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This paper proposed a new teaching technique for engineering courses based on the implementation of drone technology. In some engineering related courses, teaching and learning are difficult due to very complex theoretical and technical explanation need to be digested by the non experienced students. In Malaysia, quadcopter is one of the technologies that become popular among young generation due...
In order to increase the network lifetime, scalable and energy-aware routing protocols are very essential for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). In this paper, we propose a heterogeneity-aware Multi-hop Centralized Energy Efficient Clustering (MCEEC) protocol for routing in WSNs. Operation of MCEEC is based upon the advanced central control algorithm, in which Base Station (BS) is responsible for the...
Overhead transmission line insulators are designed to perform dual functions namely electrical protection and mechanical support. However, irregular distribution of voltage and electric-field in the insulators may lead to corona, partial discharge, premature aging and indeed flashover. An attempt has been made with finite element software to calculate the voltage and electric-field distribution in...
Service-based architectures have now become commonplace, creating the need to address their systematic maintenance and evolution. We propose to enable transformation-driven evolution for service architectures in a semi-automated fashion. In contrast to the existing solutions like service wrapping, migration or run-time adaptation etc., the proposal supports primitive and customisable architectural...
In the field of geoinformation, geographic information can be converted into plan in the form of two dimensional (2D) using geomatic method that is using tacheometric technique and total station instrumentation. Topographic and thematic maps in 2D can be produced using photogrammetric technique. In photogrammetry, the three dimensional (3D) stereomodel can be used to generate 3D model. Today, 3D model...
This paper presents the design and implementation of finite Radon transform (FRAT) on field programmable gate array (FPGA). To improve the implementation time, Xilinx AccelDSP, a software for generating hardware description language (HDL) from a high-level MATLAB description has been used. FPGA-based architectures with three design strategies have been proposed: direct implementation of pseudo-code...
A Web content mining approach identified 20 job categories and the associated skills needs prevalent in the computing professions. Using a Web content data mining application, we extracted almost a quarter million unique IT job descriptions from various job search engines and distilled each to its required skill sets. We statistically examined these, revealing 20 clusters of similar skill sets that...
The software evolution requires an exhaustive understanding of all the artifacts or components composing the software. In fact, any intended change may generate an impact propagated to the various software components through the different kind of relationships relating them. This situation is generally called the ripple effect and may cause several types of damages or side effects. In this paper,...
The software evolution is often a continuous process necessary to avoid a short longevity of software use. The evolution control requires analysis to be processed respectively before and after software change implementation. First, an a priori change impact analysis is required to help decisions takers by estimation of intended impact and its propagation to other software components. Secondly, an...
Along with distributed problem solving and parallel artificial intelligence, agents and multi-agent systems collectively form one of the three broad areas which fall under distributed artificial intelligence (DAI). In this paper, we explore and review the general concepts of software agent technology; definitions, types, architectures, agent communication, multiagent systems and agent development...
Software engineering literature lists many benefits of requirements traceability (RT) and strongly suggests that it should be practiced for software projects. However, available literature concentrates on the development of complex and large systems that have thousands of requirements. Companies that develop small software systems, with only approximately a hundred requirements, have limited budgets...
Site specific wind speed measurements are critical for techno-economical development of wind energy applications. This paper presents the wind power potential at Rawdat Ben Habbas village where meteorological measurements were made using a 40 meter tall wind tower for a period of one year. The wind speeds were recorded at 20, 30 and 40 meters above ground level (AGL) and the wind direction at 30 and...
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