All Outputs (63)

Agent-based systems for Ad-hoc routing. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Migas, N., & McArtney, K. (2006). Agent-based systems for Ad-hoc routing.

Provides a foundation in agent-based systems for Ad-hoc routing.

A framework to detect novel computer viruses via system calls. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abimbola, A., Munoz, J., & Buchanan, W. J. (2006, December). A framework to detect novel computer viruses via system calls. Presented at 7th Annual PG Symposium on The Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting

This paper describes a framework for detecting self-propagating email viruses based on deterministic system calls derived from associated email client’s dynamic link libraries (DLLs). Our research approach is based on the principle that a key objecti... Read More about A framework to detect novel computer viruses via system calls..

Enhancing intrusion detection via an active target host. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abimbola, A., Munoz, J., & Buchanan, W. J. (2006). Enhancing intrusion detection via an active target host. In IEEE ICTe Africa 2006

Over the past decade, there have been increases in network attacks. These attacks are typically at-tempts to compromise the integrity, confidentiality or availability of networked resources. In other to reduce these attacks, Intrusion Detection Syste... Read More about Enhancing intrusion detection via an active target host..

Visual comparison and exploration of natural history collections (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, M., Kennedy, J., & Downey, L. (2006, May). Visual comparison and exploration of natural history collections. Presented at Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces - AVI '06, Venice, Italy

Natural history museum collections contain a wealth of specimen level data that is now opening up for digital access. However, current interfaces to access and manipulate this data are standard text-based query mechanisms, giving no leeway for explor... Read More about Visual comparison and exploration of natural history collections.

Plugging 3G Mobile Networks into the internet: A prototype-based evaluation (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oredope, A., & Liotta, A. (2006). Plugging 3G Mobile Networks into the internet: A prototype-based evaluation. In 2006 15th International Conference on Computing (406-411). https://doi.org/10.1109/CIC.2006.53

The third generation mobile network aims at providing present and future Internet services everywhere and at anytime using cellular technologies. This is based on its all-IP core network known as the IP multimedia subsystem which provides end-users w... Read More about Plugging 3G Mobile Networks into the internet: A prototype-based evaluation.

Mobile Multicast Route Optimisation (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I., Munoz, J., Bettahar, H., & Bouabdallah, A. (2006). Mobile Multicast Route Optimisation. In IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2006. ICC '06 (1977-1983). https://doi.org/10.1109/icc.2006.255060

The multiparty nature of multicast applications presents new challenges for Mobile IP users. Unfortunately, when a multicast receiver is mobile, it will experience additional delay in receiving multicast packets due to handover delay, join latency, a... Read More about Mobile Multicast Route Optimisation.

Mapping workplace soundscapes: Reifying Office Auditory Environments (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2006). Mapping workplace soundscapes: Reifying Office Auditory Environments. In World Forum on Acoustic Ecology Conference (334-344)

This paper reports an empirical study to investigate how individuals perceive and classify elements of their workplace auditory environments. The participants were 18 university employees chosen for their varying degrees of room occupancy, from singl... Read More about Mapping workplace soundscapes: Reifying Office Auditory Environments.

Mining and Sharing Heterogeneous E-Marketing Intelligence - A Universal Metadata-Based Approach (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Teng, G., Su, H., Liu, X., & Wang, T. (2006, August). Mining and Sharing Heterogeneous E-Marketing Intelligence - A Universal Metadata-Based Approach. Presented at First International Conference on Innovative Computing, Information and Control - Volume I (ICICIC'06)

Despite the emergent business needs and technical efforts by both industrial and research communities, e-business market intelligence (EMI) still faces many obstacles hindering its successful mining, deployment and sharing, including lack of scaleabl... Read More about Mining and Sharing Heterogeneous E-Marketing Intelligence - A Universal Metadata-Based Approach.

A Performance Study of Path Based Multicast Communication Algorithms (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Dubai, A., & Romdhani, I. (2006). A Performance Study of Path Based Multicast Communication Algorithms. In International Symposium on Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering (PARELEC 2006) (245-250). https://doi.org/10.1109/parelec.2006.7

Multicast communication?s history has been driven by many schemes; however, a few have shown their efficiency on interconnection networks. Among these schemes, path based multicast has been proven to be more efficient in handling multicast, than thos... Read More about A Performance Study of Path Based Multicast Communication Algorithms.

A tabu search evolutionary algorithm for solving constraint satisfaction problems. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craenen, B. G. W., & Paechter, B. (2006). A tabu search evolutionary algorithm for solving constraint satisfaction problems. In Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN IX (152-161). https://doi.org/10.1007/11844297_16

The paper introduces a hybrid Tabu Search-Evolutionary Algorithm for solving the constraint satisfaction problem, called STLEA. Extensive experimental fine-tuning of parameters of the algorithm was performed to optimise the performance of the algorit... Read More about A tabu search evolutionary algorithm for solving constraint satisfaction problems..

