This chapter introduces the methodology of particle swarm optimization algorithm usage as a tool for finding customer profiles based on a previously developed predictive model that predicts events like selection of some products or services with some probabilities. Particle swarm optimization algorithm is used as a tool that finds optimal values of input variables within developed predictive mo...

Marine Recreational Fishing (MRF) is growing worldwide in scientific interest, as evidenced by the increasing number of dedicated publications. Studies on impacts and benefits to socio-ecosystems mental health are driving this gradual awareness. In Mediterranean, MRF currently responsible for 10% catches though, context small-scale fisheries decline, it may become dominant. Sustaining activity ...

For patients with osteoarthritis (OA) involving the spine, proper diagnosis, pain management and functional outcomes remain poor and inconsistent. This is despite widely used therapies such as steroid and Botulinum toxin injections, chemonucleolysis, radiofrequency denervation, intradiscal electrothermal therapy, pain management pumps, spinal cord stimulators, and surgery [1,2]. Most of these o...

15 metabolic profiles were performed on 10 diabetic children who were on once-daily injections of insulin. Blood and urine glucose concentrations were high throughout much of the day and night, and were associated with abnormal levels of blood ketones, lactate, and pyruvate. The plasma free-insulin profiles gave a characteristic pattern for each type of insulin. The investigation gives valuable...

In this article we propose an agent-based solution for enabling paradigm shift from CRM (Customer Relationship Management) to CMR (Customer-Managed Relationship). Namely, Telco Agent is a software agent which represents telecom operator in interactions with its customers. Customers provide Telco Agent with their profiles and afterwards Telco Agent uses its mechanisms for semantic matchmaking of...

a r t i c l e i n f o This study examines the relationship between management accounting and planning profiles in Brazilian companies. The main goal is to understand the consequences of not including a fully structured management accounting scheme in the planning process. The authors conducted a field research among medium and large-sized companies, using a probabilistic sample from a populatio...

A Web-based programmed lipid management reminder system has been developed to evaluate physician compliance with the National Cholesterol Education Program's Third Report of the Adult Treatment Panel Guidelines in primary care clinics. The system builds a knowledge-based database from an EMR database first, then generates quarterly profiles of providers and sends the profiles with a reminder le...

Drug mode of action (MOA) of novel compounds has been predicted using phenotypic features or, more recently, comparing side effect similarities. Attempts to use gene expression data in mammalian systems have so far met limited success. Here, we built a drug similarity network starting from a public reference dataset containing genome-wide gene expression profiles (GEPs) following treatments wit...