31 articles in this issue
Ilyushin Pavel Yurievich, Vyatkin Kirill Andreevich and Kozlov Anton Vadimovich
The modern oil industry is characterized by a strong trend towards the digitalization of all technological processes. At the same time, during the transition of oil fields to the later stages of development, the issues of optimizing the consumed electrici... see more
Yousra Bouleft and Ahmed Elhilali Alaoui
The rapid increase in urbanization results in an increase in the volume of municipal solid waste produced every day, causing overflow of the garbage cans and thus distorting the city’s appearance; for this and environmental reasons, smart cities involve t... see more
Kainan Guan, Yang Sun, Guang Yang and Xinhua Yang
Parts of our research have been applied to decision making in the welding manufacturing process of rail vehicles. We predict that this research will be of value to the design of welding manufacturing process decisions in different industries.
Gabriele Vozza, Domenica Costantino, Massimiliano Pepe and Vincenzo Saverio Alfio
The aim of the paper was the implementation of low-cost smart sensors for the collection of bathymetric data in shallow water and the development of a 3D modelling methodology for the reconstruction of natural and artificial aquatic scenarios. To achieve ... see more
Rutuja Rajendra Patil, Sumit Kumar, Ruchi Rani, Poorva Agrawal and Sanjeev Kumar Pippal
Agriculture has observed significant advancements since smart farming technology has been introduced.The Green Movement played an essential role in the evolution of farming methods. The use of smart farming is accelerating at an unprecedented rate because... see more
Alexandr Oblizanov, Natalya Shevskaya, Anatoliy Kazak, Marina Rudenko and Anna Dorofeeva
In recent years, artificial intelligence technologies have been developing more and more rapidly, and a lot of research is aimed at solving the problem of explainable artificial intelligence. Various XAI methods are being developed to allow the user to un... see more
Adi Wibowo, Joga Dharma Setiawan, Hadha Afrisal, Anak Agung Sagung Manik Mahachandra Jayanti Mertha, Sigit Puji Santosa, Kuncoro Budhi Wisnu, Ambar Mardiyoto, Henri Nurrakhman, Boyi Kartiwa and Wahyu Caesarendra
Human eyes generally perform product defect inspection in Indonesian industrial production lines; resulting in low efficiency and a high margin of error due to eye tiredness. Automated quality assessment systems for mass production can utilize deep learni... see more
Abha Pragati, Debadatta Amaresh Gadanayak, Tanmoy Parida and Manohar Mishra
Considering the advantage of the ability of data-mining techniques (DMTs) to detect and classify patterns, this paper explores their applicability for the protection of voltage source converter-based high voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) transmission sys... see more
Ming-Kuo Chen, Hsin-Nan Chien and Ruo-Lan Liu
This study explored college students’ learning experiences and outcomes as club committee members. Using a linear regression model, it investigated the relevance of personal background variables and club learning experiences to club learning outcomes. Thi... see more
Ravi Sekhar, Nitin Solke and Pritesh Shah
Lean and flexible manufacturing is a matter of necessity for the automotive industries today. Rising consumer expectations, higher raw material and processing costs, and dynamic market conditions are driving the auto sector to become smarter and agile. Th... see more
Maytham N. Meqdad, Hafiz Tayyab Rauf and Seifedine Kadry
The most suitable method for assessing bone age is to check the degree of maturation of the ossification centers in the radiograph images of the left wrist. So, a lot of effort has been made to help radiologists and provide reliable automated methods usin... see more
Youness Abakarim, Mohamed Lahby and Abdelbaki Attioui
Fighting fraudulent insurance claims is a vital task for insurance companies as it costs them billions of dollars each year. Fraudulent insurance claims happen in all areas of insurance, with auto insurance claims being the most widely reported and promin... see more
Luca Leonardi, Lucia Lo Bello and Gaetano Patti
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is a wireless technology for low-power, low-cost and lowcomplexity short-range communications. On top of the BLE stack, the Bluetooth Mesh profile can be adopted to handle large networks with mesh topologies. BLE is a promising ... see more
Harith A. Hussein, Majid Hamid Ali, Muhaned Al-Hashimi, Nahida Taha Majeed, Qabas A. Hameed and Reem D. Ismael
The massive development of mobile computing and mobile networks attracts developers and researchers to emerge a new direction for augmented reality on the Web. Web augmented reality is inherently considered platform independent, no pre-installation is req... see more
Cátia Oliveira, Joana Pereira, Eva Santos, Tânia M. Lima and Pedro D. Gaspar
At this time the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines has been proven, and it is crucial to carry out the complete vaccination of the population. Therefore, it is imperative to optimize the vaccine distribution fleets. This paper discusses the optimizat... see more
