In clustering, providing an explanation of the results is an important task.
Pattern-based clustering algorithms provide, in addition to the list of objects
belonging to each cluster, an explanation of the results in terms of a set of
patterns that…

How does violence affect foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries? Most research on this question examines political violence, such as war, terrorism, or political instability. However, we know little about how criminal violence – which has wreaked havoc in…

This document deals with the question of how International Organizations (IOs) influence states. Analyzing original quantitative data from Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, we explore the role of IOs in the configuration of states’ interests and normative agendas,…

Bilinear pairings over elliptic curves are an emerging research field in cryptography. First cryptographic protocols based on bilinear pairings were proposed by the year 2000 and currently they are not standardized. The computation of bilinear pairings relies on arithmetic over…

Frequent graph pattern mining is an important problem in diverse research fields
but, until recently, algorithms that focus on the problem had only used graph
isomorphism to identify occurrences of a given pattern. In the last years, however,
a few…

El presente trabajo de tesis se centra en la investigación en el campo del Aprendizaje Computacional (AC) y en su aplicación a entornos industriales. Más concretamente, se estudiará la aplicación de métodos de AC a la implementación de sistemas automáticos…

In a world in which markets are more globalised and continuously evolving, industry need new tools to enhance their flexibility and maintain competitiveness. A key strategy is discovering useful knowledge through the information gathered from production processes. In recent decades,…

Since ancient times, fishing has been a major source of food for humanity and a provider of employment and economic benefits to those engaged in this activity. However, with increased knowledge and the dynamic development of fisheries it was realized…

La genética molecular y evolutiva proporciona información sumamente valiosa para la eficiente conservación de especies amenazadas. En esta tesis, se han utilizado una combinación de datos ecológicos y genéticos con el fin de evaluar el estado de conservación del lepidóptero…

Esta tesis se centra en el estudio de la consolidación de suelos blandos tratados con drenes verticales prefabricados de banda, comparando datos reales recogidos en un caso de obra (Diques Nº1 y Nº3 del Embalse de Lebrija), con los obtenidos…