Journal Articles
2018(1 publication)
[publication]Pedro Henriques Abreu and Daniel Castro Silva and Gomes, A. , "Multiple Choice Questions In Programming Courses: Can We Use Them And Are Students Motivated By Them? (To appear)", ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2018

2016(3 publications)
[publication]Daniel Castro Silva and Pedro Henriques Abreu and Reis, L.P. and Oliveria, E. , "Development of Flexible Languages for Scenario and Team Description in Multi-Robot Missions", Journal of Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design,  pp. 18, 2016

[publication]Pedro Henriques Abreu and Santos, M. and Abreu, M.H. and Daniel Castro Silva , "Predicting Breast Cancer Recurrence using Machine Learning Techniques: A Systematic Review", Journal Of ACM Computing Surveys,  vol. 49,  pp. 1-40, 2016

[publication]Pedro Henriques Abreu and Miriam Seoane Santos and Abreu, M.H. and Daniel Castro Silva , " Predicting Breast Cancer Recurrence Using Machine Learning Techniques: A Systematic Review", ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR),  vol. 49,  pp. 1-40, 2016

2015(2 publications)
[publication]Daniel Castro Silva and Pedro Henriques Abreu and Reis, L.P. and Oliveria, E. , "Development of a Flexible Language for Disturbance Description for Multi-Robot Missions", Journal of Simulation, 2015

[publication]Pedro Henriques Abreu and Daniel Castro Silva and Amaro, H. and Magalhães, R. , "Identification of Residential Energy Consumption Behaviours", Journal of Energy Engineering,  vol. 142,  pp. 10, 2015

2014(5 publications)
[publication]Pedro Henriques Abreu and Daniel Castro Silva and Portela, J. and Mendes-Moreira, J. and Reis, L.P. , "Using Model-Based Collaborative Filtering Techniques to Recommend the Expected Best Strategy to Defeat a Simulated Soccer Opponent", IDA – Intelligent Data Analysis ,  vol. 18,  pp. 973-991, 2014

[publication]Pedro Henriques Abreu and Xavier, J. and Daniel Castro Silva and Reis, L.P. and Petry, M. , "Using Kalman Filters to Reduce Noise from RFID Location System,", The Scientific World Journal,  vol. 2014, 2014
[citation][year=2014]Adikaram, K. K. L. B. and Hussein, M. A. and Effenberger, M. and Becker, T. Outlier Detection Method in Linear Regression Based on Sum of Arithmetic Progression, Scientific World Journal, Volume 2014, 12 pages
[citation][year=2014]Sanda, B. J. Improved Accuracy in Real-Time RFID Localization Systems Using Kalman Filtering, Masther Thesis, Western Michigan University

[publication]Pedro Henriques Abreu and Daniel Castro Silva and Almeida, F. and Mendes-Moreira, J. , "Improving a Simulated Soccer Team Performance Through a Collaborative Filtering Approach", Applied Soft Computing,  vol. 23,  pp. 180-193, 2014

[publication]Dias, J.C. and Penousal Machado and Daniel Castro Silva and Pedro Henriques Abreu , "An Inverted Ant Colony Optimization approach to Traffic", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence,  vol. 36,  pp. 122-133, 2014
[citation][year=2015]Towards the User Equilibrium in Traffic Assignment Using GRASP with Path Relinking
GO Ramos, ALC Bazzan - Proceedings of the 2015 on Genetic and …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
[citation][year=2015][PDF] Comparative Study of Metaheuristics for the Curve-Fitting Problem: Modeling Neurotransmitter Diffusion and Synaptic Receptor Activation
J Montes, A LaTorre, S Muelas… - …, 2015 - downloads.hindawi.com

[publication]Daniel Castro Silva and Pedro Henriques Abreu and Reis, L.P. and Oliveria, E. , "Development of a Flexible Language for Mission Description for Multi- Robot Missions", Information Sciences Journal,  vol. 288,  pp. 27-44, 2014

2013(1 publication)
[publication]Pedro Henriques Abreu and Daniel Castro Silva and Mendes-Moreira, J. and Reis, L.P. and Garganta, J. , "Using Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines in the Construction of Simulated Soccer Team's Behavior Models", International Journal of Computational Intelligence,  vol. 6,  pp. 893-910, 2013
[citation][year=2014]Ali, M.Z. and Morghem, A. and Albadarneh, J. and Al-Gharaibeh, R. and Suganthan, P.N. and Reynolds, R.G..Cultural Algorithms applied to the evolution of robotic soccer team tactics: A novel perspective, 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), pp. 2180-2187.
[citation][year=2014]Arasu, B. S. and Jeevananthan, M. and Thamaraiselvan, N. and Janarthanan, B. Performances of data mining techniques in forecasting stock index – evidence from India and US, J.Natn.Sci.Foundation Sri Lanka 2014 42 (2): 177-191.
[citation][year=2014]Ali, M.Z. and Morghem, A. and Albadarneh, J. and Al-Gharaibeh, R. and Suganthan, P.N. and Reynolds, R.G..Cultural Algorithms applied to the evolution of robotic soccer team tactics: A novel perspective, 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), pp. 2180-2187.
[citation][year=2014]Arasu, B. S. and Jeevananthan, M. and Thamaraiselvan, N. and Janarthanan, B. Performances of data mining techniques in forecasting stock index – evidence from India and US, J.Natn.Sci.Foundation Sri Lanka 2014 42 (2): 177-191.

