face and virtual) from November 13th to 17th , 2023, in Ciudad de México and Cuernavaca, hosted and sponsored by the Centro de Investigación en Computación of the IPN and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, México. Seventy-five technical pres...
This article presents a performance annual evaluation of a single air-channel solar chimney with phase change material under hot-humid climatic conditions by energy balance method. The heat transfer analysis in the phase change material is performed in an unsteady state with an effective specific heat method. The experimental evaluation considers t...
This article introduces the Lean Principles methodology for optimizing a “rework” area in an automotive parts supplier company using digital tools. The main objective is to reduce work-in-process inventory and eliminate waste in production processes. Hence, the improvement process analysis is divided into two phases. The first phase includes a proc...
This article presents a sentiment analysis using data from X social media platform (Twitter) using artificial intelligence techniques. Two artificial intelligence techniques perform sentiment analysis: i) bag of words and ii) computer vision. The first is used for Natural Language Processing (NLP) and sentiment identification, while the second is f...
This article presents a metaheuristic approach applying simulated annealing for the Municipal Solid Waste collecting route problem in the Historical Center of Cuernavaca, Mexico. The solid waste collection route addressed requires finding an optimal collection route in the constrained polygonal area of the historical center of Cuernavaca. The exper...
This article presents an annual performance evaluation of single- and double-air-channel solar chimneys for natural ventilation induction under weather conditions in Mexico. The global energy balance method modeled both types of solar chimneys in an unsteady state. The case study evaluated five cities in Mexico. Experimental data of a single-air-ch...
This article presents an approach applying computational intelligence for detecting the use of air conditioners in households. The main objective is determining the intensive use of air conditioning with a high level of confidence. Unsupervised (-means) and supervised (Artificial Neural Networks) approaches are developed for classifying consumers f...
Agricultural productivity is crucial to supply the current food demand. However, food production requires facing technological challenges to achieve the level of demand production. In this context, Internet of Things technology is used for efficient farming processes. This article proposes an Internet of Things platform for collecting and processin...
The new model of industry 4.0 boosts productivity in modern life, as an essential part of social and technological changes under the paradigm of smart cities. As a part of social changes, universities restructured their ability to trace internal processes through smart campuses, using Information and Communication Technologies and industrial improv...
A Smart City is a framework composed mainly of Internet of Things systems and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) integrated to develop, implement and promote sustainable development practices and face the challenges of urbanization. The Ibero-American Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES) is a discussion forum that aims to create syn...
A Smart City is a framework composed mainly of Internet of Things systems and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), integrated to develop, implement and promote sustainable development practices and face the challenges of urbanization.The Ibero-American Conference on Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES) is a discussion forum that aims to create s...
Nowadays, big data analytic tools and Internet of Things applications boost productivity in Intelligent Transportation Systems in the context of smart cities. Each day, location mobility data are generated continuously from Global Positioning System devices in a high temporal granularity. This article introduces a framework for public transportatio...
This article presents a metaheuristic approach applying simulated annealing for the problem of planning corridors for oil pipelines facilities. The corridor location problem requires finding an optimal or a set of sub-optimal alternative routes between two locations, accounting for cost optimization and topographical constraints. The proposed simul...
Purpose
This paper aims to present an evolutionary algorithm (EA) to accelerate the convergence for the radiative transfer equation (RTE) numerical solution using high-order and high-resolution schemes by the relaxation coefficients optimization.
Design methodology/approach
The objective function minimizes the residual value difference between ite...
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This research allows tracing optimized routes in corridors of long lengths and is applied to the installation of pipelines that transport valuable liquids, which can be oil or petroleum.
Abstract
Planning corridors for new facilities such as pipeline or transmission lines through geographical spaces is a topographical constrai...
The purpose of this study is to propose a novel relaxation modified factor to accelerate the numerical solution of the radiative transfer equation (RTE) with several high-resolution total variation diminishing schemes. The methodology proposed is denoted as the X-factor method.
Design/methodology/approach
The X-factor method was compared with the...
An assessment of the thermal behavior of a room with a Solar Façade (SF) for ventilation under the tropical wet climate of the Mexican southeast zone is presented. Both a summer day and a winter day of Mérida Yucatán were considered. The effects of the size of the vents, thickness of the wall, channel width, location of the inlet air and the materi...
El nivel de vida de un ser humano alcanza edades superiores a los setenta años, pero las enfermedades cada vez más van en aumento, deshabilitando de esta manera la vida de cada individuo. Uno de los principales factores que altera el estilo de vida es el estrés oxidativo que daña las moléculas de los alimentos. Los antioxidantes evitan el deterioro...
This research presents a thermal evaluation of an absorber-partitioned air channel solar chimney (SC-AP) to determine its feasibility as a building ventilation system in a warm-humid weather. Hourly climatic data from the coldest and the warmest days of each month of 2014 were used to assess the behavior of the SC-AP in Mérida, México. A numerical...
