Assisted visual servoing by means of structured light 

    Pagès Marco, Jordi (Fecha de defensa: 2005-11-25)

    Aquesta tesi tracta sobre la combinació del control visual i la llum estructurada. El control visual clàssic assumeix que elements visuals poden ser fàcilment extrets de les imatges. Això fa que objectes d'aspecte uniforme ...

    Multi-layer survivability: routing schemes for GMPLS-based networks 

    Urra i Fàbregas, Anna (Fecha de defensa: 2006-12-18)

    En les xarxes IP/MPLS sobre WDM on es transporta gran quantitat d'informacio, la capacitat de garantir que el trafic arriba al node de desti ha esdevingut un problema important, ja que la fallada d'un element de la xarxa ...

    Image classification for a large number of object categories 

    Bosch Rué, Anna (Fecha de defensa: 2007-09-25)

    L'increment de bases de dades que cada vegada contenen imatges més difícils i amb un nombre més elevat de categories, està forçant el desenvolupament de tècniques de representació d'imatges que siguin discriminatives quan ...

    Improvements in the ray tracing of implicit surfaces based on interval arithmetic 

    Flórez Díaz, Jorge Eliécer (Fecha de defensa: 2008-12-10)

    Las superfícies implícitas son útiles en muchas áreasde los gráficos por ordenador. Una de sus principales ventajas es que pueden ser fácilmente usadas como primitivas para modelado. Aun asi, no son muy usadas porque su ...

    Local model predictive control for navigation of a wheeled mobile robot using monocular information 

    Pacheco Valls, Lluís (Fecha de defensa: 2009-11-30)

    Aquesta tesi està inspirada en els agents naturals per tal de planificar de manera dinàmica la navegació d'un robot diferencial de dues rodes. Les dades dels sistemes de percepció són integrades dins una graella d'ocupació ...

    Prediction of postprandial blood glucose under intra-patient variability and uncertainty and its use in the design of insulin dosing strategies for type 1 diabetic patients 

    García Jaramillo, Maira Alejandra (Fecha de defensa: 2011-07-22)

    In this thesis I propose a novel method to estimate the dose and injection-to-meal time for low-risk intensive insulin therapy. This dosage-aid system uses an optimization algorithm to determine the insulin dose and ...

    Selective submap joining SLAM for autonomous vehicles 

    Aulinas Masó, Josep M. (Fecha de defensa: 2011-09-22)

    Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) do not result in consistent maps of large areas because of gradual increase of the uncertainty for long term missions. In addition, as the size of the map grows the computational ...

    Automatic diagnosis of voltage disturbances in power distribution networks 

    Barrera Núñez, Víctor Augusto (Fecha de defensa: 2012-04-10)

    This thesis proposes a framework for identifying the root-cause of a voltage disturbance, as well as, its source location (upstream/downstream) from the monitoring place. The framework works with three-phase voltage and ...

    Advanced illumination and view-selection techniques for volume rendering and its application to medical imaging 

    Ruiz Altisent, Marc (Fecha de defensa: 2012-05-04)

    Volume visualization is a method of extracting information from volumetric data using interactive graphics. Volume visualization aims to assist visual interpretation of data by creating three-dimensional models that reproduce ...

    Pattern recognition based on qualitative representation of signals. Application to situation assessment of dynamic systems 

    Gamero Argüello, Fco. Ignacio (Francisco Ignacio) (Fecha de defensa: 2012-06-26)

    The main focus of situation assessment is to decide on the adequacy of process behaviour with respect to specifications. When is not possible to have a mathematical model to represent the system operation, other non-model-based ...

    Discovering frequent and significant episodes. Application to sequences of events recorded in power distribution networks 

    Quiroga Quiroga, Oscar Arnulfo (Fecha de defensa: 2012-12-18)

    This thesis proposes a formalism to analyse and automatically exploit sequences of events, which are related with faults occurred in power distribution networks and are recorded by power quality monitors at substations. ...

    Technology-enhaced support for lifelong competence development in higher education 

    Florian Gaviria, Beatriz Eugenia (Fecha de defensa: 2013-01-18)

    A trace of lifelong-learning qualifications has become more mandatory at the European and even at world level. However, for higher education courses, the former could imply complex learning designs and abundance of data ...

    Enfoques metodológicos para mejorar la precisión y fiabilidad de los sistemas de monitorización continua de glucosa en pacientes con diabetes tipo 1 y en pacientes críticos mediante técnicas lineales y no lineales 

    Leal Moncada, Yenny Teresa (Fecha de defensa: 2013-07-30)

    This dissertation focuses on the development and improvement of the minimally invasive continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS). This dissertation gives emphasis in solving the problem of the accuracy and reliability ...

    Smarter urban planning through a citizen-based approach. The Smart urban planning method 

    Marsal, Maria Lluïsa, 1974- (Fecha de defensa: 2013-11-15)

    In this dissertation we propose an objective method for updating traditional urban planning methodologies based on input from citizens regarding their current and future urban requirements. Specifically, our methodology ...

    Optimisation methods meet the smart grid. New methods for solving location and allocation problems under the smart grid paradigm 

    Torrent-Fontbona, Ferran (Fecha de defensa: 2015-06-23)

    The smart grid offers a new infrastructure for the management of energy demand and generation towards a sustainable future. Accordingly, there is the objective to provide consumers with a response capacity to stimuli of ...

    Modal interval based package for robust control 

    Ferrer Mallorquí, Inès (Fecha de defensa: 2016-06-17)

    Complex systems are often subjected to uncertainties that make its model difficult, if not impossible to obtain. A quantitative model may be inadequate to represent the behavior of systems which require an explicit re ...

    Constraint-based metabolic models and their application in industrial biotechnology 

    Morales Pérez, Yeimy Liceth (Fecha de defensa: 2016-07-12)

    This thesis is focused on the application of small constraint-based models to analyze and predict the behavior of wild type and modified strains of Pichia pastoris. The presented work deals with the common limitations that ...

    Decision support framework for space-use optimization and arrangement of public services 

    Rusek, Robert (Fecha de defensa: 2017-05-24)

    The thesis concentrates particularly on how to enhance space-use in the case of public facilities. This issue has been approached by repurposing existing facilities and introducing additional services, thereby creating ...

    Novel methods for the efficacy and safety in the artificial pancreas intended for domiciliary use 

    Ramkissoon, Charrise Mary (Fecha de defensa: 2019-03-07)

    Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease that targets the insulin producing β-cells in the pancreas that results in chronically elevated blood glucose (BG) levels and requires lifelong insulin-replacement therapy. ...

    Word-processing-based routing for Cayley graphs 

    Aguirre Guerrero, Daniela (Fecha de defensa: 2019-05-15)

    This Thesis focuses on the problem of generic routing in Cayley Graphs(CGs). These graphs are a geometric representation of algebraic groups and have been used as topologies of a wide variety of communication networks. ...