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An adaptive local search with prioritized tracking for Dynamic Environments

A.D. Masegosa, E. Onieva, P. Lopez-Garcia, E. Osaba, A. Perallos
Pages: 1053 - 1075
Dynamic Optimization Problems (DOPs) have attracted a growing interest in recent years. This interest is mainly due to two reasons: their closeness to practical real conditions and their high complexity. The majority of the approaches proposed so far to solve DOPs are population-based methods, because...
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A New Strategic Risk Reduction For Risk Management

Mourad Ykhlef, Danah Algawiaz
Pages: 1054 - 1063
Risk Management is one of the key cares of any organization strategic management; proper benefit of risk management is finding risks and their solutions. In this article, we will suggest a new Strategic Risk Reduction technique for producing optimal risk reduction strategies; which reduce risk exposure...
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A Novel Hybrid Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average and Artificial Neural Network Model for Cassava Export Forecasting

Warut Pannakkong, Van-Nam Huynh, Songsak Sriboonchitta
Pages: 1047 - 1061
This paper proposes a novel hybrid forecasting model combining autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) and artificial neural network (ANN) with incorporating moving average and the annual seasonal index for Thailand's cassava export (i.e., native starch, modified starch, and sago). The...
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Novel Optimization Based Hybrid Self-Organizing Map Classifiers for Iris Image Recognition

J. Jenkin Winston, Gul Fatma Turker, Utku Kose, D. Jude Hemanth
Pages: 1048 - 1058
The concern over security in all fields has intensified over the years. The prefatory phase of providing security begins with authentication to provide access. In many scenarios, this authentication is provided by biometric systems. Moreover, the threat of pandemic has made the people to think of hygienic...
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Kernel Fisher Discriminant Analysis with Locality Preserving for Feature Extraction and Recognition

Di Zhang, Jiazhong He, Yun Zhao
Pages: 1059 - 1071
Many previous studies have shown that class classification can be greatly improved by kernel Fisher discriminant analysis (KDA) technique. However, KDA only captures global geometrical structure and disregards local geometrical structure of the data. In this paper, we propose a new feature extraction...
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Identifying Web Users on the Base of their Browsing Patterns

Wojciech Jaworski
Pages: 1062 - 1069
Our aim is to develop methodology for recognition of Internet portal users on the base of their browsing patterns. This is a classification task in which we have thousands values of decision attribute and objects are described by means of sequences of symbols. We develop feature selectors which make...
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Rumor Detection by Propagation Embedding Based on Graph Convolutional Network

Dang Thinh Vu, Jason J. Jung
Pages: 1053 - 1065
Detecting rumors is an important task in preventing the dissemination of false knowledge within social networks. When a post is propagated in a social network, it typically contains four types of information: i) social interactions, ii) time of publishing, iii) content, and iv) propagation structure....
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On (,)- (implicative) filters in -algebras

Jianming Zhan, Yang Xu, Young Bae Jun
Pages: 1064 - 1073
Molodtsov's soft set theory provides a general mathematical framework for dealing with uncertainty. This paper aims to put forward a new soft set–(,)-soft intersection set, which is a generalization of soft intersection sets. We introduce (, )- (implicative) filters of -algebras. Some characterizations...
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Proactive Control for Oversaturation Mitigation on Evacuation Network: a Multi-Agent Simulation Approach

Zhengfeng Huang, Pengjun Zheng, Yanqiang Ma*, Guiyan Jiang, Gang Ren
Pages: 1055 - 1067
Using a multi-agent simulation approach composing of evacuee, cell, and signal, this study aims to proactively curb the oversaturation spread in evacuation and improve the evacuation efficiency. The specific innovation lies in the en-route path choice model and oversaturation control model. A logit model...
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Intelligent Centroid Localization Based on Fuzzy Logic and Genetic Algorithm

Taner Tuncer
Pages: 1056 - 1065
For many of the applications in which wireless sensor networks are used, it is important to know from which nodes or what location useful information is acquired. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is conventionally used to determine location. However, GPS systems are not ideal for many applications...
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Tire Defects Classification Using Convolution Architecture for Fast Feature Embedding

Yan Zhang, Xuehong Cui, Yun Liu, Bin Yu
Pages: 1056 - 1066
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) has become an increasingly important research field in machine learning and computer vision. Deep image features can be learned and subsequently used for detection, classification and retrieval tasks in an end-to-end model. In this paper, a supervised feature embedded...
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A Relational Model for the Possibilistic Valid-time Approach

Jose Enrique Pons, Nicolás Marín, Olga Pons, Christophe Billiet, Guy de Tré
Pages: 1068 - 1088
In real world, it is very common that some objects or concepts have properties with a time-variant or timerelated nature. Modelling this kind of objects or concepts in a (relational) database schema is possible, but time-variant and time-related attributes have an impact on the consistency of the entire...
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Comparison of Recent Metaheuristic Algorithms for Shape Detection in Images

Erik Cuevas, Angel Trujillo, Mario A. Navarro, Primitivo Diaz
Pages: 1059 - 1071
Shape recognition in images represents one of the complex and hard-solving problems in computer vision due to its nonlinear, stochastic and incomplete nature. Classical image processing techniques have been normally used to solve this problem. Alternatively, shape recognition has also been conducted...
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Spatio-temporal Similarity Measure for Network Constrained Trajectory Data

