This project aims to demonstrate the importance that digital media can have to the development of loyalty programs, namely in creating empathy and proximity relationships between brands and their target audience: young people. This study consisted of the creation of a digital platform for Toyota Portugal, named Spot Toyota, to communicate actions promoted by the…

Degradation measurements are often treated and analyzed for improvement the reliability of system. Our objective in this paper is to study a class of non linear systems, whose dynamics and observations are non linear functions of the state. Obviously, we develop an Extended Kalman Filtering (EKF) algorithm for detecting the additive failures in a two…

With a model predictive control approach and to set the motion trajectory for an autonomous vehicle in situations where emergency braking cannot be performed, in this paper, we propose a solution to apply the law on road traffic into a set of constraints and thereby build an objective function to create motion trajectory for autonomous…

We proposed two robust confidence interval estimators, namely, the median interquartile range confidence interval (MDIQR) and the trimean interquartile range confidence interval (TRIQR) for the population mean (µ) as an alternative to the classical confidence interval. The proposed methods are based on the asymptotic normal theorem (ANT) for the sample median (MD) and the sample…

To reduce the risk of accidental system shutdowns, we propose to control system developers (supervisor, SCADA) a prediction tool to determine the occurrence date of an imminent failure event. The existing approaches report the rate of occurrence of a future failure event (stochastic method), but do not provide an estimation date of its occurrence. The…

In today’s Moroccan business environment, companies need to implement organization agility by developing an agile workforce that is able to deal with the environment volatility. Thus, the agile workforce concept has been appeared as a necessary and sufficient condition to achieve agility. Focusing on agile enablers influencing workforce agility is an important area but currently…

Face explicitly provides the direct and quick way to evaluate human soft biometric information such as race, age and gender. Race is a group of human beings who differ from human beings of other races with respect to physical or social attributes. Race identification plays a significant role in applications such as criminal judgment and…

Our research investigates the use of causal modeling and its application towards mapping out cybersecurity threat patterns. We test the strength of various methods of data breaches over its impact on the breach’s discovery time as well as the number of records lost. Utilizing a Causal Modeling framework, we simulate the isolation of confounding variables…

Many organisations adopt and implement information technology (IT) but fail to operationalise it. As a result, the process of implementation is continually repeated without achieving the goals and objectives, which are often to gain competitive advantage and sustainability. This study employs structuration theory as lens to examine and understand the factors that influence operationalisation of…

Recently, digital image forgery detection is an emergent and important area of image processing. Digital image plays a vital role in providing evidence for any unusual incident. However, the image forgery my hide evidence and prevents the detection of such criminal cases due to advancement in image processing and availability of sophisticated software tamper of…

This paper presents a design optimization of a dual-band branch-line coupler with stepped-impedance-stub lines. This coupler operates over 5G NR frequency bands n5 and n2, developed by 3GPP for the 5G (fifth generation) mobile network, and these two bands are centered at 0.85 GHz and 1.9 GHz respectively. To achieve the design specifications an adjusted…

In this paper we focus on Sentence retrieval which is similar to Document retrieval but with a smaller unit of retrieval. Using data pre-processing in document retrieval is generally considered useful. When it comes to sentence retrieval the situation is not that clear. In this paper we use TF-ISF (term frequency – inverse sentence frequency)…

The banking industry is very competitive. To utilize the information, they have in order to be a competitive advantage winner is reasonably very crucial for the company. At present, the company does not only focus on the company’s strategy that prioritizes products (e.g. product or service oriented), however also necessitates to focus on the company’s…

Nowadays, process automation and smart systems have gained increasing importance in a wide variety of sectors, and robotics have a fundamental role in it. Therefore, it has attracted greater research interests; among them, Underactuated Mechanical Systems (UMS) have been the subject of many studies, due to their application capabilities in different disciplines. Nevertheless, control of…

Many advances in computer systems and IT infrastructures increases the risks associated with the use of these technologies. Specifically, intrusion into computer systems by unauthorized users is a growing problem and it is very challenging to detect. Intrusion detection technologies are therefore becoming extremely important to improve the overall security of computer systems. In the…

This paper is an extension of work originally presented in 2019 Third World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability (WorldS4). Author describes two new methods: reactive protection method (without delay after detecting an attack), which consists in virtualizing the execution environment of supercomputers processes if the calculated state descriptor falls into the…

This paper describes the design method of a nonlinear flight controller for a fixed-wing UAV with a thrust vectoring system (TVS) using the backstepping method. The flight dynamics of the UAV exhibits strong nonlinear coupling behavior between its translational and rotational motion. The backstepping algorithm has been successfully applied to controller design for such a…

In the last year, especially in Europe, the expression “digital sovereignty” has been used very frequently to describe, above all, the primacy of a State. Indeed, the “digital sovereignty” is a complex concept, which entails cross-reference with several sectors and contexts. We believe that the concept of “digital sovereignty” can be two sides of a…

This paper investigates the trajectory tracking control (TTC) problem of a networked control system (NCS) against a replay-attack. The impact of data packet dropout and communication delay on the wireless network are taken into account. A new mathematical representation of the NCS under network issues (packet dropout, delay, and replay-attack) is proposed, the resulting closed-loop…

Visible light communication (VLC) that simultaneously gives illumination and information transmission abilities, is recognized as a hopeful competitor for prospective wireless net- works. Furthermore, a channel adaptive collaborative constellation (CASCC) with the capacity of adapting according to the channel condition to enhance the bit error rate (BER) while concurrently improving the versatility of the receiver…

The emerging trend of modern industry automation requires intelligence to be embedded into mobile robot for ensuring optimal or near-optimal solutions to execute certain task. This yield to a lot of improvement and suggestions in many areas related to mobile robot such as path planning. The purpose of this paper is to review the mobile…

Network Analyzer is equipment widely used for the execution of radio frequency application scattering parameters. Throughout absolute reading the scattering parameter measured. An absolute reading does not include error, drift, offset, linearity, resolution, coefficient of sensitivity and several other variables that will contribute to the measured measurement dispersion. Type A evaluations of measurement uncertainty clarified…

This paper presents a solution that automates Abaca fiber grading which would help the time-consuming baling of Abaca fiber produce. The study introduces an objective instrument paired with a system to automate the grade classification of Abaca fiber using Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). In this study, 140 sample images of abaca fibers were used, which…

Knowledge is important now for the development of social society; it is necessary for knowledge management. Knowledge management (KM) aims to support the creation, transfer, and application of knowledge in social societies. This fact illustrates that in the management of social knowledge, the role of social communities is very important and is influenced by factors…

In this paper, we are proposing a device that generates vibration to possibly reduce the duration required for the orthodontic treatment by enhancing the tooth movement. This is achieved by harmonically exciting a bio-compatible material, namely polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) to generate vibration and consequently a cyclic force at a low frequency of 30 Hz. (PVDF)…