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IJACSA Vol. 9 Issue 12 (2018)

Open Access | | 86 papers

Copyright Statement: This is an open access publication licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, even commercially as long as the original work is properly cited.

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Validation of the Proposed Hardness Analysis Technique for FPGA Designs to Improve Reliability and Fault-Tolerance

Author 1: Abdul Rafay Khatri Author 2: Ali Hayek Author 3: Josef B¨orcs¨ok

Reliability and fault tolerance of FPGA systems is a major concern nowadays. The continuous increase of the system’s complexity makes the reliability evaluation extremely difficult and costly. Redundancy techniques are widely used to increase the reliability of such systems. These techniques provide a large area & time overheads which cause… Read full abstract & cite →

Dependability fault injection fault tolerance reli-ability single event effects
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Utilization of a Neuro Fuzzy Model for the Online Detection of Learning Styles in Adaptive e-Learning Systems

Author 1: Luis Alfaro Author 2: Claudia Rivera Author 3: Jorge Luna-Urquizo Author 4: Elisa Castaneda Author 5: Francisco Fialho

After conducting a historical review and establi-shing the state of the art of the various approaches regarding the design and implementation of adaptive e–learning systems—taking into consideration the characteristics of the user, in particular their learning styles and preferences in order to focus on the possibilities for personalizing the ways… Read full abstract & cite →

e-Learning learning style identification backpro-pagation neural network fuzzy logic neuro fuzzy systems
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An Optimal Control Load Demand Sharing Strategy for Multi-Feeders in Islanded Microgrid

Author 1: Muhammad Zahid Khan Author 2: Muhammad Mansoor Khan Author 3: Xu Xiangming Author 4: Umar Khalid Author 5: Muhammad Ahmed Usman Rasool

For the operation of autonomous microgrid (MG), an essential task is to meet the load demand sharing using multiple distributed generation (DG) units. The conventional droop control methods and its numerous variations have been developed in the literature in order to realize proportional power sharing amongst such multiple DG units… Read full abstract & cite →

Optimal control power sharing voltage regulation MG
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Modeling of the Consensus in the Allocation of Resources in Distributed Systems

Author 1: Federico Agostini Author 2: David L. La Red Martínez Author 3: Julio C. Acosta

When it comes to processes distributed in process nodes that access critical resources shared in the modality of distributed mutual exclusion, it is important to know how these are managed and the order in which the demand for resources is resolved by the processes. Being in a shared environment, it… Read full abstract & cite →

Aggregation operators communication between groups of processes mutual exclusion operating systems processor scheduling
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3D Printing of Personalized Archwire Groove Model for Orthodontics: Design and Implementation

Author 1: Gang Liu Author 2: He Qin Author 3: Haiyan Zhen Author 4: Bin Liu Author 5: Xiaolong Wang Author 6: Xinyao Tao

In traditional dental treatment, archwires are bent by orthodontists using standard methods. However, the standard models cater to patients with common oral problems, and are unsuitable for personalized orthodontic treatment, which is highly desired in many cases. A method to prepare a personalized archwire groove model is, undoubtedly, useful for… Read full abstract & cite →

3D Printing personalized archwire groove model orthodontic treatment
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Software vs Hardware Implementations for Real-Time Operating Systems

Author 1: Nicoleta Cristina GAITAN Author 2: Ioan Ungurean

In the development of the embedded systems a very important role is played by the real-time operating system (RTOS). They provide basic services for multitasking on small microcontrollers and the support to implement the deadlines imposed by critical systems. The RTOS used can have important consequences in the performance of… Read full abstract & cite →

Embedded system real time operating systems microcontrollers FPGA
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A Two-Level Fault-Tolerance Technique for High Performance Computing Applications

Author 1: Aishah M. Aseeri Author 2: Mai A. Fadel

Reliability is the biggest concern facing future extreme-scale, high performance computing (HPC) systems. Within the current generation of HPC systems, projections suggest that errors will occur with very high rates in future systems. Thus, it is fundamental that we detect errors that can cause the failure of important applications, such… Read full abstract & cite →

High performance computing fault tolerance graphics processing units (GPUS) error detection n-version programming (NVP) multi-GPU reliability
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Sensual Semantic Analysis for Effective Query Expansion

Author 1: Muhammad Ahsan Raza Author 2: M. Rahmah Author 3: A. Noraziah Author 4: Mahmood Ashraf

The information has evolved rapidly over the World Wide Web in the past few years. To satisfy information needs, users mostly submit a query via traditional search engines, which retrieve results on the basis of keyword matching principle. However, a keyword-based search cannot recognize the meanings of keywords and the… Read full abstract & cite →

Semantic computing information retrieval computational intelligence ontology term sense disambiguation
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Reading the Moving Text in Animated Text-Based CAPTCHAs

Author 1: Syed Safdar Ali Shah Author 2: Riaz Ahmed Shaikh Author 3: Rafaqat Hussain Arain

Having based on hard AI problems, CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell the Computers and Humans Apart) is a hot research topic in the field of computer vision and artificial intelligence. CAPTCHA is a challenge-response test conducted to single out humans and bots. It is ubiquitously implemented on… Read full abstract & cite →

Bots CAPTCHAs ANNs animations image processing HIPs machine learning
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Improvement of the Vertical Handover Decision and Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks using Software Defined Network

Author 1: Fatima Laassiri Author 2: Mohamed Moughit Author 3: Noureddine Idboufker

The development of wireless networks brings people great convenience. More state-of-the-art communication protocols of wireless networks are getting mature. People attach more importance to the connections between heterogeneous wireless networks as well as the transparency of transmission quality guarantees. Wireless networks are an emerging solution based on users' access to… Read full abstract & cite →

Heterogeneous network Vertical Handover WiMAX WiFi IEEE 802.16 IEEE 802.11 OMNeT4.6
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The Utilization of Feature based Viola-Jones Method for Face Detection in Invariant Rotation

