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    The Evolution of Cognitive Load Theory and the Measurement of Its Intrinsic, Extraneous and Germane Loads: A Review

    Cognitive Load Theory has been conceived for supporting instructional design through the use of the construct of cognitive load. This is believed to be built upon three types of load: intrinsic, extraneous and...

    Giuliano Orru, Luca Longo in Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications (2019)

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    Analysing the Impact of Machine Learning to Model Subjective Mental Workload: A Case Study in Third-Level Education

    Mental workload measurement is a complex multidisciplinary research area that includes both the theoretical and practical development of models. These models are aimed at aggregating those factors, believed to...

    Karim Moustafa, Luca Longo in Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications (2019)

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    On the Mental Workload Assessment of Uplift Map** Representations in Linked Data

    Self-reporting procedures have been largely employed in literature to measure the mental workload experienced by users when executing a specific task. This research proposes the adoption of these mental worklo...

    Ademar Crotti Junior, Christophe Debruyne in Human Mental Workload: Models and Applicat… (2019)

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    An Investigation into the Effects of Multiple Kernel Combinations on Solutions Spaces in Support Vector Machines

    The use of Multiple Kernel Learning (MKL) for Support Vector Machines (SVM) in Machine Learning tasks is a growing field of study. MKL kernels expand on traditional base kernels that are used to improve perfor...

    Paul Kelly, Luca Longo in Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (2018)

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    An Investigation of Argumentation Theory for the Prediction of Survival in Elderly Using Biomarkers

    Research on the discovery, classification and validation of biological markers, or biomarkers, have grown extensively in the last decades. Newfound and correctly validated biomarkers have great potential as pr...

    Lucas Rizzo, Ljiljana Majnaric in Artificial Intelligence Applications and I… (2018)

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    Book and Conference Proceedings

    Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications

    First International Symposium, H-WORKLOAD 2017, Dublin, Ireland, June 28-30, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

    Luca Longo, M. Chiara Leva in Communications in Computer and Information Science (2017)

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    Estimation of Train Driver Workload: Extracting Taskload Measures from On-Train-Data-Recorders

    This paper presents a method to extract train driver taskload from downloads of on-train-data-recorders (OTDR). OTDR are in widespread use for the purposes of condition monitoring of trains, but they may also ...

    Nora Balfe, Katie Crowley, Brendan Smith in Human Mental Workload: Models and Applicat… (2017)

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    Subjective Usability, Mental Workload Assessments and Their Impact on Objective Human Performance

    Self-reporting procedures and inspection methods have been largely employed in the fields of interaction and web-design for assessing the usability of interfaces. However, there seems to be a propensity to ign...

    Luca Longo in Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2017 (2017)

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    Assessment of Mental Workload: A Comparison of Machine Learning Methods and Subjective Assessment Techniques

    Mental workload (MWL) measurement is a complex multidisciplinary research field. In the last 50 years of research endeavour, MWL measurement has mainly produced theory-driven models. Some of the reasons for ju...

    Karim Moustafa, Saturnino Luz, Luca Longo in Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications (2017)

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    Formalising Human Mental Workload as Non-monotonic Concept for Adaptive and Personalised Web-Design

    Web Design has been evolving with Web-based systems becoming more complex and structured due to the delivery of personalised information adapted to end-users. Although information presented can be useful and w...

    Luca Longo in User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (2012)

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    Human-Computer Interaction and Human Mental Workload: Assessing Cognitive Engagement in the World Wide Web

    Assessing the cognitive engagement of a user while seeking and consuming information over the World Wide Web is a key challenge for studying the quality of interactions. Indicators of cognitive engagement are ...

    Luca Longo in Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2011 (2011)

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    Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Use of Random Conjugated Copolymers for Optoelectronic Applications

    We report the synthesis and the optoelectronic characterization of a new family of random conjugated copolymers based on 9, 9-bisalkylfluorene, thiophene and benzothiadiazole monomers unit synthesized by a pal...

    Anna Calabrese, Andrea Pellegrino in Technological Innovation for Sustainability (2011)

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    A Computational Analysis of Cognitive Effort

    Cognitive effort is a concept of unquestionable utility in understanding human behaviour. However, cognitive effort has been defined in several ways in literature and in everyday life, suffering from a partial...

    Luca Longo, Stephen Barrett in Intelligent Information and Database Systems (2010)

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    Cognitive Effort for Multi-agent Systems

    Cognitive Effort is a multi-faceted phenomenon that has suffered from an imperfect understanding, an informal use in everyday life and numerous definitions. This paper attempts to clarify the concept, along wi...

    Luca Longo, Stephen Barrett in Brain Informatics (2010)

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    Enhancing Social Search: A Computational Collective Intelligence Model of Behavioural Traits, Trust and Time

    The Web has been growing in size and with the proliferation of large-scale collaborative computing environments, Social Search has become increasingly important. This recent field focuses on assigning relevanc...

    Luca Longo, Pierpaolo Dondio in Transactions on Computational Collective I… (2010)