Ying Xia, Guo-Yin Wang, Xu Zhang, Gyoung-Bae Kim, Hae-Young Bae
Pages: 1070 - 1079
Trajectory similarity measure is an important issue for analyzing the behavior of moving objects. In this paper, a similarity measure method for network constrained trajectories is proposed. It considers spatial and temporal features simultaneously in calculating spatio-temporal distance. The crossing...
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Benthic Habitat Mapping from Seabed Images using Ensemble of Color, Texture, and Edge Features

Ashfaqur Rahman
Pages: 1072 - 1081
In this paper we present a novel approach to produce benthic habitat maps from sea floor images in Derwent estuary. We have developed a step–by–step segmentation method to separate sea–grass, sand, and rock from the sea floor image. The sea–grass was separated first using color...
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Soft Sensor Modeling Method by Maximizing Output-Related Variable Characteristics Based on a Stacked Autoencoder and Maximal Information Coefficients

Yanzhen Wang, Xuefeng Yan
Pages: 1062 - 1074
The key factors required to establish a precise soft sensor model for industrial processes include selection of variables affecting vital indicators from a large number of online measurement variables and elimination of the effects of unrelated disturbance variables. How to compress redundant information...
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Two dimensional particle swarm optimization algorithm for load flow analysis

Shabana Mehfuz, Sumit Kumar
Pages: 1074 - 1082
Methods generally used for load flow analysis have been found to be time consuming and complex. This paper presents an optimization algorithm for load flow analysis inspired from swarm optimization techniques. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a type of swarm intelligence that is based on social-psychological...
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Context-Based Method Using Bayesian Network in Multimodal Fission System

Atef Zaguia, Chakib Tadj, Amar Ramdane-Cherif
Pages: 1076 - 1090
The current technological advancement has created the need to produce machines more powerful, easy to use and to meet the needs of users. To achieve this goal, multimodal systems have been developed to combine multiple modalities depending on the task, preferences and communicative intentions of the...
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Multi-stage method to identify structural damage using multiple damage location assurance criterion and an improved differential evolution algorithm

Chunli Wu, Hanbing Liu, Xuxi Qin, Guojin Tan, Zhengwei Gu
Pages: 1066 - 1081
For the damage identification technique of civil structures, the reduction of the computational cost for methods based on the optimization algorithms is the most crucial step. In this study, a fast multi-stage method is developed that uses the multiple damage location assurance criterion and an improved...
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Modified 2-Way Wavefront (M2W) Algorithm for Efficient Path Planning

Ayesha Maqbool, Alina Mirza, Farkhanda Afzal
Pages: 1066 - 1077
In this paper modified 2-way wavefront algorithm(M2W) is introduced for the discretized path planning problem. The proposed scheme uses the Glasius model, wavefront navigational function, and adaptation of Artificial Potential Fields (APF) for effective obstacle avoidance. Unlike the APF, it does not...
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Solving A Multi-objective Mission Planning Problem for UAV Swarms with An Improved NSGA-III Algorithm

Jiajie Liu, Weiping Wang, Xiaobo Li, Tao Wang*, Senyang Bai, Yanfeng WANG
Pages: 1067 - 1081
Restricted communication in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms means that configuration needs to vary dynamically with changing tasks. We propose a mission planning model that uses a motif, a grouping of related functions, as the basic task unit. The planning model automatically generates a mission...
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Layout of Urban Distribution Center Using Possibilistic Programming

Nurgul Demirtas, Umut R. Tuzkaya, Mehmet Tanyaş
Pages: 1068 - 1081
Distribution centers, link supply chain to the customers. Layout of the distribution centers is very important in terms of product conservation at the required service level and delivering of products with minimum cost to the customer from distribution centers. Therefore, the layout design of distribution...
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Residual as Linear Sum of Matrix Determinants in Multiway Contingency Tables

Shusaku Tsumoto, Shoji Hirano
Pages: 1080 - 1089
A Pearson residual is defined as a residual between an observed value and expected one of each cell in a contingency table, which measures the degree of statistical dependence of two attribute-value pairs corresponding to the cell. This paper shows that this residual is decomposed into a linear sum of...
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Lossless Compression of Medical Images Using a Dual Level DPCM with Context Adaptive Switching Neural Network Predictor

Emjee Puthooran, R S Anand, S Mukherjee
Pages: 1082 - 1093
A novel dual level differential pulse code modulation (DL-DPCM) is proposed for lossless compression of medical images. The DL-DPCM consists of a linear DPCM followed by a nonlinear DPCM namely, context adaptive switching neural network predictor (CAS-NNP). The CAS-NNP adaptively switches between three...
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Specific Types of q-Rung Picture Fuzzy Yager Aggregation Operators for Decision-Making

Peide Liu, Gulfam Shahzadi, Muhammad Akram
Pages: 1072 - 1091
q-rung picture fuzzy sets can handle complex fuzzy and impression information by changing a parameter q based on the different hesitation degree, and Yager operator is a useful aggregation technology that can control the uncertainty of valuating data from some experts and thus get intensive information...
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The Generalized Inverse of Atanassov's Intuitionistic Fuzzy Matrices

