IJACSA Vol. 9 Issue 11 (2018)

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Exploring Identifiers of Research Articles Related to Food and Disease using Artificial Intelligence

Author 1: Marco Ross Author 2: El Sayed Mahmoud Author 3: El-Sayed M. Abdel-Aal

Currently hundreds of studies in the literature have shown the link between food and reducing the risk of chronic diseases. This study investigates the use of natural language processing and artificial intelligence techniques in developing a classifier that is able to identify, extract and analyze food-health articles automatically. In particular… Read full abstract & cite →

Natural language processing text classification ngrams bioinformatics knowledge extraction nutrition assessment health promotion research uptake

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2018.091101 PDF

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A Method for Implementing Probabilistic Entity Resolution

Author 1: Awaad Alsarkhi Author 2: John R. Talburt

Deterministic and probabilistic are two approaches to matching commonly used in Entity Resolution (ER) systems. While many users are familiar with writing and using Boolean rules for deterministic matching, fewer are as familiar with the scoring rule configuration used to support probabilistic matching. This paper describes a method using deterministic… Read full abstract & cite →

Entity resolution probabilistic matching deterministic matching boolean rules scoring rule missing values

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Intellectual Paradigm of Artificial Vision: from Video-Intelligence to Strong Artificial Intelligence

Author 1: E. M. Yarichin Author 2: V. M. Gruznov Author 3: G. F. Yarichina

A new (post-Shannon) informational approach is suggested in this paper, which allows to make deep analysis of nature of the information. It was found that information could be presented as an aggregate of quantitative (physical) and qualitative (structural) components to be considered together. It turned out that such full information… Read full abstract & cite →

Gauge approach fibration space informational hypergraph video-intelligence strong artificial intelligence

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Anomaly Detection with Machine Learning and Graph Databases in Fraud Management

Author 1: Shamil Magomedov Author 2: Sergei Pavelyev Author 3: Irina Ivanova Author 4: Alexey Dobrotvorsky Author 5: Marina Khrestina Author 6: Timur Yusubaliev

In this paper, the task of fraud detection using the methods of data analysis and machine learning based on social and transaction graphs is considered. The algorithms for feature calculation, outlier detection and identifying specific sub-graph patterns are proposed. Software realization of the proposed algorithms is described and the results… Read full abstract & cite →

Data analysis machine learning graph database fraud detection anti-money laundering

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A Hybrid Intelligent Model for Enhancing Healthcare Services on Cloud Environment

Author 1: Ahmed Abdelaziz Author 2: Ahmed S. Salama Author 3: A.M. Riad

Cloud computing plays a major role in addressing the challenges of healthcare services such as diagnosis of diseases, telemedicine, maximize utilization of medical resources, etc. Early detection of chronic kidney disease on cloud environment is a big challenge that is facing healthcare providers. This paper concentrates on the using of… Read full abstract & cite →

Chronic kidney disease linear regression neural network cloud computing

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Implementation of a basic Sonar of Echolocation for Education in Telecommunications

Author 1: Fredy Criollo-Sánchez Author 2: Rodríguez-Villarreal, Kevin Author 3: Mosquera-Sanchez, Cristian Author 4: Medina-Alvarez, Marco Author 5: Chavarry-Polanco, Danny Author 6: Alvarado-Díaz, Witman Author 7: Meneses-Claudio, Brian Author 8: Roman-Gonzalez, Avid

Currently, having a sonar of echolocation in an electronic lab is complicated due to the high cost of its implementation, which is why it is proposed the implementation of a basic sonar, using agile technologies such as the Arduino, which will be used to implement this paper, also it has… Read full abstract & cite →

Arduino processing software sonar ultrasonic sensor servomotor

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Experimental Study on an Efficient Dengue Disease Management System

Author 1: J M.M.C Jayasuriya Author 2: G.K.K.T.Galappaththi Author 3: M.A.Dilupa Sampath Author 4: H.N.Nipunika Author 5: W.H. Rankothge

Dengue has become a serious health hazard in Sri Lanka with the increasing cases and loss of human lives. It is necessary to develop an efficient dengue disease management system which could predict the dengue out breaks, plan the countermeasures accordingly and allocate resources for the countermeasures. We have proposed… Read full abstract & cite →

Optimization genetic algorithm iterated local search algorithm comparison nurse scheduling

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2018.091107 PDF

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Industrial Internet of Things as a Challenge for Higher Education

Author 1: Corneliu Octavian Turcu Author 2: Cristina Elena Turcu

This paper is aimed to examine the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) in industry (so-called Industrial Internet of Things, shortly IIoT) and the requirements for higher education in the times of the fourth industrial revolution. The addition of the fourth letter, "I" in front of the “IoT” coins… Read full abstract & cite →

Industry 4.0 industrial internet of things internet of things higher education skills gap

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Coverage-Aware Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review

Author 1: Jahangir Khan Author 2: Khalid Mahmood Author 3: Ansar Munir Shah Author 4: Babar Nawaz Author 5: Mahmood ul Hassan

Coverage plays a vital role in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), since it is used as one of the important measure to achieve the performance of the sensor network. The sensor nodes in WSN have limited power and energy resources. So, energy efficiency is an essential factor that should be considered… Read full abstract & cite →

Wireless sensor network coverage area energy efficiency coverage protocols

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Wireless Internet of Things-Based Air Quality Device for Smart Pollution Monitoring

Author 1: Nurul Azma Zakaria Author 2: Zaheera Zainal Abidin Author 3: Norharyati Harum Author 4: Low Chen Hau Author 5: Nabeel Saleh Ali Author 6: Fairul Azni Jafar

Living in a healthy environment is a need for every human being whether indoor or outdoor. However, pollutions occur everywhere and most people are merely mindful of the importance of having clean outdoor air to breathe and are not concerned about the indoor air quality. Indoor air quality refers to… Read full abstract & cite →

Internet of things (IoT) single-board computer cloud storage smart pollution monitoring

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Securing Locations of Mobile Nodes in Wireless Mesh Network’s

Author 1: Sultan Alkhliwi

The current deployment of wireless mesh networks requires mobility management to track the current locations of mobile nodes around the network without service interruption. To do so, the Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 protocol has been chosen, which minimises the required signalling by introducing a new entity called the mobile anchor point… Read full abstract & cite →

Wireless mesh networks hierarchical mobile IPv6 protocol authentication secret key Scyther tool OPNET simulation

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Voice Pathology Recognition and Classification using Noise Related Features

Author 1: HAMDI Rabeh Author 2: HAJJI Salah Author 3: CHERIF Adnane

Nowadays, the diseases of the voice increase because of bad social habits and the misuse of voice. These pathologies should be treated from the beginning. Indeed, it is no longer necessary that the diseases of the voice lead to affect the quality of the voice as heard by a listener… Read full abstract & cite →

HTK MFCC MEEI SVD pathological voices

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Developing A Model for Predicting the Speech Intelligibility of South Korean Children with Cochlear Implantation using a Random Forest Algorithm

Author 1: Haewon Byeon

The random forest technique, a tree-based study model, predicts the results by using random decision trees based on the bootstrap technique. Therefore, it has a high prediction power and fewer errors, which are advantages of this method. This study aimed to provide baseline data regarding the language therapy after cochlear… Read full abstract & cite →

