Volume 8, Issue 1

This issue presents a diverse collection of 16 research papers that contribute to the advancement of knowledge across various scientific and technological domains. The studies encompass the development of meta-heuristic and heuristic algorithms for energy-efficient workload placement in cloud data centers, the characterization of Co-Axial Cylindrical Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors, the design of an open-source anthropomorphic robotic hand, the analysis of rainfall data for drought prediction in the Marathwada region, a novel decoder for Reed Solomon and BCH codes, robotics control algorithms for rovers with mecanum wheels and dual arms, a hybrid approach for edge detection-based image steganography, robust control strategies for cyber-secure quadrotors, ensemble deep learning models for sleep stage classification, a GIS-based cost estimation system for subsurface utility mapping, an electronic nose prototype for gas quality measurement, a model for assessing cybersecurity management capacity in public organizations, a comparative analysis of optimization algorithms for static synchronous compensator allocation, a deep learning method for corn disease detection, an active simulation of grounded parallel-type immittance functions, and a comprehensive teaching model for enhancing mathematics education for gifted students.
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Meta-heuristic and Heuristic Algorithms for Forecasting Workload Placement and Energy Consumption in Cloud Data Centers
The increase of servers in data centers has become a significant problem in recent years that leads to a rise in energy consumption. The problem of high energy consumed by data centers is always related to the active hardware especially the servers that use virtualization to create a cloud workspace for the users. For this…
Read MoreCharacterization and Investigating the Effect of Gate-Insulator Thickness on Co-Axial Cylindrical Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor
Carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNTFET) has a huge advantage over the Si- MOSFET. In MOSFET switching occurs by altering channel resistivity whereas in CNTFET switching occurs by modulation contact resistance. CNTFET generates three to four times of drive current than MOSFET. Transconductance of CNTFET is four times higher than the MOSFET. The average carrier…
Read MoreDesign of an Open Source Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand for Telepresence Robot
Most anthropomorphic robotic hands use a lot of actuators to imitate the number of joints and the movement of the human hand. As a result, the forearm of the robot hand has a large size for the installation of all actuators. This robot hand is designed to reduce the number of actuators, but also retain…
Read MoreAnalysis and Trend Estimation of Rainfall and Seasonality Index for Marathwada Region
Droughts are undesirable and highly unwanted form of disasters. It is essential to analyse the cause of such extreme events and act accordingly to pave the way for a sustainable future. The present research work conducts a seasonality and trend analysis of rainfall over the eight districts of Marathwada region. The study is carried out…
Read MoreDesign, Optimization and Simulation of a New Decoder for Reed Solomon and BCH Codes using the New Syndromes Block
In this paper, a new syndrome block for Reed Solomon RS and BCH codes used respectively in digital Video broadcasting DVB-S and DVB-S2 has been presented in order to reduce the number of iterations compared to the existed block, which can be found in the literature, the new method is based on a factorization of…
Read MoreNonlinear Model Predictive Control of Rover Robotics System
The paper presents two robust and efficient control algorithms based on (i) Optimal Control Allocation (OCA) and (ii) Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC). The robotics system consists of two rovers with mecanum wheels and mounted two 7-DOF arms carrying a common load. The overall system is an underdetermined one with non-holonomic constraints. The developed control…
Read MoreAn Efficient Way of Hybridizing Edge Detectors Depending on Embedding Demand
Edge detection-based image steganography schemes usually embed data in edge pixels only. However, some schemes embed data in non-edge pixels as well. In that case, the schemes embed more bits in the edges than in the smoothed areas. In all cases, the schemes perform large changes in a tiny area of the image during small…
Read MoreOn the Polytopic Modelling & Robust H∞ Control of Nonlinear Systems Subject to Cyber-attack: Application to Attitude Stabilization of Quadrotor
In the present contribution, a robust output H∞ control ensuring the stability, reliability and security for nonlinear systems when actuator attacks (data deception attacks) occur. A new design method based on the polytopic rewriting of the attacked system as an uncertain one subject to external disturbances will be detailed. Robust polytopic state feedback observer sta-…
Read MoreAn Ensemble of Voting- based Deep Learning Models with Regularization Functions for Sleep Stage Classification
Sleep stage performs a vital role in people’s daily lives in the detection of sleep-related diseases. Conventional automated sleep stage classifier models are not efficient due to the complexity linked to the design of mathematical models and extraction of hand-engineering features. Further, quick oscillations amongst sleep stages frequently lead to indistinct feature extraction, which might…
Read MoreIntegrated GIS-SUE Map Cost Estimation System Prototype for Designing a Decision Support System
Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) is an international model for mapping and classifying underground surfaces according to their accuracy (acquisition method). Utilizing Geographic Information System (GIS) to map and present the SUE levels paved the way for producing a new Decision Support System (DSS) for the utility mapping process. The proposed system represents an efficient tool…
Read MoreConception and Simulation of an Electronic Nose Prototype for Olfactory Acquisition
The “Electronic Nose” approach, which is exclusive to gas measurement systems, uses gas sensors as odor detectors. Design faults exist in the existing electronic nose (e-nose) chamber, such as its large volume, difficult construction, etc. In order to obtain measurements in a satisfactory state, we want to create a gas chamber that can provide favorable…
Read MorePrototype to Identify the Capacity in Cybersecurity Management for a Public Organization
Public organizations are subjected to a complex security situation, which can be addressed by permanently strengthening and evaluating their cybersecurity capabilities. The objective of this research is to develop a model to identify the cybersecurity management capacity of public organizations. The deductive method was applied for the review and analysis of criteria, factors and variables…
Read MoreMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithm Performance Comparison for Optimal Allocation of Static Synchronous Compensator
The relevance of static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) controllers in controlling power network parameters is causing them to be included in contemporary networks. But for the intended objectives to be attained, the best device positioning and parameter settings are essential. This work compares the performance of the particle swarm optimization (PSO) and firefly algorithm (FA) in…
Read MoreNorthern Leaf Blight and Gray Leaf Spot Detection using Optimized YOLOv3
Corn is one of the most important agricultural products in the world. However, climate change greatly threatens corn yield, further increasing already prevalent diseases. Northern corn leaf blight (NLB) and Gray Leaf Spot are two major corn diseases with lesion symptoms that look very similar to each other, and can lead to devastating loss if…
Read MoreActive Simulation of Grounded Parallel-Type Immittance Functions Employing VDBAs and All Grounded Passive Components
This communication proposes a grounded immittance function simulator that, depending on the proper choice of the passive components, can simulate parallel-type impedances of the R-L, R-C, and L-C forms. Only two grounded passive components and two voltage differencing buffered amplifiers (VDBAs) are used to implement the suggested circuit. All three simulated equivalent elements, namely Req,…
Read MoreA Model for Teaching Mathematics to Gifted Students Based on an Effective Combination of Various Approaches for their Preparation
Currently one of the urgent goals of mathematical education is the organization of effective work with gifted students. Based on the study of various approaches to teaching mathematically gifted students, many years of experience of teachers, students’ work, and an analysis of curricula and materials for schools with in-depth study of mathematics, an author’s model…
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