The concept of vertical farming is nearly twenty years old, however, there are only a few experimental prototypes despite its many advantages compared to conventional agriculture. Significantly, financial uncertainty has been identified as the largest barrier to the realization of a ‘real'...

This article provides a factual perspective on the immediate responses of the port industry to the 2008 economic downturn. Specifically, it investigates the port authorities' performance located in Greece in relation to the current economic crisis. Firstly, it translates the general theories on...

Clustering techniques typically group similar instances underlying individual attributes by supposing that similar instances have similar attributes characteristic. On contrary, clustering similar instances given a specific behavior is framed through supervised learning. For instance, which...

With the development of cognitive information technology and continuous application, human society has also accelerated the development. Cognitive information is widely used in the field of oil and gas, where production forecasts are of great importance to firms and companies. In this article,...

There is a rapid increase of mass demonstrations in different locations worldwide triggered by social networks discussions, as witnessed in the USA, Egypt, and South Africa. This paper challenges the underutilization of social media to detect people's' mood and to predict their actions based on...