Author 1: Tioh Keat Soon Author 2: Abd Samad Hasan Basari Author 3: Nuzulha Khilwani Ibrahim Author 4: Burairah Hussin Author 5: Ariff Idris Author 6: Noorayisahbe Mohd Yaacob Author 7: Mustafa Almahdi Algaet Author 8: Norazira A. Jalil

Faces in an image consists of complex structures in object detection. The components of a face, which includes the eyes, nose and mouth of a person differs from that of ordinary objects, thus making face detecting a complex process. Some of the challenges encounter posed in face detection of unconstrained… Read full abstract & cite →

Face detection V-J face detection unconstrained images bicubic interpolation SIFT
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A Correlation based Approach to Differentiate between an Event and Noise in Internet of Things

Author 1: Dina ElMenshawy Author 2: Waleed Helmy

Internet of Things (IoT) is considered a huge enhancement in the field of information technology. IoT is the integration of physical devices which are embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and connectivity that allow them to interact and exchange data. IoT is still in its beginning so it faces a lot… Read full abstract & cite →

Anomaly detection event IoT noise
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An Improvement of Performance Handover in Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access using Software Defined Network

Author 1: Fatima Laassiri Author 2: Mohamed Moughit Author 3: Noureddine Idboufker

The WiMAX network designates in common language of a set of standards and techniques of the world of Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (WMAN). The standard IEEE 802.16 or WiMAX allows the wireless connection of companies or individuals over long distances at high speed. WiMAX provides an appropriate response for some… Read full abstract & cite →

WiMAX SDN QoS handover openflow OMNeT 4.6 ++
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Cryptography using Random Rc4 Stream Cipher on SMS for Android-Based Smartphones

Author 1: Rifki Rifki Author 2: Anindita Septiarini Author 3: Heliza Rahmania Hatta

Messages sent using the default Short Message Service (SMS) application have to pass the SMS Center (SMSC) to record the communication between the sender and recipient. Therefore, the message security is not guaranteed because it may read by irresponsible people. This research proposes the RC4 stream cipher method for security… Read full abstract & cite →

Cryptography SMS security RC4 stream cipher random initial state correlation value
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Improvement of the Handover and Quality of Service on Software Defined Wireless Networks

Author 1: Fatima Laassiri Author 2: Mohamed Moughit Author 3: Noureddine Idboufker

The Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) is the business name given to the 802.11b and 802.11g IEEE standard by the WiFi Alliance, formerly known as Weca industry with more than 200 member companies dedicated to supporting the growth of wireless LANs. This standard is currently one of the most used standards in… Read full abstract & cite →

SDN Wi-Fi QoS OpenFlow protocol handover SDN controller OpenFlow switch
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A Mapping Approach for Fully Virtual Data Integration System Processes

Author 1: Ali Z El Qutaany Author 2: Osman M. Hegazi Author 3: Ali H. El Bastawissy

Nowadays, organizations cannot satisfy their information needs from one data source. Moreover, multiple data sources across the organization fuels the need for data integration. Data integration system’s users pose queries in terms of an integrated schema and expect accurate, unambiguous, and complete answers. So the data integration system is not… Read full abstract & cite →

Data integration inconsistency detection inconsistency resolution mapping virtual data integration
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Automation of Combinatorial Interaction Test (CIT) Case Generation and Execution for Requirements based Testing (RBT) of Complex Avionics Systems

Author 1: P Venkata Sarla Author 2: Balakrishnan Ramadoss

In the field of avionics, most of the software systems are either safety critical or mission critical. These systems are developed with high quality standards strictly following the relevant guidelines and procedures. Due to the high criticality of the systems, it is mandatory that the verification and validation of these… Read full abstract & cite →

Avionics combinatorial interaction testing requirement specifications requirements based testing safety critical validation verification
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Smart Surveillance System using Background Subtraction Technique in IoT Application

Author 1: Norharyati binti Harum Author 2: Mohanad Faeq Ali Author 3: Nurul Azma Zakaria Author 4: Syahrulnaziah Anawar

This paper presents a development of a security system based on Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology, where an IoT device, Raspberry Pi has been used. In the developed surveillance system, a camera works as a sensor to detect motion, and automatically capture the video of the view of area where the motion… Read full abstract & cite →

Internet of things raspberry pi motion detection home security system surveillance system: ir4.0
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The Degree to which Private Education Students at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University have Access to Soft Skills from their Point of View and Educational Body

Author 1: Saeb Kamel Allala Author 2: Ola Mohy Aldeen Abusukkar

The study aimed at identifying the degree of ownership of special education students in the Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Princess Nourah University for soft skills from their point of view and the consideration of the educational body and its relation to some variables (level of study, specialization… Read full abstract & cite →

Soft skills special education students faculty members Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
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FTL Algorithm using Warm Block Technique for QLC+SLC Hybrid NAND Flash Memory

Author 1: Wanil Kim Author 2: Seok-Bin Seo Author 3: Jin-Young Kim Author 4: Se Jin Kwon

When applying the existing flash translation layer technique to a mixed NAND flash storage device composed of Quad Level Cell and Single Level Cell, because the characteristics of a semiconductor chip are not taken into consideration, the data are stored indiscriminately, and thus the performance and stability are not guaranteed… Read full abstract & cite →

Quad level cell single level cell composed flash memory flash translation layer
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Energy-Efficient Security Threshold Determination Method for the Enhancement of Interleaved Hop-By-Hop Authentication

Author 1: Ye Lim Kang Author 2: Tae Ho Cho

Wireless sensor networks allow attackers to inject false reports by compromising sensor nodes due to the use of wireless communication, the limited energy resources of the sensor nodes, and deployment in an open environment. The forwarding of false reports causes false alarms at the Base Station and consumes the energy… Read full abstract & cite →

Component wireless sensor networks false report injection attack network security interleaved hop-by-hop authentication
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WordNet based Implicit Aspect Sentiment Analysis for Crime Identification from Twitter

Author 1: Hajar El Hannach Author 2: Mohammed Benkhalifa

Crime analysis has become an interesting field that deals with serious public safety issues recognized around the world. Today, investigating Twitter Sentiment Analysis (SA) is a continuing concern within this field. Aspect based SA, the process by which information can be extracted, analyzed and classified, is applied to tweet datasets… Read full abstract & cite →

