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Keyword: ModelShape Optimization of Planar Inductors for RF Circuits using a Metaheuristic Technique based on Evolutionary Approach
In this article, we concentrate on the use of a metaheuristic technique based on an Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) for determining the optimal geometrical parameters of spiral inductors for RF circuits. For this purpose, we have opted for an optimization procedure through an enhanced Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm. The proposed tool allows the design of optimized…
Read MoreStrain–Displacement Expressions and their Effect on the Deflection and Strength of Plate
This paper studied the bending analysis of an isotropic rectangular plate for the effects of aspect ratio, shear and deflection on the critical lateral load of the plates using the polynomial shear deformation theory (PSDT). One of the plate is clamped at opposite edge clamped and the other opposite edge simply supported (CSCS). The other…
Read MoreMulti-Objective Optimization when Surface Grinding the 3X13 Steel by Combining the General Reduced Gradient Algorithm and Harmonic Mean Method
In this paper, the multi-objective optimization process was applied for the surface grinding process of 3X13 steel using an aluminum oxide grinding wheel (WA46J7V1A). For each experiment, three cutting parameters, including the workpiece velocity, feed rate, and the depth of cut, were controlled to change according to the experimental matrix. At each experiment, surface roughness…
Read MoreWater Availability for a Self-Sufficient Water Supply: A Case Study of the Pesanggrahan River, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia
The research will explore the challenges of using local water sources inside the city for a self-sufficient urban water supply by developed a system dynamics model. This study aims to evaluate and understand the Pesanggrahan River appropriateness as a raw drinking water source through a conceptual model that can accurately represent the interactions between the…
Read MoreEconomic and Environmental Analysis of Life Expectancy in China and India: A Data Driven Approach
A data analytic approach presented in this work covers both data descriptive and predictive modeling with two main objectives: (1) discovering factors related to longevity of populations in the two most populated nations, China and India, and (2) generating life expectancy predictive models for both countries. Descriptive modeling methods to explore major environmental and economic…
Read MoreBISINDO (Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia) Sign Language Recognition Using CNN and LSTM
Sign language is one of the languages which are used to communicate with deaf people. By using it, they can communicate and understand each other. In Indonesia, there are two standards of sign language which are SIBI (Sistem Bahasa Isyarat) and BISINDO (Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia). Deep learning is a model that is used to apply…
Read MoreSupervised Machine Learning Based Medical Diagnosis Support System for Prediction of Patients with Heart Disease
Application in the field of medical development has always been one of the most important research areas. One of these medical applications is the early prediction system for heart diseases especially; coronary artery disease (CAD) also called atherosclerosis. The need for a medical diagnosis support system is to detect atherosclerosis at the earlier stages to…
Read MoreA Novel Demand Side Management by Minimizing Cost Deviation
In the recent times power shortage has been a major setback to deal for the effective operation of power systems. Bridging the gap between generation and demand is known as Demand Side Management (DSM). For an effective DSM strategy to be implemented, it is crucial that both utility and customers be involved. By DSM, the…
Read MoreAssessing Heutagogical Elements in Learning of Engineering Education: Instrument Validation
Practically level of design element (i.e., explore, sharing, connect) is an essential of heutagogical approach. The self-determined learning process can be at ease with the implementation of these elements, and the critical step is reliability to measure teaching and learning feedback. Although various instruments were proposed in the literature to assess heutagogy elements, the specific…
Read MoreThermal Performance Analysis of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector System in Climatic Conditions of Errachidia City, Morocco
The water heating with parabolic trough solar collectors (PTC) is a very widespread and at the same time quite promising solar technology. However, PTC presents several problems in terms of the profitability of water heating. For this reason, our study of water heating with PTC collectors consists of two main parts. In the first part,…
Read MoreLearning Tool for Kids on Android Platform
The evolution of IT keeps growing worldwide, especially mobile technology. Today, mobile technology not only held by adults but also kids. The proportion of kids who used smart- phones is increasing each year. The growing technology in mobile applications encourages developers to build educational apps to help kids learn to know alphabets, numbers, animals, and…
Read MoreConvolutional Neural Network Based Classification of Patients with Pneumonia using X-ray Lung Images
Analysis and classification of lung diseases using X-ray images is a primary step in the procedure of pneumonia diagnosis, especially in a critical period as pandemic of COVID-19 that is type of pneumonia. Therefore, an automatic method with high accuracy of classification is needed to perform classification of lung diseases due to the increasing number…
Read MoreDesign of Purebred Dog Recommendation System Using MCDM Approach
The dog is one of the first animals domesticated by human, and for thousands of years, it has been artificially bred into hundreds of types in order to provide certain traits that humans want. Nowadays, the selection of dogs by potential adopters has become a problem due to the availability of different type of breeds…
