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The cultural heritage of historic cities is a complex system of overlapping features and their relationship with users. Such a Building Environment (BE) is increasingly exposed to Rapid Onset Disasters with socio-economic losses and low recovery capacity. At the same time, it is affected by Slow Onset Disasters, above all due to climate change. In these situations, decision-making becomes difficult as regards the immediate response to protect people and valuable buildings, as well as for BE maintenance and retrofit for their safe use and preservation. The need to address the balance between transformation and conservation requirements is evident. This paper presents the ResCUDE project, an ongoing multidisciplinary research study aimed at comprehensively characterizing the resilience of cultural heritage in historic districts and geared to design and implement a new method to support its protection, monitoring and planning. The proposed study develops a multi-risk analysis which integrates the multi-agent modelling of human spatial and social behaviour response during emergencies with geomatic techniques to delimit and survey exposed areas as well as building performance analysis, retrofit methodologies and an assessment of the impact of heatwaves. This multiform information is integrated into a consistent output aimed at managing risks and supporting decision-making to safeguard users and the inherent values of the BE. This would also allow for a multi-faceted evaluation of effective Natural-Based Solutions.
Dario Esposito; Elena Cantatore; Alberico Sonnessa. A Multi Risk Analysis for the Planning, Management and Retrofit of Cultural Heritage in Historic Urban Districts. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 2021, 571 -580.
AMA StyleDario Esposito, Elena Cantatore, Alberico Sonnessa. A Multi Risk Analysis for the Planning, Management and Retrofit of Cultural Heritage in Historic Urban Districts. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. 2021; ():571-580.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDario Esposito; Elena Cantatore; Alberico Sonnessa. 2021. "A Multi Risk Analysis for the Planning, Management and Retrofit of Cultural Heritage in Historic Urban Districts." Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , no. : 571-580.
In a modern pandemic outbreak, where collective threats require global strategies and local operational defence applications, data-driven solutions for infection tracing and forecasting epidemic trends are crucial to achieve sustainable and socially resilient cities. Indeed, the need for monitoring, containing, and mitigating the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has generated a great deal of interest in Digital Proximity Tracing Technology (DPTT) on smartphones, as well as their function and effectiveness and insights of population acceptance. This paper introduces and compares different Data-Driven Epidemic Intelligence Strategies (DDEIS) developed on DPTTs. It aims to clarify to what extent DDEIS could be effective and both technologically and socially suitable in reaching the objective of a swift return to normality for cities, guaranteeing public health safety and minimizing the risk of epidemic resurgence. It assesses key advantages and limits in supporting both individual decision-making and policy-making, considering the role of human behaviour. Specifically, an online survey carried out in Italy revealed user preferences for DPTTs and provided preliminary data for an SEIR (Susceptible–Exposed–Infectious–Recovered) epidemiological model. This was developed to evaluate the impact of DDEIS on COVID-19 spread dynamics, and results are presented together with an evaluation of potential drawbacks.
Dario Esposito; Giovanni Dipierro; Alberico Sonnessa; Stefania Santoro; Simona Pascazio; Irene Pluchinotta. Data-Driven Epidemic Intelligence Strategies Based on Digital Proximity Tracing Technologies in the Fight against COVID-19 in Cities. Sustainability 2021, 13, 644 .
AMA StyleDario Esposito, Giovanni Dipierro, Alberico Sonnessa, Stefania Santoro, Simona Pascazio, Irene Pluchinotta. Data-Driven Epidemic Intelligence Strategies Based on Digital Proximity Tracing Technologies in the Fight against COVID-19 in Cities. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (2):644.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDario Esposito; Giovanni Dipierro; Alberico Sonnessa; Stefania Santoro; Simona Pascazio; Irene Pluchinotta. 2021. "Data-Driven Epidemic Intelligence Strategies Based on Digital Proximity Tracing Technologies in the Fight against COVID-19 in Cities." Sustainability 13, no. 2: 644.
The presented paper describes the ReSCUDE project, developed by the Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Construction and Chemistry (DICATECh) of the Polytechnic University of Bari under the grant Attraction and International Mobility, of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. The project focuses on the evaluation of the effects of Slow-Onset Disasters (SODs), and Rapid Onset Disasters (RODs) on historic town centres. To this end, an integrated approach based on innovative geomatics, building techniques and advanced behavioural models, is being applied to the old town built area of Ascoli Satriano (FG) and Molfetta (BA) in the Apulia Region (Italy). Over the next three years, the ResCUDE project will allow to perform in-depth analyses on the historic built environment of the identified case studies, fostering the processes of its knowledge, assessment, control, management and design, in connection to the risks deriving from ROD and SOD events. The expected outputs will be useful to define possible scenarios for civil defence purposes and undertake actions aimed at risk mitigation.
