Del VI al VII Congreso: Notas sobre selección de trabajos y sobre coordinación y empleo de recursos en Congresos de alcance general

Un congreso no es una revista grande. Por algunos de sus aspectos externos, un congreso guarda algunas similitudes con una voluminosa revista,puesto que los trabajos aceptados 'acaban siendo publicados en sus Actas, y ése es generalmente el único resultado constatable y la prueba que pueden ostentar siempre sus autores. Pensarán los autores, y con razón que publicar este trabajo en Actas les cuesta mucho más caro que en cualquier revista, aunque, por lo demás, han de cumplirse ritos parecidos, como por ejemplo pasar el filtro de unos evaluadores ("referees", en la terminología internacional) y remitir una versión definitiva antes de una fecha determinada.

Del VI al VII Congreso: notas sobre selección de trabajos y sobre coordinación y empleo de recursos en congresos de alcance general

Un congreso no es una revista grande. Por algunos de sus aspectos externos, un congreso guarda algunas similitudes con una voluminosa revista,puesto que los trabajos aceptados acaban siendo publicados en sus Actas, y ése es generalmente el único resultado constatable y la prueba que pueden ostentar siempre sus autores. Pensarán los autores, y con razón que publicar este trabajo en Actas les cuesta mucho más caro que en cualquier revista, aunque, por lo demás, han de cumplirse ritos parecidos, como por ejemplo pasar el filtro de unos evaluadores ("referees", en la terminología internacional) y remitir una versión definitiva antes de una fecha determinada.

[Cartas a Gregorio Mayans y Siscar]

Contiene : material de estudio sobre R. Llull, incluido el indice de autores que han tratado su obra, enviado a G. Mayans en carta fechada en Mallorca, 1762 oct. 27 : h. 6-20

Elogio funebre del invícto general español Marques de la Romana

Sign.: [1]-7(4), 8(2)

Electricity price forecasting accounting for renewable energies: optimal combined forecasts

Electricity price forecasting is an interesting problem for all the agents involved in electricity market operation. For instance, every profit maximisation strategy is based on the computation of accurate one-day-ahead forecasts, which is why electricity price forecasting has been a growing field of research in recent years. In addition, the increasing concern about environmental issues has led to a high penetration of renewable energies, particularly wind. In some European countries such as Spain, Germany and Denmark, renewable energy is having a deep impact on the local power markets. In this paper, we propose an optimal model from the perspective of forecasting accuracy, and it consists of a combination of several univariate and multivariate time series methods that account for the amount of energy produced with clean energies, particularly wind and hydro, which are the most relevant renewable energy sources in the Iberian Market. This market is used to illustrate the proposed methodology, as it is one of those markets in which wind power production is more relevant in terms of its percentage of the total demand, but of course our method can be applied to any other liberalised power market. As far as our contribution is concerned, first, the methodology proposed by García-Martos et al(2007 and 2012) is generalised twofold: we allow the incorporation of wind power production and hydro reservoirs, and we do not impose the restriction of using the same model for 24h. A computational experiment and a Design of Experiments (DOE) are performed for this purpose. Then, for those hours in which there are two or more models without statistically significant differences in terms of their forecasting accuracy, a combination of forecasts is proposed by weighting the best models(according to the DOE) and minimising the Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE). The MAPE is the most popular accuracy metric for comparing electricity price forecasting models. We construct the combi nation of forecasts by solving several nonlinear optimisation problems that allow computation of the optimal weights for building the combination of forecasts. The results are obtained by a large computational experiment that entails calculating out-of-sample forecasts for every hour in every day in the period from January 2007 to Decem ber 2009. In addition, to reinforce the value of our methodology, we compare our results with those that appear in recent published works in the field. This comparison shows the superiority of our methodology in terms of forecasting accuracy.

