Sistema de climatización por suelo radiante coalimentado por energías renovables

Se presenta el sistema de climatización basado en suelo radiante coalimentado por fuentes de energía renovables, que es capaz de proporcionar calor o frío. Se ha modelado una instalación genérica, que ha sido particularizada e integrada en una vivienda-laboratorio de unos 54m2. El sistema está compuesto por placas termo-solares, calentador eléctrico, bomba de calor aire-agua, acumuladores, circuito de suelo radiante y fancoil. El sistema de control está basado en un autómata que integra sensores y actuadores de diversas tecnologías que permiten monitorizar el sistema, visualizar y gestionar la instalación de forma remota y realizar un control minimizando el gasto energético. El sistema de control es reactivo en tiempo real por lo que cada vez que sucede algún cambio en el entorno se desencadenas las acciones oportunas.

Representation of 2D objects with a topology preserving network

Comunicación presentada en el 2nd International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Information Systems, Alicante, April, 2002.

Hand gesture recognition based on morphologic features

Comunicación presentada en el IX Simposium Nacional de Reconocimiento de Formas y Análisis de Imágenes, Benicàssim, Mayo, 2001.

An evolutive approach for the delineation of local labour markets

This paper presents a new approach to the delineation of local labour markets based on evolutionary computation. The main objective is the regionalisation of a given territory into functional regions based on commuting flows. According to the relevant literature, such regions are defined so that (a) their boundaries are rarely crossed in daily journeys to work, and (b) a high degree of intra-area movement exists. This proposal merges municipalities into functional regions by maximizing a fitness function that measures aggregate intra-region interaction under constraints of inter-region separation and minimum size. Real results are presented based on the latest database from the Census of Population in the Region of Valencia. Comparison between the results obtained through the official method which currently is most widely used (that of British Travel-to-Work Areas) and those from our approach is also presented, showing important improvements in terms of both the number of different market areas identified that meet the statistical criteria and the degree of aggregate intra-market interaction.

An evolutionary approach to the delineation of functional areas based on travel-to-work flows

This paper presents a new approach to the delineation of local labor markets based on evolutionary computation. The aim of the exercise is the division of a given territory into functional regions based on travel-to-work flows. Such regions are defined so that a high degree of inter-regional separation and of intra-regional integration in both cases in terms of commuting flows is guaranteed. Additional requirements include the absence of overlap between delineated regions and the exhaustive coverage of the whole territory. The procedure is based on the maximization of a fitness function that measures aggregate intra-region interaction under constraints of inter-region separation and minimum size. In the experimentation stage, two variations of the fitness function are used, and the process is also applied as a final stage for the optimization of the results from one of the most successful existing methods, which are used by the British authorities for the delineation of travel-to-work areas (TTWAs). The empirical exercise is conducted using real data for a sufficiently large territory that is considered to be representative given the density and variety of travel-to-work patterns that it embraces. The paper includes the quantitative comparison with alternative traditional methods, the assessment of the performance of the set of operators which has been specifically designed to handle the regionalization problem and the evaluation of the convergence process. The robustness of the solutions, something crucial in a research and policy-making context, is also discussed in the paper.

A memetic algorithm for the delineation of local labour markets

Given a territory composed of basic geographical units, the delineation of local labour market areas (LLMAs) can be seen as a problem in which those units are grouped subject to multiple constraints. In previous research, standard genetic algorithms were not able to find valid solutions, and a specific evolutionary algorithm was developed. The inclusion of multiple ad hoc operators allowed the algorithm to find better solutions than those of a widely-used greedy method. However, the percentage of invalid solutions was still very high. In this paper we improve that evolutionary algorithm through the inclusion of (i) a reparation process, that allows every invalid individual to fulfil the constraints and contribute to the evolution, and (ii) a hillclimbing optimisation procedure for each generated individual by means of an appropriate reassignment of some of its constituent units. We compare the results of both techniques against the previous results and a greedy method.

Los mercados locales de trabajo españoles: una aplicación del nuevo procedimiento británico

Este trabajo se ha realizado en el marco del proyecto SEJ2007-67767-C04-02, financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación y FEDER.

Grouping genetic operators for the delineation of functional areas based on spatial interaction

The delineation of functional economic areas, or market areas, is a problem of high practical relevance, since the delineation of functional sets such as economic areas in the US, Travel-to-Work Areas in the United Kingdom, and their counterparts in other OECD countries are the basis of many statistical operations and policy making decisions at local level. This is a combinatorial optimisation problem defined as the partition of a given set of indivisible spatial units (covering a territory) into regions characterised by being (a) self-contained and (b) cohesive, in terms of spatial interaction data (flows, relationships). Usually, each region must reach a minimum size and self-containment level, and must be continuous. Although these optimisation problems have been typically solved through greedy methods, a recent strand of the literature in this field has been concerned with the use of evolutionary algorithms with ad hoc operators. Although these algorithms have proved to be successful in improving the results of some of the more widely applied official procedures, they are so time consuming that cannot be applied directly to solve real-world problems. In this paper we propose a new set of group-based mutation operators, featuring general operations over disjoint groups, tailored to ensure that all the constraints are respected during the operation to improve efficiency. A comparative analysis of our results with those from previous approaches shows that the proposed algorithm systematically improves them in terms of both quality and processing time, something of crucial relevance since it allows dealing with most large, real-world problems in reasonable time.

Optimización de áreas funcionales espaciales mediante algoritmos evolutivos multioperador. Aplicación a la delimitación de mercados locales de trabajo

El documento de esta tesis por compendio de publicaciones se divide en dos partes: la síntesis donde se resume la fundamentación, resultados y conclusiones de esta tesis, y las propias publicaciones en su formato original, que se incluyen como apéndices. Dado que existen acuerdo de confidencialidad (véase "Derechos" más adelante) que impiden su publicación en formato electrónico de forma pública y abierta (como es el repositorio de la UA), y acorde con lo que se dictamina en el punto 6 del artículo 14 del RD 99/2011, de 28 de enero, no se incluyen estos apéndices en el documento electrónico que se presenta en cedé, pero se incluyen las referencias completas y sí se incluyen integramente en el ejemplar encuadernado. Si el CEDIP y el RUA así lo decidiesen más adelante, podría modificarse este documento electrónico para incluir los enlaces a los artículos originales.