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  • Incremental checking of SQL assertions in an RDBMS 

    Oriol Hilari, Xavier; Teniente López, Ernest (Elsevier, 2025-08)
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    The notion of SQL assertion was introduced, in SQL-92 standard, to define general constraints over a relational database. They can be used, for instance, to specify cross-row constraints or multitable check constraints. ...
  • The European master for HPC curriculum 

    Bouvry, Pascal; Brorsson, Mats; Canal Corretger, Ramon; Eftekhari, Aryan; Höfinger, Siegfried; Smets, Didier; Köstler, Harald; Kozubek, Tomáš; Krishnasamy, Ezhilmathi; Llosa Espuny, José Francisco; Lukas Rother, Alexandra; Martorell Bofill, Xavier; Pleiter, Dirk; Proykova, Ana; Sancho Samsó, María Ribera; Schenk, Olaf; Silvano, Cristina (Elsevier, 2025-07)
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    Open Access
    The use of High-Performance Computing (HPC) is crucial for addressing various grand challenges. While significant investments are made in digital infrastructures that comprise HPC resources, its realisation, operation, ...
  • Characterization of the feeding behavior of pure duroc pigs 

    Fonseca Casas, Pau; Godoy Olivares, Carlo; Cristòfol Adell, Carles; Arboix Arzó, Margarita; Patel, Bhumika Ashvinbhai (2025-01-17)
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    Open Access
    Exploring and forecasting farm animal feeding behaviors yields valuable insights into nutritional needs and medication dosages, such as antibiotics administered to livestock. Utilizing mathematical models, we can simulate ...
  • Analysing gender equality in Barcelona through (spatiotemporal) segmentation 

    Montero Mercadé, Lídia; Mejía-Dorantes, Lucía; Barceló Bugeda, Jaime (Elsevier, 2025)
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    Open Access
    Activity participation is influenced by many factors, such as the ones related to the built environment, but also to individual attributes. Herein we explore sequences of daily activities and travel employing techniques ...
  • A fuzzy logic approach for tie strength assessment in relationship management: design and performance comparison of two implemented fuzzy-based models 

    Higashi, Shunya; Ampririt, Phudit; Ikeda, Makoto; Matsuo, Keita; Barolli, Leonard; Xhafa Xhafa, Fatos (2025-01-22)
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    Open Access
    In an increasingly digitalised and interconnected world, assessing the strength of interpersonal ties in social networks is crucial for fields such as business, marketing and sociology. Traditional methods for evaluating ...
  • Using a simulation and optimisation decision support tool to evaluate impacts of an intermodal travel management system combining ride-pooling and public transport 

    Lorente García, Ester; Codina Sancho, Esteve; Barceló Bugeda, Jaume (Elsevier, 2025-04)
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    Open Access
    This paper explores using a decision support tool, an already developed and preliminary tested system with highly parameterised Simulation and Optimisation engines. This tool manages the assignment of user requests to ...
  • Use of Beacon v2 for improving genomics based research in a clinical setting 

    Naro, Daniel; Delgado Mercè, Jaime; Llorente Viejo, Silvia; Hernaez Arrazola, Mikel (2024)
    Conference lecture
    Open Access
    GA4GH has proposed the Beacon architecture as an interface to retrieve genomic information which also protects the privacy of the individuals. In this paper, we propose to adapt the Beacon Reference Implementation to the ...
  • Enhancing sustainable urban intermodal systems: simulating the effects of key parameters in integrated ride-pooling and public transport 

    Lorente García, Ester; Codina Sancho, Esteve; Barceló Bugeda, Jaime; Nökel, Klaus (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-06-12)
    Article
    Open Access
    Mobility as a service, and its associated variants, has been proposed as a method to improve the sustainability of transport systems; however, most of the approaches that have been proposed so far have been unsuccessful ...
  • Formalizing sustainable urban mobility management: an innovative approach with digital twin and integrated modeling 

    Grotto, Andrea; Fonseca Casas, Pau; Zubaryeva, Alyona; Sparber, Wolfram (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-11-11)
    Article
    Open Access
    Background: Urban mobility management faces growing challenges that require the analysis and optimization of sustainable solutions. Digital twins (DTs) have emerged as innovative tools for this assessment, but their ...
  • Land use, travel patterns and gender in Barcelona: a sequence analysis approach 

    Montero Mercadé, Lídia; Mejía-Dorantes, Lucía; Barceló Bugeda, Jaime (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-10-17)
    Article
    Open Access
    Transport systems are essential for the path toward sustainable urbanisation and the transition to more sustainable living. Recently, European cities have undergone substantial changes, and suburbanisation is posing new ...
  • Watching the guards: a data-driven method to trigger warnings in national wastewater surveillance networks 

    Bosch-Lladó, Lluís; Pueyo-Ros, Josep; Comas Cufí, Marc; Saldaña Meca, Joan; Ripoll Missé, Jordi; Calle Ortega, Eusebio; Fonseca Casas, Pau; Garcia Subirana, Joan; Borrego-More, Carles; Corominas Tabares, Lluis (2024-06-12)
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    Open Access
    Surveillance networks have been established in many countries worldwide to monitor SARS-CoV-2 in sewage and to estimate the communal prevalence of COVID-19 cases. Despite their popularity, gaining a rapid understanding of ...
  • Applying a Digital Twin and wastewater analysis for robust validation of COVID-19 pandemic forecasts: insights from Catalonia 

    Fonseca Casas, Pau; Garcia Subirana, Joan; Corominas, Lluís; Bosch, Lluís Maria (2024-01-03)
    Article
    Open Access
    Monitoring the spread of SARS-CoV-2 presents significant challenges due to the asymptomatic nature of the infections, the presence of numerous variants, and changes in population behavior resulting from the implementation ...

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