Random forest hearing impairment vocabulary index speech intelligibility risk factor data mining

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Ranking Method in Group Decision Support to Determine the Regional Prioritized Areas and Leading Sectors using Garrett Score

Author 1: Heru Ismanto Author 2: Suharto Author 3: Azhari Author 4: Lincolin Arsyad

The main objective of regional development is to achieve equal development in different regions. However, the long duration and complexity of the process may result in the unequal development of some regions. In order to achieve a fair development process for each region, a standard approach must be developed to… Read full abstract & cite →

Priority area leading sector garrett decision group support spearman correlation

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A Hybrid Technique for Tunneling Mechanism of IPv6 using Teredo and 6RD to Enhance the Network Performance

Author 1: Zulfiqar Ali Zardari Author 2: Munwar Ali Author 3: Reehan Ali Shah Author 4: Ladha Hussain Zardari

Currently, Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses have been depleted. Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs), researchers and end users are migrating from IPv4 to IPv6 due to strong features of IPv6 and limitation in IPv4. Different tunneling techniques have been deployed to migrate on IPv6 for ordinary users. However, these… Read full abstract & cite →

Hybrid network IPv4 IPv6 6RD teredo tunneling mechanism network performance jumbo frames

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An Empirical Study of App Permissions : A User Protection Motivation Behaviour

Author 1: Ari Kusyanti Author 2: Harin Puspa Ayu Catherina

Smartphone is one of the telecommunications media that can be used anytime and anywhere. To be able to support the activity of its users, smartphone users install the application on their smartphone. When installing an application, there are permissions provided by the application about data that will be collected. However… Read full abstract & cite →

Protection motivation theory (pmt) application permission smartphone structural equation modeling (SEM)

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Automated Extraction of Large Scale Scanned Document Images using Google Vision OCR in Apache Hadoop Environment

Author 1: Rifiana Arief Author 2: Achmad Benny Mutiara Author 3: Tubagus Maulana Kusuma Author 4: Hustinawaty

This Digitalization of documents is now being done in all fields to reduce paper usage. The availability of modern technology in the form of scanners and cameras supports the growth of multimedia data, especially documents stored in the form of image files. Searching a particular text in a large-scale scanned… Read full abstract & cite →

Automation extraction google vision OCR hadoop scanned document images

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Optimal Overcurrent Relays Coordination using an Improved Grey Wolf Optimizer

Author 1: Noor Zaihah Jamal Author 2: Mohd Herwan Sulaiman Author 3: Omar Aliman Author 4: Zuriani Mustaffa

Recently, nature inspired algorithms (NIA) have been implemented to various fields of optimization problems. In this paper, the implementation of NIA is reported to solve the overcurrent relay coordination problem. The purpose is to find the optimal value of the Time Multiplier Setting (TMS) and Plug Setting (PS) in order… Read full abstract & cite →

Time multiplier setting (TMS) plug setting (PS grey wolf optimization algorithm (GWO) overcurrent relay coordination

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Risk Assessment Method for Insider Threats in Cyber Security: A Review

Author 1: Nurul Akmal Hashim Author 2: Zaheera Zainal Abidin Author 3: A.P. Puvanasvaran Author 4: Nurul Azma Zakaria Author 5: Rabiah Ahmad

Today’s in manufacturing major challenge is to manage large scale of cybersecurity system, which is potentially exposed to a multitude of threats. The utmost risky threats are insider threats. An insider threat arises when a person authorized to perform certain movements in an organization decides to mishandle the trust and… Read full abstract & cite →

Insider threats manufacturing risk assessment cyber security threats risk

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BAAC: Bangor Arabic Annotated Corpus

Author 1: Ibrahim S Alkhazi Author 2: William J. Teahan

This paper describes the creation of the new Bangor Arabic Annotated Corpus (BAAC) which is a Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) corpus that comprises 50K words manually annotated by parts-of-speech. For evaluating the quality of the corpus, the Kappa coefficient and a direct percent agreement for each tag were calculated for… Read full abstract & cite →

Component arabic language corpus annotated corpora analysis results

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Implicit Thinking Knowledge Injection Framework for Agile Requirements Engineering

Author 1: Kaiss Elghariani Author 2: Nazri Kama Author 3: Nurulhuda Firdaus Mohd Azmi Author 4: Nur Azaliah Abu bakar

Agile has become commonly used as a software development methodology and its success depends on face-to-face communication of software developers and the faster software product delivery. Implicit thinking knowledge has considered as a very significant for organization self-learning. The main goal of paying attention to managing the implicit thinking knowledge… Read full abstract & cite →

Software development methodology agile methodology requirements engineering requirements documentation and implicit thinking documentation

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Usability Testing for Crop and Farmer Activity Information System

Author 1: Halim Budi Santoso Author 2: Rosa Delima Author 3: Emylia Intan Listyaningsih Author 4: Argo Wibowo

Information System usability level depends on acceptance and system convenience to be run by users. One of the methods to measure usability level is by conducting usability testing. This article elaborates usability testing for Crop and Farmer Activity Information System. This system is one of the agriculture information systems that… Read full abstract & cite →

Usability testing crop and activity information system improvement recommendation precision farming information technology for agriculture

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A Novel Architecture for 5G Ultra Dense Heterogeneous Cellular Network

Author 1: Sabeen Tahir

The mounting use of wireless devices and wide range applications in an ultra-dense heterogeneous wireless network has directed to the challenging circumstances that could not be handled till 4G. In order to deal with the critical challenges, the fifth generation (5G) wireless network architecture requires an efficient well-organized wireless network… Read full abstract & cite →

Massive MIMO-OFDMA 5G IP-based interoperability heterogeneous

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Audio Augmentation for Traffic Signs: A Case Study of Pakistani Traffic Signs

Author 1: Abdul Wahab Author 2: Aurangzeb Khan Author 3: Ihsan Rabbi Author 4: Khairullah Khan Author 5: Nasir Gul

Augmented Reality (AR) extend the appearance of real-world by adding digital information to the scene using computer graphics and image processing techniques. Various approaches have been used to detect, identify and track objects in real environment depending upon the application, shape of the tracking object and environment type. The marker-based… Read full abstract & cite →

Augmented reality traffic sign detection traffic sign recognition

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DDoS Classification Using Neural Network and Naïve Bayes Methods for Network Forensics

Author 1: Anton Yudhana Author 2: Imam Riadi Author 3: Faizin Ridho

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is a network security problem that continues to grow dynamically and has increased significantly to date. DDoS is a type of attack that is carried out by draining the available resources in the network by flooding the package with a significant intensity so that the… Read full abstract & cite →

DDoS IDS neural network naïve bayes network forensics

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A Context-Sensitive Approach to Find Optimum Language Model for Automatic Bangla Spelling Correction

Author 1: Muhammad Ifte Khairul Islam Author 2: Md. Tarek Habib Author 3: Md. Sadekur Rahman Author 4: Md. Riazur Rahman Author 5: Farruk Ahmed

Automated spelling correction is an important phenomenon in typing that has intense effect on aiding both literate and semi-literate people while using keyboard or other similar devices. Such automated spelling correction technique also helps students significantly in learning process through applying proper words during word processing. A lot of work… Read full abstract & cite →

Spelling correction non-word error N-gram edit distance magnifying search accuracy

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Performance Comparison between Merge and Quick Sort Algorithms in Data Structure