Implicit aspect based sentiment analysis information retrieval machine learning supervised approaches frequency model WordNet crime detection hate crime twitter sentiment (HCTS)
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3D Mapping based-on Integration of UAV Platform and Ground Surveying

Author 1: Muhammad Yazid Abu Sari Author 2: Abd Wahid Rasib Author 3: Hamzah Mohd Ali Author 4: Abdul Razak Mohd Yusoff Author 5: Muhammad Imzan Hassan Author 6: Khairulnizam M.Idris Author 7: Asmala Ahmad Author 8: Rozilawati Dollah

Development in aerial photogrammetry technology has contributed a notable impact to the area of large-scale mapping. Nowadays, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform has become a significant tool in aerial mapping. Generating 3D mapping using photos acquired from UAV is more preferable due to its low cost and flexible operation. Therefore… Read full abstract & cite →

3D mapping UAV platform ground survey aerial photo
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Triangle Shape Feature based on Selected Centroid for Arabic Subword Handwriting

Author 1: Nur Atikah Arbain Author 2: Mohd Sanusi Azmi Author 3: Azah Kamilah Muda Author 4: Amirul Ramzani Radzid Author 5: Azrina Tahir

Features are normally modelled based on color, texture and shape. However, some features may have different constraints based on types, styles and pattern of an image. The Arabic subword handwriting, for example, cannot be recognized by color and not suitable to be characterized based on texture. Therefore, features based on… Read full abstract & cite →

Arabic subword feature extraction random forest support vector machine triangle geometry
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Efficient Reduction of Overgeneration Errors for Automatic Controlled Indexing with an Application to the Biomedical Domain

Author 1: Samassi Adama Author 2: Brou Konan Marcellin Author 3: Gooré Bi Tra Author 4: Prosper Kimou

Studies on MetaMap and MaxMatcher has shown that both concept extraction systems suffer from overgeneration problems. Over-generation occurs when the extraction systems mistakenly select an irrelevant concept. One of the reasons for these errors is that these systems use the words to weight the terms of the concepts. In this… Read full abstract & cite →

Concept extraction concept recognition automatic controlled indexing controlled vocabulary information retrieval
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Optimizing the Behaviour of Web Users Through Expectation Maximization Algorithm and Mixture of Normal Distributions

Author 1: R. Sujatha Author 2: D. Nagarajan Author 3: P. Saravanan Author 4: J. Kavikumar

The proposed work is to analyse the user’s behaviour in web access. Worldwide, the web users are browsing through different websites every second. Aim of this paper is to identify the behaviour of user's in a time bound using an Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm and the maximum likelihood estimates of… Read full abstract & cite →

EM algorithm maximum likelihood mixture normal distribution web page frequency
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Application of Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process based on Geometric Mean Method to Prioritize Social Capital Network Indicators

Author 1: Vy Dang Bich Huynh Author 2: Phuc Van Nguyen Author 3: Quyen Le Hoang Thuy To Nguyen Author 4: Phong Thanh Nguyen

Vietnam is striving to develop dynamically and overcome many human resource challenges. As the economy expands, the demand for jobs and human resource development has become increasingly critical. The pressures from reform and international integration are forcing many changes. New graduates must provide proof of their academic capabilities, while also… Read full abstract & cite →

Education human resource fuzzy analytic hierarchy process geometric mean social capital network
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Position-based Selective Neighbors

Author 1: Sofian Hamad Author 2: Taoufik Yeferny Author 3: Salem Belhaj

In this paper, we propose a routing protocol, named Position-based Selective Neighbors (PSN), for controlling the Route Request (RREQ) propagation in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs). PSN relies on the Residual Energy (RE) and the Link Lifetimes (LLT) factors to select the better end-to-end paths between mobile nodes. The key concept… Read full abstract & cite →

Mobile Ad-hoc network (MANET) routing protocol energy aware link life time AODV
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Comparative Study of Data Sending Methods for XML and JSON Models

Author 1: Anca-Raluca Breje Author 2: Robert Gyorödi Author 3: Cornelia Gyorödi Author 4: Doina Zmaranda Author 5: George Pecherle

Data exchange between different devices and applications has become a necessity nowadays. Data is no longer stored locally on the device, but in the cloud. In order to communicate with the cloud and exchange data, web services are being used. To keep the communication consistent across different devices and platforms… Read full abstract & cite →

XML JSON data model data transfer application programming interface
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Abnormal Region Extraction from MR Brain Images using Hybrid Approach

Author 1: Nikhil Gala Author 2: Kamalakar Desai

Automatic brain abnormality segmentation from magnetic resonance images is a key task that is performed by computer aided algorithm or manual extraction by a medical expert. The regions are often partitioned based on the similarities of intensities that persist in a particular region. MR brain image segmentation is a critical… Read full abstract & cite →

Clustering algorithm hybrid approach MR brain image segmentation level set pillar k-means segmentation errors
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Linear Intensity-Based Image Registration

Author 1: Yasmin Mumtaz Ahmad Author 2: Shahnorbanun Sahran Author 3: Afzan Adam Author 4: Syazarina Sharis Osman

The accurate detection and localization of lesion within the prostate could greatly benefit in the planning of surgery and radiation therapy. Although T2 Weighted Imaging (T2WI) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) provides an infinite amount of anatomical information, which ease and improve diagnosis and patient treatment, however, modality specific image artifacts… Read full abstract & cite →

Lineargeo metric transformation image registration point correspondence
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Using Game Theory to Handle Missing Data at Prediction Time of ID3 and C4.5 Algorithms

Author 1: Halima Elaidi Author 2: Zahra Benabbou Author 3: Hassan Abbar

The raw material of our paper is a well known and commonly used type of supervised algorithms: decision trees. Using a training data, they provide some useful rules to classify new data sets. But a data set with missing values is always the bane of a data scientist. Even though… Read full abstract & cite →