[Ordenanzas reales]

Índice

Ordenanzas del Colegio de Cereros y Confiteros de la presente ciudad de Valencia y su Reyno para su buen regimen y gobierno aprobadas por su M. y su S.R.C. de la Corona de Aragon en ... 1673 y confirmadas ... por el Real y Supremo Consejo de Castilla ... en ... 1721 ... ; traducidas las ordenanzas del idioma valenciano al castellano ...

Contiene: Real Provision de 10 de julio de 1721 en que el Real y Supremo Consejo de Castilla confirmaba las Ordenanzas del citado Colegio ; Copia del Real Despacho del nombramiento de D. Theodomiro Caro de Briones como juez protector y privativo de dicho Colegio, en Madrid a 5 de enero de 1765 ; Impreso de las Certificaciones de Don José Antonio Oller ... libradas en 30 de junio de 1783 : relativas a las Ordenanzas y adiciones del Colegio de Cereros y Confiteros de ella y su reyno ...

Assessment of problem solving in computing studies

The assessment of learning outcomes is a key concept in the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) since credits are awarded when the assessment shows the competences which were aimed at have been developed at an appropriate level. This paper describes a study which was first part of the Bologna Experts Team-Spain project and then developed as an independent study. It was carried out with the overall goal to gain experience in the assessment of learning outcomes. More specifically it aimed at 1) designing procedures for the assessment of learning outcomes related to these compulsory generic competences; 2) testing some basic psychometric features that an assessment device with some consequences for the subjects being evaluated needs to prove; 3) testing different procedures of standard setting, and 4) using assessment results as orienting feedback to students and their tutors. The process of development of tests to carry out the assessment of learning outcomes is described as well as some basic features regarding their reliability and validity. First conclusions on the comparison of the results achieved at two academic levels are also presented.

Assessment of learning outcomes in computing studies

The assessment of learning outcomes is a key concept in the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) since credits are awarded when the assessment shows the competences which were aimed at have been developed at an appropriate level. This paper describes a study which was first part of the project of the Bologna Experts Team-Spain and then developed as an independent study. It was carried out with the overall goal to gain experience in the assessment of learning outcomes. More specifically it aimed at 1) designing procedures for the assessment of learning outcomes related to these compulsory generic competences; 2) testing some basic psychometric features that an assessment device with some consequences for the subjects being evaluated needs to prove; 3) testing different procedures of standard setting, and 4) using assessment results as orienting feedback to students and their tutors. The process of development of tests to carry out the assessment of learning outcomes related to these competences, as well as some basic features regarding their reliability and validity is described and first results on the comparison of results achieved at two academic levels, will also be described at a later stage.

Optimal Combined Forecasts for Electricity Prices: Influence of Clean Energies

In this work, an electricity price forecasting model is developed. The performance of the proposed approach is improved by considering renewable energies (wind power and hydro generation) as explanatory variables. Additionally, the resulting forecasts are obtained as an optimal combination of a set of several univariate and multivariate time series models. The large computational experiment carried out using out-of-sample forecasts for every hour and day allows withdrawing statistically sound conclusions

Valencianos, jamas dudé un momento de vuestra obediencia, patriotismo y lealtad. Pruebas infinitas de estas virtudes heroicas teneis dadas al mundo ...

Tít. tomado de comienzo de texto

Comederos

El alimento sólido es un ingrediente básico en la producción de leche, de ahí que dediquemos un capítulo al diseño y al manejo de la zona de alimentación. El comedero debe permitir una distribución adecuada de la ración, proporcionar espacio suficiente a las vacas para que éstas puedan consumir la cantidad que necesitan, estar limpio y libre de residuos de comidas anteriores y ser fácil de limpiar. La ingestión de alimentos se ve afectada por una serie de factores ambientales y de manejo. Sobre los primeros (clima y entorno) no se puede actuar o resulta caro y difícil, pero sobre las segundas (diseño y dimensionamiento adecuado, espacio disponible, etc.) sí podemos influir. De esta forma, un comedero correctamente diseñado da lugar a un acercamiento del animal más frecuente, más duradero y a una mayor ingestión. Asimismo, evitará numerosas lesiones debidas a una presión excesiva de las vacas sobre él. También nos referiremos a su mantenimiento y limpieza, para lo que es esencial una buena elección de materiales.