Author 1: Irfan Ali Author 2: Haque Nawaz Author 3: Imran Khan Author 4: Abdullah Maitlo Author 5: M. Ameen Chhajro Author 6: M. Malook Rind

In computer science field, one of the basic operation is sorting. Many sorting operations use intermediate steps. Sorting is the procedure of ordering list of elements in ascending or descending with the help of key value in specific order. Many sorting algorithms have been designed and are being used. This… Read full abstract & cite →

Performance analysis of algorithm merge sort quick sort complexity time and space

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Efficient Image Cipher using 2D Logistic Mapping and Singular Value Decomposition

Author 1: Mohammed A. AlZain

The research paper proposes an efficient image cryptosystem that depends on the utilization of two dimensional (2D) chaotic logistic map (CLM) and singular value decomposition (SVD). The encryption process starts by a confusion stage through applying the 2D-CLM to the input plainimage. Then, the resulted logistic transformed image is then… Read full abstract & cite →

Image cipher 2D-CL SVD

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Agent-Based Co-Modeling of Information Society and Wealth Distribution

Author 1: Fayçal Yahyaoui Author 2: Mohamed Tkiouat

With empirical studies suggesting that information technology influence wealth distribution in different ways, and with economic interactions and information technology adoption being two complex phenomena, there is a need for simulation approach that addresses the whole complexity of the issue without being too costly in terms of computations and without… Read full abstract & cite →

Agent-based modeling computational economics multi-level complex systems parallel computing

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Data Flows Management and Control in Computer Networks

Author 1: Ahmad AbdulQadir AlRababah

In computer networks, loss of data packets is inevitable, because of the buffer memory overflow of at least one of the nodes located on the path from the source to the receiver, including the latter. Such losses associated with overflows are hereinafter referred to as congestion of network nodes. There… Read full abstract & cite →

Data transmission data stream input output buffers telecommunication devices data packets blocks of memory switching matrix high priority packets bitstaffing

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Overview of Service and Deployment Models Offered by Cloud Computing, based on International Standard ISO/IEC 17788

Author 1: Washington Garcia Quilachamin Author 2: Igor Aguilar Alonso Author 3: Jorge Herrera-Tapia

Cloud Computing offers services over the Internet to support business processes, based on deployment models and service, meet business requirements in an efficient and cost-effective. A general context of the types of service models that it, as well as the models of deployment, are not known, so the following research… Read full abstract & cite →

Cloud computing services models IT demand management deployment models applications platform infraestructure

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Applying Machine Learning Techniques for Classifying Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors

Author 1: Ibrahim Z. Abdelbaky Author 2: Ahmed F. Al-Sadek Author 3: Amr A. Badr

The importance of protein kinases made them a target for many drug design studies. They play an essential role in cell cycle development and many other biological processes. Kinases are divided into different subfamilies according to the type and mode of their enzymatic activity. Computational studies targeting kinase inhibitors identification… Read full abstract & cite →

CDK inhibitors random forest classification genetic programming classification

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Bound Model of Clustering and Classification (BMCC) for Proficient Performance Prediction of Didactical Outcomes of Students

Author 1: Anoopkumar M Author 2: A. M. J. Md. Zubair Rahman

In this era of High-Performance High computing systems, Large-scale Data Mining methodologies in the field of education have become a convenience to discover and extract knowledge from Databased of their respective educational archives. Typically, all educational institutions around the world maintain student data repositories. Attributes of students such as the… Read full abstract & cite →

Classification clustering precision rate accuracy j48 decision tree bagging educational data mining

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Brain Signal Classification using Genetic Algorithm for Right-Left Motion Pattern

Author 1: Cahya Rahmad Author 2: Rudy Ariyanto Author 3: Dika Rizky Yunianto

Brain signals or EEG are non-stationary signals and are difficult to analyze visually. The brain signal has five waves alpha, beta, delta, gamma, and theta. The five waves have their frequency to describe the level of attention, alertness, character and external stimuli. The five waves can be used to analyze… Read full abstract & cite →

Brain wave EEG genetic algorithm classification left right movement

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Amharic based Knowledge-Based System for Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease using Machine Learning

Author 1: Siraj Mohammed Author 2: Tibebe Beshah

Chronic kidney disease is an important challenge for health systems around the world and consuming a huge proportion of health care finances. Around 85% of the world populations live in developing country of the world, where chronic kidney disease prevention programs are undeveloped. Treatment options for chronic kidney disease are… Read full abstract & cite →

Knowledge-based system kidney diseases machine learning knowledge engineering knowledge representation

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Noble Method for Data Hiding using Steganography Discrete Wavelet Transformation and Cryptography Triple Data Encryption Standard: DES

Author 1: Cahya Rahmad Author 2: Kohei Arai Author 3: Arief Prasetyo Author 4: Novriza Arizki

Noble method for data hiding using steganography Discrete Wavelet Transformation: DWT and cryptography triple Data Encryption Standard: DES is proposed. In the current era, information technology has become inseparable from human life, especially regarding the processing and dissemination of information. In line with advances in information technology, there are also… Read full abstract & cite →

Data hiding steganography DWT cryptography 3DES

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An Effective Lightweight Cryptographic Algorithm to Secure Resource-Constrained Devices

Author 1: Sohel Rana Author 2: Saddam Hossain Author 3: Hasan Imam Shoun Author 4: Dr. Mohammod Abul Kashem

In recent years, small computing devices like embedded devices, wireless sensors, RFID tags (Radio Frequency Identification), Internet of Things (IoT) devices are increasing rapidly. They are expected to generate massive amount of sensitive data for controlling and monitoring purposes. But their resources and capabilities are limited. Those also work with… Read full abstract & cite →

Lightweight cryptography IoT RFID tags genetic algorithm feistel architecture SP network FELICS MATLAB

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A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm with Tabu Search for Optimization of the Traveling Thief Problem

Author 1: Saad T Alharbi

Until now, several approaches such as evolutionary computing and heuristic methods have been presented to optimize the traveling thief problem (TTP). However, most of these approaches consider the TTP components independently, usually considering the traveling salesman problem (TSP) and then tackling the knapsack problem (KP), despite their interdependent nature. In… Read full abstract & cite →

Combinatorial hybrid approaches genetic algorithm optimization tabu search TTP

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A Simple Approach for Representation of Gene Regulatory Networks (GRN)

Author 1: Raza ul Haq Author 2: Javed Ferzund Author 3: Shahid Hussain

Gene expressions are controlled by a series of processes known as Gene Regulation, and their abstract mapping is represented by Gene Regulatory Network (GRN) which is a descriptive model of gene interactions. Reverse engineering GRNs can reveal the complexity of gene interactions whose comprehension can lead to several other details… Read full abstract & cite →

Graph theory graph database gene regulatory networks RNA-seq Genes Co-Expression Neo4j

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A Methodology for Identification of the Guilt Agent based on IP Binding with MAC using Bivariate Gaussian Model

Author 1: B. Raja Koti Author 2: Dr. G. V. S. Raj Kumar Author 3: Dr. Y. Srinivas Author 4: Dr. K. Naveen Kumar

Enormous increase in data in the current world presents a major threat to the organization. Most of the organization maintains some sort of data that is sensitive and must be protected against the loss and leakage. In the IT field, the large amount of data will be exchanged between the… Read full abstract & cite →

