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Keyword: AROptimal Hydrokinetic Turbine Array Placement in Asymmetric Quasigeostrophic Flows
The Coriolis force in the ocean at mid to high latitudes can cause significant deviation of flow over bottom topography, including formation of Taylor columns. Structures in a tidal zone will experience zero inertial current between every tidal change. Around periods of directional change, the Coriolis force may be tapped into for energy. Factors like…
Read MoreAn Enhanced Artificial Intelligence-Based Approach Applied to Vehicular Traffic Signs Detection and Road Safety Enhancement
The paper treats a problem for detection and recognition objects in computer vision sector, where researchers recommended OpenCV software and development tool, it’s several and better-remembered library resource for isolating, detecting, and recognition of particular objects, what we would find an appropriate system for detecting and recognition traffic roads signs. The robustness with optimization is…
Read MoreMultiple Machine Learning Algorithms Comparison for Modulation Type Classification Based on Instantaneous Values of the Time Domain Signal and Time Series Statistics Derived from Wavelet Transform
Modulation type classification is a part of waveform estimation required to employ spectrum sharing scenarios like dynamic spectrum access that allow more efficient spectrum utilization. In this work multiple classification features, feature extraction, and classification algorithms for modulation type classification have been studied and compared in terms of classification speed and accuracy to suggest the…
Read MoreA Novel Blockchain-Based Authentication and Access Control Model for Smart Environment
With the increase of smart factories and smart cities following the recent 4th industrial revolution, internal user authentication and authorization have become an important issue. The user authentication model using the server-client structure has a problem of forgery of the access history caused by the log manipulation of the administrator and unclearness of the responsibility.…
Read MoreComparison of Machine Learning Parametric and Non-Parametric Techniques for Determining Soil Moisture: Case Study at Las Palmas Andean Basin
Soil moisture is one of the most important variables to monitor in agriculture. Its analysis gives insights about strategies to utilize better a particular area regarding its use, i.e., pasture for cows (or similar), production forests, or even to answer what crops should be planted. The vertical structure of the soil moisture plays an important…
Read MoreCardiovascular Risk in Patients who go to the Medical Office of a Private Health Center in North Lima
Cardiovascular diseases are the group of conditions produced in the heart or blood vessels. This is one of the main causes of death in Peru and the world, produced mostly by non-communicable diseases and harmful habits, which makes it an extremely predictable disease. These factors include body mass index, smoking, diabetes, age, blood pressure, total…
Read MoreParticle Swarm Optimization, Genetic Algorithm and Grey Wolf Optimizer Algorithms Performance Comparative for a DC-DC Boost Converter PID Controller
Power converters are electronic devices widely applied in industry, and in recent years, for renewable energy electronic systems, they can regulate voltage levels and actuate as interfaces, however, to do so, is needed a controller. Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) are applied to power converters comparing output voltage versus a reference voltage to reduce and anticipate error. Using…
Read MoreLearning Path Recommendation using Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (RBT) is proposed in general to look more forward in responding to the demands of the developing educational community, including how students develop and learn and how teachers prepare Learning Objects (LO). The variety of characteristics of students’ abilities in a class has always been a problem that is often faced by…
Read MoreOptimized use of RFID at XYZ University Library in Doing Auto Borrowing Book by Utilizing NFC Technology on Smartphone
NFC (Near Field Communication) is a contactless communication technology based on a radio frequency (RF) field using a base frequency of 13.56 MHz. NFC technology is perfectly designed to exchange data between two devices via simple touch gestures. RFID is the process of identifying an object directly by radio frequency. There are two important components…
Read MoreAuditing the Siting of Petrol Stations in the City of Douala, Cameroon: Do they Fulfil the Necessary Regulatory Requirements?
