This paper presents the computation of feasible paths for mobile robots in known and unknown environments using a QAPF learning algorithm. Q-learning is a reinforcement learning algorithm that has increased in popularity in mobile robot path planning in recent times, due to its self-learning capability without requiring a priori model of the environment. However, Q-learning shows slow convergence to the optimal solution, notwithstanding such an advantage. To address this limitation, the co...

Entrepreneurship in all of its aspects, connotations and applications has undoubtedly become a major force for new and sustainable wealth creation not only in emerging but also in developed economies. The challenge consists in how to inspire or work beyond the mental limits in the classroom, to determine which learning platforms are required or useful to unlock and stimulate creativity and to eliminate the human aversion to failure. Can educators teach entrepreneurship? Can universitie...

Writing or editing a book on cultural and creative industries is not an easy task. The scope of these industries and the numerous topics discussed (or that could be discussed) by researchers is very broad. Adding the vast domains of entrepreneurship and innovation makes the task even more challenging but makes the whole endeavor much more signifcant and rewarding. Therefore, the editors and authors of the book have to be commended for undertaking this project. There was no hesitation fro...

La prueba Reading the Mind in the Eyes (RMTE) es una de las más utilizadas para evaluar la habilidad para iden- tificar los estados mentales de otras personas (teoría de la mente). Existen traducciones en más de 11 idio- mas, incluyendo el español, pero no de México. Objeti- vo: Adaptar el RMTE a español de México.

La diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 (DM2) es una enfermedad crónica con alta prevalencia en la pobla- ción de personas mayores. Esta enfermedad, al tener como consecuencias degeneración vascular y ner- viosa, tiende a generar un mayor riesgo de deterioro cognoscitivo y demencia. Entre las intervenciones no farmacológicas para el trabajo con deterioro cogniti- vo y demencia, la reminiscencia positiva ha mostrado efectos favorables, sin embargo, no se han estudiado estas intervenci...

The purpose of this chapter is to present an overview of current research on sustainable procurement identifying practices and case studies in supply chain that have been said to improve its performance from a global perspective. As an introduction, this chapter describes the importance of sustainability in supply chain, driving the discussion into the procurement process. Theoretical perspectives used in sustainable supply chain literature are presented, focusing on procurement management an...

In recent years, the interest in sustainable supply chain management has increased significantly in both business and academic areas. This is reflected in the growing number of articles, conferences, special publications and websites devoted to the subject. Nonetheless, sustainable development in emerging economies just started gaining importance. The objective of this article is to review, from a global perspective, the existing literature regarding sustainable supply chain management (...

Accurate pressure drop estimation in forced boiling phenomena is important during the thermal analysis and the geometric design of cryogenic heat exchangers. However, current methods to predict the pressure drop have one of two problems: lack of accuracy or generalization to different situations. In this work, we present the correlated-informed neural networks (CoINN), a new paradigm in applying the artificial neural network (ANN) technique combined with a successful pressure drop correlation...