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Ecological and Carbon Footprints of Cities (2023)
Book Chapter
Khaddour, L. A., Yeboah, S. K., & Dodoo, J. K. (2023). Ecological and Carbon Footprints of Cities. In M. Abraham (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies. (2nd edn). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90386-8.00044-9

Population and urbanisation are main contributors of carbon emissions, energy demand, resource consumption, waste generation and climate change. Tackling climate change is the emerging challenge of cities as through the process of obtaining their nat... Read More about Ecological and Carbon Footprints of Cities.

Energy-efficient RL-based aerial network deployment testbed for disaster areas (2023)
Journal Article
Ariman, M., Akkoç, M., Sari, T. T., Erol, M. R., Seçinti, G., & Canberk, B. (2023). Energy-efficient RL-based aerial network deployment testbed for disaster areas. Journal of Communications and Networks, 25(1), 25-34. https://doi.org/10.23919/jcn.2022.000057

Rapid deployment of wireless devices with 5G and beyond enabled a connected world. However, an immediate demand increase right after a disaster paralyzes network infrastructure temporarily. The continuous flow of information is crucial during disaste... Read More about Energy-efficient RL-based aerial network deployment testbed for disaster areas.

Regression Models for Predicting the Global Warming Potential of Thermal Insulation Materials (2023)
Journal Article
Tajuddeen, I., Sajjadian, S. M., & Jafari, M. (2023). Regression Models for Predicting the Global Warming Potential of Thermal Insulation Materials. Buildings, 13(1), Article 171. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010171

The impacts and benefits of thermal insulations on saving operational energy have been widely investigated and well-documented. Recently, many studies have shifted their focus to comparing the environmental impacts and CO2 emission-related policies o... Read More about Regression Models for Predicting the Global Warming Potential of Thermal Insulation Materials.

Automated Algorithm Selection: from Feature-Based to Feature-Free Approaches (2023)
Journal Article
Alissa, M., Sim, K., & Hart, E. (2023). Automated Algorithm Selection: from Feature-Based to Feature-Free Approaches. Journal of Heuristics, 29(1), 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10732-022-09505-4

We propose a novel technique for algorithm-selection, applicable to optimisation domains in which there is implicit sequential information encapsulated in the data, e.g., in online bin-packing. Specifically we train two types of recurrent neural netw... Read More about Automated Algorithm Selection: from Feature-Based to Feature-Free Approaches.

Eight-Port Modified E-Slot MIMO Antenna Array with Enhanced Isolation for 5G Mobile Phone (2023)
Journal Article
Abubakar, H. S., Zhao, Z., Wang, B., Kiani, S. H., Parchin, N. O., & Hakim, B. (2023). Eight-Port Modified E-Slot MIMO Antenna Array with Enhanced Isolation for 5G Mobile Phone. Electronics, 12(2), Article 316. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12020316

An eight-element antenna system operating at sub 6 GHz is presented in this work for a future multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system based on a modified E-slot on the ground. The modified E-slot significantly lowers the coupling among the anten... Read More about Eight-Port Modified E-Slot MIMO Antenna Array with Enhanced Isolation for 5G Mobile Phone.

Modelling the drivers of data science techniques for real estate professionals in the fourth industrial revolution era (2023)
Journal Article
Osunsanmi, T., Olawumi, T. O., Smith, A., Jaradat, S., Aigbavboa, C., Aliu, J., Oke, A., Ajayi, O., & Oyeyipo, O. (2024). Modelling the drivers of data science techniques for real estate professionals in the fourth industrial revolution era. Property Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-05-2022-0034

Purpose
The study aims to develop a model that supports the application of data science techniques for real estate professionals in the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) era. The present 4IR era gave birth to big data sets and is beyond real estate... Read More about Modelling the drivers of data science techniques for real estate professionals in the fourth industrial revolution era.

A Critique on the UK’s Net Zero Strategy (2023)
Journal Article
Sajjadian, S. M. (2023). A Critique on the UK’s Net Zero Strategy. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 56, Article 103003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.103003

Before the Covid-19 pandemic UK passed net-zero emission law legislation to become the first major economy in the world to end its contribution to global warming by 2050. Following the UK’s legislation to reach net-zero emissions, a long-term strateg... Read More about A Critique on the UK’s Net Zero Strategy.

A Joint Optimization Algorithm for Renewable Energy System (2023)
Journal Article
Khan, I., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ardila-Rey, J. A., Mas'ud, A. A., Alshammari, S. J., & Madsen, D. Ø. (2023). A Joint Optimization Algorithm for Renewable Energy System. Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, 36(2), 1979-1989. https://doi.org/10.32604/iasc.2023.034106

Energy sustainability is a hot topic in both scientific and political circles. To date, two alternative approaches to this issue are being taken. Some people believe that increasing power consumption is necessary for countries' economic and social pr... Read More about A Joint Optimization Algorithm for Renewable Energy System.

IoT: Communication protocols and security threats (2023)
Journal Article
Gerodimos, A., Maglaras, L., Ferrag, M. A., Ayres, N., & Kantzavelou, I. (2023). IoT: Communication protocols and security threats. Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems, 3, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iotcps.2022.12.003

In this study, we review the fundamentals of IoT architecture and we thoroughly present the communication protocols that have been invented especially for IoT technology. Moreover, we analyze security threats, and general implementation problems, pre... Read More about IoT: Communication protocols and security threats.

A Safety-Aware Location Privacy-Preserving IoV Scheme with Road Congestion-Estimation in Mobile Edge Computing (2023)
Journal Article
Babaghayou, M., Chaib, N., Lagraa, N., Ferrag, M. A., & Maglaras, L. (2023). A Safety-Aware Location Privacy-Preserving IoV Scheme with Road Congestion-Estimation in Mobile Edge Computing. Sensors, 23(1), Article 531. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23010531

By leveraging the conventional Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs), the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) paradigm has attracted the attention of different research and development bodies. However, IoV deployment is still at stake as many security and privac... Read More about A Safety-Aware Location Privacy-Preserving IoV Scheme with Road Congestion-Estimation in Mobile Edge Computing.