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Maria Inês Conceição, Eusébio Conceição, António Grilo, Meysam Basiri and Hazim Awbi
A greenhouse is used to improve thermal comfort (TC) levels for its occupants in winter conditions using solar radiation, which involves low energy consumption. The aim of this research is the application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the evaluat...
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Rita Machete, Mariana Neves, Madalena Ponte, Ana Paula Falcão and Rita Bento
The preservation and safeguarding of built cultural heritage is a permanent concern for institutions. These structures were generally poorly prepared for movement triggered by natural disasters, a situation further complicated in the case of earthquakes,...
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Cheng Lin and Yunting Lin
Recently, metaheuristic algorithms have been recognized as applicable techniques for solving various computational complexities in energy problems. In this work, a powerful metaheuristic technique called the water cycle algorithm (WCA) is assessed for an...
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Weisong Zhang, Yukang Wang and Xiaoping Zhou
Navigation networks are a common form of indoor map that provide the basis for a wide range of indoor location-based services, intelligent tasks for indoor robots, and three-dimensional (3D) geographic information systems. The majority of current indoor ...
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Jou-Man Huang and Liang-Chun Chen
With the global warming effect and the rapid growth of global urbanization, the concept of urban heat islands (UHIs) has become one of the most important environmental issues in the world. Early studies on UHIs mostly focused on highly developed, large c...
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