IJACSA Vol. 6 Issue 1 (2015)

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Cluster-Based Context-Aware Routing Protocol for Mobile Environments

Author 1: Ahmed. A. A. Gad-ElRab Author 2: T. A. A. Alzohairy Author 3: Almohammady S. Alsharkawy

Mobile environment has many issues due to mobility, energy limitations and status changing over time. Routing method is an important issue and has a significant impact in mobile networks, whereas selecting the optimum routing path will reduce the wasting in network resources, reduce network overhead and increase network reliability and… Read full abstract & cite →

Clustering Context FMCDM Mobile and Routing

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060101 PDF

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Security Issues of a Recent RFID Multi Tagging Protocol

Author 1: Mehmet Hilal Özcanhan Author 2: Sezer Baytar Author 3: Semih Utku Author 4: Gökhan Dalkiliç

RFID is now a widespread method used for identifying people and objects. But, not all communication protocols can provide the same rigorous confidentiality to RFID technology. In return, unsafe protocols put individuals and organizations into jeopardy. In this paper, a scheme that uses multiple low cost tags for identifying a… Read full abstract & cite →

Authentication EPC Gen 2 ISO 18000-6 NFC RFID UHF tag

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060102 PDF

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Model Driven Testing of Web Applications Using Domain Specific Language

Author 1: Viet-Cuong Nguyen

As more and more systems move to the cloud, the importance of web applications has increased recently. Web applications need more strict requirements in order to sup-port higher availability. The techniques in quality assurance of these applications hence become essential, the role of testing for web application becomes more significant… Read full abstract & cite →

Domain specific language (DSL) model-driven development model-driven testing WTML

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060103 PDF

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A Design of Pipelined Architecture for on-the-Fly Processing of Big Data Streams

Author 1: Usamah Algemili Author 2: Simon Berkovich

Conventional processing infrastructures have been challenged by huge demand of stream-based applications. The industry responded by introducing traditional stream processing engines along-with emerged technologies. The ongoing paradigm embraces parallel computing as the most-suitable proposition. Pipelining and Parallelism have been intensively studied in recent years, yet parallel programming on multiprocessor architectures… Read full abstract & cite →

Big Data Clustering Computer Architecture Parallel Processing Pipeline Design Variable Lengths Symmetric Multiprocessing Crossbar Switch Forced Interrupt

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060104 PDF

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Review of Cross-Platforms for Mobile Learning Application Development

Author 1: Nabil Litayem Author 2: Bhawna Dhupia Author 3: Sadia Rubab

Mobile learning management systems are very important for training purpose. But considering the present scenario, the learners are equipped with a number of mobile devices that run by different operating systems with diverse device features. Therefore, developing a mobile application for different platforms is a cumbersome task if appropriate tools… Read full abstract & cite →

cross-platform mobile devices framework mobile learning hybrid mobile app

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060105 PDF

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Fault-Tolerant Attitude Control System for a Spacecraft with Control Moment Gyros Using Multi-Objective Optimization

Author 1: Ai Noumi Author 2: Misuzu Haruki Author 3: Takuya Kanzawa Author 4: Masaki Takahashi

Recent years have seen a growing requirement for accurate and agile attitude control of spacecraft. To both quickly and accurately control the attitude of a spacecraft, Control Moment Gyros (CMGs) which can generate much higher torque than conventional spacecraft actuators are used as actuators of the spacecraft. The drive on… Read full abstract & cite →

Control Moment Gyros Spacecraft Attitude Control Multi-objective Optimization

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060106 PDF

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Golay Code Transformations for Ensemble Clustering in Application to Medical Diagnostics

Author 1: Faisal Alsaby Author 2: Kholood Alnowaiser Author 3: Simon Berkovich

Clinical Big Data streams have accumulated large-scale multidimensional data about patients’ medical conditions and drugs along with their known side effects. The volume and the complexity of this Big Data streams hinder the current computational procedures. Effective tools are required to cluster and systematically analyze this amorphous data to perform… Read full abstract & cite →

medical Big Data clustering machine learning pattern recognition prediction tool Big Data classification Golay Code

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060107 PDF

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A Monitoring Model for Hierarchical Architecture of Distributed Systems

Author 1: Phuc Tran Nguyen Hong Author 2: Son Le Van

Distributed systems are complex systems and there are a lot of the potential risks in the system, so system administrators need to have some effective support tools for network management. The architecture information of distributed systems is an essential part of distributed system monitoring solutions, because it provides general information… Read full abstract & cite →

architecture distributed systems model monitored objects monitoring

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060108 PDF

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Ipv6 Change Threats Behavior

Author 1: Firas Najjar Author 2: Homam El-Taj

IPv4 address pool is already exhausted; therefore, the change to use IPv6 is eventually necessary to give us a massive address pool. Although IPv6 was built with security in mind, extensive research must be done before deploying IPv6 to ensure the protection of security and privacy. This paper firstly presents… Read full abstract & cite →

