Digital Library
Vol. 11, No. 1, Mar. 2015
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Danielle Lee
Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 1-21, Mar. 2015
https://doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.04.0014
Keywords: CiteULike, Homophily, Information Personalization, Online Social Networks, Social Network-based Recommendations
Show / Hide AbstractThis paper aims to assess the feasibility of a new and less-focused type of online sociability (the watching network) as a useful information source for personalized recommendations. In this paper, we recommend scientific articles of interests by using the shared interests between target users and their watching connections. Our recommendations are based on one typical social bookmarking system, CiteULike. The watching network-based recommendations, which use a much smaller size of user data, produces suggestions that are as good as the conventional Collaborative Filtering technique. The results demonstrate that the watching network is a useful information source and a feasible foundation for information personalization. Furthermore, the watching network is substitutable for anonymous peers of the Collaborative Filtering recommendations. This study shows the expandability of social network-based recommendations to the new type of online social networks. -
Lachachi Nour-Eddine, Adla Abdelkader
Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 22-38, Mar. 2015
https://doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.02.0015
Keywords: Core-Set, Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM), Kernel Methods, Minimal Enclosing Ball (MEB), Quadratic Programming (QP), Support Vector Machines (SVMs), Universal Background Model (UBM)
Show / Hide AbstractWhile Modern Standard Arabic is the formal spoken and written language of the Arab world; dialects are the major communication mode for everyday life. Therefore, identifying a speaker’s dialect is critical in the Arabic-speaking world for speech processing tasks, such as automatic speech recognition or identification. In this paper, we examine two approaches that reduce the Universal Background Model (UBM) in the automatic dialect identification system across the five following Arabic Maghreb dialects: Moroccan, Tunisian, and 3 dialects of the western (Oranian), central (Algiersian), and eastern (Constantinian) regions of Algeria. We applied our approaches to the Maghreb dialect detection domain that contains a collection of 10-second utterances and we compared the performance precision gained against the dialect samples from a baseline GMM-UBM system and the ones from our own improved GMM-UBM system that uses a Reduced UBM algorithm. Our experiments show that our approaches significantly improve identification performance over purely acoustic features with an identification rate of 80.49%. -
Hyun-Syug Kang
Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 39-56, Mar. 2015
https://doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.02.0011
Keywords: Data Streams, Hierarchical Temporal Memory, Multiple Interval Prediction, Real-Time Prediction
Show / Hide AbstractContinuous multi-interval prediction (CMIP) is used to continuously predict the trend of a data stream based on various intervals simultaneously. The continuous integrated hierarchical temporal memory (CIHTM) network performs well in CMIP. However, it is not suitable for CMIP in real-time mode, especially when the number of prediction intervals is increased. In this paper, we propose a real-time integrated hierarchical temporal memory (RIHTM) network by introducing a new type of node, which is called a Zeta1FirstSpecializedQueueNode (ZFSQNode), for the real-time continuous multi-interval prediction (RCMIP) of data streams. The ZFSQNode is constructed by using a specialized circular queue (sQUEUE) together with the modules of original hierarchical temporal memory (HTM) nodes. By using a simple structure and the easy operation characteristics of the sQUEUE, entire prediction operations are integrated in the ZFSQNode. In particular, we employed only one ZFSQNode in each level of the RIHTM network during the prediction stage to generate different intervals of prediction results. The RIHTM network efficiently reduces the response time. Our performance evaluation showed that the RIHTM was satisfied to continuously predict the trend of data streams with multi-intervals in the real-time mode. -
Abu Sayed Md. Mostafizur Rahaman, Md. Imdadul Islam, M.R. Amin
Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 57-75, Mar. 2015
https://doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.03.0023
Keywords: ergodic capacity, OFDM, OSTBC, Space Diversity, TAS, Wideband Slope
Show / Hide AbstractIn evaluating the performance of a dual-hop wireless link, the effects of large and small scale fading has to be considered. To overcome this fading effect, several schemes, such as multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) with orthogonal space time block codes (OSTBC), different combining schemes at the relay and receiving end, and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) are used in both the transmitting and the relay links. In this paper, we first make compare the performance of a two-hop wireless link under a different combination of space diversity in the first and second hop of the amplify-and-forward (AF) case. Our second task in this paper is to incorporate the weak signal of a direct link and then by applying the channel model of two random variables (one for a direct link and another for a relayed link) we get very impressive result at a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) that is comparable with other models at a higher SNR. Our third task is to bring other three schemes under a two-hop wireless link: use of transmit antenna selection (TAS) on both link with weak direct link, distributed Alamouti scheme in two-hop link and single relay antenna with OFDM sub- carrier. Finally, all of the schemes mentioned above are compared to select the best possible model. The main finding of the paper is as follows: the use of MIMO on both hops but application TAS on both links with weak direct link and the full rate OFDM with the sub-carrier for an individual link provide a better result as compared to other models. -
Majdi Dammak, Ali Wali, Adel M. Alimi
Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 76-94, Mar. 2015
https://doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.01.0006
Keywords: Affective Computing, Emotion, FABO, k-NN, Motion Recognition, PCA, Video Summarization
Show / Hide AbstractFor different reasons, many viewers like to watch a summary of films without having to waste their time. Traditionally, video film was analyzed manually to provide a summary of it, but this costs an important amount of work time. Therefore, it has become urgent to propose a tool for the automatic video summarization job. The automatic video summarization aims at extracting all of the important moments in which viewers might be interested. All summarization criteria can differ from one video to another. This paper presents how the emotional dimensions issued from real viewers can be used as an important input for computing which part is the most interesting in the total time of a film. Our results, which are based on lab experiments that were carried out, are significant and promising. -
