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From the past few years, the size of the data grows exponentially with respect to volume, velocity, and dimensionality due to wide spread use of embedded and distributed surveillance cameras for security reasons. In this paper, we have proposed an integrated approach for biometric-based image retrieval and processing which addresses the two issues. The first issue is related to the poor visibility...
Optimization of data intensive applications is affected greatly by the nature of the platform, the distributed file system, the co-location of data and programs, and the proximity of resources. Data intensive applications running on a public cloud have been shown to exhibit degraded performance compared to a private cluster. This performance degradation is as a result of the inefficient resource allocation...
Coalitions, which allow traders to form teams, can sometimes accomplish tasks more efficiently than individuals. The core has become a popular solution concept in economic applications for researchers in Computer Science, because it provides a way to find stable sets. However, its problems hinder researchers from applying it to a real world market. This paper proposes a new Core Broking Model (CBM),...
Coalitions, which allow traders to form teams, can sometimes accomplish tasks more efficiently than individuals. The core has become a popular solution concept in economic applications for researchers in Computer Science, because it provides a way to find stable sets. However, its problems hinder researchers from applying it to a real world market. This paper proposes a new Core Broking Model (CBM),...
Nearly 40 million people worldwide are living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) with just 12% of those who urgently need treatment receiving it. South Africa and Nigeria are the two countries with the highest number of cases of HIV infections in the world. A knowledge divide has been identified as a major factor in the increase of HIV/AIDS in these two...
This paper is concerned with the issue of low quality of web search results and ways of improving it. Information sources are exponentially increasing on the web and are making it increasingly difficult to get relevant information. The quality of web search results depends on two factors: the information needs of the users and the searching techniques. In order to improve the quality of search results...
Underwater images are affected by reduced contrast and non-uniform colour cast due to the absorption and scattering of light in the aquatic environment. This affects the quality and reliability of image processing and therefore colour correction is a necessary pre-processing stage. In this paper, we propose an Unsupervised Colour Correction Method (UCM) for underwater image enhancement. UCM is based...
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