Alberico Sonnessa; Elena Cantatore; Dario Esposito; Francesco Fiorito. A Multidisciplinary Approach for Multi-risk Analysis and Monitoring of Influence of SODs and RODs on Historic Centres: The ResCUDE Project. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12252, 752 -766.
AMA StyleAlberico Sonnessa, Elena Cantatore, Dario Esposito, Francesco Fiorito. A Multidisciplinary Approach for Multi-risk Analysis and Monitoring of Influence of SODs and RODs on Historic Centres: The ResCUDE Project. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12252 ():752-766.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlberico Sonnessa; Elena Cantatore; Dario Esposito; Francesco Fiorito. 2020. "A Multidisciplinary Approach for Multi-risk Analysis and Monitoring of Influence of SODs and RODs on Historic Centres: The ResCUDE Project." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12252, no. : 752-766.
The paper presents DECiSION, an innovative framework in the field of Information Seeking Support Systems, able to retrieve all the data involved in a decision-making process, and to process, categorize and make them available in a useful form for the ultimate purpose of the user request. The platform is equipped with natural language understanding capabilities, allowing the interpretation of user requests and the identification of information sources from which to independently retrieve the information needed for the sensemaking task. The project foresees the implementation of a chatbot, which acts as a virtual assistant, and a conversational recommender system, able to dialogue with the user to discover their preferences and orient their answers in a personalized way. The goal is therefore to create an intelligent system to answer autonomously and comprehensively questions posed in natural language about a specific reference domain, to support the decision-making process. The paper describes the general architecture of the framework and then focuses on the key component that automatically translate the natural language user query into a machine-readable query for the service repository.
Dario Esposito; Marco Polignano; Pierpaolo Basile; Marco De Gemmis; Davide Primiceri; Stefano Lisi; Mauro Casaburi; Giorgio Basile; Matteo Mennitti; Valentina Carella; Vito Manzari. DECiSION: Data-drivEn Customer Service InnovatiON. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12252, 94 -103.
AMA StyleDario Esposito, Marco Polignano, Pierpaolo Basile, Marco De Gemmis, Davide Primiceri, Stefano Lisi, Mauro Casaburi, Giorgio Basile, Matteo Mennitti, Valentina Carella, Vito Manzari. DECiSION: Data-drivEn Customer Service InnovatiON. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12252 ():94-103.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDario Esposito; Marco Polignano; Pierpaolo Basile; Marco De Gemmis; Davide Primiceri; Stefano Lisi; Mauro Casaburi; Giorgio Basile; Matteo Mennitti; Valentina Carella; Vito Manzari. 2020. "DECiSION: Data-drivEn Customer Service InnovatiON." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12252, no. : 94-103.
Social dimension is a fundamental part of sustainable spatial planning, design and management. Envisioning its requirements and consequences is of the utmost importance when implementing solutions. Decision Support Systems aim towards improving decision-making processes in the development of infrastructures and services. They assist decision makers in assessing to what extent the designed places meet the requirements expressed by intended users. However, there is an intrinsic limit in the forecasting of emerging phenomena in spatial complex systems. This is because the use of built environment could differ from its function since it changes as a response to the context and it reflects emergent and dynamic human spatial and social behaviour. This paper proposes a Multi-Agent Simulation approach to support Decision-Making for the spatial design and management of complex systems in risk conditions. A virtual simulation shows a hospital ward in the case of health risk due to Hospital Acquired Infection, with an emphasis on the spatial spread of the risk. It is applied to find out correlations between human characteristics, behaviours and activities influenced by spatial design and distribution. The scenario-building mechanism is designed to improve decision-making by offering a consideration of the simulation outcomes. The visualization of how a building environment is used is suitable in verifying hypotheses and to support operational choices. The proposed framework aims at assessing and forecasting the building’s capacity to support user activities and to ensure users safety.
Dario Esposito; Davide Schaumann; Domenico Camarda; Yehuda E. Kalay. Decision Support Systems Based on Multi-agent Simulation for Spatial Design and Management of a Built Environment: The Case Study of Hospitals. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12251, 340 -351.
AMA StyleDario Esposito, Davide Schaumann, Domenico Camarda, Yehuda E. Kalay. Decision Support Systems Based on Multi-agent Simulation for Spatial Design and Management of a Built Environment: The Case Study of Hospitals. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12251 ():340-351.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDario Esposito; Davide Schaumann; Domenico Camarda; Yehuda E. Kalay. 2020. "Decision Support Systems Based on Multi-agent Simulation for Spatial Design and Management of a Built Environment: The Case Study of Hospitals." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12251, no. : 340-351.