El plomo escrito de la Bastida de les Alcuses [Texto impreso] : (Mogente)

Precede al tit. : Diputación Provincial de Valencia, Institución Alfonso el Magnánimo, Servicio de Investigación Prehistórica, Sección del C.S.I.C., Instituto de Arqueología Rodrigo Caro

Student academic performance stochastic simulator based on the Monte Carlo method

In this paper, a computer-based tool is developed to analyze student performance along a given curriculum. The proposed software makes use of historical data to compute passing/failing probabilities and simulates future student academic performance based on stochastic programming methods (MonteCarlo) according to the specific university regulations. This allows to compute the academic performance rates for the specific subjects of the curriculum for each semester, as well as the overall rates (the set of subjects in the semester), which are the efficiency rate and the success rate. Additionally, we compute the rates for the Bachelors degree, which are the graduation rate measured as the percentage of students who finish as scheduled or taking an extra year and the efficiency rate (measured as the percentage of credits of the curriculum with respect to the credits really taken). In Spain, these metrics have been defined by the National Quality Evaluation and Accreditation Agency (ANECA). Moreover, the sensitivity of the performance metrics to some of the parameters of the simulator is analyzed using statistical tools (Design of Experiments). The simulator has been adapted to the curriculum characteristics of the Bachelor in Engineering Technologies at the Technical University of Madrid(UPM).

Estudios y herramientas para la evaluación y la mejora de la motivación en la ingeniería del software

Comprender y estimular la motivación resulta crucial para favorecer el rendimiento de los estudiantes universitarios y profesionales de diversos ámbitos de conocimiento, como el de la Ingeniería del Software. Actualmente, este sector está demandando soluciones científico-tecnológicas para trabajar de una manera práctica y sistemática sobre elementos motivacionales como la satisfacción por el estudio y el trabajo, el aprendizaje activo o las relaciones interpersonales. El objetivo de esta Tesis Doctoral es definir y validar soluciones para evaluar y mejorar la motivación de los estudiantes y profesionales en Ingeniería del Software. Para ello, se han creado instrumentos, metodologías y tecnologías que se han aplicado con un total de 152 estudiantes y 166 profesionales. Esta experiencia empírica ha servido para mejorar de manera continua dichas aportaciones, así como para comprobar en un entorno real su validez y utilidad. Los datos recogidos revelan que las soluciones provistas han resultado eficaces para comprender y estimular la motivación tanto en el ámbito académico como en el profesional. Además, a raíz de los datos recogidos se han podido explorar aspectos de interés sobre las características y particularidades motivacionales asociadas a la Ingeniería del Software. Por tanto, esta Tesis Doctoral resulta de interés para las universidades y empresas de este sector sensibilizadas con el desarrollo motivacional de sus estudiantes y trabajadores. Abstract It is crucial to understand and encourage the motivation of students and professionals in order to enhance their performance. This applies to students and professionals from diverse fields such as Software Engineering. Currently this sector is demanding scientific–technological solutions to work on motivational elements in a pragmatic and systematic way. Such elements are among others study and work satisfaction, active learning or interpersonal relationships. This Doctoral Thesis objective is to establish and validate solutions to evaluate and improve the motivation in the Software Engineering field. To achieve this goal, resources, methods and technologies have been created. They have been applied to 152 students and 166 professionals. This empirical experience served to, on one hand, enhance in a continuous way the provided contributions, and on the other hand, to test in a real environment their validity and utility. The collected data reveal that the provided solutions were effective to understand and encourage motivation both in the academic and in the professional area. In addition, the collected data enable to examine interesting aspects and motivational special features associated with Software Engineering. Therefore this Doctoral Thesis is relevant to universities and firms from this field which are aware of the significance of the motivational development of their students and employees.