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Neural networks based predictive control for thermal comfort and energy savings in public buildings by FERREIRA, P. M, RUANO, A. E, SILVA, S, CONCEICAO, E. Z. E

“…The paper addresses the problem of controlling a Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system with the purpose of achieving a desired thermal comfort…”
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An Intelligent Support System for Automatic Detection of Cerebral Vascular Accidents from Brain CT Images by Hajimani, Elmira, Ruano, M.G, Ruano, A.E

“…Highlights • A RBFNN based system for automatic diagnosis of CVAs from brain CT is proposed. • The best possible RBFNN topology, inputs and parameters are…”
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Online Sliding-Window Methods for Process Model Adaptation by Ferreira, P.M., Ruano, A.E.

“…Online learning algorithms are needed when the process to be modeled is time varying or when it is impossible to obtain offline data that cover the whole…”
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Neural network models in greenhouse air temperature prediction by Ferreira, P.M., Faria, E.A., Ruano, A.E.

“…The adequacy of radial basis function neural networks to model the inside air temperature of a hydroponic greenhouse as a function of the outside air…”
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A Soft-Computing Methodology for Noninvasive Time-Spatial Temperature Estimation by Teixeira, CÉsar A., Ruano, Maria GraÇa, Ruano, AntÓnio E., Pereira, Wagner C. A.

“…The safe and effective application of thermal therapies is restricted due to lack of reliable noninvasive temperature estimators. In this paper, the temporal…”
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MILP-based model predictive control for home energy management systems: A real case study in Algarve, Portugal by Gomes, I.L.R., Ruano, M.G., Ruano, A.E.

“…This paper addresses the development of an innovative home energy management system (HEMS). The presented HEMS relies on a mixed-integer linear programming…”
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GPR target detection using a neural network classifier designed by a multi-objective genetic algorithm by Harkat, H., Ruano, A.E., Ruano, M.G., Bennani, S.D.

“…Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is an electromagnetic sensing technology employed for localization of underground utilities, pipes, and other types of objects…”
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From home energy management systems to communities energy managers: The use of an intelligent aggregator in a community in Algarve, Portugal by Gomes, I.L.R., Ruano, M.G., Ruano, A.E.

“…This paper describes the development of community energy management systems (CEMS). A CEMS allows optimal energy sharing within energy communities, as it is a…”
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A convex hull-based data selection method for data driven models by Khosravani, H.R., Ruano, A.E., Ferreira, P.M.

“…[Display omitted] •For data driven models, design data should cover the whole data range.•Convex hull algorithms can be applied as a method for data…”
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Seismic detection using support vector machines by Ruano, A.E., Madureira, G., Barros, O., Khosravani, H.R., Ruano, M.G., Ferreira, P.M.

“…This study describes research to design a seismic detection system to act at the level of a seismic station, providing a similar role to that of STA/LTA…”
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Intelligent non-invasive modeling of ultrasound-induced temperature in tissue phantoms by Ferreira, R., Ruano, M.G., Ruano, A.E.

“…•The evolution of the ultrasound-induced temperature in tissues is modelled.•A phantom is used to obtain the model design data•B-spline neural network models…”
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Prediction of building's temperature using neural networks models by Ruano, A.E., Crispim, E.M., Conceição, E.Z.E., Lúcio, M.M.J.R.

“…The use of artificial neural networks in various applications related with energy management in buildings has been increasing significantly over the recent…”
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On the possibility of non-invasive multilayer temperature estimation using soft-computing methods by Teixeira, C.A., Pereira, W.C.A., Ruano, A.E., Ruano, M. Graça

“…This work reports original results on the possibility of non-invasive temperature estimation (NITE) in a multilayered phantom by applying soft-computing…”
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Preface to the Special Section on Algorithms and Architectures for Real-time Control by Hernandez, V., Ruano, A.E.

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Special section on intelligent control systems and signal processing by Ruano, A.E., Fleming, P.J.

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Nonlinear identification of aircraft gas-turbine dynamics by Ruano, A.E., Fleming, P.J., Teixeira, C., Rodrı́guez-Vázquez, K., Fonseca, C.M.

“…Identification results for the shaft-speed dynamics of an aircraft gas turbine, under normal operation, are presented. As it has been found that the dynamics…”
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Real-time parameter estimation of dynamic temperature models for greenhouse environmental control by Boaventura Cunha, J., Couto, C., Ruano, A.E.

“…For a greenhouse located at UTAD-University, the methods used to estimate (in real-time) the parameters of the inside air temperature model will be described…”
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Application of computational intelligence methods to greenhouse environmental modelling by Ferreira, P.M., Ruano, A.E.

“…In order to implement a model-based predictive control methodology for a research greenhouse several predictive models are required. This paper presents the…”
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Application of Computation Intelligence Techniques for Energy Load and Price Forecast in some States of USA by Mourao, J.C., Ruano, A.E.

“…The purpose of this paper is to forecast the load and the price of electricity, 49 hours ahead. To accomplish these goals, computational intelligence…”
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On-line sliding-window Levenberg-Marquardt methods for neural network models by Ferreira, P.M., Ruano, A.E.

“…On-line learning algorithms are needed when the process to be modeled is time-varying or when it is impossible to obtain off-line data that covers the whole…”
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