Decision tree ID3 C4.5 missing data game theory Nash equilibrium
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Optimizing Power-Based Indoor Tracking System for Wireless Sensor Networks using ZigBee

Author 1: Ahmad H. Mahafzah Author 2: Hesham Abusaimeh

Evolution of wireless and digital communication gives birth to the smaller but powerful battery-equipped devices which are easy to maintain and perform the desired tasks. ZigBee is a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) used for home or indoor automation, collecting data for medical research by using the low power digital… Read full abstract & cite →

Indoor tracking ZigBee wireless personal area network localization trilateration
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Heterogeneous Ensemble Pruning based on Bee Algorithm for Mammogram Classification

Author 1: Ashwaq Qasem Author 2: Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah Author 3: Shahnorbanun Sahran Author 4: Dheeb Albashish Author 5: Rizuana Iqbal Hussain Author 6: Shantini Arasaratnam

In mammogram, masses are primary indication of breast cancer; and it is necessary to classify them as malignant or benign. In this classification task, Computer Aided Diagnostic (CAD) system by using ensemble learning is able to assist radiologists to have better diagnosis of mammogram images. Ensemble learning consists of two… Read full abstract & cite →

Ensemble learning ensemble pruning bee algorithm mammogram breast cancer
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CNNSFR: A Convolutional Neural Network System for Face Detection and Recognition

Author 1: Lionel Landry SOP DEFFO Author 2: Elie TAGNE FUTE Author 3: Emmanuel TONYE

In recent years, face recognition has become more and more appreciated and considered as one of the most promising applications in the field of image analysis. However, the existing models have a high level of complexity, use a lot of computational resources and need a lot of time to train… Read full abstract & cite →

Convolutional neural network face recognition VGG model CReLU module deep learning architecture
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A Proposed Methodology on Predicting Visitor’s Behavior based on Web Mining Technique

Author 1: Abdel Karim Kassem Author 2: Bassam Daya Author 3: Pierre Chauvet

The evolution of the internet in recent decades enlarge the website's reports with the records of user’s activities and behaviors that registered in the web server which can be created automatically in the web access log file. The feedback concerning the user’s activities, performance and any problem that may be… Read full abstract & cite →

Web server log file web mining behavior pattern web usage mining visualizations vulnerabilities security
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Lightweight and Optimized Multi-Layer Data Hiding using Video Steganography

Author 1: Samar kamil Author 2: Masri Ayob Author 3: Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah Author 4: Zulkifli Ahmad

The ever-escalating attacks on the internet network are due to rapid technological growth. In order to surmount such challenges, multi-layer security algorithms were developed by hybridizing cryptography and steganography techniques. Consequently, the overall memory size became enormous while hybridizing these techniques. On the other side, the least significant bit (LSB)… Read full abstract & cite →

Video steganography least significant bit technique optimized data hiding cloud computing boron cipher
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Hyper Parameter Optimization using Genetic Algorithm on Machine Learning Methods for Online News Popularity Prediction

Author 1: Ananto Setyo Wicaksono Author 2: Ahmad Afif Supianto

Online news is a media for people to get new information. There are a lot of online news media out there and a many people will only read news that is interesting for them. This kind of news tends to be popular and will bring profit to the media owner… Read full abstract & cite →

Hyper parameter genetic algorithm online news popularity machine learning
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Classification based on Clustering Model for Predicting Main Outcomes of Breast Cancer using Hyper-Parameters Optimization

Author 1: Ahmed Attia Said Author 2: Laila A.Abd-Elmegid Author 3: Sherif Kholeif Author 4: Ayman Abdelsamie Gaber

Breast cancer is a deadly disease in women. Predicting the breast cancer outcomes is very useful in determining the efficient treatment plan for the new breast cancer patients. Predicting the breast cancer outcomes (also called Prognosis) are done based on the previous patient’s data, which show the patient’s characteristics and… Read full abstract & cite →

Breast cancer Survival Rate (SR) Disease Free Survival (DFS) recurrence detection egy prediction data mining classification clustering hyper-parameters optimization
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Morphological Features Analysis for Erythrocyte Classification in IDA and Thalassemia

Author 1: Izyani Ahmad Author 2: Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah Author 3: Raja Zahratul Azma Raja Sabudin

Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) and Thalassemia is a common disease in the world population. In hospital routine, those diseases are being recognized based on level of hemoglobin in Complete Blood Count (CBC) result. Then, visual experts will conduct examination under the light microscope which is subjected to human error. In… Read full abstract & cite →

(Iron Deficiency Anemia) IDA Thalassemia erythrocyte morphological features classifier information gain logistic regression
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Enhanced Analytical Hierarchy Process for U-Learning with Near Field Communication (NFC) Technology

Author 1: Huzaifa Marina Osman Author 2: Manmeet Mahinderjit Singh Author 3: Manuel Serafin Plasencia Author 4: Azizul Rahman Mohd Shariff Author 5: Anizah Abu Bakar

Integration of current Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) system with the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology provides Ubiquitous Learning Environment (ULE) in education. The utilization of NFC technology in U-Learning concept will help to improve accessibility and encourage collaborative learning methods in the education sector. In this paper, we conduct a… Read full abstract & cite →

Ubiquitous learning (U-Learning) virtual learning multi criteria decision making (MCDM) Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
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Automation Lecture Scheduling Information Services through the Email Auto-Reply Application

Author 1: Syahrul Mauluddin Author 2: Leonardi Paris Hasugian Author 3: Andri Sahata Sitanggang

The study program of information systems is one of the largest studies programs at Indonesian Computer University (UNIKOM). In the process of scheduling lectures in the study program of information systems, it has already information systems of used desktop-based lecture scheduling. Lecture schedules that have been created are then informed… Read full abstract & cite →

Email auto-reply service center lecture schedule java programming
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RSSI and Public Key Infrastructure based Secure Communication in Autonomous Vehicular Networks

Author 1: K Balan Author 2: L. F. Abdulrazak Author 3: A. S. Khan Author 4: A. A. Julaihi Author 5: S. Tarmizi Author 6: K. S. Pillay Author 7: H. Sallehudin

