Este artículo propone que para una eficaz gestión de los recursos hídricos es también necesario incluir variables sociológicas que ayuden a comprender y explicar la concepción y comportamiento social en torno al agua. Con esta intención se presenta una metodología…

Time and change are notions that seems unavoidable in some areas of work and investigation, languages that can deal with these notions are necessary. At the same time, methods for a proper time handling are quite complex, mainly because problem’s…

In spite of years of research and development, formal structured estimation of time and effort required to develop a Management Information System (MIS) is still an open problem. Usual estimation techniques applied by now are supported by the not so…

Data base management evolved during the sixties and seventies. The evolution period was protracted. Many driving forces impacted the evolution and it is the aim of this paper to analyze these driving forces (some technical and some political) and to…

This paper shows models of data description that incorporate uncertainty like models of data extension EER, IFO among others. These database modeling tools are compared with the pattern FuzzyEER proposed by us, which is an extension of the EER model…

In cases of extremely imbalanced dataset with high dimensions, standard machine learning techniques tend to be overwhelmed by the large classes. This paper rebalances skewed datasets by compressing the majority class. This approach combines Vector Quantization and Support Vector Machine…

Desarrollamos una aplicación de la tecnología computacional en la evaluación del conocimiento de los estudiantes. Implementamos una tecnología cliente-servidor, de código original en Java, basada en el proceso natural de evaluación donde los estudiantes (clientes) universitarios son evaluados por un…

Este documento explora la relación entre la distribución del ingreso, las instituciones y los conflictos en América Latina y el Caribe mediante el uso de una nueva base de datos de estadísticas de la distribución del ingreso calculado a partir…

This paper studies two analogous mechanisms: equity and reciprocity, from a bridge, or translational, research perspective. The characteristics of this perspective are described, as well as the overall strategies of laboratory and field research for studying these mechanisms and their…

ResumenSET es un protocolo seguro de pago, con tarjeta de crédito, que proporciona un modelo robusto de seguridad para entregar información personal y financiera a través de Internet, basado en la integridad de los datos, su confidencialidad y la autenticación…