Rajkumar Pradhan, Madhumangal Pal
Pages: 1083 - 1095
In this paper, a method is presented to find generalized inverse (g-inverse) of Atanassov's intuitionistic fuzzy matrix (AIFM). Also, the idea of standard basis for Atanassov's intuitionistic fuzzy vectors is introduced. Some results regarding the g-inverse of AIFM are studied. An application of g-inverse...
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Using Fuzzy Sets in Surgical Treatment Selection and Homogenizing Stratification of Patients with Significant Chronic Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation

Natalia Nikolova, Plamen Panayotov, Daniela Panayotova, Snejana Ivanova, Kiril Tenekedjiev
Pages: 1075 - 1090
We present three (main one and two auxiliary) fuzzy algorithms to stratify observations in homogenous classes. These algorithms modify, upgrade and fuzzify crisp algorithms from our earlier works on a medical case study to select the most appropriate surgical treatment for patients with ischemic heart...
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Deep Encoder–Decoder Neural Networks for Retinal Blood Vessels Dense Prediction

Wenlu Zhang, Lusi Li, Vincent Cheong, Bo Fu, Mehrdad Aliasgari
Pages: 1078 - 1086
Automatic segmentation of retinal blood vessels from fundus images is of great importance in assessing the condition of vascular network in human eyes. The task is primary challenging due to the low contrast of images, the variety of vessels and potential pathology. Previous studies have proposed shallow...
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An Ontology as a Tool for Representing Fuzzy Data in Relational Databases

Carmen Martinez-Cruz, IgnacioJ. Blanco, M. Amparo Vila
Pages: 1089 - 1108
Several applications to represent classical or fuzzy data in databases have been developed in the last two decades. However, these representations present some limitations specially related with the system portability and complexity. Ontologies provides a mechanism to represent data in an implementation-independent...
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Gait Recognition Based on Outermost Contour

Lili Liu, Yilong Yin, Wei Qin, Ying Li
Pages: 1090 - 1099
Gait recognition aims to identify people by the way they walk. In this paper, a simple but e ective gait recognition method based on Outermost Contour is proposed. For each gait image sequence, an adaptive silhouette extraction algorithm is firstly used to segment the frames of the sequence and a series...
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Materialized View Selection Based on Adaptive Genetic Algorithm and Its Implementation with Apache Hive

Dongjin Yu, Wensheng Dou, Zhixiang Zhu, Jiaojiao Wang
Pages: 1091 - 1102
Frequently accessed views in data warehouses are usually materialized in order to accelerate the speed of querying big data. However, the view materialization itself incurs huge costs. Moreover, some latest products of non-traditional data warehouse software, such as Apache Hive, still lack the support...
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Novel search space updating heuristics-based genetic algorithm for optimizing medium-scale airline crew pairing problems

Nihan Çetin Demirel, Muhammet Deveci
Pages: 1082 - 1101
This study examines the crew pairing problem, which is one of the most comprehensive problems encountered in airline planning, to generate a set of crew pairings that has minimal cost, covers all flight legs and fulfils legal criteria. In addition, this study examines current research related to crew...
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Heuristic based genetic algorithms for the re-entrant total completion time flowshop scheduling with learning consideration

Jianyou Xu, Win-Chin Lin, Junjie Wu, Shuenn-Ren Cheng, Zi-Ling Wang, Chin-Chia Wu*
Pages: 1082 - 1100
Recently, both the learning effect scheduling and re-entrant scheduling have received more attention separately in research community. However, the learning effect concept has not been introduced into re-entrant scheduling in the environment setting. To fill this research gap, we investigate re-entrant...
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Professional Volleyball Development in Taiwan’s Sports Industry

Lin-Huan Hu, Chih-Fu Cheng, Jei-Zheng Wu
Pages: 1082 - 1090
This study determined the aspects required to professionalize volleyball, by analyzing the literature and interviewing 11 experts and scholars. The criteria of assessments were set, and the strategies of promotion were delivered. We discovered the points of view on the professionalization of volleyball...
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An Adaptive Differential Evolution Algorithm Based on New Diversity

Huan Lian, Yong Qin, Jing Liu
Pages: 1094 - 1107
A DE approach based on a new measure of population diversity and a novel parameter control mechanism is proposed with the aim of introducing a good behavior of the algorithm. The ratio of the new defined population diversity of different generations is equal to that of the population variance, therefore...
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Some geometric aggregation operators based on log-normally distributed random variables

Xin-Fan Wang, Jian-Qiang Wang, Sheng-Yue Deng
Pages: 1096 - 1108
The weighted geometric averaging (WGA) operator and the ordered weighted geometric (OWG) operator are two of most basic operators for aggregating information. But these two operators can only be used in situations where the given arguments are exact numerical values. In this paper, we first propose some...
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Applying Metaheuristic for Time-Dependent Traveling Salesman Problem in Postdisaster

Ha-Bang Ban
Pages: 1087 - 1107
The Time-Dependent Traveling Salesman Problem (TDTSP) is a generalization of the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) and Traveling Repairman Problem (TRP). In the TSP and TRP, the travel time to travel is assumed to be constant. However, in practice, the travel times vary according to several factors that...
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Laser Radar based Vehicle Localization in GPS Signal Blocked Areas

Ming Yang, Chunxiang Wang, Hui Fang, Bing Wang
Pages: 1100 - 1109
Reliable vehicle localization is a basic requirement in many applications in transportation field. GPS-based localization is quite popular nowadays. However, in urban environments applications, signal of GPS is often blocked by surrounding objects like high-rise buildings, tunnels, overhead roads, etc,...
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Interval-valued Pythagorean Fuzzy Frank Power Aggregation Operators based on An Isomorphic Frank Dual Triple