2012(1 publication)
[publication]Daniel Castro Silva and Braga, R.A.M. and Reis, L.P. and Oliveira, E. , "Designing a Meta-Model for a Generic Robotic Agent System using GAIA Methodology", Information Sciences,  vol. 195,  pp. 190-210, 2012
[citation][year=2013]I. García-Magariño, 2013. Defining and Transforming Models of Parkinson Patients in the Development of Assisted-Living Multi-agent Systems with INGENIAS. In Highlights on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, pp. 460-471, 2013. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
[citation][year=2013]V. Sánchez-Anguix, V. Julián, V. Botti and A. García-Fornes, 2013. Studying the impact of negotiation environments on negotiation teams' performance. Information Sciences, 219, pp. 17-40, 2013.
[citation][year=2012]E Serrano, A Muñoz, J Botia, 2012. An approach to debug interactions in multi-agent system software tests. Information Sciences, vol. 205, pp. 38–57, November 2012

2009(1 publication)
[publication]Daniel Castro Silva and Vinhas, V. and Reis, L.P. and Oliveira, E. , "Biometric Emotion Assessment and Feedback in an Immersive Digital Environment", International Journal of Social Robotics,  vol. 1,  pp. 307-317, 2009
[citation][year=2011]J Li, M Chignell, 2011. Communication of Emotion in Social Robots through Simple Head and Arm Movements. International Journal of Social Robotics, 3 (2), pp 125-142, April 2011.
[citation][year=2010]K Revett, ST Magalhães, 2010. Cognitive biometrics: Challenges for the future. Global Security, Safety, and Sustainability. Communications in Computer and Information Science, Volume 92, 2010, pp 79-86

Conference Articles
2014(5 publications)
[publication]Pedro Henriques Abreu and Amaro, H. and Daniel Castro Silva and Penousal Machado and Abreu, M.H. and Afonso, N. and António Dourado , "Overall Survival Prediction for Women Breast Cancer using Ensemble Methods and Incomplete Clinical Data", in Medicon 2013 - XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 2014
[citation][year=2015]A semi-supervised method for predicting cancer survival using incomplete clinical data
HR Hassanzadeh, JH Phan… - Engineering in Medicine …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
[citation][year=2015][HTML] Development of Piggy-bank Robot Duck
J Runji - 2015 - pc01.lib.ntust.edu.tw

[publication]Pedro Henriques Abreu and Amaro, H. and Daniel Castro Silva and Penousal Machado and Abreu, M.H. , "Personalizing Breast Cancer Patients with Heterogeneous Data", in IFMBE International Conference on Health Informatics, 2014

[publication]Pereira, F. and Daniel Castro Silva and Pedro Henriques Abreu , "Augmented Reality Mobile Tourism Application", in World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST’14), pp. 175 – 185, 2014

[publication]Simões, D. and Pedro Henriques Abreu and Daniel Castro Silva , "MusE Central: A Data Aggregation System for Music Events", in World Conference on Informa- tion Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST’14), pp. 187 – 197, 2014

[publication]Câmara, Á. and Daniel Castro Silva and Pedro Henriques Abreu and Oliveria, E. , "Comparing a Centralized and Decentralized Multi-Agent Approaches to Air Traffic Control", in  28th European Simulation and Modelling Conference (ESM'2014),pp.189-193, 2014

2013(1 publication)
[publication]Dias, J.C. and Pedro Henriques Abreu and Daniel Castro Silva and Fernandes, G. and Penousal Machado and Leitão, A.P.d.A. , "Preparing data for urban traffic simulation using sumo", in SUMO 2013: the First SUMO User Conference, May 15–17 2013, Berlin, Germany, May, 2013

2010(2 publications)
[publication]Sousa, P.D. and Daniel Castro Silva and Reis, L.P. , "Controlo de Tráfego Aéreo com o Microsoft Flight Simulator X", in Actas de la 5ª Conferencia Ibérica de Sistemas y Tecnologías de Información (CISTI 2010), June 16--19 2010, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2010
[citation][year=2011]P Sá Silva, D Pedrosa, A Trigo, J Varajão, 2011. Simulation, Games and Challenges: From Schools to Enterprises. Enterprise and Organizational Modeling and Simulation. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Volume 88, 2011, pp 63-73 

[publication]Daniel Castro Silva and Braga, R.A.M. and Reis, L.P. and Oliveira, E. , "A Generic Model for a Robotic Agent System using GAIA Methodology: Two Distinct Implementations", in Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM 2010), June 28--30 2010, Singapore, 2010
[citation][year=2012]JA Álvarez-Bermejo, JA López-Ramos, 2012. Tracking Traitors in Web Services via Blind Signatures. International Joint Conference CISIS’12-ICEUTE´12-SOCO´12 Special Sessions. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Volume 189, 2013, pp 87-96