Autonomous Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (A-VANET) is also known as intelligent transportation systems. A-VANET ensures timely and accurate communications between vehicle to vehicle and Vehicle to Roadside Unit (RSU) to improve road safety and enhance the efficiency of traffic flow. Due to open wireless boundary and high mobility, A-VANET is… Read full abstract & cite →

Autonomous vehicular ad hoc networks public key infrastructure received signal strength indicator
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Weighted Minkowski Similarity Method with CBR for Diagnosing Cardiovascular Disease

Author 1: Edi Faizal Author 2: Hamdani Hamdani

This study implements Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) to make the early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease based on the calculation of the feature similarity of old cases. The features used to match old cases with new ones were age, gender, risk factors and symptoms. The diagnostic process was carried out by entering… Read full abstract & cite →

CBR cardiovascular similarity weighted Minkowski
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BYOD Implementation Factors in Schools: A Case Study in Malaysia

Author 1: Yusri Hakim bin Yeop Author 2: Zulaiha Ali Othman Author 3: Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah Author 4: Umi Asma’ Mokhtar Author 5: Wan Fariza Paizi Fauzi

The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative has been implemented widely in developed countries as a mechanism to prepare the students for the 4th industrial revolution. Success stories of the initiative vary depending on factors pertaining to its implementation. This study aims to identify the key factors to implement BYOD… Read full abstract & cite →

Cybersecurity awareness cybersecurity education safety school cybersecurity policy
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A Schedule Optimization of Ant Colony Optimization to Arrange Scheduling Process at Certainty Variables

Author 1: Rangga Sidik Author 2: Mia Fitriawati Author 3: Syahrul Mauluddin Author 4: A.Nursikuwagus

This research aims to get optimal collision of schedule by using certainty variables. Courses scheduling is conducted by ant colony algorithm. Setting parameters for intensity is bigger than 0, visibility track is bigger than 0, and evaporation of ant track is 0.03. Variables are used such as a number of… Read full abstract & cite →

Ant colony optimization scheduling process certainty variables
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Towards Secure Risk-Adaptable Access Control in Cloud Computing

Author 1: Salasiah Abdullah Author 2: Khairul Azmi Abu Bakar

The emergence of pervasive cloud computing has supported the transition of physical data and machine into virtualization environment. However, security threat and privacy have been identified as a challenge to support the widespread adoption of cloud among user. Moreover, user awareness on the importance of cloud computing has increase the… Read full abstract & cite →

Security privacy cloud computing risk-adaptable access control authentication
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Shape based Image Retrieval Utilising Colour Moments and Enhanced Boundary Object Detection Technique

Author 1: Jehad Q Alnihoud

The need for automatic object recognition and retrieval have increased rapidly in the last decade. In content-based image retrieval (CBIR) visual cues such as colour, texture, and shape are the most prominent features used. Texture features are not considered as a significant discriminator unless it is integrated with colour features… Read full abstract & cite →

Boundary Based Shape Descriptor (BBSD) Region Based Shape Descriptor (RBSD) CBIR EBOD edge detectors
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Evaluating the Applicability of a Social Content Management Framework: A Case Analysis

Author 1: Wan Azlin Zurita Wan Ahmad Author 2: Muriati Mukhta Author 3: Yazrina Yahya

Social media platform plays an important role in engaging customers. The social content resulting from social media interactions between the organisations and the customers need a proper management. Therefore, in this work, a framework for social content management is introduced to support the management of social content. This framework is… Read full abstract & cite →

Service science social content social content management social media value co-creation
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An Efficient Rule based Decision Support System using Semantic Web Technology

Author 1: Jawed Naseem Author 2: S. M. Aqil Burney Author 3: Nadeem Mehmood

The Semantic Web technology is an efficient mechanism to query or infer knowledge on a global scale using the internet by providing logical reasoning through rule based system. In this paper application of semantic web technology is discussed in context of agriculture knowledge management and delivery. In agriculture, adoption of… Read full abstract & cite →

Agriculture information semantic web rule based system intelligent DSS
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A Type-2 Fuzzy in Image Extraction for DICOM Image

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

Eradication of a desired portion of an image is a very important role in image processing and is also called feature extraction. This is mainly concern about reducing the number of possessions required to portray a large set of data and also reduce memory space requirement and power of data… Read full abstract & cite →

Feature extraction MRI image type-2 fuzzy MATLAB triangular norms mathematical properties
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A Personalized Hybrid Recommendation Procedure for Internet Shopping Support

Author 1: R. Shanthi Author 2: S.P. Rajagopalan

Lately, recommender systems (RS) have offered a remarkable breakthrough to users. It lessens the user time cost thereby delivering faster and better results. After purchasing a product there are recommendations according to the different comments provided by users. Within a short span of product utilization and quality, the users receive… Read full abstract & cite →

Web mining web search products ranking recommendation system hybrid approach e-commerce online shopping market
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Integration of REST-Based Web Service and Browser Extension for Instagram Spam Detection

Author 1: Antonius Rachmat Chrismanto Author 2: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo Author 3: Yuan Lukito

In this paper, a REST-based Web Service developed in previous work was integrated with a newly developed browser extension that works in modern browser (Firefox and Google Chrome) using Greasemonkey. It uses previous collected datasets which comprised of 17.000 postings and comments from 10 Indonesian actresses whom followers are more… Read full abstract & cite →

Instagram spam comments REST service web service testing browser extension
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Spectral Efficiency of Massive MIMO Communication Systems with Zero Forcing and Maximum Ratio Beamforming

Author 1: Asif Ali Author 2: Imran Ali Qureshi Author 3: Abdul Latif Memon Author 4: Sajjad Ali Memon Author 5: Erum Saba

The massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) is a key enabling technology for the 5G cellular communication systems. In massive MIMO (M-MIMO) systems few hundred numbers of antennas are deployed at each base station (BS) to serve a relatively small number of single-antenna terminals with multiuser, providing higher data rate and lower latency… Read full abstract & cite →

