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Deep-Learning-Based Multitask Ultrasound Beamforming 基于深度学习的多任务超声波束形成

Information (Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 DOI: 10.3390/info14100582

Elay Dahan, Israel Cohen

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Interoperability and Targeted Attacks on Terrorist Organizations Using Intelligent Tools From Network Science 使用网络科学智能工具对恐怖组织的互操作性和针对性攻击

Information (Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 DOI: 10.3390/info14100580

Alexandros Z. Spyropoulos, Evangelos Ioannidis, Ioannis Antoniou

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Mobility Control Centre and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Urban Districts 可持续城区交通控制中心与人工智能

Information (Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 DOI: 10.3390/info14100581

Francis Marco Maria Cirianni, Antonio Comi, Agata Quattrone

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Computing the Sound–Sense Harmony: A Case Study of William Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Francis Webb’s Most Popular Poems 计算音感和声:威廉·莎士比亚十四行诗和弗朗西斯·韦伯最受欢迎的诗歌的案例研究

Information (Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI: 10.3390/info14100576

Rodolfo Delmonte

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Improving CS1 Programming Learning with Visual Execution Environments 用可视化执行环境改进CS1编程学习

Information (Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI: 10.3390/info14100579

Raquel Hijón-Neira, Celeste Pizarro, John French, Pedro Paredes-Barragán, Michael Duignan

{"title":"Improving CS1 Programming Learning with Visual Execution Environments","authors":"Raquel Hijón-Neira, Celeste Pizarro, John French, Pedro Paredes-Barragán, Michael Duignan","doi":"10.3390/info14100579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/info14100579","url":null,"abstract":"Students in their first year of computer science (CS1) at universities typically struggle to grasp fundamental programming concepts. This paper discusses research carried out using a Java-based visual execution environment (VEE) to introduce fundamental programming concepts to CS1 students. The VEE guides beginner programmers through the fundamentals of programming, utilizing visual metaphors to explain and direct interactive tasks implemented in Java. The study’s goal was to determine if the use of the VEE in the instruction of a group of 63 CS1 students from four different groups enrolled in two academic institutions (based in Madrid, Spain and Galway, Ireland) results in an improvement in their grasp of fundamental programming concepts. The programming concepts covered included those typically found in an introductory programming course, e.g., input and output, conditionals, loops, functions, arrays, recursion, and files. A secondary goal of this research was to examine if the use of the VEE enhances students’ understanding of particular concepts more than others, i.e., whether there exists a topic-dependent benefit to the use of the VEE. The results of the study found that use of the VEE in the instruction of these students resulted in a significant improvement in their grasp of fundamental programming concepts compared with a control group who received instruction without the use of the VEE. The study also found a pronounced improvement in the students’ grasp of particular concepts (e.g., operators, conditionals, and loops), suggesting the presence of a topic-dependent benefit to the use of the VEE.","PeriodicalId":38479,"journal":{"name":"Information (Switzerland)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135616968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Conceptual Design of an AI-Enabled Decision Support System for Analysing Donor Behaviour in Nonprofit Organisations 用于分析非营利组织捐赠行为的人工智能决策支持系统的概念设计

Information (Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI: 10.3390/info14100578

Idrees Alsolbi, Renu Agarwal, Bhuvan Unhelkar, Tareq Al-Jabri, Mahendra Samarawickrama, Siamak Tafavogh, Mukesh Prasad

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Thematic Analysis of Big Data in Financial Institutions Using NLP Techniques with a Cloud Computing Perspective: A Systematic Literature Review 基于云计算视角的NLP技术金融机构大数据专题分析:系统文献综述

Information (Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI: 10.3390/info14100577

Ratnesh Kumar Sharma, Gnana Bharathy, Faezeh Karimi, Anil V. Mishra, Mukesh Prasad

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Prototype Selection for Multilabel Instance-Based Learning 多标签基于实例学习的原型选择

Information (Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI: 10.3390/info14100572

Panagiotis Filippakis, Stefanos Ougiaroglou, Georgios Evangelidis

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Translation Performance from the User’s Perspective of Large Language Models and Neural Machine Translation Systems 基于用户视角的大语言模型和神经机器翻译系统的翻译性能

Information (Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI: 10.3390/info14100574

Jungha Son, Boyoung Kim

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The Impact of Data Science Solutions on the Company Turnover 数据科学解决方案对公司营业额的影响

Information (Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI: 10.3390/info14100573

Marian Pompiliu Cristescu, Dumitru Alexandru Mara, Lia Cornelia Culda, Raluca Andreea Nerișanu, Adela Bâra, Simona-Vasilica Oprea

{"title":"The Impact of Data Science Solutions on the Company Turnover","authors":"Marian Pompiliu Cristescu, Dumitru Alexandru Mara, Lia Cornelia Culda, Raluca Andreea Nerișanu, Adela Bâra, Simona-Vasilica Oprea","doi":"10.3390/info14100573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/info14100573","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the potential of data science software solutions like Customer Relationship Management Software (CRM) for increasing the revenue generation of businesses. We focused on those businesses in the accommodation and food service sector across the European Union (EU). The investigation is contextualized within the rising trend of data-driven decision-making, examining the potential correlation between data science applications and business revenues. By employing a comprehensive evaluation of Eurostat datasets from 2014 to 2021, we used both univariate and multivariate analyses, assessing the percentage of companies that have e-commerce sales across the EU countries, focusing on the usage of big data analytics from any source and the use of CRM tools for marketing purposes or other activities. Big data utilization showed a clear, positive relationship with enhanced e-commerce sales. However, CRM tools exhibited a dualistic impact: while their use in marketing showed no significant effect on sales, their application in non-marketing functions had negative effects on sales. These findings underscore the potential role of CRM and data science solutions in enhancing business performance in the EU’s accommodation and food service industry.","PeriodicalId":38479,"journal":{"name":"Information (Switzerland)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135778715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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