Human Centered Computing
7th International Conference, HCC 2021, Virtual Event, December 9–11, 2021, Revised Selected Papers
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Open AccessUnderstanding bark beetle outbreaks: exploring the impact of changing temperature regimes, droughts, forest structure, and prospects for future forest pest management
Climate change has increased the susceptibility of forest ecosystems, resulting in escalated forest decline globally. As one of the largest forest biomasses in the Northern Hemisphere, the Eurasian boreal fore...
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Lung Cancer: An Overview
Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide with 1.8 million (1,825,000) new cases diagnosed in 2012 [1]. According to statistics from Cancer Research UK, the majority of patients diagnosed with lung cance...
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Radiological Imaging in Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK (2014), but accounts for the most common cause of cancer death, and is responsible for 22% of all cancer-related deaths.
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Exploiting Linked Data in Financial Engineering
In this paper, we report on a recent initiative that exploiting Linked Data for financial data integration. Financial data present high heterogeneity. Linked Data helps to reveal the true data semantics and “h...
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Applying Semantic Technologies to Public Sector: A Case Study in Fraud Detection
Fraudulent claims cost both the public and private sectors an enormous amount of money each year. The existence of data silos is considered one of the main barriers to cross-region, cross-department, and cross...
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Simulation in health-care: lessons from other sectors
This paper compares the results of broad-range literature reviews over the period 1997–2006 on the application of simulation in three sectors: commerce, defence, and health-care. The main purpose of these reviews...
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Open AccessDevelopment of modelling method selection tool for health services management: From problem structuring methods to modelling and simulation methods
There is an increasing recognition that modelling and simulation can assist in the process of designing health care policies, strategies and operations. However, the current use is limited and answers to quest...
