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Knowledge graph population from news streams

Fernández Cañellas, Dèlia (Date of defense: 2023-10-09)

(English) Media producers publish large amounts of multimedia content online - both text, audio, image and video. As the online media market grows, the management and delivery of contents becomes a challenge. Semantic ...

Knowledge management technology for integrated decision support systems in process industries

Muñoz Mata, Edrisi (Date of defense: 2011-12-12)

Nowadays, factors such as globalization of trade, market uncertainty and fierce competition involve dwindling error margins in enterprises. Two key aspects for achieve it are the viability and the competitiveness of ...

Knowledge representation and reasoning for perception-based manipulation planning

Diab, Mohammed (Date of defense: 2021-01-22)

This thesis develops a series of modeling and reasoning tools for knowledge-oriented manipulation planning in semi/unstructured environments. The main idea is to use high-level knowledge-based reasoning to capture a rich ...

Knowledge transmission in cyberspace. Discourse analysis of professional web forums as internet subgenre

Varga, Cristina (Date of defense: 2011-03-09)

El desarrollo de las nuevas tecnologías y el uso del Internet como nueva plataforma para la enseñanza crean nuevas modalidades de interacción comunicativa entre los usuarios de Internet con el fin de aprender, comunicar y ...

Knowledge-based modelling and simulation of operational problems of microbiological origin in wastewater treatment plants

Dalmau Solé, Jordi (Date of defense: 2009-11-13)

The activated sludge and anaerobic digestion processes have been modelled in widely accepted models. Nevertheless, these models still have limitations when describing operational problems of microbiological origin. The aim ...

Knowledge-based and data-driven approaches for geographical information access

Ferrés Domènech, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-11-29)

Geographical Information Access (GeoIA) can be defined as a way of retrieving information from textual collections that includes the automatic analysis and interpretation of the geographical constraints and terms present ...

Knowledge-based incremental induction of clinical algorithms

López Vallverdú, Joan Albert (Date of defense: 2012-12-14)

The current approaches for the induction of medical procedural knowledge suffer from several drawbacks: the structures produced may not be explicit medical structures, they are only based on statistical measures that do ...

Knowledge-based probabilistic modeling for tracking lyrics in music audio signals

Dzhambazov, Georgi (Date of defense: 2017-06-28)

This thesis proposes specific signal processing and machine learning methodologies for automatically aligning the lyrics of a song to its corresponding audio recording. The research carried out falls in the broader field ...

Knowledge-defined networking : a machine learning based approach for network and traffic modeling

Mestres Sugrañes, Albert (Date of defense: 2017-12-12)

The research community has considered in the past the application of Machine Learning (ML) techniques to control and operate networks. A notable example is the Knowledge Plane proposed by D.Clark et al. However, such ...

Kojpk Pääjtïn: El encuentro con la raíz. Una etnografía ayuujk

Castillo Cisneros, María del Carmen (Date of defense: 2014-11-28)

Kojpk pääjtïn: el encuentro con la raíz, es una etnografía ayuujk que parte del estudio de la ritualidad mixe, centrándose en cómo es vivida en la localidad de Santa María Tlahuitoltepec, Oaxaca, México. Nueve años de ...

KOSOVA. Gènesi i evolució del moviment nacional albanès, de l'autonomia iugoslava a l'estat kosovar independent

Usall i Santa, Ramon (Date of defense: 2010-11-03)

La tesi doctoral se centra en l'estudi del nacionalisme albanès en el territori de Kosova amb l'objectiu d'analitzar els seus orígens i la seva posterior evolució al llarg de la segona meitat del segle XX i l'inici del ...

Koyla Kahini. The Political Ecology of Coal in India

Roy, Brototi (Date of defense: 2021-04-22)

Aquesta tesi contribueix a examinar com i per què el carbó continua dominant la matriu energètica mundial, malgrat les velles i noves preocupacions socioecològiques i com i per què es posa en dubte, utilitzant narratives ...

KSL-W analogues, peptide conjugates and tryptophan-containing cyclic peptides with activity against plant pathogens

Camó Marín, Cristina (Date of defense: 2019-06-27)

Plant diseases produced by bacteria are responsible for considerable economic losses. These phytopathologies are highly contagious and difficult to control. With this aim, we selected peptides reported as plant defense ...

“Kuang Cao”. El estilo cursiva loca de la caligrafía China y su relación con la pintura informalista

Liu, Hsiao Lin (Date of defense: 2016-02-03)

Kuang Cao (狂草), elevó la caligrafía al nivel artístico con la simple intención de permitir la libre expresión de los sentimientos y la personalidad del artista. Los calígrafos de estilo cursiva loca expresan sus sentimientos ...

Kulangsu (1684-1903): un enclave entre imperios

Huang, Zhicang (Date of defense: 2022-07-21)

Aquesta tesi estudia l’illa de Kulangsu, a Xiamen (Fujian, Xina), des de finals del segle XVII fins a principis del segle XX. Hi ha estudis importants sobre la seva etapa com a concessió internacional al segle XX, però ...

Kumanday, Poleka-Kasue y Dulima. La representación pictórica y audiovisual de la montaña como estudio de un territorio simbólico sensible al cambio

Castañeda Arbeláez, Natalia (Date of defense: 2022-01-20)

[spa] Es una investigación que distingue los diferentes estratos que conforman la representación de la montaña, y desarrolla una reflexión artística, geográfica y documental de un territorio sensible al cambio climático. ...