Yi Yang, Zhen-Song Chen, Yue-Hua Chen, Kwai-Sang Chin
Pages: 1091 - 1110
Interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy sets (PFSs), as an extension of PFSs, have strong potential in the management of complex uncertainty in real-world applications. This study aims to develop several interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy Frank power (IVPFFP) aggregation operators with an adjustable parameter...
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Green Supplier Selection Based on Dombi Prioritized Bonferroni Mean Operator with Single-Valued Triangular Neutrosophic Sets

Jianping Fan, Xuefei Jia, Meiqin Wu
Pages: 1091 - 1101
The choice of green suppliers involves a large amount of inaccurate, incomplete, and inconsistent information, and the single-valued triangular Neutrosophic number that is an extension of the single-valued Neutrosophic number can effectively handle such problems. Considering the advantages of the single-valued...
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A Heuristic and ANN based Classification Model for Early Screening of Cervical Cancer

S. Priya, N. K. Karthikeyan
Pages: 1092 - 1100
Cervical cancer is one of the most leading causes of mortality among women worldwide. This deadly disease could be prevented by vaccines and easily cured if detected at an early stage. Various researchers focus on providing methods for unambiguous results of screening tests for early diagnosis of cervical...
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Birkhoff's aesthetics, Arnheim's entropy. Some remarks on complexity and fuzzy entropy in arts

Marco Elio Tabacchi, Settimo Termini
Pages: 1103 - 1115
A judgement of aesthetic in arts is, by sheer consensus, a daunting task that requires evaluation of a whole host of endogenous and exogenous cultural factors. A few of them can actually provide very useful hints in tackling foundational problems in Information Science in a more natural setting than...
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Alphanumeric Character Recognition Based on BP Neural Network Classification and Combined Features

Yong Luo, Shuwei Chen, Xiaojuan He, Xue Jia
Pages: 1108 - 1115
This paper puts forward a new method of alphanumeric character recognition based on BP neural network classification and combined features. This method firstly establishes three BP networks respectively for three categories of characters which are classified according to their Euler numbers, with the...
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A Dynamic Pricing Model for a Maritime Transportation Service Provider

Seda Coşgun, Özlem Coşgun, Yeliz Ekinci
Pages: 1109 - 1119
In this study, the dynamic pricing optimization problem faced by the maritime transportation service provider company is considered. The aim is to find optimal prices for each journey for each level of unsold seats by using probabilistic dynamic programming. Conjoint analysis is used to identify the...
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Optimal Robot Path Planning for Multiple Goals Visiting Based on Tailored Genetic Algorithm

Fei Liu, Shan Liang, Xiaodong Xian
Pages: 1109 - 1122
In real applications, mobile robot may be commanded to go to multiple goals to execute special commissions. This study analyzes the particular properties of this multiple goals visiting task and proposes a novel tailored genetic algorithm for optimal path planning for this task. In proposed algorithm,...
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A Generalized Dynamic Model of Geared System: Establishment and Application

Hui Liu, Mingzheng Wang, Zhongchang Cai
Pages: 1110 - 1121
In order to make the dynamic characteristic simulation of the ordinary and planetary gears drive more accurate and more efficient , a generalized dynamic model of geared system is established including internal and external mesh gears in this paper. It is used to build a mathematical model, which achieves...
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Recommending degree studies according to students’ attitudes in high school by means of subgroup discovery

Amin Y. Noaman, José María Luna, Abdul H. M. Ragab, Sebastián Ventura
Pages: 1101 - 1117
The transition from high school to university is a critical step and many students head toward failure just because their final degree option was not the right choice. Both students’ preferences and skills play an important role in choosing the degree that best fits them, so an analysis of these attitudes...
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Scalable Real-Time Attributes Responsive Extreme Learning Machine

Hongbo Wang, Yuejuan Yao, Xi Liu, Xuyan Tu
Pages: 1101 - 1108
Extreme learning machine (ELM) has recently attracted many researchers' interest due to its very fast learning speed, and ease of implementation. Its many applications, such as regression, binary and multiclass classification, acquired better results. However, when some attributes of the dataset...
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An Enhanced Jaya Algorithm with a Two Group Adaption

Chibing Gong
Pages: 1102 - 1115
This paper proposes a novel performance enhanced Jaya algorithm with a two group adaption (E-Jaya). Two improvements are presented in E-Jaya. First, instead of using the best and the worst values in Jaya algorithm, E-Jaya separates all candidates into two groups: the better and the worse groups based...
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A Decision Making Approach with Linguistic Weight and Unavoidable Incomparable Ranking

Yunxia Zhang, Degen Huang, Wei Gao, Vassilis G. Kaburlasos
Pages: 1102 - 1112
In order to deal with the decision making problem including some linguistic values uncertainty information, we propose an approach for decision making with linguistic weighted and unavoidable incomparable ranking based on Linguistic-valued lattice implication algebra (LV-LIA). The properties of binary...
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CRACK LOCALIZATION IN HYDRAULIC TURBINE BLADES BASED ON KERNEL INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS AND WAVELET NEURAL NETWORK