Data leakage sensitive information data leakage detection bivariate normal distribution probability density function

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Short-Term Load Forecasting for Electrical Dispatcher of Baghdad City based on SVM-FA

Author 1: Aqeel S. Jaber Author 2: Kosay A. Satar Author 3: Nadheer A. Shalash

The improvement of load forecasting accuracy is an important issue in the scientific optimization of power systems. The availability of accurate statistical data and a suitable scientific method are necessary for a perfect prediction of future occurrences. This research deals with the use of a regression forecast model (Support Vector… Read full abstract & cite →

SVM FA Load forecasting PSO

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A Novel Student Risk Identification Model using Machine Learning Approach

Author 1: Nityashree Nadar Author 2: Dr.R.Kamatchi

This research work aim at addressing issues in detecting student, who are at risk of failing to complete their course. The conceptual design presents a solution for efficient learning in non-existence of data from previous courses, which are generally used for training state-of-art machine learning (ML) based model. The expected… Read full abstract & cite →

Classification imbalanced data machine learning virtual learning environment

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Decision Support System for Agriculture Industry using Crowd Sourced Predictive Analytics

Author 1: Remya S Author 2: Dr.R.Sasikala

It is really tough to manually examine the raw data. The Datamining strategies are used to detect the applicable information from uncooked data. The data mining algorithms are efficient for retrieving a specific pattern. In Datamining techniques decision trees are the most commonly used methods for predicting the outcome or… Read full abstract & cite →

Predictive analytics coir fiber fuzzy-C4.5 crowdsourcing

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Multivariate Copula Modeling with Application in Software Project Management and Information Systems

Author 1: Syed Muhammad Aqil Burney Author 2: Osama Ajaz Author 3: Shamaila Burney

This paper discusses application of copulas in software project management and information systems. Successful software projects depend on accurate estimation of software development schedule. In this research, three major risk factors and their impact on software development schedule are considered. Software development schedule is calculated by COCOMO-II model. Two models… Read full abstract & cite →

T-Copula COCOMO – II software development schedule risk analysis

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The Fundamentals of Unimodal Palmprint Authentication based on a Biometric System: A Review

Author 1: Inass Shahadha Hussein Author 2: Shamsul Bin Sahibuddin Author 3: Nilam Nur Amir Sjarif

Biometric system can be defined as the automated method of identifying or authenticating the identity of a living person based on physiological or behavioral traits. Palmprint biometric-based authentication has gained considerable attention in recent years. Globally, enterprises have been exploring biometric authorization for some time, for the purpose of security… Read full abstract & cite →

Biometric system palmprint palmprint features unimodal

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Control of Grid Connected Three-Phase Inverter for Hybrid Renewable Systems using Sliding Mode Controller

Author 1: Sami Younsi Author 2: Nejib Hamrouni

This paper presents a power control approach of a grid connected 3-phase inverter for hybrid renewable energy systems that consists of wind generator, flywheel energy storage system and diesel generator. A sliding controller is developed around the grid connected inverter to control the injected currents which leads to control the… Read full abstract & cite →

Grid connected systems sliding controller hybrid renewable systems SVPWM

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Security Issues in Cloud Computing and their Solutions: A Review

Author 1: Sabiyyah Sabir

Cloud computing is an internet-based, emerging technology, tends to be prevailing in our environment especially computer science and information technology fields which require network computing on large scale. Cloud computing is a shared pool of services which is gaining popularity due to its cost effectiveness, availability and great production. Along… Read full abstract & cite →

Cloud computing data protection encryption digital signature security issues

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Self Interference Cancellation in Co-Time-Co-Frequency Full Duplex Cellular Communication

Author 1: Sajjad Ali Memon Author 2: Faisal Ahmed Dahri Author 3: Farzana Rauf Abro Author 4: Faisal Karim Shaikh

The performance of co-time co-frequency full duplex (CCDF) communication systems is limited by the self-interference (SI), which is the result of using the same frequency for transmission and reception. However, current communication systems use separate frequencies for transmission and reception, respectively. Therefore, SI is an important issue to be fixed… Read full abstract & cite →

Cellular Co-Time Co-Frequency Full duplex (CCFD) Self-Interference Cancellation (SIC) Communication system

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Semi Supervised Method for Detection of Ambiguous Word and Creation of Sense: Using WordNet

Author 1: Sheikh Muhammad Saqib Author 2: Fazal Masud Kundi Author 3: Asif Hassan Syed Author 4: Shakeel Ahmad

Machine Translation, Information Retrieval and Knowledge Acquisition are the three main applications of Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD). The sense of a target word can be identified from a dictionary using a ‘bag of words’, i.e. neighbours of the target word. A target word has the same spelling of the word… Read full abstract & cite →

Word sense disambiguation machine translation information retrieval and knowledge acquisition target word WordNet bag of words

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Evaluation of Gated Recurrent Unit in Arabic Diacritization

Author 1: Rajae Moumen Author 2: Raddouane Chiheb Author 3: Rdouan Faizi Author 4: Abdellatif El Afia

Recurrent neural networks are powerful tools giving excellent results in various tasks, including Natural Language Processing tasks. In this paper, we use Gated Recurrent Unit, a recurrent neural network implementing a simple gating mechanism in order to improve the diacritization process of Arabic. Evaluation of Gated Recurrent Unit for diacritization… Read full abstract & cite →

Gated recurrent unit long-short term memory arabic diacritization

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Smile Detection Tool using OpenCV-Python to Measure Response in Human-Robot Interaction with Animal Robot PARO

Author 1: Winal Zikril Zulkifli Author 2: Syamimi Shamsuddin Author 3: Fairul Azni Jafar Author 4: Rabiah Ahmad Author 5: Azizah Abdul Manaf Author 6: Alaa Abdulsalam Alarood Author 7: Lim Thiam Hwee

Human-robot interaction (HRI) is a field of study that defines the relationship between humans and robot. In robot-assisted mental healthcare, there is still a lack in the methodology especially in evaluating the outcome. In this study, PARO; a robot in the shape of a cute baby seal is introduced as… Read full abstract & cite →

Human-robot interaction OpenCV PARO

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Functionality Gaps in the Design of Learning Management Systems

Author 1: Tallat Naz Author 2: Momeen Khan

This research paper focuses on various gaps associated with the Learning Management System (LMS) and their remedies. LMS is a software application platform upon which multiple tasks related to online tutoring are created. For organizations, it’s crucial that the risks associated with any automated process are kept as low as… Read full abstract & cite →

Learning Management System (LMS) shortcomings of LMS functional gaps in LMS LMS design issues remedies for gaps in design of LMS

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Blockchain Traffic Offence Demerit Points Smart Contracts: Proof of Work

Author 1: Aditya Pradana Author 2: Goh Ong Sing Author 3: Yogan Jaya Kumar Author 4: Ali A. Mohammed

In Malaysia, a new regulation of traffic offences demerit points has been over a debate. Therefore, a blockchain model is formulated to solve this issue. It serves a purpose to be a Proof of Work (PoW) of a blockchain system. This model contains application layer and blockchain layer with smart… Read full abstract & cite →

Blockchain proof of work smart contract demerit points decentralized system distributed ledger

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Features Optimization for ECG Signals Classification

