IJACSA Vol. 4 Issue 2 (2013)

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Machine Learning for Bioclimatic Modelling

Author 1: Maumita Bhattacharya

Many machine learning (ML) approaches are widely used to generate bioclimatic models for prediction of geographic range of organism as a function of climate. Applications such as prediction of range shift in organism, range of invasive species influenced by climate change are important parameters in understanding the impact of climate… Read full abstract & cite →

Machine Learning Bioclimatic Modelling Geographic Range Artificial Neural Network Evolutionary Algorithm

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040201 PDF

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Toward the Integration of Traditional and Agile Approaches

Author 1: Hung-Fu Chang Author 2: Stephen C-Y.Lu

The agile approach uses continuous delivery, instead of distinct procedure, to work closer with customers and to respond faster requirement changes. All of these are against the traditional plan driven approach. Due to agile method’s characteristics and its success in the real world practices, a number of discussions regarding the… Read full abstract & cite →

Source Code Analysis Software Data Mining Agile Development

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040202 PDF

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Universal Learning System for Embedded System Education and Promotion

Author 1: Kai-Chao Yang Author 2: Yu-Tsang Chang Author 3: Chien-Ming Wu Author 4: Chun-Ming Huang

In this article, the idea of the universal learning system for embedded systems is presented. The proposed system provides a complete learning environment consisting of the information collection center, preference estimation system, Q&A center, forum, and virtual classroom. The skeleton of the proposed system is a preference estimation system, which… Read full abstract & cite →

Embedded system Distance learning Computer science education

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040203 PDF

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Diabetes Monitoring System Using Mobile Computing Technologies

Author 1: Mashael Saud Bin-Sabbar Author 2: Mznah Abdullah Al-Rodhaan

Diabetes is a chronic disease that needs to regularly be monitored to keep the blood sugar levels within normal ranges. This monitoring depends on the diabetic treatment plan that is periodically reviewed by the endocrinologist. The frequent visit to the main hospital seems to be tiring and time consuming for… Read full abstract & cite →

Diabetes Electronic Monitoring Remote Monitoring Ubiquities Healthcare T1DM T2DM Android Monitoring System.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040204 PDF

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Detection and Correction of Sinkhole Attack with Novel Method in WSN Using NS2 Tool

Author 1: Tejinderdeep Singh Author 2: Harpreet Kaur Arora

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are used in many applications in military, ecological, and health-related areas. These applications often include the monitoring of sensitive information such as enemy movement on the battlefield or the location of personnel in a building. Security is therefore important in WSNs. However, WSNs suffer from many… Read full abstract & cite →

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) Intrusion Detection (ID) Base Station (BS) Sinkhole (SH) Ad-hoc on demand Distance Vector (AoDV).

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040205 PDF

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Intelligent Collaborative Quality Assurance System for Wind Turbine Supply Chain Management

Author 1: B.L. SONG Author 2: W.LIAO Author 3: J.LEE

To determine the root causes or sources of variance of bad quality in supply chains is usually more difficult because multiple parties are involved in the current global manufacturing environment. Each component within a supply chain tends to focus on its own responsibilities and ignores possibilities for interconnectivity and therefore… Read full abstract & cite →

Wind turbine expert system Supply chain management Collaborative quality assurance Prediction Pattern recognition

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040206 PDF

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Introducing SMART Table Technology in Saudi Arabia Education System

Author 1: Gafar Almalki Author 2: Professor Glenn Finger Author 3: Dr Jason Zagami

Education remains one of the most important economic development indicators in Saudi Arabia. This is evident in the continuous priority of the development and enhancement of education. The application of technology is crucial to the growth and improvement of the educational system in Saudi Arabia. Introducing SMART Table technology in… Read full abstract & cite →

ICT Smart Table education barrier implementation

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040207 PDF

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SS-SVM (3SVM): A New Classification Method for Hepatitis Disease Diagnosis

Author 1: Mohammed H. Afif Author 2: Abdel-Rahman Hedar Author 3: Taysir H. Abdel Hamid Author 4: Yousef B. Mahdy

In this paper, a new classification approach combining support vector machine with scatter search approach for hepatitis disease diagnosis is presented, called 3SVM. The scatter search approach is used to find near optimal values of SVM parameters and its kernel parameters. The hepatitis dataset is obtained from UCI. Experimental results… Read full abstract & cite →