A Multi-Agent simulator made in Unity 3D is proposed to track the spread of Hospital Acquired Infections transmitted by contact in hospital wards. The tool generates a real-time contamination risk map for both people and spaces, depending on the profile, behavior and activities of virtual agents, the characteristics of pathogens and the role of inanimate objects and places.
Dario Esposito; Davide Schaumann; Domenico Camarda; Yehuda E. Kalay. A Multi-Agent Simulator for Infection Spread in a Healthcare Environment. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 408 -411.
AMA StyleDario Esposito, Davide Schaumann, Domenico Camarda, Yehuda E. Kalay. A Multi-Agent Simulator for Infection Spread in a Healthcare Environment. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; ():408-411.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDario Esposito; Davide Schaumann; Domenico Camarda; Yehuda E. Kalay. 2020. "A Multi-Agent Simulator for Infection Spread in a Healthcare Environment." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV , no. : 408-411.
Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) are recognized worldwide as a major threat to hospital users. In this study, we present the Multi-Agent modelling and simulation of HAI propagation dynamics through exogenous cross-infection by a contact transmission route in a hospital ward. The model relies on the Event Based Modelling and Simulation approach. It is meant to deal with a wide range of pathogen types and scenarios of their spread within a hospital environment, which can be extended to integrate relevant emerging factors in the dynamic evolution of HAIs. The Agent-Based application was validated through a virtual simulation of a case study built in a Unity 3D environment, which generates a real time infection risk map. The simulation represents the building and its users in the situation of HAI risk in a coherent and dynamic system. It allows for the visualization of contamination propagation due to human spatial behaviour and activities. The case study was tested through a what-if scenario, allowing for the real-time visualization of transmission and assessing the effectiveness of different prevention and control measures on pathogen propagation. Of further interest was an understanding of the influences of architectural design and space distribution.
Dario Esposito; Davide Schaumann; Domenico Camarda; Yehuda E. Kalay. Multi-Agent Modelling and Simulation of Hospital Acquired Infection Propagation Dynamics by Contact Transmission in Hospital Wards. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 118 -133.
AMA StyleDario Esposito, Davide Schaumann, Domenico Camarda, Yehuda E. Kalay. Multi-Agent Modelling and Simulation of Hospital Acquired Infection Propagation Dynamics by Contact Transmission in Hospital Wards. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; ():118-133.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDario Esposito; Davide Schaumann; Domenico Camarda; Yehuda E. Kalay. 2020. "Multi-Agent Modelling and Simulation of Hospital Acquired Infection Propagation Dynamics by Contact Transmission in Hospital Wards." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV , no. : 118-133.
The present study provides a reflection on the agent-based intelligence of urban spatial environments through the comparison of a formal quantitative approach, i.e., space syntax, and a qualitative experimentation based on the spatial cognition approach. Until recently, space syntax was adopted by urban planners and designers to support urban design and planning decisions, based on an analysis of the urban physical environment. Researchers in the cognitive science field have increased their attempts to address space syntax techniques to better understand the relationships of cognitive spatial agents with the spatial features of urban environments. In this context, the experimental approach focuses on the qualities of the environment as interacted, perceived and interpreted by cognitive agents and reflects on the role which it plays in affecting spatial decisions and route choices. The present paper aimed to explore the extent to which possible integration between the different approaches can provide insights on agent-based decisions in actions and behavioural processes in space for useful perspectives in urban analysis and planning. Findings suggest relevant correlations between the experimentation results and space syntax predictions when a correspondence of some aspects can be found. Conversely, interesting qualitative insights from the spatial cognition approach are pointed out to enrich the configurational analysis. The potential and constraints of each approach and the ways of combining these are presented. Evidence supports the suitability of the proposal outlined in the present paper within the framework of urban planning practice.
Dario Esposito; Stefania Santoro; Domenico Camarda. Agent-Based Analysis of Urban Spaces Using Space Syntax and Spatial Cognition Approaches: A Case Study in Bari, Italy. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4625 .
AMA StyleDario Esposito, Stefania Santoro, Domenico Camarda. Agent-Based Analysis of Urban Spaces Using Space Syntax and Spatial Cognition Approaches: A Case Study in Bari, Italy. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):4625.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDario Esposito; Stefania Santoro; Domenico Camarda. 2020. "Agent-Based Analysis of Urban Spaces Using Space Syntax and Spatial Cognition Approaches: A Case Study in Bari, Italy." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 4625.