Security in Wireless Networks: The FlexiNET Approach (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kostopoulos, G., Kavadias, C., Chrysoulas, C., Denazis, S., & Koufopavlou, O. (2006, June). Security in Wireless Networks: The FlexiNET Approach. Presented at CSNDSP 2006, 5th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, Patra, Greece

Security is a crucial factor in the provision of the mobile services. The rapid growth of harmful attacks has increased the need for higher security level, especially in the case of wireless networks. In this paper we present a new security approach... Read More about Security in Wireless Networks: The FlexiNET Approach.

Pedestrian sensing with feature extraction. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chamberlain, T., Armitage, A., Rutter, M., & Binnie, D. (2006). Pedestrian sensing with feature extraction. In ITS World Congress (1-11)

Automated pedestrian sensing and tracking is receiving increasing attention from researchers in a number of areas. Applications are common in security, in urban planning, and in the retail industry. A common approach is to use CCTV and visible image... Read More about Pedestrian sensing with feature extraction..

The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2006). The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry. . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-37876-3_19

The authors discuss eGovernment as a computerization movement, and present a case study of a small project that was part of a modernising government initiative in a UK municipality. The case is analysed by means of an analytic construct, the technolo... Read More about The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry..

Stabilization of non-linear inertia wheel pendulum system using a new dynamic surface control based technique (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Qaiser, N., Iqbal, N., & Hussain, A. (2006, April). Stabilization of non-linear inertia wheel pendulum system using a new dynamic surface control based technique. Presented at 2006 IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Intelligent Systems, Islamabad, Pakistan

This paper considers the stabilization problem of inertia-wheel pendulum (IWP), a widely studied nonlinear mechanical system. The IWP is a classical example of flat under-actuated mechanical systems, for which the design of control laws becomes a cha... Read More about Stabilization of non-linear inertia wheel pendulum system using a new dynamic surface control based technique.

Non-linear predictors based on the functionally expanded neural networks for speech feature extraction (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chetouani, M., Hussain, A., Gas, B., & Zarader, J. (2006, April). Non-linear predictors based on the functionally expanded neural networks for speech feature extraction. Presented at 2006 IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Intelligent Systems, Islamabad, Pakistan

In this paper we focus on the design of the feature extractor stage of the speech recognition system which aims to compute optimal vectors for the next phoneme classification stage. We propose a new non-linear feature extraction method based on the l... Read More about Non-linear predictors based on the functionally expanded neural networks for speech feature extraction.

Heuristics and meta-heuristics for bandwidth minimization of sparse matrices (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abdullah, A., & Hussain, A. (2006). Heuristics and meta-heuristics for bandwidth minimization of sparse matrices. In 2006 IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Intelligent Systems. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEIS.2006.1703188

In this paper a new crossing minimization based method is proposed to solve the well-known matrix bandwidth minimization problem, which is to permute the rows and columns of the matrix so as to bring all the non-zero elements of the matrix to reside... Read More about Heuristics and meta-heuristics for bandwidth minimization of sparse matrices.

Blind equalization of communication channels with equal energy sources using a combined HOS-SOS approach (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Naveed, A., Qureshi, I., Hussain, A., & Cheema, T. (2006, April). Blind equalization of communication channels with equal energy sources using a combined HOS-SOS approach. Presented at 2006 IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Intelligent Systems, Islamabad, Pakistan

This paper presents a combined higher order statistics (HOS) and second order statistics (SOS) approach to blind equalization of white as well as colored sources. Remarkable convergence speed has been achieved through an additional term in the cost f... Read More about Blind equalization of communication channels with equal energy sources using a combined HOS-SOS approach.

A new radial basis function neural network based multi-variable adaptive pole-zero placement controller (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abdullah, R., Hussain, A., & Zayed, A. (2006, September). A new radial basis function neural network based multi-variable adaptive pole-zero placement controller. Presented at 2006 IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Intelligent Systems, Islamabad, Pakistan

In this paper a new multi-variable adaptive controller algorithm for non-linear dynamical systems has been derived which employs the radial basis function (RBF) neural network. In the proposed controller, the unknown plant is represented by an equiva... Read More about A new radial basis function neural network based multi-variable adaptive pole-zero placement controller.

Performance evaluation of JCSP Micro Edition: JCSPme (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chalmers, K., Kerridge, J., & Romdhani, I. (2006). Performance evaluation of JCSP Micro Edition: JCSPme. In P. Welch, J. Kerridge, & F. R. M. Barnes (Eds.), Proceedings of Communicating Process Architectures 2006 (31-40)

Java has become a development platform that has migrated from its initial focus for small form devices, to large full scale desktop and server applications and finally back to the small in the form of Java enabled mobile phones. Here we discuss the n... Read More about Performance evaluation of JCSP Micro Edition: JCSPme.

On High Performance Multicast Algorithms for Interconnection Networks (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Dubai, A., Ould-Khaoua, M., & Romdhani, I. (2006, September). On High Performance Multicast Algorithms for Interconnection Networks. Presented at HPCC 2006: High Performance Computing and Communications

Although multicast communication, in interconnection networks has been a major avenue for a lot of research works found in literature, there are several key issues that should still be improved in order to meet the increasing demand for service quali... Read More about On High Performance Multicast Algorithms for Interconnection Networks.