Author 1: Alan S. Said Ahmad Author 2: Majd Salah Matti Author 3: Adel Sabry Essa Author 4: Omar A.M. Alhabib Author 5: Sabri Shaikhow

A new method is used in this work to classify ECG beats. The new method is about using an optimization algorithm for selecting the features of each beat then classify them. For each beat, twenty-four higher order statistical features and three timing interval features are obtained. Five types of beat… Read full abstract & cite →

Features optimization cuttlefish ECG ANN-SCG ID3 KNN SVM

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Handling Class Imbalance in Credit Card Fraud using Resampling Methods

Author 1: Nur Farhana Hordri Author 2: Siti Sophiayati Yuhaniz Author 3: Nurulhuda Firdaus Mohd Azmi Author 4: Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin

Credit card based online payments has grown intensely, compelling the financial organisations to implement and continuously improve their fraud detection system. However, credit card fraud dataset is heavily imbalanced and different types of misclassification errors may have different costs and it is essential to control them, to a certain degree… Read full abstract & cite →

Credit card imbalanced dataset misclassification error resampling methods random undersampling random oversampling synthetic minority oversampling technique

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Exploring Saudi Citizens' Acceptance of Mobile Government Service

Author 1: Adnan Mustafa AlBar Author 2: Mashael A. Hddas

Mobile government is considered as an emerging technology that has been used in Saudi Arabia in order to enhance communication between the government and its citizens, it can also be considered as a mechanism through which the government can effectively respond to their needs and expectations. The current study seeks… Read full abstract & cite →

M-government adoption acceptance citizen

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The Role of user Involvement in the Success of Project Scope Management

Author 1: Maha Alkhaffaf

Greater emphasis is now being placed on User Involvement as a factor imperative to Success in Project Scope Management. Although Project Scope Management Processes have a tendency to centre on various factors pertaining to the collecting criteria, defining scope and verifying scope, controlling scope is viewed as being fundamental to… Read full abstract & cite →

Gathering requirements defining scope verifying scope controlling scope and user involvement

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Experimental Evaluation of Security Requirements Engineering Benefits

Author 1: Jaouad Boutahar Author 2: Ilham Maskani Author 3: Souhaïl El Ghazi El Houssaïni

Security Requirements Engineering (SRE) approaches are designed to improve information system security by thinking about security requirements at the beginning of the software development lifecycle. This paper is a quantitative evaluation of the benefits of applying such an SRE approach. The followed methodology was to develop two versions of the… Read full abstract & cite →

Software security security requirements engineering security evaluation security testing

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Priority-Aware Virtual Machine Selection Algorithm in Dynamic Consolidation

Author 1: Hanan A. Nadeem Author 2: Hanan Elazhary Author 3: Mai A. Fadel

In the past few years, many researchers attempted to tackle the problem of decreasing energy consumption in cloud data centers. One of the widely adopted techniques for this purpose is dynamic Virtual Machine (VM) consolidation. Consolidation moves VMs between hosts to decrease energy consumption. However, it has a negative impact… Read full abstract & cite →

Cloud computing energy efficiency service level agreement VM consolidation VM selection

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Three-Phase Approach for Developing Suitable Business Models for Exchanging Federated ERP Components as Web Services

Author 1: Evan Asfoura Author 2: Mohammad Samir Abdel-Haq Author 3: Houcine Chatti

The importance of business models has increased significantly in the last decade, especially in the Internet. The cause of this increase is the effect of Internet and the associated applications and their business processes regarding to the business model. These effects include, for example, the emerging technical and economic aspects… Read full abstract & cite →

FERP system ERP web services FERP mall ERP workflow developing approach

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Conceptual Modeling of Inventory Management Processes as a Thinging Machine

Author 1: Sabah Al-Fedaghi Author 2: Nourah Al-Huwais

A control model is typically classified into three forms: conceptual, mathematical and simulation (computer). This paper analyzes a conceptual modeling application with respect to an inventory management system. Today, most organizations utilize computer systems for inventory control that provide protection when interruptions or breakdowns occur within work processes. Modeling the… Read full abstract & cite →

Conceptual model diagrammatic representation inventory control inventory management workflow thinging

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Dynamic Tuning and Overload Management of Thread Pool System

Author 1: Faisal Bahadur Author 2: Arif Iqbal Umar Author 3: Fahad Khurshid

Distributed applications have been developed using thread pool system (TPS) in order to improve system performance. The dynamic optimization and overload management of TPS are two crucial factors that affect overall performance of distributed thread pool (DTP). This paper presents a DTP, that is based on central management system, where… Read full abstract & cite →

Distributed system distributed thread pool thread pool system performance overload management

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Development of Interactive Ophthalmology Hologram

Author 1: Sarni Suhaila Rahim Author 2: Nazreen Abdullasim Author 3: Wan Sazli Nasaruddin Saifudin Author 4: Raja Norliza Raja Omar

Ophthalmology is one of the medical branches that deal with the eye. This field is associated with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. The main objective of this paper is to develop a novel interactive simulation of eye anatomy in three-dimensional (3D) by using holography environment approach in… Read full abstract & cite →

3D animation hologram ophthalmology interactive eye

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Efficient Page Collection Scheme for QLC NAND Flash Memory using Cache

Author 1: Seok-Bin Seo Author 2: Wanil Kim Author 3: Se Jin Kwon

Recently, semiconductor companies such as Samsung, Hynix, and Micron, have focused on quad-level cell (QLC) NAND flash memory chips, because of the increase in the capacity of storage systems. The QLC NAND flash memory chip stores 4 bits per cell. A page in the QLC NAND flash memory consists of… Read full abstract & cite →

Solid state drive storage systems cache flash translation layer

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Edge Detection on DICOM Image using Triangular Norms in Type-2 Fuzzy

Author 1: D. Nagarajan Author 2: M.Lathamaheswari Author 3: R.Sujatha Author 4: J.Kavikumar

In image processing, edge detection is an important venture. Fuzzy logic plays a vital role in image processing to deal with lacking in quality of an image or imprecise in nature. This present study contributes an authentic method of fuzzy edge detection through image segmentation. Gradient of the image is… Read full abstract & cite →

Aggregation operators T norm T conorm triangular interval type-2 fuzzy number (TIT2FN) fuzzy morphology gray scale Image medical image processing

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Content Analysis of Privacy Management Features in Geosocial Networking Application

Author 1: Syarulnaziah Anawar Author 2: Yeoh Wai Hong Author 3: Erman Hamid Author 4: Zakiah Ayop

Geosocial networking application allows user to share information and communicate with other people within a virtual neighborhood or community. Although most geosocial networking application include privacy management features, one the challenge is to improve privacy management features design. To overcome this challenge, the adaptation of privacy-related theories offers a concrete… Read full abstract & cite →

Privacy management communication privacy management theory social network geosocial network content analysis

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Differentiation of Brain Waves from the Movement of the Upper and Lower Extremities of the Human Body

Author 1: Brian Meneses-Claudio Author 2: Witman Alvarado-Diaz Author 3: Avid Roman-Gonzalez

Currently, the study of brain waves has shown a type of alternative communication, in addition to the different applications that can be made with the brain waves obtained from each individual. The OpenBCI is an open source platform for electroencephalography (EEG), in addition to a device called Cyton Board capable… Read full abstract & cite →