Support Vector Machine Scatter Search Classification Parameter tuning

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040208 PDF

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Comparison of the Information Technology Development in Slovakia and Hungary

Author 1: Peter Sasvari Author 2: Zsuzsa Majoros

Nowadays the role of information is increasingly important, so every company has to provide the efficient procurement, processing, storage and visualization of this special resource in hope to stay competitive. More and more enterprises introduce Enterprise Resource Planning System to be able to perform the listed functions. The article illustrates… Read full abstract & cite →

Information society Information Technology Slovakia Hungary

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040209 PDF

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Automated Localization of Optic Disc in Retinal Images

Author 1: Deepali A.Godse Author 2: Dr.Dattatraya S.Bormane

An efficient detection of optic disc (OD) in colour retinal images is a significant task in an automated retinal image analysis system. Most of the algorithms developed for OD detection are especially applicable to normal and healthy retinal images. It is a challenging task to detect OD in all types… Read full abstract & cite →

disease healthy optic disc retinal image

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040210 PDF

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Neural Network Solution For Service Level Agreement

Author 1: Sarmad Al-Aloussi

Service Oriented Computing is playing an important role in sharing the industry and the way business is conducted and services are delivered and managed. This paradigm is expected to have major impact on service economy; the service sector includes health services, financial services, government services, etc. This involves significant interaction… Read full abstract & cite →

Service Oriented Architecture Service Level Agreements QoS and Neural Network.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040211 PDF

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IRS for Computer Character Sequences Filtration: a new software tool and algorithm to support the IRS at tokenization process

Author 1: Ahmad Al Badawi Author 2: Qasem Abu Al-Haija

Tokenization is the task of chopping it up into pieces, called tokens, perhaps at the same time throwing away certain characters, such as punctuation. A token is an instance of token a sequence of characters in some particular document that are grouped together as a useful semantic unit for processing… Read full abstract & cite →

Information Retrieval Tokenization pattern matching and Sequences Filtration.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040212 PDF

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A Simple Exercise-to-Play Proposal that would Reduce Games Addiction and Keep Players Healthy

Author 1: Nael Hirzallah

Games players usually get addicted to video games in general and more specifically to those that are usually played over the internet. These players prefer to stay at home and play games rather than playing sports or outdoor games. This paper presents a proposal that aims to implement a simple… Read full abstract & cite →

Virtual Reality Gaming Video Game.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040213 PDF

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Segmentation of Ultrasound Breast Images using Vector Neighborhood with Vector Sequencing on KMCG and augmented KMCG algorithms

Author 1: Dr.H.B. kekre Author 2: Pravin Shrinath

B mode ultrasound (US) imaging is popular and important modality to examine the range of clinical problems and also used as complimentary to the mammogram imaging to detect and diagnose the nature breast tumor. To understand the nature (benign or malignant) of the tumor most of the radiologists focus on… Read full abstract & cite →

codebook seed vector training set vector quantization

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040214 PDF

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An Improved Scheme on Morphological Image Segmentation Using the Gradients

Author 1: Pinaki Pratim Acharjya Author 2: Santanu Santra Author 3: Dibyendu Ghoshal

An improved scheme for contour detection with better performance measure has been proposed. It is based on the response of human visual system during visualization of any type of an image. The scheme consisted of two parts namely to find the edge of the image by using the modified mask… Read full abstract & cite →

Contour detection gradients watershed algorithm

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040215 PDF

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Coordinated Resource Management Models in Hierarchical Systems

Author 1: Gabsi Mounir Author 2: Rekik Ali Author 3: Temani Moncef

In response to the trend of efficient global economy, constructing a global logistic model has garnered much attention from the industry .Location selection is an important issue for those international companies that are interested in building a global logistics management system. Infrastructure in Developing Countries are based on the use… Read full abstract & cite →

Strategy models logistic system resources management optimisation routing transport

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040216 PDF

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Modeling and Simulation Multi Motors Web Winding System

Author 1: Hachemi Glaoui Author 2: Abdeldjebar Hazzab Author 3: Bousmaha Bouchiba Author 4: Ismaïl Khalil Bousserhane