Massive MIMO Base station channel capacity Spectral efficiency latency cellular communication beamforming techniques throughput mobile communication
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Cluster Based Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks: An Overview

Author 1: Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar Author 2: Arshad Ali Author 3: Zulfiqar Ali Author 4: Muhammad Adnan Hashmi Author 5: Muhammad Atif

Energy consumption of nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is a very critical issue, particularly in scenarios where the energy of nodes cannot be recharged. Optimal routing approaches play a key role in energy utilization, so there is great importance of energy efficient routing protocols in WSNs. Energy efficient routing… Read full abstract & cite →

Wireless sensor networks network structure clustering protocols energy efficiency
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An Empirical Investigation on a Tool-Based Boilerplate Technique to Improve Software Requirement Specification Quality

Author 1: Umairah Anuar Author 2: Sabrina Ahmad Author 3: Nurul Akmar Emran

The process of producing software requirements specification (SRS) is known to be challenging due to the amount of effort, skills and experience needed in writing good quality SRS. A tool-based boilerplate technique is introduced to provide assistance in identifying essential requirements for a generic information management system and translating them… Read full abstract & cite →

Empirical investigation usability software requirements
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New 3D Objects Retrieval Approach using Multi Agent Systems and Artificial Neural Network

Author 1: Basma Sirbal Author 2: Mohcine Bouksim Author 3: Khadija Arhid Author 4: Fatima Rafii Zakani Author 5: Taoufiq Gadi

Content-based 3D object retrieval is a substantial research area that has drawn a significant number of scientists in last couple of decades. Due to the rapid advancement of technology, 3D models are more and more accessible yet it is hard to find, the models we are searching for. This created… Read full abstract & cite →

3D object retrieval 3D image processing distributed artificial intelligence multi-agent systems artificial neural network (ANN)
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Multi-Attributes Web Objects Classification based on Class-Attribute Relation Patterns Learning Approach

Author 1: Sridhar Mourya Author 2: P.V.S. Srinivas Author 3: M. Seetha

The amount of Web data increases with the proliferation of a variety of Web objects, primarily in the form of text, images, video, and music data files. Each of these published objects has some properties that support defining its class properties. Because of their diversity, using these attributes to learn… Read full abstract & cite →

Classification multi-attributes web objects attribute learning distinct-class relation
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Improved Design of an Adaptive Massive MIMO Spherical Antenna Array

Author 1: Mouloud Kamali Author 2: Adnen Cherif

Massive capacity and connectivity are the main boundaries towards standing the Internet of Everything (IoE) basis and defining modern wireless generation requirements. These needs cannot be achieved by already deployed phased array antenna in terms of distributed and oriented geometry, dimensions and design. We propose in the present paper an… Read full abstract & cite →

Adaptive spherical antenna beam division multiple access BDMA massive multiple input multiple output MIMO millimeter-wave mm-wave
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Monitoring, Detection and Control Techniques of Agriculture Pests and Diseases using Wireless Sensor Network: A Review

Author 1: S. Azfar Author 2: A.Nadeem Author 3: A.B. Alkhodre Author 4: K.Ahsan Author 5: N. Mehmood Author 6: T.Alghmdi Author 7: Y.Alsaawy

Wireless sensor network technology is widely used in the western world for improving agriculture output. However, in the developing countries, the adaptation of technology is very slow due to various factors such as cost and unawareness of farmers with the technology. There are reports in the literature related to the… Read full abstract & cite →

Component pest monitoring and detection Wireless Sensor Network pests agriculture sensing technology
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Improved Discrete Differential Evolution Algorithm in Solving Quadratic Assignment Problem for best Solutions

Author 1: Asaad Shakir Hameed Author 2: Burhanuddin Mohd Aboobaider Author 3: Ngo Hea Choon Author 4: Modhi Lafta Mutar

The combinatorial optimization problems are very important in the branch of optimization or in the field of operation research in mathematics. The quadratic assignment problem (QAP) is in the category of facilities location problems and is considered as one of the significant complex’s combinatorial optimization problems since it has many… Read full abstract & cite →

Quadratic assignment problem combinatorial optimization problems differential evolution algorithm
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A Novel Image Encryption Approach for Cloud Computing Applications

Author 1: Saleh ALTOWAIJRI Author 2: Mohamed AYARI Author 3: Yamen EL TOUATI

In this paper, a novel image encryption approach is proposed in the context of cloud computing applications. A fast special transform based on non-equispaced grid technique is introduced and applied as the first time in image encryption applications. By Combining with Fractional Fourier Transform (FRFT) instead of Discrete Fourier Transform… Read full abstract & cite →

Cloud computing image encryption fourier transform random phase function
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Repetitive Control based on Integral Sliding Mode Control of Matched Uncertain Systems

Author 1: Nizar TOUJENI Author 2: Chaouki MNASRI Author 3: Moncef GASMI

This paper proposed an integral sliding mode control scheme based on repetitive control for uncertain repetitive processes with the presence of matched uncertainties, external disturbances and norm-bounded nonlinearities. A new method based on the combination of repetitive control and sliding mode approach is studied in order to use the robustness… Read full abstract & cite →

Repetitive control 2D systems matched uncertainties integral sliding mode control sliding surface linear matrix inequality reachability
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Towards end-to-end Continuous Monitoring of Compliance Status Across Multiple Requirements

Author 1: Danny C Cheng Author 2: Jod B. Villamarin Author 3: Gregory Cu Author 4: Nathalie Rose Lim-Cheng

Monitoring compliance status by an organization has been historically difficult due to the growing number of compliance requirements being imposed by various standards, frameworks, and regulatory requirements. Existing practices by organizations even with the assistance of security tools and appliances is mostly manual in nature as there is still a… Read full abstract & cite →

Compliance management continuous compliance monitoring ontology mapping natural language processing secure systems development lifecycle
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Cloud Computing Auditing

Author 1: Mohammad Moghadasi Author 2: Seyed Majid Mousavi Author 3: Gábor Fazekas

