Energy modelling is critical for addressing challenges such as integrating variable renewable energy and addressing climate impacts. This paper describes the updated code management structure and code updates, the revised community forum and the outreach activities that have built a vibrant...

The purpose of the present study was to identify the customer requirements and engineering attribute expectations of an innovative product to which a Kano's model and quality function deployment (QFD) analysis was applied. In order to accomplish the research, a new water filling machine design...

Globalization and dynamic economic conditions have exponentially increased the use of virtual work in organizations. Effectiveness in software development teams, therefore, is now a relevant issue in business, psychology or other fields. Despite the uniqueness of software development teams and...

The accuracy of computer systems represents the property that they are working as the users expect. Very often, these computer systems give inaccurate or wrong results. However, designing correct computer systems is a complex and expensive task. There are several ways to deal with this problem....

This paper describes the development of a chatbot as a cognitive user interface for portfolio optimization. The financial portfolio optimization chatbot is proposed to provide an easy-to-use interface for portfolio optimization, including a wide range of investment objectives and flexibility to...