Computer Attacks IPv4 IPv6 Security

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060109 PDF

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Emotional Engagement and Active Learning in a Marketing Simulation: A Review and Exploratory Study

Author 1: Kear Andrew Author 2: Bown Gerald Robin

This paper considers the role of emotional engagement during the use of a simulation. This is placed in the context of learning about marketing. The literature highlights questions of engagement and interactivity that are entailed in the use of these simulations. It is observed here that both the anticipation of… Read full abstract & cite →

component Learning Simulations Feedback Emotional Learning Scenarios Emotional Anticipation Deep Learning Vignette Research

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060110 PDF

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Modeling and Simulation Analysis of Power Frequency Electric Field of UHV AC Transmission Line

Author 1: Chen Han Author 2: Yuchen Chen

In order to study the power frequency electric field of UHV AC transmission lines, this paper which models and calculates using boundary element method simulates various factors influencing the distribution of the power frequency electric field, such as the conductor arrangement, the over-ground height, the split spacing and the sub… Read full abstract & cite →

boundary element method electric field distribution power frequency electric field UHV

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060111 PDF

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A Proposal of SNS to Improve Member’s Motivation in Voluntary Community Using Gamification

Author 1: Kohei Otake Author 2: Yoshihisa Shinozawa Author 3: Akito Sakurai Author 4: Makoto Oka Author 5: Tomofumi Uetake Author 6: Ryosuke Sumita

Recently, the number of voluntary communities such as local communities and university club activities are increasing. In these communities, since there are various types of members and there are no binding forces, it is usually difficult to maintain and im-prove member's motivation. To maintain and improve member's motivation, most of… Read full abstract & cite →

Gamification Voluntary Community Motivation Management

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060112 PDF

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Fast Vertical Mining Using Boolean Algebra

Author 1: Hosny M. Ibrahim Author 2: M. H. Marghny Author 3: Noha M. A. Abdelaziz

The vertical association rules mining algorithm is an efficient mining method, which makes use of support sets of frequent itemsets to calculate the support of candidate itemsets. It overcomes the disadvantage of scanning database many times like Apriori algorithm. In vertical mining, frequent itemsets can be represented as a set… Read full abstract & cite →

association rule bit vector Boolean algebra frequent itemset vertical data format

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Investigation of Adherence Degree of Agile Requirements Engineering Practices in Non-Agile Software Development Organizations

Author 1: Mennatallah H. Ibrahim Author 2: Nagy Ramadan Darwish

Requirements are critical for the success of software projects. Requirements are practically difficult to produce, as the hardest stage of building a software system is to decide what the system should do. Moreover, requirements errors are expensive to fix in the later phases of the software development life cycle. The… Read full abstract & cite →

agile methods agile requirements engineering practices requirements engineering

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060114 PDF

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A Review on Parameters Identification Methods for Asynchronous Motor

Author 1: Xing Zhan Author 2: Guohui Zeng Author 3: Jin Liu Author 4: Qingzhen Wang Author 5: Sheng Ou

The decoupling of excitation current and torque current is realized by Vector control so that the speed regulating performance of asynchronous motor is comparable with that of dc motor. The control precision is directly affected by accuracy of parameter identification in asynchronous motor. In this paper, based on the existing… Read full abstract & cite →

Vector control Parameters identification MRAS the least square method

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060115 PDF

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An Intelligent Natural Language Conversational System for Academic Advising

Author 1: Edward M. Latorre-Navarro Author 2: John G. Harris

Academic advisors assist students in academic, professional, social and personal matters. Successful advising increases student retention, improves graduation rates and helps students meet educational goals. This work presents an advising system that assists advisors in multiple tasks using natural language. This system features a conversational agent as the user interface… Read full abstract & cite →

Natural Language Processing Dialog System Conversational Agent Academic Advising Advising System Engineering Education E-learning Human Computer Interaction

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060116 PDF

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A Comparative Study of Thresholding Algorithms on Breast Area and Fibroglandular Tissue

Author 1: Shofwatul ‘Uyun Author 2: Sri Hartati Author 3: Agus Harjoko Author 4: Lina Choridah

One of the independently risk factors of breast cancer is mammographic density reflecting the composition of the fibroglandular tissue in breast area. Tumor in the mammogram is precisely complicated to detect as it is covered by the density (the masking effect). The determination of mammographic density may be implemented by… Read full abstract & cite →

Thresholding Algorithm Breast Area fibroglandular Area

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060117 PDF

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Using Heavy Clique Base Coarsening to Enhance Virtual Network Embedding

