Hércules Antonio do Prado

Hércules Antonio do Prado, Ph.D. is a researcher in Computer Science, focusing his work on data/text mining, neural networks, knowledge-based systems, and knowledge management. In 1984 he joined the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and, in 1992, the Catholic University of Brasília as an assistant professor. He received his D.Sc. in Computer Science at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2001) his M.Sc. in Systems Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1989). In 1999 he stayed in the Information Sciences Department of University of Pittsburgh as a Visitor Scholar, developing research for his doctoral program. He undergraduated in Computer Systems at the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil (1976).

Publications

Computational Methods for Agricultural Research: Advances and Applications
Computational Methods for Agricultural Research: Advances and Applications
Hércules Antonio do Prado, Alfredo Jose Barreto Luiz, Homero Chaib Filho. © 2011. 524 pages.
Despite currents migration trends towards population centers, agriculture remains one of the most important staples of human culture, as these centers are dependent on a constant...
Text Mining in the Context of Business Intelligence
Text Mining in the Context of Business Intelligence
Hércules Antonio do Prado, José Palazzo Moreira de Oliveira, Edilson Ferneda, Leandro Krug Wives, Edilberto Magalhães Silva, Stanley Loh. © 2005. 6 pages.
Information about the external environment and organizational processes are among the most worthwhile input for business intelligence (BI). Nowadays, companies have plenty of...