OpenBCI cyton board extremity movement brain wave differentiation

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Conceptual Model for Measuring Transparency of Inter-Organizational Information Systems in Supply Chain: Case Study of Cosmetic Industry

Author 1: Maryam Toofani Author 2: Alireza Hassanzadeh Author 3: Ali Rajabzadeh Ghatari

The role of information systems has changed effectively in organizational performance, and today, information systems are creating value for organizations. This study aims to provide a conceptual model for measuring the transparency of inter-organizational information systems in the supply chain. The statistical population of this research includes all managers and… Read full abstract & cite →

Transparency of information systems supply chain cosmetic industry measuring transparency inter-organizational

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Biological Feedback Controller Design for Handwriting Model

Author 1: Mariem BADRI Author 2: Ines CHIHI Author 3: Afef ABDELKRIM

This paper deals with a feedback controller of PD (proportional, derivative) type applied to the process of handwriting. The considered model for this study describes the behavior of the system “hand and pen” to forearm muscles forces, applied for the production of handwriting. The applied approach considers memory recall of… Read full abstract & cite →

Handwriting system biological system feedback control PD controller muscles forces signals

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RETRACTED: Relationship of Liver Enzymes with Viral Load of Hepatitis C in HCV Infected Patients by Data Analytics

Author 1: Fahad Ahmad Author 2: Kashaf Junaid Author 3: Ata ul Mustafa

After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IJACSA`s Publication Principles. We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this… Read full abstract & cite →

Hepatic hepatitis virus liver markers UCINET analysis

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A Novel Method for Secured Transaction of Images and Text on Cloud

Author 1: John Jeya Singh. T Author 2: Dr E.Baburaj

Implementation of privacy preservation of data on cloud storage is tedious and complex. Cloud is a third party on – demand service to hold data for a specific period. There is no assurance from the cloud storage providers about the security of data. It is necessary to provide some security… Read full abstract & cite →

Three fish neural network security multimedia cloud storage

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The Role of Information Technology on Teaching Process in Education; An Analytical Prospective Study at University of Sulaimani

Author 1: Mohammad Esmail Ahmad Author 2: Ameer Sardar K. Rashid Author 3: Amanj Anwar Abdullah Author 4: Raza M. Abdulla

Nowadays Information Technology (IT) has been engaged in all spheres of life. It plays an important role in developing and processing works in all types of organizations, especially in the teaching process in institutions and universities. The purpose of this paper is to present the impact of information technology in… Read full abstract & cite →

Information and communication technology education evaluation of information technology

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Three Levels Quality Analysis Tool for Object Oriented Programming

Author 1: Mustafa Ghanem Saeed Author 2: Maher Talal Alasaady Author 3: Fahad Layth Malallah Author 4: Kamaran HamaAli Faraj

In terms of evolution of software engineering methods for complex software developments techniques, new concepts have been emerged in the software languages, which used to develop software quality models. In this research, the Multi Levels Quality Analysis Tool (MLQA) is proposed as a tool for computer-aid software engineering, which classifies… Read full abstract & cite →

Software quality models software measurements clean code source code complexity metrics

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Using an Integrated Framework for Conceptual Modeling

Author 1: Lindita Nebiu Hyseni Author 2: Zamir Dika

The Integrated Framework for Conceptual Modeling (IFCMod) is created to contribute to the quality of the information system through the integration of the functional and non-functional requirements. This paper attempts to explore the outcomes of the IFCMod usage through the Mixed Method Case Studies at the Higher Education Institution and… Read full abstract & cite →

Integrated framework for conceptual modeling (IFCMod) joint approval requirements (JAR) system requirements information system mixed method case studies

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Development of Mobile Health Application for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

Author 1: Vitri Tundjungsari Author 2: Abdul Salam M Sofro Author 3: Heri Yugaswara Author 4: Adhika Trisna Dwi Putra

Cardiovascular diseases are one of major cause of death in the world, as well as in Indonesia. In spite of that fact, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) could be prevented with healthy behavior and lifestyle, such as: regular health check-up, healthy eating and drinking lifestyle, stress management, sleeping management, regular physical activities… Read full abstract & cite →

Mobile health cardiovascular disease human-centered design standard user-centered design

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Image Processing based Task Allocation for Autonomous Multi Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Author 1: Akif Durdu Author 2: Mehmet Celalettin Ergene Author 3: Onur Demircan Author 4: Hasan Uguz Author 5: Mustafa Mahmutoglu Author 6: Ender Kurnaz

Nowadays studies based on unmanned aerial vehicles draws attention. Especially image processing based tasks are quite important. In this study, several tasks were performed based on the autonomous flight, image processing and load drop capabilities of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Two main tasks were tested with an autonomous UAV… Read full abstract & cite →

UAV multi rotor quad rotor image processing search and rescue task allocation

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Towards Adaptive user Interfaces for Mobile-Phone in Smart World

Author 1: Muhammad Waseem Iqbal Author 2: Nadeem Ahmad Author 3: Syed Khuram Shahzad Author 4: Irum Feroz Author 5: Natash Ali Mian

All applications are developed for context adaptation and provide communication with users through their interfaces. These applications offer new opportunities for developers as well as users by collecting context data and adapting systems behavior accordingly. Particularly, in mobile devices, these mechanisms provide usability increment tremendously. Rigid and non-adaptive interface blocks… Read full abstract & cite →

Adaptive features smart-phone usability experience user interface user context usability engineering UCD

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Electronically Reconfigurable Two-Stage Schiffman Phase Shifter for Ku Band Beam Steering Applications

Author 1: Rawia Wali Author 2: Lotfi Osman Author 3: Tchanguiz Razban Author 4: Yann Mahé

An electronically reconfigurable phase shifter using two Schiffman sections is performed for beam steering applications in Ku band. The proposed phase shifter consists of only two cascaded coupled-line sections with the reference line removed. This circuit is loaded by varactor diodes that ensure its tunability over a wide bandwidth. By… Read full abstract & cite →

Schiffman phase shifter reconfigurable varactor diode beam steerability Ku-band

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Social Networking Sites Habits and Addiction Among Adolescents in Klang Valley

Author 1: Yazriwati Yahya Author 2: Nor Zairah Ab. Rahim Author 3: Roslina Ibrahim Author 4: Nurazean Maarop Author 5: Haslina Md Sarkan Author 6: Suriayati Chuprat

Social networking sites (SNS) is a very popular application in today’s world society. SNS, to certain extent has change the way people communicate with each other. This kind of technology has become a trend among the users regardless the impact of the technology to the users either positive or negative… Read full abstract & cite →

Social networking sites habit behavior addiction behavior SNS usage

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Performance Evaluation of Trivium on Raspberry Pi

Author 1: Ari Kusyanti Author 2: Syahifudin Shahid Author 3: Harin Puspa Ayu Catherina Author 4: Yazid Samanhudi

High connectivity of billions of IoT devices lead to many security issues. Trivium is designed for IoT to overcome the security challenges of IoT. The objective of this study is to implement a security service to provide confidentiality for the communication of IoT devices. Furthermore, this study aims to analyze… Read full abstract & cite →

Trivium Raspberry Kruskal-Wallis

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Improving K-Means Algorithm by Grid-Density Clustering for Distributed WSN Data Stream

