Innovations and Advances in Computing, Informatics, Systems Sciences, Networking and Engineering

✍ Scribed by Tarek Sobh, Khaled Elleithy (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 607
• Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 313
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Innovations and Advances in Computing, Informatics, Systems Sciences, Networking and Engineering

This book includes a set of rigorously reviewed world-class manuscripts addressing and detailing state-of-the-art research projects in the areas of Computer Science, Informatics, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering. It includes selected papers from the conference proceedings of the Eighth and some selected papers of the Ninth International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE 2012 & CISSE 2013). Coverage includes topics in: Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation, Telecommunications and Networking, Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering, Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning.

· Provides the latest in a series of books growing out of the International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering;

· Includes chapters in the most advanced areas of Computing, Informatics, Systems Sciences, and Engineering;

· Accessible to a wide range of readership, including professors, researchers, practitioners and students.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Performance Improvement in Public Administrations by Organizational Learning....Pages 1-8
From Information Security Management to Enterprise Risk Management....Pages 9-16
Information System Engineering Promotes Enterprise Risk Management....Pages 17-24
Simulation Study on the Performance of Reactive and Position-Based Routing Protocols in MANET....Pages 25-29
A New Approach for Buffer Queueing Evaluation Under Network Flows with Multi-scale Characteristics....Pages 31-38
Polynomial Compensation of Odd Symmetric Nonlinear Actuators via Neural Network Modeling and Neural Network Describing Function....Pages 39-46
Stream Collision Management in MIMO Ad-Hoc Network Sustaining the Lower Bound of QoS....Pages 47-52
On Query-Based Search of Possible Design Flaws of SQL Databases....Pages 53-60
An Architecture for Mobile Context Services....Pages 61-68
An Actuated Tail Increases Rapid Acceleration Manoeuvres in Quadruped Robots....Pages 69-76
PlantsVN: An User-Friendly Software for Creating and Managing Personal Plant Database and for Plant Family Identification....Pages 77-84
An Automated Tool to Support the Software Design Process....Pages 85-93
A Low-Cost Force Measurement Solution Applicable for Robotic Grippers....Pages 95-98
Analyzing Operating Systems’ Behavior to Crafted Packets....Pages 99-102
An Access Control Model for a Grid Environment Employing Security-as-a-Service Approach....Pages 103-110
Comparison of Collaborative-Filtering Techniques for Small-Scale Student Performance Prediction Task....Pages 111-116
Career Center System Software Architecture....Pages 117-122
Mobile Camera Source Identification with SVD....Pages 123-131
Comparison of Manual and Image Processing Methods of End-Milling Burr Measurement....Pages 133-137
Automatic Image Annotation for Description of Urban and Outdoor Scenes....Pages 139-147
Autonomous Mapping and Navigation Through Utilization of Edge-Based Optical Flow and Time-to-Collision....Pages 149-157
NS2IT: Simplification of Computer Network Simulation....Pages 159-164
Survey on Decentralized Modular Robots and Control Platforms....Pages 165-175
Utilising Fuzzy Rough Set Based on Mutual Information Decreasing Method for Feature Reduction in an Image Retrieval System....Pages 177-184
IR-UWB with Multiple-Access Differential Detection Receiver....Pages 185-191
Digital System for the Study of Fast Processes....Pages 193-198
A Location-Based Movie Advisor Application for Android Devices....Pages 199-207
Eye Tracking and Head Movements Detection to Assist People with Disabilities: Unveiled....Pages 209-213
A Comparative Study of Simulation Based Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocol for Ad-Hoc Networks....Pages 215-221
Vulnerability Studies of E2E Voting Systems....Pages 223-231
Reliability Assessment of an Intelligent Approach to Corporate Sustainability Report Analysis....Pages 233-240
Ubiquitous Text Transfer Using Sound a Zero-Infrastructure Alternative for Simple Text Communication....Pages 241-246
Web Based Testing in Science Education....Pages 247-254
Determination of Optimal Hyper- and Multispectral Image Channels by Spectral Fractal Structure....Pages 255-262
