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Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering

6th Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2019, Santa Marta, Colombia, October 16–18, 2019, Proceedings

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS, volume 1052)

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Table of contents (64 papers)

  1. Computational Intelligence

    1. Control of a Microturbine Using Neural Networks

      • Helbert Espitia, Iván Machón, Hilario López
      Pages 202-213
    2. Hybrid Metaheuristic Optimization Methods for Optimal Location and Sizing DGs in DC Networks

      • Luis Fernando Grisales-Noreña, Oscar Daniel Garzon-Rivera, Oscar Danilo Montoya, Carlos Andrés Ramos-Paja
      Pages 214-225
    3. A New Approach to Improve Learning in Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Using Reinforcement Learning

      • Frank Balmaseda, Yaima Filiberto, Mabel Frias, Rafael Bello
      Pages 226-234
    4. Vortex Search Algorithm for Optimal Sizing of Distributed Generators in AC Distribution Networks with Radial Topology

      • Oscar Danilo Montoya, Luis Fernando Grisales-Noreña, William Tadeo Amin, Luis Alejandro Rojas, Javier Campillo
      Pages 235-249
    5. Assessment of Metaheuristic Techniques Applied to the Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch

      • Daniel Camilo Londoño, Walter Mauircio Villa-Acevedo, Jesús María López-Lezama
      Pages 250-262
    6. Memberships Networks for High-Dimensional Fuzzy Clustering Visualization

      • Leandro Ariza-Jiménez, Luisa F. Villa, Olga Lucía Quintero
      Pages 263-273
    7. Speed Estimation of an Induction Motor with Sensorless Vector Control at Low Speed Range Using Neural Networks

      • Martin Gallo Nieves, Jorge Luis Diaz Rodriguez, Jaime Antonio Gonzalez Castellanos
      Pages 274-284
    8. A Preliminary Study on Symbolic Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Pattern Classification

      • Mabel Frias, Gonzalo Nápoles, Yaima Filiberto, Rafael Bello, Koen Vanhoof
      Pages 285-295
    9. Prediction and Decision Making System Through Neural Networks for Investment Assets: Gold, Euro Dollar and Dow Jones

      • Cesar Hernando Valencia Niño, Alfredo Sanabria, Carlos Pinto, David Orjuela
      Pages 296-308
    10. Using Data-Mining Techniques for the Prediction of the Severity of Road Crashes in Cartagena, Colombia

      • Holman Ospina-Mateus, Leonardo Augusto Quintana Jiménez, Francisco José López-Valdés, Natalie Morales-Londoño, Katherinne Salas-Navarro
      Pages 309-320
  2. Bioengineering

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 321-321
    2. Validation of Parametric Models in Microelectrode Recordings Acquired from Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

      • Sebastian Roldan-Vasco, Sebastian Restrepo-Agudelo, Adriana Lucia Lopez-Rios, William D. Hutchison
      Pages 323-334
    3. Self-Organized Maps for the Analysis of the Biomechanical Response of the Knee Joint During Squat-Like Movements in Subjects Without Physical Conditioning

      • Andrea Catalina Plazas Molano, Sebastián Jaramillo-Isaza, Álvaro David Orjuela-Cañon
      Pages 335-344
    4. Is It Possible to Correlate Age Related Time-Dependent Micro Mechanical Properties of Cortical Bone and Its Physico-Chemical Data?

      • Sebastián Jaramillo-Isaza, Pierre-Emmanuel Mazeran, Karim El-Kirat, Marie-Christine Ho Ba Tho
      Pages 345-356
    5. A Methodology for Driving Behavior Recognition in Simulated Scenarios Using Biosignals

      • Juan Antonio Dominguez-Jimenez, Kiara Coralia Campo-Landines, Sonia Helena Contreras-Ortiz
      Pages 357-367
    6. Using Machine Learning and Accelerometry Data for Differential Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor

      • Julián D. Loaiza Duque, Andrés M. González-Vargas, Antonio J. Sánchez Egea, Hermán A. González Rojas
      Pages 368-378
    7. A Wireless, Modular and Wearable System for the Recognition and Assessment of Foot Drop Pathology

      • Santiago Noriega, Maria C. Rojas, Cecilia Murrugarra
      Pages 379-393
    8. Proposal of a Model of a Hexapod Robot of Hybrid Locomotion (Extremities-Wheels)

      • Brayan Contreras, Natalia Sánchez, Rubén Hernández, Marco Jinete
      Pages 394-405
    9. Decoupling Method to Solve Inverse Kinematics for Assistant Robot

      • Yeyson Becerra, Sebastian Soto
      Pages 406-415
    10. Hyperthermia Study in Breast Cancer Treatment Using Three Applicators

      • Hector Fabian Guarnizo Mendez, Mauricio Andrés Polochè Arango, John Jairo Pantoja Acosta, Juan Fernando Coronel Rico, Juan Sebastian Amaya Opayome
      Pages 416-427

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About this book

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2019, held in Santa Marta, Colombia, in October 2019.

The 62 revised full papers and 2 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 178 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: computer science; computational intelligence; bioengineering; Internet of things; power applications; simulation systems; optimization. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia

    Juan Carlos Figueroa-García

  • Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia

    Mario Duarte-González, Sebastián Jaramillo-Isaza

  • Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia

    Alvaro David Orjuela-Cañon

  • Corporación Unificada Nacional CUN, Bogotá, Colombia

    Yesid Díaz-Gutierrez

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