2009(4 publications)
[publication]Daniel Castro Silva and Silva, R. and Reis, L.P. and Oliveira, E. , "Aircraft Control Strategies in a Distributed Cooperative Mission Simulation Environment", in Proceedings of the 6th Future Business Technology Conference (FUBUTEC 2009) April 15--17 2009, Bruges, Belgium, 2009

[publication]Daniel Castro Silva and Silva, R. and Reis, L.P. and Oliveira, E. , "Agent-Based Aircraft Control Strategies in a Simulated Environment", in Agents for Games and Simulations -- Trends in Techniques, Concepts and Design (Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Agents for Games and Simulations (AGS 2009), May 11 2009, Budapest, Hungary), 2009
[citation][year=2009]D Richards and J Porte, 2009. Developing an agent-based training simulation using game and virtual reality software: experience report. Proceedings of the Sixth Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment (IE'09).

[publication]Vinhas, V. and Daniel Castro Silva and Reis, L.P. and Oliveira, E. , "Real-Time Biometric Emotion Assessment in an Immersive Environment", in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2009), July 2--5 2009, Milan, Italy, 2009

[publication]Vinhas, V. and Daniel Castro Silva and Reis, L.P. and Oliveira, E. , "Dynamic Multimedia Environment based on Realtime User Emotion Assessment -- Biometric User Data Towards Affective Immersive Environments", in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2009), May 6--10 2009, Milan, Italy, 2009

2008(3 publications)
[publication]Gimenes, R. and Daniel Castro Silva and Reis, L.P. and Oliveira, E. , "Using Flight Simulation Environments with Agent-Controlled UAVs", in Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (Robotica 08), April 2 2008, Aveiro, Portugal, 2008
[citation][year=2011]SRB dos Santos, SNG Junior, CLN Júnior, A Bittar and Neusa Oliveira, 2011. Modeling of a Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulator for UAV AutoPilot Controllers. 21st Brazilian Congress on Mechanical Engineering, Natal, Brasil, October 2011.
[citation][year=2009]SRB Santos, NMF Oliveira, 2009. Test platform to pitch angle using hardware in loop. 39th IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 
[citation][year=2008]LA Cantoni, AA Neto, 2008. Hardware-in-the-loop com o simulador de vôo Microsoft Flight Simulator

[publication]Gimenes, R. and Daniel Castro Silva and Reis, L.P. and Oliveira, E. , "Flight Simulation Environments Applied to Agent-Based Autonomous UAVs", in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2008), June 12--16 2008, Barcelona, Spain, 2008
[citation][year=2011]RW Harder, 2011. A quantitative model for assessing visual simulation software architecture. PhD Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.
[citation][year=2011]R Louall, A Belloula, MS Djouadi and S Bouaziz, 2012. Real-time characterization of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 for integration into Hardware In the Loop architecture. 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation (MED), pp. 1241-1246, 2011

[publication]Daniel Castro Silva and Vinhas, V. , "A Flexible Extended Quarto! Implementation Based on Combinatorial Analysis", in Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Gaming 2008: Design for Engaging Experience and Social Interaction, July 22--27 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2008

2007(2 publications)
[publication]Daniel Castro Silva and Vinhas, V. , "An Interactive Augmented Reality Battleship Game Implementation", in Proceedings of Learning with Games 2007, September 24--26 2007, Sophia Antipolis, France, 2007
[citation][year=2010]D Yu, JS Jin, S Luo, W Lai, Q Huang, 2010. A useful visualization technique: A literature review for augmented reality and its application, limitation & future direction. Visual Information Communication 2010, pp 311-337.

[publication]Daniel Castro Silva and Reis, L.P. and Costa, L.C. , "Non SECS/GEM Compliant Equipment Integration in Existing Frameworks", in Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Scientific Investigation MEthodologies (CoMIC'07), February 1--2 2007, Porto, Portugal, 2007

2005(1 publication)
[publication]Daniel Castro Silva and Vinhas, V. and Pereira, T.F. , "ERS-210 Mobile Video Surveillance System", in 1st International Workshop on Intelligent Robotics (IROBOT'05), held with the 12th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA 2005), December 2--5 2005, Covilhã, Portugal, 2005
[citation][year=2011]I Ahmad, D Habibi, 2011. A WiMAX Solution for Real-Time Video Surveillance in Public Transport. International Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, 3(2), pp.14-28, March 2011.
[citation][year=2010]Rita Cucchiara, Giovanni Gualdi, 2010. Mobile Video Surveillance Systems: An Architectural Overview.  Mobile Multimedia Processing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 5960, pp 89-109, 2010.
[citation][year=2010]G. Gualdi, 2010. Video Streaming and Video Surveillance in Mobile Scenarios. PhD Thesis. University of Modena, 2010.
[citation][year=2007]K Al-Ridha, A Al-Qayedi, 2007. A Multi-Level Mobile Video Surveillance Notification System. IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications, 2007 (ICSPC 2007), pp. 1171-1174, 2007.

PhD Theses
2011(1 publication)
[publication]Daniel Castro Silva , "Cooperative Multi-Robot Missions: Development of a Platform and a Specification Language", 2011