Xianghong Wang, Hanling Mao, Hongwei Hu, Zhiyong Zhang
Pages: 1116 - 1124
Hydraulic turbine runner has a complex structure, and traditional location methods can't meet its requirement. This paper describes a source location of cracks in turbine blades by combining kernel independent component analysis (KICA) with wavelet neural network (WNN). The research shows that the location...
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Secure and Efficient Biometric-Data Binarization using Multi-Objective Optimization

Eslam Hamouda, Xiaohui Yuan, Osama Ouda, Taher Hamza
Pages: 1116 - 1127
Biometric system databases are vulnerable to many types of attacks. To address this issue, several biometric template protection systems have been proposed to protect biometric data against unauthorized use. Many of biometric protection systems require the biometric templates to be represented in a binary...
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The Red Colobuses Monkey: A New Nature–Inspired Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithm

Wijdan Jaber AL-kubaisy, Mohammed Yousif, Belal Al-Khateeb, Maha Mahmood, Dac-Nhuong Le
Pages: 1108 - 1118
The presented study suggests a new nature–inspired metaheuristic optimization algorithm referred to as Red Colobuses Monkey (RCM) that can be used for optimization problems; this algorithm mimics the behavior related to red monkeys in nature. In preparation for proving the suggested algorithm's...
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α-Generalized lock resolution method in linguistic truth-valued lattice-valued logic

Xingxing He, Yang Xu, Jun Liu, Shuwei Chen
Pages: 1120 - 1134
This paper focuses on effcient non-clausal resolution-based automated reasoning methods and algorithms for a lattice-ordered linguistic truth-valued logic, which corresponds to extensions of α-lock resolution. Firstly, α-generalized lock resolution is proposed for lattice-valued propositional...
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Framework of Computational Intelligence-Enhanced Knowledge Base Construction: Methodology and A Case of Gene-Related Cardiovascular Disease

Yi Zhang, Mengjia Wu, Hua Lin, Steven Tipper, Mark Grosser, Guangquan Zhang, Jie Lu
Pages: 1109 - 1119
Knowledge base construction (KBC) aims to populate knowledge bases with high-quality information from unstructured data but how to effectively conduct KBC from scientific documents with limited preknowledge is still elusive. This paper proposes a KBC framework by applying computational intelligent techniques...
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Assessment of Expressway Traffic Safety Using Gaussian Mixture Model based on Time to Collision

Sheng Jin, Xiaobo Qu, Dianhai Wang
Pages: 1122 - 1130
Traffic safety is of great significance, especially in urban expressway where traffic volume is large and traffic conflicts are highlighted. It is thus important to develop a methodology that is able to assess traffic safety. In this paper, we first analyze the time to collision (TTC) samples from traffic...
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Robustness of general Triple I method for fuzzy soft sets

Lu Wang, Keyun Qin
Pages: 1111 - 1122
The stability and robustness analysis is a vital issue of fuzzy soft inference. In this paper, λ–Triple I inference methods based on the fuzzy soft modus ponens (FSMP) and fuzzy soft modus tollens (FSMT) are presented. The related computational formulas for inference conclusions with respect to the residual...
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A new similarity measure based on Bayesian Network signature correspondence for brain tumors cases retrieval

Hedi Yazid, Karim Kalti, Najoua Essoukri Benamara
Pages: 1123 - 1136
Case retrieval constitutes an interesting area of research which contributes to the evolution of several domains. The similarity measure module is a fundamental step in the retrieval process which affects remarkably on a retrieval system. In this context, we suggest in this paper a similarity measure...
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A case retrieval method combined with similarity measurement and DEA model for alternative generation

Jing ZHENG, Ying-Ming WANG, Kai ZHANG
Pages: 1123 - 1141
In alternative generation, reusing past experience is a potential methodology and case retrieval is a primary step. In order to improve the performance of case retrieval process, many applications have used different similarity measurements and the selection method for the most suitable historical case...
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Reduce Cost Smart Power Management System by Utilize Single Board Computer Artificial Neural Networks for Smart Systems

Sudad J. Ashaj, Ergun Erçelebi
Pages: 1113 - 1120
The plan and usage of a smart power management system for household and buildings that control numerous electrical appliances in real time have been reported in this work. The system is based on using artificial intelligence with low-cost single board computer in order to design a smart power management...
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Clustering bipartite graphs in terms of approximate formal concepts and sub-contexts

Bruno Gaume, Emmanuel Navarro, Henri Prade
Pages: 1125 - 1142
The paper first offers a parallel between two approaches to conceptual clustering, namely formal concept analysis (augmented with the introduction of new operators) and bipartite graph analysis. It is shown that a formal concept (as defined in formal concept analysis) corresponds to the idea of a maximal...
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A Sparse Auto Encoder Deep Process Neural Network Model and its Application

Xu Shaohua, Xue Jiwei, Li Xuegui
Pages: 1116 - 1131
Aiming at the problem of time-varying signal pattern classification, a sparse auto-encoder deep process neural network (SAE-DPNN) is proposed. The input of SAE-DPNN is time-varying process signal and the output is pattern category. It combines the time-varying signal classification method of process...
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Computational Intelligence-based Entertaining Level Generation for Platform Games

Zahid Halim, Abdul Rauf Baig, Ghulam Abbas
Pages: 1128 - 1143
With computers becoming ubiquitous and high resolution graphics reaching the next level, computer games have become a major source of entertainment. It has been a tedious task for game developers to measure the entertainment value of the computer games. The entertainment value of a game does depend upon...
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Novel Approach to Tourism Analysis with Multiple Outcome Capability Using Rough Set Theory

Chun-Che Huang, Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng†, Kun-Cheng Chen
Pages: 1118 - 1132
To explore the relationship between characteristics and decision-making outcomes of the tourist is critical to keep competitive tourism business. In investigation of tourism development, most of the existing studies lack of a systematic approach to analyze qualitative data. Although the traditional Rough...
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Where Should Mobile Health Application Providers Focus Their Goals?