Cloud Computing is a new form of IT system and infrastructure outsourcing as an alternative to traditional IT Outsourcing (ITO). Hence, migration to cloud computing is rapidly growing among organizations. Adopting this technology brings numerous positive aspects, although imposing different risks and concerns to organization. An organization which officially deputes… Read full abstract & cite →

Cloud computing cloud auditing IT outsourcing
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Recommender System based on Empirical Study of Geolocated Clustering and Prediction Services for Botnets Cyber-Intelligence in Malaysia

Author 1: Nazri Ahmad Zamani Author 2: Aswami Fadillah Mohd Ariffin Author 3: Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah

A recommender system is becoming a popular platform that predicts the ratings or preferences in studying human behaviors and habits. The predictive system is widely used especially in marketing, retailing and product development. The system responds to users preferences in goods and services and gives recommendations via Machine Learning algorithms… Read full abstract & cite →

Botnets recommender system predictive analytics Big Data cyber-threat intelligence K-Means DBSCAN
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Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm

Author 1: Mohd Ezri Saad Author 2: Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah Author 3: Mohd Zamri Murah

The advance new digital era nowadays has led to the increasing cases of cyber romance scam in Malaysia. These technologies have offered both opportunities and challenge, depending on the purpose of the user. To face this challenge, the key factors that influence the susceptibility to cyber romance scam need to… Read full abstract & cite →

Cybercrime love-scam routine activity theory
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Deep Learning-Based Model Architecture for Time-Frequency Images Analysis

Author 1: Haya Alaskar

Time-frequency analysis is an initial step in the design of invariant representations for any type of time series signals. Time-frequency analysis has been studied and developed widely for decades, but accurate analysis using deep learning neural networks has only been presented in the last few years. In this paper, a… Read full abstract & cite →

Convolutional neural network time-frequency spectrogram scalograms Hilbert-Huang transform deep learning sound signals biomedical signals
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Construction of TVET M-Learning Model based on Student Learning Style

Author 1: Azmi S Author 2: Mat Noor S.F Author 3: Mohamed H

Mobile learning or m-learning is emerging as the innovation of virtual learning that used mobile devices for teaching and learning which can be accessed readily at hand anywhere either in classroom or group. Whereas preliminary study showed that Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institution were still using the… Read full abstract & cite →

M-learning technical and vocational education and training (TVET) user-centered design (UCD)
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Recurrence Relation for Projectile Simulation Project and Game based Learning

Author 1: Humera Tariq Author 2: Tahseen Jilani Author 3: Ebad Ali Author 4: Syed Faraz Author 5: Usman Amjad

Huge Gap has been observed on study of projectile simulation models relating it to speed of camera or frame per seconds. The objective of this paper is to explore and investigate time driven simulation models to mimic projectile trajectory; with an intent to highlight importance of game programming on native… Read full abstract & cite →

Projectile game programming simulation angry birds linear drag trajectory impulse
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Embedded Feature Selection Method for a Network-Level Behavioural Analysis Detection Model

Author 1: Mohammad Hafiz Mohd Yusof Author 2: Mohd Rosmadi Mokhtar Author 3: Abdullah Mohd. Zain Author 4: Carsten Maple

Feature selection in network-level behavioural analysis studies is used to represent the network datasets of a monitored space. However, recent studies have shown that current behavioural analysis methods at the network-level have several issues. The reduction of millions of instances, disregarded parameters, removed similarities of most of the traffic flows… Read full abstract & cite →

Feature selection intrusion detection behavioural analysis
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Solving Dynamic Programming Problem by Pipeline Implementation on GPU

Author 1: Susumu Matsumae Author 2: Makoto Miyazaki

In this paper, we show the effectiveness of a pipeline implementation of Dynamic Programming (DP) on GPU. As an example, we explain how to solve a matrix-chain multiplication (MCM) problem by DP on GPU. This problem can be sequentially solved in O(n3) steps by DP where n is the number… Read full abstract & cite →

Dynamic programming pipeline implementation GPGPU
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FPGA based Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation for Digital Control of Power Converters using VHDL-AMS

Author 1: Abdelouahab Djoubair Benhamadouche Author 2: Adel Ballouti Author 3: Farid Djahli Author 4: Abdeslem Sahli

This paper presents a new approach for complex system design, allowing rapid, efficient and low-cost prototyping. Using this approach can simplify designing tasks and go faster from system modeling to effective hardware implementation. Designing multi-domain systems require different engineering competences and several tools, our approach gives a unique design environment… Read full abstract & cite →

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) VHDL-AMS power converter digital controller
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Partial Greedy Algorithm to Extract a Minimum Phonetically-and-Prosodically Rich Sentence Set

Author 1: Fahmi Alfiansyah Author 2: Suyanto

A phonetically-and-prosodically rich sentence set is so important in collecting a read-speech corpus for developing phoneme-based speech recognition. The sentence set is usually searched from a huge text corpus of million sentences using the optimization methods. One of the commonly used optimization methods for this case is a Least-to-Most Greedy… Read full abstract & cite →

Automatic speech recognition minimum sentence set prosody speech corpus triphone
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NB-IoT Pervasive Communications for Renewable Energy Source Monitoring

Author 1: Farooque Hassan Kumbhar

Renewable sources like solar and wind energy have seen a drastic increase in the market, especially in developing countries where electricity prices are high and QoS and QoE, both are at their lowest. In this paper, we innovate by proposing a paradigm of smart off-grid from sensing using an Internet… Read full abstract & cite →

NB-IoT smart off-grid RACH 4G LTE
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The SMH Algorithm : An Heuristic for Structural Matrix Computation in the Partial Least Square Path Modeling

Author 1: Odilon Yapo M Achiepo Author 2: Edoete Patrice Mensah Author 3: Edi Kouassi Hilaire

The Structural equations modeling with latent’s variables (SEMLV) are a class of statistical methods for modeling the relationships between unobservable concepts called latent variables. In this type of model, each latent variable is described by a number of observable variables called manifest variables. The most used version of this category… Read full abstract & cite →