The paper presents the design phase of an Agent-Based Model of a human user acting in a built environment, useful for the simulation of indoor and outdoor settings in urban and architectural design. It describes a conceptual framework to formalize the main aspects of human spatial behavior in a shared environment. Moreover, it represents the cognitive abilities behind spatial behaviors and defines how some physical, social, and psychological factors, as well as their interactions, affect behavioral performance through operational feedback at decisional and executional level. The cognition-based architecture is built on the agent pursuing goals in a grid-like layout, where each cell provides a certain feature. The agent forms goals by interpreting objectives through his internal state and consequently, the behavior takes place in the simulated environment. Action planning incorporates the memory of previous successes and failures, which allows the agent to improve over time. Action execution involves movement, interaction with space, and social interaction, all of which vary depending on environmental features and available time.
Dario Esposito; Ilenia Abbattista; Domenico Camarda. A Conceptual Framework for Agent-Based Modeling of Human Behavior in Spatial Design. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 187 -198.
AMA StyleDario Esposito, Ilenia Abbattista, Domenico Camarda. A Conceptual Framework for Agent-Based Modeling of Human Behavior in Spatial Design. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():187-198.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDario Esposito; Ilenia Abbattista; Domenico Camarda. 2020. "A Conceptual Framework for Agent-Based Modeling of Human Behavior in Spatial Design." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 187-198.
Dealing with urban policies involves the coordination of multiple stakeholders Understanding stakeholders’ problem formulations has become a crucial research subject This paper explores possible environmental knowledge management approaches This work investigates the potentials of the FCM approach for knowledge sharing in urban planning This work carried out a scenario building activity for the new master plan of Taranto (Italy)
Irene Pluchinotta; Dario Esposito; Domenico Camarda. Fuzzy cognitive mapping to support multi-agent decisions in development of urban policymaking. Sustainable Cities and Society 2018, 46, 101402 .
AMA StyleIrene Pluchinotta, Dario Esposito, Domenico Camarda. Fuzzy cognitive mapping to support multi-agent decisions in development of urban policymaking. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2018; 46 ():101402.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIrene Pluchinotta; Dario Esposito; Domenico Camarda. 2018. "Fuzzy cognitive mapping to support multi-agent decisions in development of urban policymaking." Sustainable Cities and Society 46, no. : 101402.
Spacescapes are often shaped by spatial behaviour. However, their dynamic complexity makes it difficult for them to be simulated in AI-based environments. As a result, degrees of uncertainty often arise when one describes spaces, trying to give shared importance to structural, fundamental, peculiar spacescape qualities. This paper explores space ontologies built by human agents. With the use of app features of personal smartphones, students of the Technical University of Bari have explored an urban commercial street. The results they obtained in the context of spatial cognition have been analysed and discussed for environment planning and management.
Dario Esposito; Giulia Mastrodonato; Domenico Camarda. The Cognitive Visualization of Space in City Walking: Spacescape Experimentation in Italy. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2017, 160 -167.
AMA StyleDario Esposito, Giulia Mastrodonato, Domenico Camarda. The Cognitive Visualization of Space in City Walking: Spacescape Experimentation in Italy. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2017; ():160-167.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDario Esposito; Giulia Mastrodonato; Domenico Camarda. 2017. "The Cognitive Visualization of Space in City Walking: Spacescape Experimentation in Italy." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV , no. : 160-167.
The inherently complex nature of the environmental domain requires that planning efforts become projects of participated, inclusive, multi-agent, multi-source knowledge building processes developed by the community. Knowledge is often hard to be processed, handled, formalized, modeled. Yet cognitive models are useful to avoid the typical unmanageability of domains with high complexity such as the environmental one, and enhance knowledge organization and management. We have investigated on the potentials of cognitive-mapping-based tools, particularly on cross impact evaluations, in the case study of Taranto (Italy). The process was aimed at building up future development scenarios in city neighborhoods, and fuzzy cognitive mapping were used to support decision-making by exploring cross impacts of possible policy perspectives. Although substantial results are rather general, the study proves to be interesting in enhancing the potentials of FCM-based approach to support decisionmaking, particularly when dealing with well-focused policy perspectives.
Dino Borri; Domenico Camarda; I. Pluchinotta; D. Esposito. Supporting Environmental Planning: Knowledge Management Through Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2015, 9320, 228 -235.
AMA StyleDino Borri, Domenico Camarda, I. Pluchinotta, D. Esposito. Supporting Environmental Planning: Knowledge Management Through Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2015; 9320 ():228-235.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDino Borri; Domenico Camarda; I. Pluchinotta; D. Esposito. 2015. "Supporting Environmental Planning: Knowledge Management Through Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 9320, no. : 228-235.