In this paper the high computational cost problem by using high-order (HO) and high-resolution (HR) schemes is addressed and for that, we propose the incorporation of a modified relaxation factor to accelerate the numerical solution of the radiative transfer equation (RTE) using the Normalized Weighting-Factor ( NWF ) method to implement several hi...
This paper proposes a real mathematical constraint satisfaction model which defines the timetabling problem in the Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (FCSE) at the Autonomous University of Morelos State, Mexico. A Constructive Approach Algorithm (CAA) is used to obtain solutions in the proposed model. A comparison is made between the CAA’...
The analysis of an existing water distribution system is presented. The constraint satisfaction model for the study of the network is evaluated using Epanet software. According to the analysis, possible solutions are proposed to improve the distribution of water in the community. One of the recommendations is to add new storage tanks and valves to...
En la actualidad, las plataformas que dan soporte al cómputo intensivo se han visto superadas por la complejidad de los problemas que en ellas intervienen; esto quiere decir que en muchas ocasiones no alcanzan a generar todo el poder de cómputo que los problemas requieren. Una solución que se había utilizado es la tecnología grid; sin embargo, su u...
Wavelet transforms have proved to be very powerful tools for image compression. Previous studies have verified that there is a strong correlation between the sign of a wavelet coefficient and the signs of their neighbors. This correlation opens the possibility of using a sign predictor in order to improve the image compression process. In this pape...
En las sociedades modernas se presenta problemas de distintos tipos y para resolverlos hace falta elaborar un modelo matemático.
This article presents the Iterated Local Search Algorithm (ILS) heuristic with a neighborhood hybrid structure, composed of four different types of adjacent structures. Their effectiveness was evaluated to maximize the micro alloyed steels mechanical strength. Tests show that ILS using a hybrid structure has better mechanical strength for the micra...
In this paper an unsupervised clustering method for the Capacited Vehicle Routing Problem is proposed. Advantages and disadvantages of the proposed algorithm are weighed, and comparisons are made to some clustering algorithms commonly used in the literature to tackle routing problems. Experimental tests were performed using Solomon and Hering/Hombe...
In this paper a new sign coding approximation method for the wavelet coefficients in a 2D image codec based on a simulated annealing metaheuristic is presented. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm versus a genetic algorithm using benchmarks of Kodak is compared and showing that the proposed sign prediction algorithm is efficient and provides a...
Wavelet transforms have proved to be very powerful tools for image compression, since many state-of-the-art image codecs employ DWT into their algorithms. One advantage of this transform is the provision of both frequency and spatial localization of image energy compacted into a small fraction of the transform coefficients, equally likely to be pos...
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The ICSC-CITIES committee invites you to contribute a manuscript for publication in the VIII Ibero-American Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES 2025). ICSC-CITIES 2025 will take place on November 10-12, 2025 in Ciudad Modelo, Puebla, Mexico, organized by Centro de Innovación e Integración de Tecnologías Avanzadas (CIITA) and the Centro de Investigación en Computación (CIC) of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN).
Submission deadline: September 17, 2025
Notification due: October 22, 2025
Final version: November 7, 2025
Website: https://icsc-cities.com/
The Organizing Committee invites the academic community to participate in the VII Ibero-American Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES 2024) will be held in San Carlos, Costa Rica from November 12 to 14, 2024.
Conference Website: https://icsc-cities.com
Smart cities are the result of the increasingly urgent need to orient our lives towards sustainability. Therefore, these cities use infrastructure, innovation, and technology to improve the quality of life of their citizens. The congress will be a discussion forum to create synergies among different research groups to favor the development of Smart Cities. Authors are invited to register and submit manuscripts and contribute to knowledge development and integration in different scenarios.
---Call For Papers---
The topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:
• IoT and ubiquitous devices
• Smart Mobility
• Energy & Smart grids
• Governance and Citizenship
• Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
• Smart Industry, Smart Environment
• Smart Cities from an inclusive vision
• Renewable energy in electric systems
• Technicians training in decision-making
• Real-world experiences of renewable systems
• Smart Public Services (waste management, health, public transportation, among others)
• Urban Informatics, Big Data, Data Management, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence for
Smart Cities
• Other developments for Smart Cities
All accepted articles will be published in the proceedings book of the congress (with ISBN). In addition, the Program Committee will select the best-accepted articles (written in English) for submission to Springer, a prestigious publisher that has published selected articles at Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series (citescore 0.8 Scopus; SJR 0.16 - Q4 Computer Science) in the previous editions of the conference.
In addition, authors of selected articles will be invited to extend their contribution to be submitted for publication in special issues of the following journals:
• Journal of Smart Cities and Society (IOS press)
• Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (AIMS press)
• Renewable Energy Focus (Elsevier)
• Programming and Computer Software (Springer)
• SN Computer Science (Springer)
• Renewable Energies (Sage)
• Revista Facultad de Ingeniería (Universidad de Antioquia)
Publications of selected articles will be free of charge. Every journal has its editorial rules that would be followed to submit the article extension. At least 40% of original content is required in the extended version.
Important Dates:
Full Paper Submission deadline: September 13, 2024
Notification due: October 21, 2024
Final Paper versión: November 8, 2024
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