Author 1: Yassmeen Alghamdi Author 2: Manal Abdullah

At recent years, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) had a widespread range of applications in many fields related to military surveillance, monitoring health, observing habitat and so on. WSNs contain individual nodes that interact with the environment by sensing and processing physical parameters. Sometimes, sensor nodes generate a big amount of… Read full abstract & cite →

WSNs data mining clustering data stream grid density

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Conditional Text Paraphrasing: A Survey and Taxonomy

Author 1: Ahmed H. Al-Ghidani Author 2: Aly A. Fahmy

This work introduces a survey for the Text Para-phrasing task. The survey covers the different types of tasks around text paraphrasing and mentions the techniques and models that are regularly used when approaching towards it, alongside the datasets that are used while training and evaluating the models. Text paraphrasing has… Read full abstract & cite →

Natural Language Processing Text Paraphrasing Conditional Text Paraphrasing

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TokenVote: Secured Electronic Voting System in the Cloud

Author 1: Fahad Alsolami

With the spread of democracy around the world, voting is considered a way to collectively make decisions. Recently, many government offices and private organizations use voting to make decisions when the opinions of multiple decision makers must be accounted for. Another advancement: cloud computing attracts many individual and organizations due… Read full abstract & cite →

Cloud Fingerprint Voting Security

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A New Uncertainty Measure in Belief Entropy Framework

Author 1: Moise Digrais Mambe Author 2: Tchimou N’Takp´e Author 3: Nogbou Georges Anoh Author 4: Souleymane Oumtanaga

Belief entropy, which represents the uncertainty measure between several pieces of evidence in the Dempster-Shafer framework, is attracting increasing interest in research. It has been used in many applications and is mainly based on the theory of evidence. To quantify uncertainty, several measures have been proposed in the literature. These… Read full abstract & cite →

Dempster Shafer Theory Belief entropy Uncer-tainty Information management Deng entropy

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A Secure User Authentication Scheme with Biometrics for IoT Medical Environments

Author 1: YoHan Park

Internet of Things (IoT) is a ubiquitous network that devices are interconnected and users can access those devices through the Internet. Recently, medical healthcare systems are combined with these IoT networks and provide efficient and ef-fective medical services to medical staff and patients. However, the security threats are increased simultaneously… Read full abstract & cite →

IoT medical environments Cryptanalysis User au-thentication BAN logic

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Round the Clock Vehicle Emission Monitoring using IoT for Smart Cities

Author 1: Jagadish Nayak

Emissions from the vehicles contribute the major part of pollution in this world. Most of the countries have stringent rules to check the emission level through their transport authorities. So as to have zero emission, continuous monitoring of emission level is required. Smart cities need to maintain zero pollution throughout… Read full abstract & cite →

IoT Emission Sensor Carbon Tracking Smartcity

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The Implementation of an IoT-Based Flood Alert System

Author 1: Wahidah Md. Shah Author 2: F. Arif Author 3: A.A. Shahrin Author 4: Aslinda Hassan

Floods are the most damaging natural disaster in this world. On the occasion of heavy flood, it can destroy the community and killed many lives. The government would spend billions of dollars to recover the affected area. It is crucial to develop a flood control system as a mechanism to… Read full abstract & cite →

Flood Alert System Internet of Things Cyber-Physical System IR4.0

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Evaluating the Quality of UCP-Based Framework using CK Metrics

Author 1: Zhamri Che Ani Author 2: Nor Laily Hashim Author 3: Hazaruddin Harun Author 4: Shuib Basri Author 5: Aliza Sarlan

Software effort estimation is one of the most important concerns in the software industry. It has received much attention since the last 40 years to improve the accuracy of effort estimate at early stages of software development. Due to this reason, many software estimation models have been proposed such as… Read full abstract & cite →

ucp-based framework use case points ck metrics

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Tele-Ophthalmology Android Application: Design and Implementation

Author 1: Rachid Merzougui Author 2: Mourad Hadjila Author 3: Nadia Benmessaoud Author 4: Mokhtaria Benaouali

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blind-ness in the world population. Early detection and appropriate treatment can significantly reduce the risk of loss of sight. Medical authorities recommend an annual review of the fundus for diabetic patients. Several screening programs for diabetic retinopathy in the world have been made… Read full abstract & cite →

Diabetic retinopathy Screening Fundus Tele-ophthalmology Android Mathematical morphology OpenCV Database

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Virtual Rehabilitation Using Sequential Learning Algorithms

Author 1: Gladys Calle Condori Author 2: Eveling Castro-Gutierrez Author 3: Luis Alfaro Casas

Rehabilitation systems are becoming more impor-tant now because patients can access motor skills recovery treatment from home, reducing the limitations of time, space and cost of treatment in a medical facility. Traditional rehabilitation systems served as movement guides, later as movement mirrors, and in recent years research has sought to… Read full abstract & cite →

Kinect Skeletal Sequential Learning Algoritms Virtual Rehabilitation Virtual Reality Therapy

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A Machine Learning based Fine-Tuned and Stacked Model: Predictive Analysis on Cancer Dataset

Author 1: Ravi Aavula Author 2: R. Bhramaramba

The earlier forecast and location of disease cells can be useful in curing the illness in medical applications. Knowledge discovery is having many significant roles in health sector, bioinformatics etc. Plenty of hidden information is available in the datasets present in the various domains like - medical information, textual analysis… Read full abstract & cite →

Machine learning Cancer prediction Data mining and Knowledge discovery Supervised learning Neural Networks

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Video Streaming Analytics for Traffic Monitoring Systems

Author 1: Muhammad Arslan Amin Author 2: Muhammad Kashif Hanif Author 3: Muhammad Umer Sarwar Author 4: Muhammad Kamran Sarwar Author 5: Ayesha Kanwal Author 6: Muhammad Azeem

It is considered a difficult task to have check on traffic during rush hours. Traditional applications are man-ual, costly, time consuming, and the human factors involved. Large scale data is being generated from different resources. Advancement in technology make it possible to store, process, analyze, and communicate with large scale… Read full abstract & cite →

Video streaming analytics Traffic monitoring sys-tem Video streams Hadoop GPU CNN Deep learning

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Role of Bloom Filter in Big Data Research: A Survey

Author 1: Ripon Patgiri Author 2: Sabuzima Nayak Author 3: Samir Kumar Borgohain

Big Data is the most popular emerging trends that becomes a blessing for human kinds and it is the necessity of day-to-day life. For example, Facebook. Every person involves with producing data either directly or indirectly. Thus, Big Data is a high volume of data with exponential growth rate that… Read full abstract & cite →

Bloom Filter Big Data Database Membership Filter Deduplication Big Data Storage Flash memory Cloud Computing

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Efficient Iris Pattern Recognition Method by using Adaptive Hamming Distance and 1D Log-Gabor Filter

Author 1: Rachida Tobji Author 2: Wu Di Author 3: Naeem Ayoub Author 4: Samia Haouassi

Iris recognition is one of the highly reliable security methods as compared to the other bio-metric security techniques. The iris is an internal organ whose texture is randomly de-termined during embryonic gestation and is amenable with a computerized machine vision system for the remote examination. Previously, researchers utilized different approaches… Read full abstract & cite →

Iris recognition bio-metric Hamming Distance iris recognition matching Adaptive Hamming Distance 1D Log-Gabor Filter segmentation normalization feature encoding genuine acceptance rate