ICT as a Mean for Enhancing Flexibility and Quality of Mathematical Subjects Teaching....Pages 263-267
Efficient High-Level Coding in a PLC to FPGA Translation and Implementation Flow....Pages 269-276
Modeling a Cold Rolling Mill for Optimization....Pages 277-285
Technological Development in Therapeutic Applications of Alternating Electric Fields: Review....Pages 287-290
Multi-Touch Gesture Recognition Using Feature Extraction....Pages 291-296
Model Driven Testing for Cloud Computing....Pages 297-304
Implementing a Sensor Fusion Algorithm for 3D Orientation Detection with Inertial/Magnetic Sensors....Pages 305-310
Introducing Problem-Based Learning in a Joint Masters Degree: Offshoring Information Technologies....Pages 311-319
Composition of Learning Routes Using Automatic Planning and Web Semantics....Pages 321-328
A Novel Dual-Error Approach to System Identification....Pages 329-337
On Verification of the Software Development Process....Pages 339-343
Control-Flow Checking Using Binary Encoded Software Signatures....Pages 345-347
Transformation of the Software Testing Glossary into a Browsable Concept Map....Pages 349-356
Metallographic Image Processing Tools Using Mathematica Manipulate....Pages 357-363
Using Mathematica to Accurately Approximate the Percent Area of Grains and Phases in Digital Metallographic Images....Pages 365-370
Real-Time Indexing of Complex Data Streams....Pages 371-378
Self-Organized Teams: A Contradictory Technique to Motivate Personnel....Pages 379-383
Pre-MEGa: A Proposed Framework for the Design and Evaluation of Preschoolers’ Mobile Educational Games....Pages 385-390
A Review on Three Dimensional Facial Averaging for the Assessment of Orthodontic Disorders....Pages 391-397
Reducing Stereotypes of Women in Technology Through Analysis of Videogame Blog Entries....Pages 399-404
Improving Student Learning While Converting a Computer Architecture Course to Online Format....Pages 405-411
Bioclimatic Modelling: A Machine Learning Perspective....Pages 413-421
nFTP: An Approach to Improve Performance of FTP Protocol on the Virtual Network Environment in the Same Physical Host....Pages 423-431
Hardware Architecture Review of Swarm Robotics System: Self Reconfigurability, Self Reassembly and Self Replication....Pages 433-444
Internet and Transdisciplinary Based Teamwork Formula for Elaborating a Bachelor’s or a Master’s Thesis....Pages 445-451
A Dynamic Pricing Algorithm for Super Scheduling of Computational Grid....Pages 453-460
A Comparative Analysis of Bayesian Nonparametric Inference Algorithms for Acoustic Modeling in Speech Recognition....Pages 461-466
Requirements Based Estimation Approach for System Engineering Projects....Pages 467-472
Improvement of the Time Calculation of Cloud Radiance of One Atmosphere by the Method TDMAP....Pages 473-476
Process of Transformation, Storage and Data Analysis for Data Mart Enlargement....Pages 477-485
Exact Algorithm for Matrix-Based Multilevel Project Planning Problems....Pages 487-493
Operation of a Microgrid System with Distributed Energy Resources and Storage....Pages 495-502
The SOC Estimation of a Lead Acid Rechargeable Battery....Pages 503-508
Fast Computation of Frobenius Map Iterates in Optimal Extension Fields....Pages 509-513
Product Owner Responsibilities in the Project Assurance Process: Bridging Uncertainties Gaps....Pages 515-519
Micro Design and Value Analysis. The Selection of the Material for Die....Pages 521-530
The Internet of Things in Community Safety and Crime Prevention for South Africa....Pages 531-537
Research Trends in Existing Technologies that are Building Blocks to the Internet of Things....Pages 539-548
Efficient Partitioning and Allocation of Data for Workload Queries....Pages 549-555
Toward the Automatic Construction of Strategic Plans Based on Ontologies....Pages 557-563
E-Learning Environments: Actor Network Theoretic Inspirations into Localized Discovery....Pages 565-568
Educational Tools: A Review of Interfaces of Mobile-Augmented Reality (mAR) Applications....Pages 569-573
Automatic Extraction of Relationships Among Software Patterns....Pages 575-580
Smart Email: Almost An Agent Platform....Pages 581-589
Improving Trace Analysis Using Ontologies for Hardware Resourcing....Pages 591-597
An Energy Efficient Self-healing Mechanism for Long Life Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 599-605
Novel Steganography over HTML Code....Pages 607-611
Secure Cost Effective M-Learning Through Cloud Computing....Pages 613-622
A Multi-Level Privacy Scheme for Securing Data in a Cloud Environment....Pages 623-629

✦ Subjects

Circuits and Systems; Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation