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Informatics, Volume 8, Issue 1

March 2021 - 20 articles

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Cover Story: This paper introduces the imperative role that the concept of augmented/intelligent Enterprise Systems plays in safeguarding organizations from the quoted problems. The topic is set to establish the foundational arguments on the imperative need of transforming the Enterprise Systems architecture status quo through intelligent augmentation using Deep Learning (namely, Siamese-LSTM in this example); Shed light on the importance of machine learning and what we call Deep Learning Representational Frameworks (DL-ReFrams); Present research directions that discuss sociotechnical research frontiers that need to be addressed by both academics and practitioners. View this paper.

Articles (20)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,377 Views
13 Pages

The Rare Word Issue in Natural Language Generation: A Character-Based Solution

  • Giovanni Bonetta,
  • Marco Roberti,
  • Rossella Cancelliere and
  • Patrick Gallinari

In this paper, we analyze the problem of generating fluent English utterances from tabular data, focusing on the development of a sequence-to-sequence neural model which shows two major features: the ability to read and generate character-wise, and t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
7,839 Views
15 Pages

Opinion mining techniques, investigating if text is expressing a positive or negative opinion, continuously gain in popularity, attracting the attention of many scientists from different disciplines. Specific use cases, however, where the expressed o...

  • Review
  • Open Access
49 Citations
16,058 Views
13 Pages

Measuring Digital Citizenship: A Comparative Analysis

  • Juan Sebastián Fernández-Prados,
  • Antonia Lozano-Díaz and
  • Alexandra Ainz-Galende

This paper aims at showing a state of the art about digital citizenship from the methodological point of view when it comes to measuring this construct. The review of the scientific literature offers at least ten definitions and nine different scales...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,134 Views
18 Pages

Estimating Freeway Level-of-Service Using Crowdsourced Data

  • Nima Hoseinzadeh,
  • Yangsong Gu,
  • Lee D. Han,
  • Candace Brakewood and
  • Phillip B. Freeze

In traffic operations, the aim of transportation agencies and researchers is typically to reduce congestion and improve safety. To attain these goals, agencies need continuous and accurate information about the traffic situation. Level-of-Service (LO...

  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
11,007 Views
12 Pages

Application of Machine Learning in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Settings Using MIMIC Dataset: Systematic Review

  • Mahanazuddin Syed,
  • Shorabuddin Syed,
  • Kevin Sexton,
  • Hafsa Bareen Syeda,
  • Maryam Garza,
  • Meredith Zozus,
  • Farhanuddin Syed,
  • Salma Begum,
  • Abdullah Usama Syed and
  • Joseph Sanford
  • + 1 author

Modern Intensive Care Units (ICUs) provide continuous monitoring of critically ill patients susceptible to many complications affecting morbidity and mortality. ICU settings require a high staff-to-patient ratio and generates a sheer volume of data....

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,843 Views
23 Pages

Organizational Strategies for End-User Development—A Systematic Literature Mapping

  • Augusto S. C. Modesto,
  • Rejane M. da C. Figueiredo,
  • Cristiane S. Ramos,
  • Letícia de S. Santos,
  • Elaine Venson and
  • Glauco V. Pedrosa

In the last few years, several organizations have been looking for strategies to meet the needs of users of Information Technology (IT). The decentralization of IT and the empowerment of nonprofessional users have been a viable option among these str...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,918 Views
15 Pages

On Blockchain-Based Cross-Service Communication and Resource Orchestration on Edge Clouds

  • Konstantinos Papadakis-Vlachopapadopoulos,
  • Ioannis Dimolitsas,
  • Dimitrios Dechouniotis,
  • Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou,
  • Ioanna Roussaki and
  • Symeon Papavassiliou

With the advent of 5G verticals and the Internet of Things paradigm, Edge Computing has emerged as the most dominant service delivery architecture, placing augmented computing resources in the proximity of end users. The resource orchestration of edg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,994 Views
14 Pages

Rational models of human behavior aim to predict, possibly control, humans. There are two primary models, the cognitive model that treats behavior as implicit, and the behavioral model that treats beliefs as implicit. The cognitive model reigned supr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
10,013 Views
31 Pages

Visual Analytics for Electronic Health Records: A Review

  • Neda Rostamzadeh,
  • Sheikh S. Abdullah and
  • Kamran Sedig

The increasing use of electronic health record (EHR)-based systems has led to the generation of clinical data at an unprecedented rate, which produces an untapped resource for healthcare experts to improve the quality of care. Despite the growing dem...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,198 Views
29 Pages

Transforming the state-of-the-art definition and anatomy of enterprise systems (ESs) seems to some academics and practitioners as an unavoidable destiny. Value depletion lead by early retirement and/or replacement of ESs solutions has been a constant...

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