Web winding systems allow the operations of unwinding and rewinding of various products including plastic films, sheets of paper, sheets, and fabrics. These operations are necessary for the development and the treatment of these products. Web winding systems generally consist of the same machine elements in spite of the diversity… Read full abstract & cite →

Multi motors web winding system PI controller tension control linear speed control

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040217 PDF

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The Visual Web User Interface Design in Augmented Reality Technology

Author 1: Chouyin Hsu Author 2: Haui-Chih Shiau

Upon the popularity of 3C devices, the visual creatures are all around us, such the online game, touch pad, video and animation. Therefore, the text-based web page will no longer satisfy users. With the popularity of webcam, digital camera, stereoscopic glasses, or head-mounted display, the user interface becomes more visual… Read full abstract & cite →

Visual Represeantion User Interface Design Augmented Reality Google SketchUp

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040218 PDF

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E-Government Grid Services Topology Based On Province And Population In Indonesia

Author 1: Ummi Azizah Rachmawati Author 2: Xue Li Author 3: Heru Suhartanto

The e-Government Grid Service Model in Indonesia is an adjustments based on the framework of existing e-Government and also the form of government in the country. Grid-based services for interoperability could be a solution for resource sharing and interoperability of e-Government systems. In previous study, we designed and simulated the… Read full abstract & cite →

component formatting style styling insert (key words)

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040219 PDF

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Performance Comparison of DCT and Walsh Transforms for Watermarking using DWT-SVD

Author 1: Dr.H.B. Kekre Author 2: Dr.Tanuja Sarode Author 3: Shachi Natu

This paper presents a DWT-DCT-SVD based hybrid watermarking method for color images. Robustness is achieved by applying DCT to specific wavelet sub-bands and then factorizing each quadrant of frequency sub-band using singular value decomposition. Watermark is embedded in host image by modifying singular values of host image. Performance of this… Read full abstract & cite →

Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) watermarking.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040220 PDF

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Framework of Designing an Adaptive and Multi-Regime Prognostics and Health Management for Wind Turbine Reliability and Efficiency Improvement

Author 1: B.L. Song Author 2: J.Lee

Wind turbine systems are increasing in technical complexity, and tasked with operating and degrading in highly dynamic and unpredictable conditions. Sustaining the reliability of such systems is a complex and difficult task. In spite of extensive efforts, current prognostics and health management (PHM) methodologies face many challenges, due to the… Read full abstract & cite →

PHM Adaptive tool selection Multi-regime prognostics Information reconstruction Holo-coefficient

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040221 PDF

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Automatic Detection Of Electrocardiogram ST Segment: Application In Ischemic Disease Diagnosis

Author 1: Duck Hee Lee Author 2: Jun Woo Park Author 3: Jeasoon Choi Author 4: Ahmed Rabbi

The analysis of electrocardiograph (ECG) signal provides important clinical information for heart disease diagnosis. The ECG signal consists of the P, QRS complex, and T-wave. These waves correspond to the fields induced by specific electric phenomenon on the cardiac surface. Among them, the detection of ischemia can be achieved by… Read full abstract & cite →

Electrocardiogram (ECG) Ischemia European ST-T database QRS complex ST segment.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040222 PDF

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ZeroX Algorithms with Free crosstalk in Optical Multistage Interconnection Network

Author 1: M.A.Al- Shabi

Multistage interconnection networks (MINs) have been proposed as interconnecting structures in various types of communication applications ranging from parallel systems, switching architectures, to multicore systems and advances. Optical technologies have drawn the interest for optical implementation in MINs to achieve high bandwidth capacity at the rate of terabits per second… Read full abstract & cite →

component Optical multistage interconnection networks (MINs) ZeroX Algorithm crosstalk in Omega network.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040223 PDF

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A Mixed Finite Element Method for Elasticity Problem

Author 1: A. Elakkad Author 2: M.A.Bennani Author 3: J.EL Mekkaoui Author 4: A.Elkhalfi

This paper describes a numerical solution for plane elasticity problem. It includes algorithms for discretization by mixed finite element methods. The discrete scheme allows the utilization of Brezzi - Douglas - Marini element (BDM1) for the stress tensor and piecewise constant elements for the displacement. The numerical results are compared… Read full abstract & cite →

Elasticity problem Mixed Finite element method BDM1 approximation ABAQUS

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040224 PDF

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Omega Model for Human Detection and Counting for application in Smart Surveillance System

Author 1: Subra mukherjee Author 2: Karen Das

Driven by the significant advancements in technology and social issues such as security management, there is a strong need for Smart Surveillance System in our society today. One of the key features of a Smart Surveillance System is efficient human detection and counting such that the system can decide and… Read full abstract & cite →

Omega Model Human Detection Surveillance Back ground Subtraction Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) Mixture of Gaussians (MOG).

