Virtualization is one of the foundations of cloud computing as it allows better utilization of computing resources in a data center. There are different virtualization approaches that offer similar functionality, but with ...

This work describes a new classification technique called P2C - Partitioning to Classify. The main goal is to achieve reasonable classification performances using linear prediction methods, even on datasets with non-linear ...

Unsupervised data clustering is not a trivial process, as no previous knowledge is available and real data is often complex and multi-faceted. To make matters worse, traditionally, clustering aims to describe the data ...

Monitoring tools have evolved over the years to keep support of advances in computer network technology, adapting to new paradigms such as virtualization, software orientation, and more recently a programmable data plan. ...

The evolution of the interaction between humans and computers has accompanied the technological evolution of computers themselves. This process culminated in the rise of a subfield of computing called Questioning Answering ...

In a context where the most informations stored by the organizations is in the text format, the development of computer tools for knowledge discovery aimed to organization and information retrieval is a task that holds ...

Electricity in Brazil is mostly generated by hydroelectric plants that depend on the volume of water in their reservoirs. Due to the fact that rainfall is decreasing, other methods with higher costs to generate energy are ...

The evolution of the Internet and the Web has given rise to a vast amount of text messages containing opinions. Although the importance of sentiment analysis has grown proportionately, the use of the traditional bag of ...

The Computational Thinking (CT) is recognized as a set of reasoning and critical skills, classified as “mental tools” to be used by the individual in solving various problems. Developing the competence of this “computational ...

Currently open government data run an important job on regards to public transparency, besides being obligated by law. But most of this data are stored in non-standard ways, isolated and independent, making it very hard ...