Author 1: Ashraf A. Shahin

Network virtualization allows cloud infrastructure providers to accommodate multiple virtual networks on a single physical network. However, mapping multiple virtual network resources to physical network components, called virtual network embedding (VNE), is known to be non-deterministic polynomial-time hard (NP-hard). Effective virtual network embedding increases the revenue by increasing the number… Read full abstract & cite →

cloud computing network virtualization resource allocation substrate network fragmentation virtual network embedding virtual network coarsening

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060118 PDF

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Ontology Based SMS Controller for Smart Phones

Author 1: Mohammed A. Balubaid Author 2: Umar Manzoor Author 3: Bassam Zafar Author 4: Abdullah Qureshi Author 5: Numairul Ghani

Text analysis includes lexical analysis of the text and has been widely studied and used in diverse applications. In the last decade, researchers have proposed many efficient solutions to analyze / classify large text dataset, however, analysis / classification of short text is still a challenge because 1) the data… Read full abstract & cite →

Short Text Classification SMS Spam Text Analysis Ontology based SMS Spam Text Analysis and Ontology

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060119 PDF

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Android Platform Malware Analysis

Author 1: Rubayyi Alghamdi Author 2: Khalid Alfalqi Author 3: Mofareh Waqdan

Mobile devices have evolved from simple devices, which are used for a phone call and SMS messages to smartphone devices that can run third party applications. Nowadays, malicious software, which is also known as malware, imposes a larger threat to these mobile devices. Recently, many news items were posted about… Read full abstract & cite →

Smartphone Security Malware Analysis Android Malware Static Analysis Dynamic Analysis SDK VAD

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060120 PDF

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A Survey of Topic Modeling in Text Mining

Author 1: Rubayyi Alghamdi Author 2: Khalid Alfalqi

Topic models provide a convenient way to analyze large of unclassified text. A topic contains a cluster of words that frequently occur together. A topic modeling can connect words with similar meanings and distinguish between uses of words with multiple meanings. This paper provides two categories that can be under… Read full abstract & cite →

Topic Modeling Methods of Topic Modeling Latent semantic analysis (LSA) Probabilistic latent semantic analysis (PLSA) Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) Correlated topic model (CTM) Topic Evolution Modelin

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060121 PDF

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Effectiveness of Iphone’s Touch ID: KSA Case Study

Author 1: Ahmad A. Al-Daraiseh Author 2: Diana Al Omari Author 3: Hadeel Al Hamid Author 4: Nada Hamad Author 5: Rawan Althemali

A new trend of incorporating Touch ID sensors in mobile devices is appearing. Last year, Apple released a new model of its famous iPhone (5s). One of the most anticipated and hailed features of the new device was its Touch ID. Apple advertised that the new technology will increase the… Read full abstract & cite →

IPhone 5s IPhone 6 IPhone 6 plus Fingerprint Touch ID

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060122 PDF

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A Comparison of OSPFv3 and EIGRPv6 in a Small IPv6 Enterprise Network

Author 1: Richard John Whitfield Author 2: Shao Ying Zhu

As the Internet slowly transitions towards IPv6, the routing protocols that are used to forward traffic across this global network must adapt to support this gradual transition. Two of the most frequently discussed interior dynamic routing protocols today are the IETF’s OSPF and Cisco’s EIGRP routing protocol. A wealth of… Read full abstract & cite →

IPv4 IPv6 OSPFv3 IPSec ESP EIGRPv4 EIGRPv6 MD5

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060123 PDF

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Orientation Capture of a Walker’s Leg Using Inexpensive Inertial Sensors with Optimized Complementary Filter Design

Author 1: Sebastian Andersson Author 2: Liu Yan

Accelerometers and gyroscope are often referred to as inertial sensors. They detect movement and are used for motion tracking systems in many fields. In recent years they have become much smaller, lighter and cheaper which makes them attractive for use in consumer electronics. The goal of this research is to… Read full abstract & cite →

Motion capture Complementary Filter Inertial sen-sors Bluetooth Low Energy iOS.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060125 PDF

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Technical Perspectives on Knowledge Management in Bioinformatics Workflow Systems

Author 1: Walaa N. Ismail Author 2: M.Sabih Aksoy

Workflow systems by it’s nature can help bioin-formaticians to plan for their experiments, store, capture and analysis of the runtime generated data. On the other hand, the life science research usually produces new knowledge at an increasing speed; Knowledge such as papers, databases and other systems knowledge that a researcher… Read full abstract & cite →

Bioinformatics Workflows Knowledge Manage-ment Ontologies Scientific Workflows Semantic Web.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060126 PDF

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Public Transportation Management System based on GPSWiFi and Open Street Maps

Author 1: Saed Tarapiah Author 2: Shadi Atalla

Information technology (IT) has transformed many industries, from education to health care to government, and is now in the early stages of transforming transportation systems. Transportation faces many issues like high accidents rate in general, and much more rate in developing countries due to the lack of proper infrastructure for… Read full abstract & cite →

ITS GPS WiFi Transportation OSM

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.060127 PDF