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040225 PDF

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Integration of Automated Decision Support Systems with Data Mining Abstract: A Client Perspective

Author 1: Abdullah Saad AL-Malaise

Customer’s behavior and satisfaction are always play important role to increase organization’s growth and market value. Customers are on top priority for the growing organization to build up their businesses. In this paper presents the architecture of Decision Support Systems (DSS) in connection to deal with the customer’s enquiries and… Read full abstract & cite →

Decision Support Systems Knowledge Management Data Mining Customer’s Satisfaction.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040226 PDF

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Automatic Image Registration Technique of Remote Sensing Images

Author 1: M. Wahed Author 2: Gh.S.El-tawel Author 3: A.Gad El-karim

Image registration is a crucial step in most image processing tasks for which the final result is achieved from a combination of various resources. Automatic registration of remote-sensing images is a difficult task as it must deal with the intensity changes and variation of scale, rotation and illumination of the… Read full abstract & cite →

Image registration Steerable Pyramid Transform SIFT RANSAC

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040227 PDF

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Indian Sign Language Recognition Using Eigen Value Weighted Euclidean Distance Based Classification Technique

Author 1: Joyeeta Singha Author 2: Karen Das

Sign Language Recognition is one of the most growing fields of research today. Many new techniques have been developed recently in these fields. Here in this paper, we have proposed a system using Eigen value weighted Euclidean distance as a classification technique for recognition of various Sign Languages of India… Read full abstract & cite →

Hand Gesture Recognition Skin Filtering Human Computer Interaction Euclidean Distance (E.D.) Eigen value Eigen vector.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040228 PDF

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Recognition of Facial Expression Using Eigenvector Based Distributed Features and Euclidean Distance Based Decision Making Technique

Author 1: Jeemoni Kalita Author 2: Karen Das

In this paper, an Eigenvector based system has been presented to recognize facial expressions from digital facial images. In the approach, firstly the images were acquired and cropping of five significant portions from the image was performed to extract and store the Eigenvectors specific to the expressions. The Eigenvectors for… Read full abstract & cite →

Facial expression recognition facial expressions Eigenvectors Eigenvalues

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040229 PDF

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Expensive Optimisation: A Metaheuristics Perspective

Author 1: Maumita Bhattacharya

Stochastic, iterative search methods such as Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) are proven to be efficient optimizers. However, they require evaluation of the candidate solutions which may be prohibitively expensive in many real world optimization problems. Use of approximate models or surrogates is being explored as a way to reduce the number… Read full abstract & cite →

Evolutionary Algorithm Preference Learning Surrogate Modeling Surrogate Ranking

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040230 PDF

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GASolver-A Solution to Resource Constrained Project Scheduling by Genetic Algorithm

Author 1: Dr Mamta Madan Author 2: Mr Rajneesh Madan

The Resource Constrained Scheduling Problem (RCSP) represents an important research area. Not only exact solution but also many heuristic methods have been proposed to solve RCPSP (Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem). It is an NP hard problem. Heuristic methods are designed to solve large and highly Resource Constrained software projects… Read full abstract & cite →

Genetic Algorithm Dependency Injection GASolver.Core Resource Constrained Scheduling.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040231 PDF

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Method for Image Portion Retrieval and Display for Comparatively Large Scale of Imagery Data onto Relatively Small Size of Screen Which is Suitable to Block Coding of Image Data Compression

Author 1: Kohei Arai

Method for image portion retrieval and display for the relatively large scale of imagery data onto comparatively small size of display is proposed. The method is suitable to the data compression methods based on block coding. Through experiments with satellite imagery data, it is found that the proposed method is… Read full abstract & cite →

data compression image retrieval block coding

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E-governance justified

Author 1: William Akotam Agangiba Author 2: Millicent Akotam Agangiba

Information and Communication Technology today has become an indispensable part in our lives, gaining wide application in human activities. This is due to the fact that, its use is less expensive, more secure, and allows speedy information transmission and access. It serves as a good base for the development and… Read full abstract & cite →

E-governance Government Human activities Information Technology (IT) Service delivery citizen.