Haejae Jung
Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 95-103, Mar. 2015
https://doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.03.0010
Keywords: RFID tag identification, anti-collision protocol, Data Structure, Query Tree
Show / Hide AbstractThis paper presents a memory efficient tree based anti-collision protocol to identify memoryless RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags that may be attached to products. The proposed deterministic scheme utilizes two bit arrays instead of stack or queue and requires only ?(n) space, which is better than the earlier schemes that use at least O(n2) space, where n is the length of a tag ID in a bit. Also, the size n of each bit array is independent of the number of tags to identify. Our simulation results show that our bit array scheme consumes much less memory space than the earlier schemes utilizing queue or stack. -
Deris Stiawan, Mohd. Yazid Idris, Abdul Hanan Abdullah
Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 104-115, Mar. 2015
https://doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.03.0013
Keywords: Network attack, network auditing, network forensic
Show / Hide AbstractAlong with the evolution of Internet and its new emerging services, the quantity and impact of attacks have been continuously increasing. Currently, the technical capability to attack has tended to decrease. On the contrary, performances of hacking tools are evolving, growing, simple, comprehensive, and accessible to the public. In this work, network penetration testing and auditing of the Redhat operating system (OS) are highlighted as one of the most popular OS for Internet applications. Some types of attacks are from a different side and new attack method have been attempted, such as: scanning for reconnaissance, guessing the password, gaining privileged access, and flooding the victim machine to decrease availability. Some analyses in network auditing and forensic from victim server are also presented in this paper. Our proposed system aims confirmed as hackable or not and we expect for it to be used as a reference for practitioners to protect their systems from cyber-attacks. -
Nadia Boumkheld, Mounir Ghogho, Mohammed El Koutbi
Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 116-124, Mar. 2015
https://doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.03.0022
Keywords: Demand Response, Energy Management, Energy Scheduling, Optimization
Show / Hide AbstractSmart grids propose new solutions for electricity consumers as a means to help them use energy in an efficient way. In this paper, we consider the demand-side management issue that exists for a group of consumers (houses) that are equipped with renewable energy (wind turbines) and storage units (battery), and we try to find the optimal scheduling for their home appliances, in order to reduce their electricity bills. Our simulation results prove the effectiveness of our approach, as they show a significant reduction in electricity costs when using renewable energy and battery storage. -
Sang-Il Choi, Sanghun Lee, Seok-Joo Koh, Sang-Kyu Lim, Insu Kim, Tae-Gyu Kang
Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 125-133, Mar. 2015
https://doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.03.0011
Keywords: Device Discovery, Partition-Based, RDM
Show / Hide AbstractThe Remote Device Management (RDM) protocol is used to manage the devices in the lighting control networks. RDM provides bi-directional communications between a controller and many lighting devices over the DMX512-A network. In RDM, using a simple binary search scheme, which is based on the 48-bit unique ID (UID) of each device, discovers the lighting devices. However, the existing binary search scheme tends to require a large delay in the device discovery process. In this paper, we propose a novel partition-based discovery scheme for fast device discovery in RDM. In the proposed scheme, all devices are divided into several partitions as per the device UID, and the controller performs device discovery for each partition by configuring a response timer that each device will use. From numerical simulations, we can see that there is an optimal number of partitions to minimize the device discovery time for a given number of devices in the proposed scheme, and also that the proposed partition-based scheme can reduce the device discovery time, as compared to the existing binary search scheme. -
Xuan Thanh Nguyen, Ba Tung Nguyen, Khac Phong Do, Quang Hung Bui, Thi Nhat Thanh Nguyen, Van Quynh Vuong, Thanh Ha Le
Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 134-147, Mar. 2015
https://doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.02.0016
Keywords: interpolation, Meteorologic Variables, Kriging
Show / Hide AbstractThis paper presents the applications of Kriging spatial interpolation methods for meteorologic variables, including temperature and relative humidity, in regions of Vietnam. Three types of interpolation methods are used, which are as follows: Ordinary Kriging, Universal Kriging, and Universal Kriging plus Digital Elevation model correction. The input meteorologic data was collected from 98 ground weather stations throughout Vietnam and the outputs were interpolated temperature and relative humidity gridded fields, along with their error maps. The experimental results showed that Universal Kriging plus the digital elevation model correction method outperformed the two other methods when applied to temperature. The interpolation effectiveness of Ordinary Kriging and Universal Kriging were almost the same when applied to both temperature and relative humidity. -
Govind P. Gupta, Manoj Misra, Kumkum Garg
Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 148-164, Mar. 2015
https://doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.03.0018
Keywords: Agent Migration Protocol, Data Aggregation, Mobile Agent, WSN
Show / Hide AbstractThe use of mobile agents for collaborative processing in wireless sensor network has gained considerable attention. This is when mobile agents are used for data aggregation to exploit redundant and correlated data. The efficiency of agent-based data aggregation depends on the agent migration scheme. However, in general, most of the proposed schemes are centralized approach-based schemes where the sink node determines the migration paths for the agents before dispatching them in the sensor network. The main limitations with such schemes are that they need global network topology information for deriving the migration paths of the agents, which incurs additional communication overhead, since each node has a very limited communication range. In addition, a centralized approach does not provide fault tolerant and adaptive migration paths. In order to solve such problems, we have proposed a distributed approach-based scheme for determining the migration path of the agents where at each hop, the local information is used to decide the migration of the agents. In addition, we also propose a local repair mechanism for dealing with the faulty nodes. The simulation results show that the proposed scheme performs better than existing schemes in the presence of faulty nodes within the networks, and manages to report the aggregated data to the sink faster.
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