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Empirical Evaluation of SVM for Facial Expression Recognition

Author 1: Saeeda Saeed Author 2: Junaid Baber Author 3: Maheen Bakhtyar Author 4: Ihsan Ullah Author 5: Naveed Sheikh Author 6: Imam Dad Author 7: Anwar Ali Sanjrani

Support Vector Machines (SVMs) have shown bet-ter generalization and classification capabilities in different appli-cations of computer vision; SVM classifies underlying data by a hyperplane that can separate the two classes by maintaining the maximum margin between the support vectors of the respective classes. An empirical analysis of SVMs on the… Read full abstract & cite →

Facial Expression Recognition Support Vector Ma-chine (SVM) Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HoG)

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Predicting Potential Banking Customer Churn using Apache Spark ML and MLlib Packages: A Comparative Study

Author 1: Hend Sayed Author 2: Manal A. Abdel-Fattah Author 3: Sherif Kholief

This study was conducted based on an assumption that Spark ML package has much better performance and accuracy than Spark MLlib package in dealing with big data. The used dataset in the comparison is for bank customers transactions. The Decision tree algorithm was used with both packages to generate a… Read full abstract & cite →

Churn prediction Big data Machine learning Apache Spark ML package MLlib package Decision tree

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Multimodal Automatic Image Annotation Method using Association Rules Mining and Clustering

Author 1: Mounira Taileb Author 2: Eman Alahmadi

Effective and fast retrieval of images from image datasets is not an easy task, especially with the continuous and fast growth of digital images added everyday by used to the web. Automatic image annotation is an approach that has been proposed to facilitate the retrieval of images semantically related to… Read full abstract & cite →

Automatic image annotation association rules min-ing clustering

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Comparison between Commensurate and Non-commensurate Fractional Systems

Author 1: Khaled HCHEICHI Author 2: Faouzi BOUANI

This article deals with fractional systems that rep-resent better physical process and guarantee a very small number of parameters that can reduces the computation time. It focuses in particular on the state-space representation which highlights the state variables and allows to study the internal behavior of the system taking into… Read full abstract & cite →

discretization state-space fractional calculation time

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A Case Study for the IONEX CODE-Database Processing Tool Software: Ionospheric Anomalies before the Mw 8.2 Earthquake in Mexico on September 7, 2017

Author 1: Guillermo Wenceslao Zarate Segura Author 2: Carlos Sotomayor-Beltran

A software tool was developed in the Imaging Processing Research laboratory (INTI-Lab) that automatically downloads several IONEX files around a specific user input date and also performs statistical calculations to look for ionospheric anomalies through the generation of differential vertical total electron content (∆VTEC) maps. The IONEX CODE-Database Processing Tool… Read full abstract & cite →

Earthquake IONEX CODE-Database Processing Tool ionospheric anomalies geomagnetic storm global iono-spheric maps(GIM) IONosphere map EXchange (IONEX)

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Hybrid Non-Reference QoE Prediction Model for 3D Video Streaming Over Wireless Networks

Author 1: Ibrahim Alsukayti Author 2: Mohammed Alreshoodi

With the rapid growth in mobile device users, and increasing demand for video applications, the traffic from 2D/3D video services is expected to account the largest proportion of internet traffics. User’s perceived quality of experience (QoE) and quality of service (QoS) are the most important key factors for the success… Read full abstract & cite →

QoE QoS Video Fuzzy Logic Prediction

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The Proposal of a Distributed Algorithm for Solving the Multiple Constraints Parking Problem

Author 1: Khaoula Hassoune Author 2: Wafaa Dachry Author 3: Fouad Moutaouakkil Author 4: Hicham Medromi

The parking problem in big cities has become one of the key causes of the city traffic congestion, driver frustration and air pollution.So to avoid these problems, parking monitoring is an important solution. Recently many new technologies have been developed that allows vehicle drivers to effectively find the free parking… Read full abstract & cite →

ant colony optimization(ACO) multi-agent system parking monitoring intelligent systems

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A Review on Event-Based Epidemic Surveillance Systems that Support the Arabic Language

Author 1: Meshrif Alruily

With the revolution of the internet, many event-based systems have been developed for monitoring epidemic threats. These systems rely on unstructured data gathered from various online sources. Moreover, some systems are able to handle more than one language to cover all news reports related to disease outbreaks worldwide. The aim… Read full abstract & cite →

Public health infectious disease event extraction disease surveillance system arabic language

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2018.0911102 PDF

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KASP: A Cognitive-Affective Methodology for Designing Serious Learning Games

Author 1: Tahiri Najoua Author 2: El Alami Mohamed

Many research studies agree on the existence of a close link between emotion and cognition. Actually, much research has demonstrated that students with learning disabilities (LD) experience emotional distress related to their difficulties. In this regard, this article proposes a new methodology of designing intelligent games called KASP Methodology, it’s… Read full abstract & cite →

Methodology Affective Computing Serious Games Learning Disabilities Game Design Knowledge Pedagogy

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2018.0911103 PDF

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Video Authentication using PLEXUS Method

Author 1: Hala Bahjat Abdulwahab Author 2: Khaldoun L. Hameed Author 3: Nawaf Hazim Barnouti

Digital Video authentication is very important issue in day to day life. A lot of devices have got the ability of recording or capturing digital videos and all these videos can be passed through the internet as well as many other non-secure channels. There is a problem of illegal updating… Read full abstract & cite →

PLEXUS video authentication video tampering temporal attacks

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2018.0911104 PDF

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An Automatic Cryptanalysis of Arabic Transposition Ciphers using Compression

Author 1: Noor R. Al-Kazaz Author 2: William J. Teahan

This paper introduces a compression-based method adapted for the automatic cryptanalysis of Arabic transposition ciphers. More specifically, this paper presents how a Prediction by Partial Matching (‘PPM’) compression scheme, a method that shows a high level of performance when applied to the different natural language processing tasks, can also be… Read full abstract & cite →

Automatic cryptanalysis Arabic transposition ci-phers compression PPM word segmentation

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2018.0911105 PDF

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Systematic Analysis and Classification of Cardiac Rate Variability using Artificial Neural Network

Author 1: Azizullah Kakar Author 2: Naveed Sheikh Author 3: Bilal Ahmed Author 4: Saleem Iqbal

Electrocardiogram (ECG) is acquisition of electrical activity signals in cardiology. It contains important information about the condition and diseases of heart. An ECG wave, pattern, size, shape and the time interval between different peaks of P-QRS-T wave provide useful information about the diseases which afflict heart. Heart rate signals vary… Read full abstract & cite →

Electrocardiogram (ECG) Cardiology P-QRS-T wave Autonomic nervous system Heart rate variability artificial neural network Time and frequency domain Pattern recognition Diseases classification

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2018.0911106 PDF

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A New Steganography Technique using JPEG Images

Author 1: Rand A. Watheq Author 2: Fadi Almasalha Author 3: Mahmoud H. Qutqut

Steganography is a form of security technique that using ambiguity to hide a secret message within an ordinary message between senders and receivers. In this paper, we propose a new steganography technique for hiding data in Joint Photo-graphic Experts Group (JPEG) images as it is the most known type of… Read full abstract & cite →

Steganography hide secret message JPEG image lossy compression frequency domain zigzag.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2018.0911107 PDF