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040233 PDF

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Method for Estimation of Aerosol Parameters Based on Ground Based Atmospheric Polarization Irradiance Measurements

Author 1: Kohei Arai

Method for aerosol refractive index estimation with ground based polarization measurement data is proposed. The proposed method uses a dependency of refractive index on p and s polarized down welling solar diffuse irradiance. It is much easy to measure p and s polarized irradiance on the ground with a portable… Read full abstract & cite →

Degree of Polarization aerosol refractive index size distribution

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Visualization of Learning Processes for Back Propagation Neural Network Clustering

Author 1: Kohei Arai

Method for visualization of learning processes for back propagation neural network is proposed. The proposed method allows monitor spatial correlations among the nodes as an image and also check a convergence status. The proposed method is attempted to monitor the correlation and check the status for spatially correlated satellite imagery… Read full abstract & cite →

neural network error back propagation convergence process spatial correlation

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Data Fusion Between Microwave and Thermal Infrared Radiometer Data and Its Application to Skin Sea Surface Temperature, Wind Speed and Salinity Retrievals

Author 1: Kohei Arai

Method for data fusion between Microwave Scanning Radiometer: MSR and Thermal Infrared Radiometer: TIR derived skin sea surface temperature: SSST, wind speed: WS and salinity is proposed. SSST can be estimated with MSR and TIR radiometer data. Although the contribution ocean depth to MSR and TIR radiometer data are different… Read full abstract & cite →

data fusion simulataneous estimation

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040236 PDF

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A Gaps Approach to Access the Efficiency and Effectiveness of IT-Initiatives In Rural Areas: case study of Samalta, a village in the central Himalayan Region of India

Author 1: Kamal Kumar Ghanshala Author 2: Durgesh Pant Author 3: Jatin Pandey

This paper focuses on the effectiveness and efficiency of IT initiatives in rural areas where topology creates isolation to developmental activities. A village is selected for the study and information is gathered through interviews of village dwellers. These collected responses are then analyzed and a gaps model is proposed. Read full abstract & cite →

KDJ-Gaps Model Efficiency Effectiveness IT-Initiatives

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An Efficient Algorithm for Resource Allocation in Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems

Author 1: S.F. El-Zoghdy Author 2: M.Nofal Author 3: M.A.Shohla Author 4: A.A.El-sawy

Resource allocation in heterogeneous parallel and distributed computing systems is the process of allocating user tasks to processing elements for execution such that some performance objective is optimized. In this paper, a new resource allocation algorithm for the computing grid environment is proposed. It takes into account the heterogeneity of… Read full abstract & cite →

grid computing resource management load balancing performance evaluation queuing theory simulation models (key words)

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040238 PDF

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Reliable Global Navigation System using Flower Constellation

Author 1: Daniele Mortari Author 2: Jeremy J.Davis Author 3: Ashraf Owi Author 4: Hany Dwidar

For many space missions using satellite constellations, symmetry of satellites distribution plays usually a key role. Symmetry may be considered in space and/or in time distribution. Examples of required symmetry in space distribution are in Earth observation missions (either, for local or global) as well as in navigation systems. It… Read full abstract & cite →

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040239 PDF

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Algorithm Selection for Constraint Optimization Domains

Author 1: Avi Rosenfeld

In this paper we investigate methods for selecting the best algorithms in classic distributed constraint optimization problems. While these are NP-complete problems, many heuristics have nonetheless been proposed. We found that the best method to use can change radically based on the specifics of a given problem instance. Thus, dynamic… Read full abstract & cite →

Abstract doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040240 PDF

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Reliable Network Traffic Collection for Network Characterization and User Behavior

Author 1: Ali Ismail Awad Author 2: Hanafy Mahmud Ali Author 3: Heshasm F. A. Hamed

This paper presents a reliable and complete traffic collection facility as a first and crucial step toward accurate traffic analysis for network characterization and user behavior. The key contribution is to produce an accurate, reliable and high fidelity traffic traces as the valuable source of information in the passive traffic… Read full abstract & cite →

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