Xiaojia Wang, Kuo Du, Keyu Zhu, Shen Xu, Shanshan Zhang
Pages: 1119 - 1131
In the context of “Internet +” medical treatment, mobile health applications provide services for people in a new way, making it possible for people to carry out health management anytime and anywhere. According to the survey data, the most powerful consumers in the field of mobile health applications...
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Implementing EW Receivers Based on Large Point Reconfigured FFT on FPGA Platforms

He Chen, Xiujie Qu, Yuedong Luo, Chenwei Deng
Pages: 1131 - 1139
This paper presents design and implementation of digital receiver based on large point fast Fourier transform (FFT) suitable for electronic warfare (EW) applications. When implementing the FFT algorithm on field-programmable gate array (FPGA) platforms, the primary goal is to maximize throughput and...
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Sustainable Supplier Selection Based on Regret Theory and QUALIFLEX Method

Limei Liu, Zhongli Bin, Biao Shi, Wenzhi Cao
Pages: 1120 - 1133
Sustainable supplier selection is the essential core of sustainable supply chain management, which can directly influence the manufacturer's performance and can enormously enhance the manufacturer's competitiveness in the international market. However, most of the previous studies concerning...
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Rigorous Analysis of Multi-Factorial Evolutionary Algorithm as Multi-Population Evolution Model

Na Wang, Qingzheng Xu, Rong Fei, Jungang Yang, Lei Wang
Pages: 1121 - 1133
Multi-task optimization algorithm is an emergent paradigm which solves multiple self-contained tasks simultaneously. It is thought that multi-factorial evolutionary algorithm (MFEA) can be seen as a novel multi-population algorithm, wherein each population is represented independently and evolved for...
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Fuzzy Soft Sets and Fuzzy Soft Lattices

Yingchao Shao, Keyun Qin
Pages: 1135 - 1147
The theory of soft sets was introduced by Molodtsov in 1999 in order to deal with uncertainties. In this paper, the notion of fuzzy soft lattice is defined and some related properties are derived, which extends the notion of a fuzzy lattice to include the algebraic structures of soft sets. Then the lattice...
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Research on Energy-Aware Topology Strategy Based on Wireless Sensor in Internet of Things

XueFei Tang, XinZheng Niu, Shahzad Ali
Pages: 1137 - 1147
Since the finitude of hardware and network dynamic limit the bandwidth based on wireless sensor in the wireless internet of things (IOT), it is difficult to obtain the network topology information accurately and timely. In this paper, we present an algorithm called Mobile Agent Fuzzy Energy Spanning...
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A New Measurement Method to Calculate Similarity of Moving Object Spatio-Temporal Trajectories by Compact Representation

XiuLi Zhao, Xu WeiXiang
Pages: 1140 - 1147
A new measurement method is proposed to calculate spatio-temporal trajectory similarity, which can reflect the similar degree between two moving object spatio-temporal trajectories compressed by the Maximal Bounding Boxes (MBB). Firstly, the similarity between two trajectories is replaced by the similarity...
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Using Sensors Data and Emissions Information to Diagnose Engine’s Faults

Chunli XIE, Yuchao Wang, John MacIntyre, Muhammad Sheikh, Mustafa Elkady
Pages: 1142 - 1152
This paper proposes using engine’s sensors data flow and exhaust emissions information to diagnose engine’s faults, enhancing the accuracy of fault diagnosis. Engine fault diagnosis model is built using both this information and the mature BP neural network and genetic algorithms. In order to verify...
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Synthesis Algorithm of Homology Detection Based on AHP

Baojiang Cui, Wenhao Fan, Ce Bian, Tao Guo, Yongle Hao, Jianxin Wang
Pages: 1143 - 1150
Traditional software homology detection techniques based on text, token, abstract syntax tree in many cases get the real similarity inaccurately when they work alone. In this paper, a synthesis algorithm based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is proposed, which combines text, token, syntax tree comparison...
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Tripartite Evolutionary Game Analysis on Selection Behavior of Trans-Regional Hospitals and Patients in Telemedicine System

Yuxuan Gao, Yueping Du, Bingzhen Sun, Rui Wang, Chaoying Jiang
Pages: 1132 - 1148
This study applies the game theory to the discussion and analysis of trans-regional Telemedicine System, builds the game model of the selection strategies of trans-regional hospitals and patients and analyzes evolving paths, equilibrium states and influencing factors of the three parties. It is derived...
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A Comprehensive Study of Machine Learning Methods on Diabetic Retinopathy Classification