Read MoreTowards Directing Convolutional Neural Networks Using Computational Geometry Algorithms: Application to Handwritten Arabic Character Recognition
Suppose we want to classify a query item Q with a classification model that consists of a large set of predefined classes L and suppose we have a knowledge that indicates to us that the target class of Q belongs to a small subset from L. Naturally, this filtering will improve the accuracy of any…
Read MoreA User-Item Collaborative Filtering System to Predict Online Learning Outcome
Education has seen the rapid development of online learning. Many researchers have conducted studies on the use of recommendation systems in online learning. However, until now, several similar studies still focus on the accuracy of the prediction results. Various obstacles were encountered related to changes in the face to face learning process into online learning.…
Read MorePower Loss Minimization using the Integration of DGs and Reconfiguration of Distribution System: Applied on Real Distribution Feeder of Urbain Areas of Kenitra City in Morroco
Optimal integration of distributed generation (DG) into the distribution system results in reduced power losses and improved bus voltages. In this article, a combination of two techniques has been analyzed: The integration of DG and reconfiguration of the distribution system by removing the Normally Open Point NOP in different places of the system. These two…
Read MoreFacial Expression Recognition using Facial Landmarks: A Novel Approach
The universally common mode of interaction is the human emotions. Thus, there are several advantages of automated recognition of human facial expressions. The primary objective of the proposed framework in this paper, is to classify a person’s facial expression into anger, contempt, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise. Firstly, CLAHE is performed on the image…
Read MoreLearning the Influence between Partially Observable Processes using Scorebased Structure Learning
The difficulty of learning the underlying structure between processes is a common task found throughout the sciences, however not much work is dedicated towards this problem. In this paper, we attempt to use the language of structure learning to address learning the dynamic influence network between partially observable processes represented as dynamic Bayesian networks. The…
Read MoreNon-Ridership Presumption Toward New Bus Rapid Transit Purwokerto-Purbalingga Execution
Bus Rapid Transit in Purwokerto-Purbalingga is a new mass transportation mode. Recently, the execution of the BRT has been going on for three years. In terms of service standards to ridership, the BRT has been fulfilled the requirement. However, during the execution, it shall be supported by the non-ridership (local communities) who get the impact…
Read MoreThe Effects of Transmission Power and Modulation Schemes on the Performance of WBANs in on-Body Medical Applications
Wireless Body Area Networks support the operation within multiple frequency bands. Thus, they can be integrated in several applications, one of which is on-body medical monitoring applications, as concerned in this paper. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to present the impact of transmission power and both of Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying and…
Read MoreA Review on Cross-Layer Design Approach in WSN by Different Techniques
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) include a large number of sensor nodes that are connected to each other with the limitations in energy sources, battery life, memory, mobility and computational capacity. Since the traditional layered architecture was appropriate only for the wired network. It works within a strict boundary that leads to more energy usage as…
Read MoreClustering of Mindset towards Self-Regulated Learning of Undergraduate Students at the University of Phayao
The effects of Covid-19 severely affected the Thai higher education model. Therefore, there are three significant objectives in this research: (1) to cluster the mindsets and attitudes toward self-regulated learning styles of undergraduate students at the University of Phayao. (2) to construct a predictive model for recommending an appropriate student learning clusters. (3) to evaluate…
Read MoreCorrelation-Based Incremental Learning Network for Gas Sensors Drift Compensation Classification
A gas sensor array is used for gas analysis to aid in an inspection. The signals from the sensor array are fed into machine learning models for learning and classification. These signals are characterized by time series fluctuating according to the environment or drift. When an unseen pattern is entered, the classification may be incorrect,…
Read MorePerformance Analysis of Go-Back-N ARQ Protocol Used in Data Transmission Over Noisy Channels
Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) protocols are used to control transmission errors in data communications. They are used at Data Link Control (DLC) sublayer of Data Link Layer (DLL) of OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) network model to achieve flow and error control and provide smooth and reliable transmission between network nodes. ARQ protocols use acknowledgments and…
Read MoreA Support Vector Machine Based Technique for Fault Detection in A Power Distribution Integrated System with Renewable Energy Distributed Generation
The integration of renewable energy distributed generation (REDG) into the energized distribution power grid has become more popular in recent years. This has been escalated by the general global energy shortages. The REDG has proven to be effective for energy sustainability and reliability. However, there are technical challenges which arise from integrating REDG into the…
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