Customer Segmentation through Path Reconstruction.

This paper deals with the automatic classification of customers on the basis of their movements around a sports shop center. We start by collecting coordinates from customers while they visit the store. Consequently, any costumer's path through the shop is formed by a list of coordinates, obtained with a frequency of one measurement per minute.

Using String Metrics to Improve the Design of Virtual Conversational Characters: Behavior Simulator Development Study.

Background: An emergency waiting room is a place where conflicts often arise. Nervous relatives in a hostile, unknown environment force security and medical staff to be ready to deal with some awkward situations. Additionally, it has been said that the medical interview is the first diagnostic and therapeutic tool, involving both intellectual and emotional skills on the part of the doctor.