Omer Faruk Gurcan, Omer Faruk Beyca, Onur Dogan
Pages: 1132 - 1141
Diabetes is one of the emerging threats to public health all over the world. According to projections by the World Health Organization, diabetes will be the seventh foremost cause of death in 2030 (WHO, Diabetes, 2020. https://www.afro.who.int/health-topics/diabetes). Diabetic retinopathy (DR) results...
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Improving Meta-learning for Algorithm Selection by Using Multi-label Classification: A Case of Study with Educational Data Sets

Juan Luis Olmo, Cristóbal Romero, Eva Gibaja, Sebastián Ventura
Pages: 1144 - 1164
Recommending classification algorithms is an open research problem the solution to which is of tremendous value for practitioners and non-experts data mining users such as educators. This paper proposes a new meta-learning framework for educational domains based on the use of multi-label learning for...
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Modularity, Lead time and Return Policy for Supply Chain in Mass Customization System

Jizi Li, Chunling Liu, Weichun Xiao
Pages: 1133 - 1153
Mass Customization (MC) is a flexible manufacturing system with features of Mass Production (MP) and Customization Production (CP). However, there is few researches about competition & cooperation between the upstream MP firm (module manufacturer) and downstream CP firm (assembler) under MC supply...
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A Ship Target Location and Mask Generation Algorithms Base on Mask RCNN

Lin Shaodan, Feng Chen, Chen Zhide
Pages: 1134 - 1143
Ship detection is a canonical problem in computer vision. Motivated by the observation that the major bottleneck of ship detection lies on the different scales of ship instances in images, we focus on improving the detection rate, especially for the small-sized ships which are relatively far from the...
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A Novel Two-Stage DEA Model in Fuzzy Environment: Application to Industrial Workshops Performance Measurement

M. R. Soltani, S. A. Edalatpanah, F. Movahhedi Sobhani, S. E. Najafi
Pages: 1134 - 1152
One of the paramount mathematical methods to compute the general performance of organizations is data envelopment analysis (DEA). Nevertheless, in some cases, the decision-making units (DMUs) have middle values. Furthermore, the conventional DEA models have been originally formulated solely for crisp...
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A Self-organized Mechanism of Resource Allocation in P2P Systems

Golnaz Vakili, Siavash Khorsandi, ThanasisG. Papaioannou
Pages: 1148 - 1159
Since the performance of a system of interacting peers depends strongly on their individual contributions, the ratio between their provided and consumed resources should be set in line with the social welfare improvement, without relying on a central coordinator. In this paper, we devise a self-organized...
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BP neural network integration model research for hydraulic metal structure health diagnosing

Guangming Yang, Chongshi Gu, Yong Huang, Kun Yang
Pages: 1148 - 1158
Several potential network structures are chosen to do a large number of experimental analysis, historical data is divided into training sample and testing sample, and the corresponding neural network model is established with BP learning algorithm. After checking the testing sample, a superior network...
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Adaptive Fuzzy Control for Path Tracking of Underactuated Ships Based on Dynamic Equilibrium State Theory

Dehui Qiu, Qinglin Wang, Jie Yang, Jinhua She
Pages: 1148 - 1157
This paper presents an adaptive fuzzy backstepping control method that incorporates the dynamic equilibrium state (DES) theory to carry out path tracking for underactuated ships in presence of parameter variations and external disturbances induced by wind, wave and current. First, the optimal DES reference...
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Predator-Prey Biogeography-Based Optimization for Bio-inspired Visual Attention

Xiaohua Wang, Haibin Duan
Pages: 1151 - 1162
Visual attention mechanism is one of the important techniques in computer vision field, and it can increase the effectiveness of computer image information processing. Biogeography-Based Optimization (BBO) is a bioinspired algorithm for global optimization, searching for the global optimum mainly through...
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Optimal FOC-PID Parameters of BLDC Motor System Control Using Parallel PM-PSO Optimization Technique

Nguyen Tien Dat, Cao Van Kien, Ho Pham Huy Anh
Pages: 1142 - 1154
This paper proposes a parallelization method for meta-heuristic particle swarm optimization algorithm to obtain a convincingly fast execution and stable global solution result. Applied the proposed method, the searching region is efficiently separated into sub-regions which are simultaneously searched...
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Efficient Time-Series Forecasting Using Neural Network and Opposition-Based Coral Reefs Optimization

Thieu Nguyen, Tu Nguyen, Binh Minh Nguyen, Giang Nguyen
Pages: 1144 - 1161
In this paper, a novel algorithm called opposition-based coral reefs optimization (OCRO) is introduced. The algorithm is built as an improvement for coral reefs optimization (CRO) using opposition-based learning (OBL). For efficient modeling as the main part of this work, a novel time series forecasting...
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Determination of the Skip-Stop Scheduling for a Congested Transit Line by Bilevel Genetic Algorithm

Huimin Niu
Pages: 1158 - 1167
This study focuses on how to determine the skip-stop scheduling for a congested urban transit line during the morning rush hours. A transit schedule with uneven headways and skip-stop operations is adopted to match the time-dependent demands and accelerate the circulative utilizations of vehicles. This...
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On the existence of fuzzy solutions for partial hyperbolic functional differential equations

Hoang Viet Long, Nguyen Thi Kim Son, Ha Thi Thanh Tam, Bui Cong Cuong
Pages: 1159 - 1173
In this paper, we consider the boundary valued problems for fuzzy partial hyperbolic functional differential equations with local and integral boundary conditions. A new weighted metric is used to investigate the existence and uniqueness of fuzzy solutions for these problems in a complete fuzzy metric...
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Optimization Decision Method for Procuring Divisible Goods