No other form of technological development had negatively skewed from existing regulations as the siting of petrol filing stations. An audit of the degree to which their operators repeatedly violate the rules regulating their location and operations may encourage the legislature to pass laws that can ensure a balance between the economy and the environment.…
Read MoreAnalysis of Pharmaceutical Company Websites using Innovation Diffusion Theory and Technology Acceptance Model
The progress of information using websites is developing fast, impacting various sectors, one of which is pharmaceutical companies. Pharmaceutical companies have roles in drug manufacturing, pharmaceutical distribution, and essential services for the community—the most important and challenging activity in the IT department. The researcher is responsible for one of the Bandung pharmaceutical companies. Researchers are…
Read MoreTechnological Stages of Schwartz Cylinder’s Computer and Mathematics Design using Intelligent System Support
In this paper, one of the “problem zones” in mathematics concerned with the surface area of three-dimensional bodies is presented by computer and mathematical modeling with synergetic effects using intelligent system support. The problems of personal self-organization and technological stages of student’s research activity in the process of modern achievements in science adaptation in teaching…
Read MoreEnvironmental Entrepreneurship as an Innovation Catalyst for Social Change: A Systematic Review as a Basis for Future Research
There are pressures to adopt sustainable behaviour more so in generating profits and benefiting the society to accelerate green efforts through a green framework. The overarching goal of the paper is premised through various works of literature, building the ecosystem the elements highlighted by most researchers in the field of environmental entrepreneurship. The various models…
Read MoreSmart Collar and Chest Strap Design for Rescue Dog through Multidisciplinary Approach
Rescuers escorted search dogs into the disaster area, using their unique sense of smell to find the injured. First, researchers summarize the design requirements in the search process from interviews with rescuers, and construct a conceptual prototype to confirm the interaction mode between the user and the dog. User central design invited people melt into…
Read MoreDeep Learning based Models for Solar Energy Prediction
Solar energy becomes widely used in the global power grid. Therefore, enhancing the accuracy of solar energy predictions is essential for the efficient planning, managing and operating of power systems. To minimize the negatives impacts of photovoltaics on electricity and energy systems, an approach to highly accurate and advanced forecasting is urgently needed. In this…
Read MoreMathematical Modelling of Output Responses and Performance Variations of an Education System due to Changes in Input Parameters
“This paper is an extension of work originally presented in the 4th International Conference on Systems of Collaboration, Big Data, Internet of Things & Security -SysCoBIoTS’19”. The use of complex and dynamic systems modelling to social systems is quite recent and its pertinence in the case of an educational system is continually increasing. For the…
Read MoreChaos-Based Image Encryption Using Arnold’s Cat Map Confusion and Henon Map Diffusion
This research designed an image encryption system that focused on securing teledermatology data in the form of skin disease images. The encryption and decryption process of this system is done on the client side using chaos-based encryption with confusion and diffusion techniques. Arnold’s cat map is the chaotic map model used for confusion, while the…
Read MoreOptimizing the Wind Farm Layout for Minimizing the Wake Losses
The development of wind farms requires an optimal design of wind turbines layout. The main goal of this optimization is to minimize the wake effect through the optimal placement of the wind turbines. The current study aims to standardize the wake losses among all wind turbines in the wind farm and bringing their losses to…
Read MoreRanking the Most Important Attributes of using Google Classroom in online teaching for Albanian Universities: A Fuzzy AHP Method with Triangular Fuzzy Numbers and Trapezoidal Fuzzy Numbers
This paper has conducted the study of the impact and effectiveness of Google Classroom in online teaching and learning. Based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2), the first aim was to rank the 8 constructs namely: Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, Facilitating Conditions, Hedonic Motivation, Habit, Behavioral Intention, and…
Read MoreGeneralized Integral Transform Method for Bending and Buckling Analysis of Rectangular Thin Plate with Two Opposite Edges Simply Supported and Other Edges Clamped
This paper presents the generalized integral transform method for solving flexural and elastic stability problems of rectangular thin plates clamped along and simply supported along remaining boundaries (x = 0, x = a) (CSCS plate). The considered plate is homogeneous, isotropic and carrying uniformly distributed transversely applied loading causing bending. Also studied, is a plate…
Read MoreDistance Teaching-Learning Experience in Early Childhood Education Teachers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The purpose of the study was to describe the experiences of teachers in the distance teaching-learning process in early childhood education during the covid-19 pandemic. The methodology used was qualitative descriptive. Interviews were conducted with thirteen teachers from four state educational institutions at the infant level in Lima city through the virtual platform. As a…
Read MoreOptimal Sizing of a Renewable Energy Hybrid System in Libya Using Integrated Crow and Particle Swarm Algorithms
Sizing optimization should be used to design an efficient, sustainable, and feasible hybrid system. In this paper, a hybrid power plant consisting of an off-grid photovoltaic and wind energy system was planned to supply the demand of residential houses in Libya. To minimize installation and operational costs by sizing each part of the hybrid system,…
Read MoreIndoor Positioning System using WKNN and LSTM Combined via Ensemble Learning
Indoor positioning system (IPS) has become a high demand research field to be developed and has made considerable progress in recent years. Wi-Fi fingerprinting is the most promising technique that produces an acceptable result. However, despite the large amount of research that has been done using Wi-Fi fingerprinting, only a few Wi-Fi based IPS in…
Read MoreHeuristic Techniques as Part of Heuristic Methods and Interaction of Personality Types in their Application
The widespread team project method is more effective when used in conjunction with heuristic methods. The large number of heuristic methods and the variety of their descriptions create a problem to prepare students for the use of these methods. A method based on two areas of knowledge – heuristics and psychology – is proposed. The…
Read MoreQoE-aware Bandwidth Allocation for Multiple Video Streaming Players over HTTP and SDN
For many years, the most popular technique for Internet video streaming is hypertext transfer protocol-based adaptive streaming, known as HAS (HTTP Adaptive Streaming). However, a seamless viewing experience can not be just simply guaranteed by HAS only. In the management network, the adaptation of HAS copes with a huge challenge since client- driven schemes lead…
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