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Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Design and Development of Mobile Academic Platform in Universities
Yunju Chang, Lili Hong, Guang Su, Xuesong Leng
Under the background of the less connection between teachers and students in universities and the rapid development of the Internet, and according to the needs of students and teachers, the topic was to design and develop university research and academic platform prototype based on Android. First of...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
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Research on Educational Video Retrieval Method Based on Audio Transcription Technology
Muqiang Zhao, Wenxi Zheng, Yan Ye, Min Wu
In the modern education platform, there are many problems, such as insufficient retrieval accuracy and single retrieval process, this paper conducts an in-depth investigation and analysis of the features of educational videos, combined with the cutting-edge audio transcription technology and text processing...
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An Empirical Investigation of Internet Banking Adoption from Bank Personnel Perspective
Wen-Hsiung Wu, Yi-Ming Tai, Mei-Se Chien, Len-Kuo Hu
About the issue of Internet banking adoption, based on technology acceptance model (TAM), past researches mainly focused on the customers, but seldom researches looked at the Internet banking adoption from banks and their personnel. The bank personnel have financial professionals and are crucial users...
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An efficient real-time system for active video conferencing
Leila Sabeti, Q. M. Jonathan Wu, Jason Z. Zhang
This paper describes a new approach for implementation of an efficient real-time system proper for using in active video conferencing sessions. A camera tracks presenter’s head and its movements and orientations in an unconstrained environment automatically by its pan and tilt actions. Head or face is...
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Feasibility Assessment of Support Vector Regression Models with Immune Algorithms in Predicting Fatigue Life of Composites
Ping-Feng Pai, Wei-Chiang Hong, Feng-Min Lai, Jia-Hroung Wu, Shun-Lin Yang
Predicting fatigue life of composite materials is essential to increase reliability of manufacturing systems. The predicting techniques for fatigue life of composite materials are not widely investigated. The support vector regression (SVR) is an emerging forecasting technique and has been applied in...
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New All-optical Wavelength Auto-router Based on Multibranch Waveguides
Shih-Yuan Chen, Mao-Hsiung Chen, Yaw-Dong Wu, Chih-Fu Chang
A new optical device for wavelength auto-router was proposed. Such a structure is useful in the integrated-optic for optical operation and data communication. We use the finite-difference beam propagation method to investigate the phenomenon of the proposed numerical model.
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Variable Selection Method Affects SVM-based Models in Bankruptcy Prediction
Chih-Hung Wu, Wen-Chang Fang, Yeong-Jia Goo
This paper examined bankruptcy predictive accuracy of five statistics models--discriminant analysis logistic regression, probit regression, neural networks, support vector machine (SVM), and genetic-based SVM (GA-SVM) that influenced by variable selection. Empirical results indicate that the SVM-based...
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The Development of Neural Network Models by Revised Particle Swarm Optimization
Peitsang Wu, Chin-Shiuh Shieh, Jar-Her Kao
A novel training paradigm for artificial neural networks had been developed and presented in this article. In the proposed approach, a revised version of particle swarm optimization (PSO) had been employed to find out the optimal connection weights of feed-forward artificial neural networks for given...
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Application of Hardware Architecture of Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Packet Scheduling
Rong-Hou Wu, Yang-Han Lee, Shiann-Tsong Sheu, Hsien-Wei Tseng, Ming-Hsueh Chuang, Yung-Kuang Wang
In Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technologies, the optimal packet scheduling is a common encounter issue in multiple channels network. NP-hard problem deals with finding a way to rearrange packets in multiple channels into a finite and rare channel. Genetic algorithm (GA) is one of the...
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A Hybrid System with Petri Net and Fuzzy Theory
Rong-Hou Wu, Yang-Han Lee, Yih-Guang Jan, Hsien-Wei Tseng, Ming-Hsueh Chuang, Jheng-Yao Lin
In this paper, we issue a hybrid system, which is integrated with the fuzzy system and Petri net models. We exploit the characteristics, imprecise or ambiguous information, of fuzzy theory to map the algorithm of crisp inputs and outputs, furthermore, model problems, product a nonlinear function, and...
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Semi-fragile Image Watermarking Using Zernike Moment and Fuzzy C-Means
Yeh-Kuang Wu
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A Study of Multi-channel Wavelength Division Multiplexing Using Photonic Crystals
Chih-Fu Chang, Mao-Hsiung Chen, Yaw-Dong Wu, Shih-Yuan Chen
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Detecting and Classifying Emotion in Popular Music
Chia Chu Liu, Yi Hsuan Yang, Ping Hao Wu, Homer Chen
Music expresses emotion. However, analyzing the emotion in music by computer is a difficult task. Some work can be found in the literature, but the results are not satisfactory. In this paper, an emotion detection and classification system for pop music is presented. The system extracts feature values...
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The Prediction for Index Futures Returns and the Relational Analysis of Spillover Effect
Ling-ming Kung, Shang-Wu Yu
This paper adopts the grey prediction methods, to investigate the return and volatility of major index futures among American and Eurasian markets. The grey relational theory and GM(1,N) model are further used to observe the volatility spillover effect and find the main influence factor in the volatility...