Structural equations modeling PLS algorithm la-tents variables structural matrix R programming language
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scaleBF: A High Scalable Membership Filter using 3D Bloom Filter

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

Bloom Filter is extensively deployed data structure in various applications and research domain since its inception. Bloom Filter is able to reduce the space consumption in an order of magnitude. Thus, Bloom Filter is used to keep information of a very large scale data. There are numerous variants of Bloom… Read full abstract & cite →

Bloom filter membership filter scalable bloom filter duplicate key filter hashing data structure membership query.
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Discovery of Corrosion Patterns using Symbolic Time Series Representation and N-gram Model

Author 1: Shakirah Mohd Taib Author 2: Zahiah Akhma Mohd Zabidi Author 3: Izzatdin Abdul Aziz Author 4: Farahida Hanim Mousor Author 5: Azuraliza Abu Bakar Author 6: Ainul Akmar Mokhtar

There are many factors that can contribute to corrosion in the pipeline. Therefore, it is important for decision makers to analyze and identify the main factor of corrosion in order to take appropriate actions. The factor of corrosion can be analyzed using data mining based on historical datasets collected from… Read full abstract & cite →

Pipelines corrosion analysis Symbolic Aggregation Approximation (SAX) representation corrosion patterns corrosion factor
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Impact of Android Phone Rooting on User Data Integrity in Mobile Forensics

Author 1: Tahani Almehmadi Author 2: Omar Batarfi

Modern cellular phones are potent computing de-vices, and their capabilities are constantly progressing. The Android operating system (OS) is widely used, and the number of accessible apps for Android OS phones is unprecedented. The increasing capabilities of these phones imply that they have distinctive software, memory designs, and storage mechanisms… Read full abstract & cite →

Android rooting data integrity mobile forensics
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Neighbour-Cooperation Heterogeneity-Aware Traffic Engineering for Wireless Sensor Networks

Author 1: Christopher Mumpe Author 2: Da Tang Author 3: Muhammad Asad Author 4: Muhammad Aslam Author 5: Jing Chen Author 6: Jinsi Zhu Author 7: Luyuan Jin

Extending the operational duration is a major field of interest in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). This lifetime enhancement task challenges researchers to design an energy ef-ficient traffic engineering which minimizes the dissipation energy and retain the expected quality of routing protocols. Network lifetime can be prolonged by balancing the energy… Read full abstract & cite →

Wireless Sensor Networks energy efficient cluster-ing multi-hop routing protocol
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A Proposed Model of Cloud based e-Learning for Najran University

Author 1: Ibrahim Abdulrab Ahmed Author 2: Zakir Hussain

For the time being, the educational institutions are keen to use e-learning in their educational environment. This, in turn, will support their learning process and allow the learners to access any service or learning material or information at any time they need it. With all the pros by the e-learning… Read full abstract & cite →

E-learning cloud computing E-learning Embrac-ing Cloud Computing Model (ELECCM) SaaS PaaS IaaS
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Web Assessment of Libyan Government e-Government Services

Author 1: Mohd Zamri Murah Author 2: Abdullah Ahmed Ali

Libya has started transferring traditional govern-ment services into e-government services. The e-government initiative involves the use of websites to offer various services such as civil registration, financial transaction and private information handling. Currently, there has not been many studies about the security assessment of the Libyan government websites. Therefore, in… Read full abstract & cite →

Libya e-Government web security assessment in-formation security website vulnerability penetration testing
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Swarm Eye: A Distributed Autonomous Surveillance System

Author 1: Faisal Khan Author 2: Jörn Mehnen Author 3: Tarapong Sreenuch Author 4: Syed Alam Author 5: Paul Townsend

Conventional means such as Global Positioning System (GPS) and satellite imaging are important information sources but provide only limited and static information. In tactical situations rich 3D images and dynamically self-adapting information are needed to overcome this restriction; this information should be collected where it is available. Swarms are sets… Read full abstract & cite →

Swarm intelligence distributed surveillance system bio-inspired algorithm cooperative UAVs
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A Review of Data Synchronization and Consistency Frameworks for Mobile Cloud Applications

Author 1: Yunus Parvej Faniband Author 2: Iskandar Ishak Author 3: Fatimah Sidi Author 4: Marzanah A. Jabar

Mobile devices are rapidly becoming the predom-inant means of accessing the Internet due to advances in wireless communication techniques. The development of Mobile applications (“apps”) for various platforms is on the rise due to growth in the number of connected devices. Numerous apps rely on cloud infrastructure for data storage… Read full abstract & cite →

Mobile cloud computing data consistency mobile back-end as a service distributed systems mobile apps
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Performance Evaluation WPAN of RN-42 Bluetooth based (802.15.1) for Sending the Multi-Sensor LM35 Data Temperature and RaspBerry Pi 3 Model B for the Database and Internet Gateway

Author 1: Puput Dani Prasetyo Adi Author 2: Akio Kitagawa

This research will be a test of a multi-sensor data transmission using the Wireless Sensor Network based on Bluetooth RN-42. Accordingly this research, LM35 is a type of Temperature Sensor, furthermore, this research will be used two LM35 sensors installed on the Arduino board and to be processed by Arduino… Read full abstract & cite →

RSSI Bluetooth Raspberry pi 3 Internet Gateway
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Underwater Optical Fish Classification System by Means of Robust Feature Decomposition and Analysis using Multiple Neural Networks

Author 1: Mohcine Boudhane Author 2: Benayad Nsiri Author 3: Taoufiq Belhoussine Drissi

Live fish recognition and classification play a pivotal role in underwater understanding, because it help scientists to control the subsea inventory in order to aid fishery management. However, despite technological progress, fish recognition systems still have many limitations on observing fish. Difficulties in visualizing optical images can arise due to… Read full abstract & cite →

Fish recognition Optical image analysis scene understanding principal component analysis non-linear artificial neural networks

Call for Papers - Important Dates

Volume 17 No. 11, November 2026
Paper Submission Due October 25, 2026
Review Notification November 15, 2026
Publication Date November 30, 2026