Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2014

1. Workshop on Econometrics and Multidimensional Evaluation in the Urban Environment (EMEUE 2014)

   1. A Spatial Econometrics Analysis for Road Accidents in Lisbon

      • Paula Simões, Sílvia Shrubsall, Isabel Natário

      Pages 269-283

   2. Sketching Smart and Fair Cities WebGIS and Spread Sheets in a Code

      • Salvatore Giuffrida, Filippo Gagliano

      Pages 284-299

   3. An Application of Analytic Network Process in the Planning Process: The Case of an Urban Transformation in Palermo (Italy)

      • Grazia Napoli, Filippo Schilleci

      Pages 300-314

   4. VGI to Enhance Minor Historic Centres and Their Territorial Cultural Heritage

      • Pierangela Loconte, Francesco Rotondo

      Pages 315-329

   5. Marginality and/or Centrality of the Open Spaces in the Strategies for Upgrading the Energy Efficiency of the City

      • Claudia Piscitelli, Francesco Selicato, Daniela Violante

      Pages 330-344

   6. Sensitivity Analysis of Spatial Autocorrelation Using Distinct Geometrical Settings: Guidelines for the Urban Econometrician

      • Antonio Manuel Rodrigues, Jose Antonio Tenedorio

      Pages 345-356

   7. Fighting in the Shadows: Health Policies and Data Availability about HIV/AIDS A Case Study in Apulia (Italy)

      • Dario Antonio Schirone, Thaís García Pereiro, Roberta Pace

      Pages 357-365

   8. How to Build Territorial Networks: Criteria for the Evaluation of the Networking Potential for Local Self-sustainable Development

      • Pierangela Loconte, Francesco Selicato

      Pages 366-381

   9. Complex Values-Based Approach for Multidimensional Evaluation of Landscape

      • Maria Cerreta, Pasquale Inglese, Viviana Malangone, Simona Panaro

      Pages 382-397

   10. Valuing Cultural Landscape Services: A Multidimensional and Multi-group SDSS for Scenario Simulations

       • Raffaele Attardi, Maria Cerreta, Alfredo Franciosa, Antonia Gravagnuolo

       Pages 398-413

   11. Methods and Techniques for Integrated Mesoscale and Microscale Analysis of Urban Thermal Behavior: The Case of Bari (Italy)

       • Claudia Ceppi, Mariella De Fino, Giovanna Mangialardi, Simona Erario, Francesco Selicato

       Pages 414-429

   12. “Scrapping” of Quarters and Urban Renewal: A Geostatistic-Based Evaluation

       • Raffaele Attardi, Emanuele Pastore, Carmelo M. Torre

       Pages 430-445

   13. Spatial Multicrierial Evaluation of Soil Consumption as a Tool for SEA

       • Pasquale Balena, Valentina Sannicandro, Carmelo Maria Torre

       Pages 446-458

   14. The Economic Effect of Sale of Italian Public Property: A Relevant Question of Real Estate Appraisal

       • Sebastiano Carbonara, Davide Stefano, Carmelo Maria Torre

       Pages 459-470

   15. Web Potential to Promote Equity Planning Practices

       • Maria Giovanna Altieri, Francesco Rotondo, Carmelo Maria Torre

       Pages 471-482

2. Workshop on Computational and Applied Statistics (CAS 2014)

   1. Classical and Bayesian Goodness-of-fit Tests for the Exponential Model: A Comparative Study

      • Maria J. Polidoro, Fernando J. Magalhães, Maria A. Amaral Turkman

      Pages 483-497

   2. Predictive Models for Mutation Carriers in Brugada Syndrome Screening

      • Carla Henriques, Ana Matos, Luís Ferreira Santos

      Pages 498-511

   3. Outlier Detection and Robust Variable Selection for Least Angle Regression

      • Shirin Shahriari, Susana Faria, A. Manuela Gonçalves, Stefan Van Aelst

      Pages 512-522

   4. Forecasting Household Packaging Waste Generation: A Case Study

      • João A. Ferreira, Manuel C. Figueiredo, José A. Oliveira

      Pages 523-538

   5. Distributions Families in Counting Bacteria for Compound Sampling

      • Miguel Felgueiras, João Paulo Martins, Rui Santos

      Pages 539-551

The six-volume set LNCS 8579-8584 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2014, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in June/July 2014. The 347 revised papers presented in 30 workshops and a special track were carefully reviewed and selected from 1167. The 289 papers presented in the workshops cover various areas in computational science ranging from computational science technologies to specific areas of computational science such as computational geometry and security.

• cloud computing
• fuzzy logic
• graph theory
• linear programming
• machine learning
• mobile computing
• model checking
• natural language processing
• parallel computing
• semantic networks
• software architecture
• software maintenance
• software testing
• support vector machines
• visualization
• algorithm analysis and problem complexity

• School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

  Beniamino Murgante

• Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria

  Sanjay Misra

• Department of Production and Systems, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

  Ana Maria A. C. Rocha

• DICAR, Polytecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy

  Carmelo Torre

• University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

  Jorge Gustavo Rocha, Maria Irene Falcão

• Monash University, Clayton, Australia

  David Taniar

• Department of Intelligent Informatics,, Kyushu Sangyo University, Higashi-ku, Japan

  Bernady O. Apduhan

• Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

  Osvaldo Gervasi

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