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A fog-based hybrid intelligent system for energy saving in smart buildings (2020)
Journal Article
Ortolani. (2020). A fog-based hybrid intelligent system for energy saving in smart buildings. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, 2793-2807. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-019-01375-2

In recent years, the widespread diffusion of pervasive sensing devices and the increasing need for reducing energy consumption have encouraged research in the energy-aware management of smart environments. Following this direction, this paper propose... Read More about A fog-based hybrid intelligent system for energy saving in smart buildings.

Hierarchical Syntactic Models for Human Activity Recognition through Mobility Traces (2019)
Journal Article
Casella, E., Ortolani, M., Silvestri, S., & Das, S. K. (2019). Hierarchical Syntactic Models for Human Activity Recognition through Mobility Traces. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 24, 451-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-019-01319-9

Recognizing users’ daily life activities without disrupting their lifestyle is a key functionality to enable a broad variety of advanced services for a Smart City, from energy-efficient management of urban spaces to mobility optimization. In this pa... Read More about Hierarchical Syntactic Models for Human Activity Recognition through Mobility Traces.

Hierarchical Syntactic Models for Human Activity Recognition through Mobility Traces (2019)
Journal Article
Casella, E., Ortolani, M., Silvestri, S., & Das, S. K. (2020). Hierarchical Syntactic Models for Human Activity Recognition through Mobility Traces. Personal Technologies, 24, 451-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-019-01319-9

Recognizing users’ daily life activities without disrupting their lifestyle is a key functionality to enable a broad variety of advanced services for a Smart City, from energy-efficient management of urban spaces to mobility optimization. In this pap... Read More about Hierarchical Syntactic Models for Human Activity Recognition through Mobility Traces.

A Network Tomography Approach for Traffic Monitoring in Smart Cities (2018)
Journal Article
Ortolani, Zhang, R., Newman, S., Ortolani, M., & Silvestri, S. (2018). A Network Tomography Approach for Traffic Monitoring in Smart Cities. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 19(7), 2268 - 2278. https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2018.2829086

Traffic monitoring is a key enabler for several planning and management activities of a Smart City. However, traditional techniques are often not cost efficient, flexible, and scalable. This paper proposes an approach to traffic monitoring that does... Read More about A Network Tomography Approach for Traffic Monitoring in Smart Cities.

A machine learning approach for user localization exploiting connectivity data (2016)
Journal Article
Ortolani. (2016). A machine learning approach for user localization exploiting connectivity data. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 125 - 134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2015.12.015

The growing popularity of Location-Based Services (LBSs) has boosted research on cheaper and more pervasive localization systems, typically relying on such monitoring equipment as Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), which allow to re-use the same instru... Read More about A machine learning approach for user localization exploiting connectivity data.

QoS-Aware Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks (2013)
Journal Article
De Paola, A., Lo Re, G., Milazzo, F., & Ortolani, M. (2013). QoS-Aware Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/165732

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a fundamental building block of many pervasive applications. Nevertheless the use of such technology raises new challenges regarding the development of reliable and fault-tolerant systems. One of the most critical... Read More about QoS-Aware Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks.

An Innovative System for Vineyard Management in Sicily (2010)
Journal Article
Ortolani. (2010). An Innovative System for Vineyard Management in Sicily. Journal of Agricultural Engineering, https://doi.org/10.4081/jae.2010.1.13

The aim of this study was to monitor the micro-climate of the grapevine in order to detect the adversities of the spring period (especially April and May), while reducing the operating costs of the vineyard, and increasing the overall quality of grap... Read More about An Innovative System for Vineyard Management in Sicily.