Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Recent submissions
Now showing items 681-700 of 6070
AI-enhanced cyber-physical systems in automotive industry : integration of CPS and application artificial intelligence technologies in automotive paint shop process
(English) Transformation of industrial processes to embrace Industry 4.0 revolution needs to use data: valuable data from different data sources, labelled data, semantic layers, metadata to understand better, universes, ...
Contributions to LPV control under time-varying saturations
(English) This thesis presents contributions to the state-of-the-art in the field of gain-scheduling control, with special emphasis on linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems and the presence of time-varying saturations. ...
Closing loops in intensive livestock systems: innovative strategies for nutrient recycling and emissions reduction
(English) The exponential growth of world population is leading to a high demand of food products and, consequently, to the development of intensive agricultural and livestock systems. In this sense, synthetic fertilizers ...
Novel tools for port environmental management systems
(English) This thesis addresses the development and evaluation of novel tools and strategies for Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation in ports for water quality. Integrating computer vision-based systems ...
A methodology for the design, implementation and evaluation of community and impact-based flood warnings
(English) The present thesis focuses on developing, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive community and impact-based early warning system (EWS) framework to support the protection actions of authorities and citizens ...
Luz artificial y campo visual: hacia un contraste equilibrado de luminancias. Aplicación de la cámara CCD para el estudio nocturno en las salas de lectura de cinco bibliotecas universitarias de Barcelona
(English) FORMULATION OF THE TOPIC. Visibility at night without contributions of natural light. Artificial light is still a difficult invention to control, even in our time of advanced technologies. Human visual perception ...
Arraigo: estudios sobre el riesgo desde la resistencia y la crítica al reasentamiento de población en Bogotá
(English) The investigation of climate risks affecting the popular neighborhoods in the mountainous outskirts of Bogotá, Colombia, has served as a case study and starting point to critically study the concept of risk and ...
Exploring quantum memory schemes in cold atoms for quantum repeaters
(English) Quantum memories are devices that are able to store photonic quantum states and entanglement. Future quantum networks, which could enhance cybersecurity through quantum key distribution, improve the precision in ...
Marcelo Cortés arquitecto. El desafío sísmico de las técnicas con tierra armada
(English) The main objective of the research is to provide a development in the technological knowledge of architecture and construction with earth in seismic territory, exploring into the subject of traditional and ...
Blends of modified PLA and biopolyamides for additive manufacturing
(English) The main objective of this work is to counteract the limitations of polylactic acid (PLA) and propose a sustainable manufacturing approach using bioblends of a rheologically modified PLA by reactive extrusion ...
US signal and image monitoring and diagnosis using computer vision and deep learning
(English) This thesis presents a comprehensive investigation of the reliability and efficacy of Ultra-Sound (US) signals and images for remote monitoring and early diagnosis in medical applications. The main objective of ...
Control strategies for exoskeleton gait training after stroke: understanding the importance of parameter tuning
(English) The control strategies implemented in exoskeletons play a crucial role in determining the interaction between the device and user. However, it is unclear what is the most suitable control strategy and settings ...
Zero-touch service orchestration in 5G and beyond mobile networks
(English) The expeditious growth and development of Beyond-5G and 6G networks inaugurated a new sector in the research of cellular networking. Automation and scaling are now considered a necessity to cope with the anticipated ...
Sedimentación fina y corrientes de turbiedad en embalses. Caso de estudio: Embalse Amaluza (Ecuador)
(English) Turbidity currents in reservoirs are of strong scientific interest because they can be responsible for the contribution of large amounts of fine sediments that can cause early sediment filling. The case study ...
Design, management, and simulation of mixed station-based and free-floating vehicle-sharing systems
(English) This thesis provides tools, based on mathematical modelling, for the analysis, optimization and simulation, of vehicle-sharing systems. The thesis addresses various implementation levels of such systems, from ...
La innovació tecnològica en l'arquitectura per a la indústria durant els anys 40, 50 i 60 del segle XX a l'àrea de Barcelona
(English) The construction of architecture for industry between 1939 and 1969 in the Barcelona area was a challenge for all those who intervened, since, in a post-war environment with serious economic, technical and cultural ...
The dynamics of bike sharing systems: advancements in analytics tools
(English) Nowadays, Bicycle Sharing Systems (BSS) have become a popular and widespread transportation system across the world thanks to their multiple environmental and health benefits, and its successful support for urban ...
Optimización de recursos intralogísticos en entornos industriales para su uso en vehículos autónomos
(English) The introduction of autonomous vehicles in intralogistics has significantly increased in recent times. However, in the industry, a single autonomous vehicle is often not used, but several of them are needed to ...
Modeling and reconstruction of 3D humans
(English) Understanding humans in images has been a long-standing goal in Computer Vision. Recently, modelling and generation of virtual humans has become a popular area of research spurred by the success of deep learning, ...
Optimized content caching strategies for multi-access edge computing (MEC)-assisted future cellular networks
(English) Handling the tsunami of multimedia content is a big challenge for heterogeneous cellular networks. Serving large volumes of content from the central system to end-users, through a bandwidth-limited network, at ...
