Artificial Intelligence (AI) scientists are challenged to create intelligent, autonomous agents that can make rational decisions. In this challenge, they confront two questions: what decision theory to follow and how to implement it in AI systems. This paper provides answers to these questions...

The energy use in buildings is highly influenced by outdoor temperature changes. In the contest of nowadays climate change, its impact on the energy sector is important and needs to be assessed. This study investigates how the heat consumption (HC) of the existing regional building stock,...

In recent years, bioeconomy strategies have been implemented and adapted internationally. In the bioeconomy, materials are to a certain extent circular by nature. However, biomaterials may also be used in a rather linear way. Lately, a transition towards a circular economy, a more restorative...

We explore whether ageist stereotypes in job ads are detectable using machine learning methods measuring the linguistic similarity of job-ad language to ageist stereotypes identified by industrial psychologists. We then conduct an experiment to evaluate whether this language is perceived as...

Retail industry is one of the most dynamic, evolving and vibrant industry. Retailers today are focusing on low cost, great convenience, enhanced customer experience. Changing demographic profile, changing tastes, preferences of consumers, changes in consumer shopping behavior are some of the key...