Congjun Rao, Xinlin Wu
Pages: 1160 - 1172
The procurement decision problem of divisible goods is investigated, and an optimization decision method for procuring a kind of divisible goods (such as coal, oil, electricity, gas, etc.) is presented based on multi-attribute auction. Firstly, the procurement decision problem of divisible goods is converted...
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Analysis of Solar Energy Generation Capacity Using Hesitant Fuzzy Cognitive Maps

Veysel Çoban, Sezi Çevik Onar
Pages: 1149 - 1167
Solar energy is an important and reliable source of energy. Better understanding the concepts and relationships of the factors that affect solar energy generation capacity can enhance the usage of solar energy. This understanding can lead investors and governors in their solar power investments. However,...
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Network measures for information extraction in evolutionary algorithms

Roberto Santana, Rubén Armañanzas, Concha Bielza, Pedro Larrañaga
Pages: 1163 - 1188
Problem domain information extraction is a critical issue in many real-world optimization problems. Increasing the repertoire of techniques available in evolutionary algorithms with this purpose is fundamental for extending the applicability of these algorithms. In this paper we introduce a unifying...
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Evaluation of Supervised Machine Learning Techniques for Dynamic Malware Detection

Hongwei Zhao, Mingzhao Li, Taiqi Wu, Fei Yang
Pages: 1153 - 1169
Nowadays, security of the computer systems has become a major concern of security experts. In spite of many antivirus and malware detection systems, the number of malware incidents are increasing day by day. Many static and dynamic techniques have been proposed to detect the malware and classify them...
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YOLOv3: Face Detection in Complex Environments

Lin Zheng Chun, Li Dian, Jiang Yun Zhi, Wang Jing, Chao Zhang
Pages: 1153 - 1160
Face detection has been well studied for many years. However, the problem of face detection in complex environments is still being studied. In complex environments, faces is often blocked and blurred. This article proposes applying YOLOv3 to face detection problems in complex environments. First, we...
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A Cognitive Method for Musicology Based Melody Transcription

Jiayin Sun, Hongyan Wang
Pages: 1165 - 1177
This paper describes a method for transcribing the main structure of polyphonic music audio automatically by analyzing musical tonality related musicological information. Music transcription is a difficult topic in Music Information Retrieval (MIR) which contains many tasks to recognize all the elements...
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An efficient computational approach for solving type-2 intuitionistic fuzzy numbers based Transportation Problems

Ali Ebrahimnejad, Jose Luis Verdegay
Pages: 1154 - 1173
This paper is concerned with the solution procedure of a Transportation Problem in which costs are triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (TIFN) and availabilities and demands are taken as exact numerical values. According to the existing solution approach, TIFN are first ordered by using an accuracy...
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Markov Decision Model of Emergency Medical Supply Scheduling in Public Health Emergencies of Infectious Diseases

Xiaojia Wang, Zhizhen Liang, Keyu Zhu
Pages: 1155 - 1169
In this paper, a Markov decision process (MDP) model was established to study emergency medical material scheduling strategies for public health emergencies such as COVID-19. Within the constraints of dispatchable supplies, the priority of each medical node complicates the problem of deciding which hospital...
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Design of Fuzzy Enhanced Hierarchical Motion Stabilizing Controller of Unmanned Ground Vehicle in Three DimensionalSpace

Yue Ma, Changle Xiang, Quanmin Zhu, Qingdong Yan, Alan Winfield
Pages: 1168 - 1178
In this paper, stabilizing control of tracked unmanned ground vehicle in 3-D space was presented. Firstly, models of major modules of tracked UGV were established. Next, to reveal the mechanism of disturbances applied on the UGV, two kinds of representative disturbances (slope and general disturbances...
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A Search-Based Test Data Generation Method for Concurrent Programs

Seyed Mohsen Mirhosseini, Hassan Haghighi
Pages: 1161 - 1175
Concurrent programs are being widely adopted in development of multi-core and many-core processors. However, these types of programs present some features such as concurrency, communication and synchronization which make their testing more challenging than sequential programs. Search-based techniques,...
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Oasa: An Active Storage Architecture for Object-based Storage System

Shuibing He, Xianbin Xu, Yuanhua Yang
Pages: 1173 - 1183
Active storage can largely reduce the network traffic and application execution time. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of an active storage architecture called Oasa for object-based storage system. Compared with previous work, Oasa has the following features.(1) It provides a flexible...
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Fuzzy Systems-as-a-Service in Cloud Computing

Manuel Parra-Royon, José M. Benítez
Pages: 1162 - 1172
Fuzzy systems have become widely accepted and applied in a host of domains such as control, electronics or mechanics. The software for construction of these systems has traditionally been exploited from tools, platforms and languages run on-premise computing infrastructure. On the other hand, rise and...
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A novel Approach to Human Gait Recognition using possible Speed Invariant features

Anup Nandy, Rupak Chakraborty, Pavan Chakraborty, G.C. Nandi
Pages: 1174 - 1193
In this paper a new area based technique is proposed for deriving gait signatures by decomposing the human body into three independent structural segments such as head node, arm swing and leg swing areas. Initially, all the feature points are represented as the sides of an n-sided polygon for calculating...