Luca Leonardi, Lucia Lo Bello, Gaetano Patti, Alessio Pirri and Mattia Pirri
The work presents an extensive simulative assessment of a LoRaWAN network that adopts the Listen Before Talk (LBT) Adaptive Frequency Agility (AFA) channel access technique in compliance with the ETSI regulations. The paper presents the results obtained i... see more
Amin Rahimi, Seyed Mojtaba Hejazi, Mostafa Zandieh and Mirpouya Mirmozaffari
In this paper, the problem of finding an assignment of “n” surgeries to be presented in one of “m” identical operating rooms (ORs) or machines as the surgical case scheduling problem (SCSP) is proposed. Since ORs are among NP-hard optimization problems, m... see more
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Zikhona Tshemese, Nirmala Deenadayalu, Linda Zikhona Linganiso and Maggie Chetty
Bioenergy production from waste is one of the emerging and viable routes from renewable resources (in addition to wind and solar energy). Many developing countries can benefit from this as they are trying to solve the large amounts of unattended garbage i... see more
Weifeng Xu, Xianku Zhang and Haoze Wang
Tank level control has some unavoidable factors such as disturbance, non-linearity, and time lag. This paper proposes a simple and robust control scheme with nice energy-saving effects and smooth output to improve the quality of the controller and meet re... see more
Poh Soon JosephNg
Integrating technology innovation within human behaviour challenged a new paradigm shift during business uncertainty. Virtualized grid server implementation is still in its infancy for the “Medium Size Enterprise” that is sandwiched between financial cons... see more
Kyung-Hoon Jang, Sang-Won Seo and Dong-Jin Kim
In this paper, we present the optimized air space of the lightning protection rod (SK-AOR380) with the function of a charge transfer system (CTS). For evaluation of CTS in the laboratory setting, some studies have focused on the modification of the struct... see more
Sunkari Pradeep, Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Chaman Verma, Gutha Sreeram and Panugati Hanumantha Rao
Modern computers’ network interface cards (NICs) are undergoing changes in order to handle greater data rates and assist with scaling problems caused by general-purpose CPU technology. The inclusion of programmable accelerators to the NIC’s data channel i... see more
Sarah Benjelloun, Mohamed El Mehdi El Aissi, Younes Lakhrissi and Safae El Haj Ben Ali
Thanks to continuously evolving data management solutions, data-driven strategies are considered the main success factor in many domains. These strategies consider data as the backbone, allowing advanced data analytics. However, in the agricultural field,... see more
Amitkumar V. Jha, Bhargav Appasani, Nicu Bizon and Phatiphat Thounthong
In recent years, the Smart Grid (SG) has been conceptualized as a burgeoning technology for improvising power systems. The core of the communication infrastructure in SGs is the Synchrophasor Communication Network (SCN). Using the SCN, synchrophasor data ... see more
Cordelia Onyinyechi Omodero and Philip Olasupo Alege
Local governments are the motors that drive the lives of their citizens. There is no human individual who does not live under a local government, regardless of where they are situated. This is why every local authority’s environment requires a wide range ... see more
Trishala Chauhan, Shilpa Sindhu and Rahul S. Mor
The spike in internet users led healthcare companies to confer their agile presence on various digital platforms and engage customers online to increase their viability amid the rising competition. Online customer engagement takes place through branded co... see more
Moumouni Djibo, Wend Yam Serge Boris Ouedraogo, Ali Doumounia, Serge Roland Sanou, Moumouni Sawadogo, Idrissa Guira, Nicolas Koné, Christian Chwala, Harald Kunstmann and François Zougmoré
Since the 1990s, mobile telecommunication networks have gradually become denser around the world. Nowadays, large parts of their backhaul network consist of commercial microwave links (CMLs). Since CML signals are attenuated by rainfall, the exploitation ... see more
Patrícia Ramos, José Manuel Oliveira, Nikolaos Kourentzes and Robert Fildes
Retailers depend on accurate forecasts of product sales at the Store × SKU level to efficiently manage their inventory. Consequently, there has been increasing interest in identifying more advanced statistical techniques that lead to accuracy improvements... see more
Minh Hiep Trinh, Quang Dang Pham and Van Nam Giap
A slotless self-bearing motor (SSBM) is a new type of electric motor, with its levitating and rotating capability as a drive system. In the design of motor, the iron core of stator was removed, it could have many advantages such as small size, light, no f... see more
Aryuanto Soetedjo and Evy Hendriarianti
A camera vision system is a fast and effective approach to monitoring leaves. It can be used to monitor plant growth, detect diseases, and conduct plant phenotyping. However, due to the outdoor environment of plants, it becomes challenging to use. This pa... see more