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How To Assign Numerical Values To Partially Ordered Levels Of Confidence: Robustness Approach, Kimberly Kato

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

In many practical situations, expert's levels of confidence are described by words from natural language, and these words are only partially ordered. Since computers are much more efficient processing numbers than words, it is desirable to assign numerical values to these degrees. Of course, there are many possible assignments that preserve order between words. It is reasonable to select an assignment which is the most robust, i.e., for which the largest possible deviation from the numerical values still preserves the order. In this paper, we describe such assignments for situations when we have 2, 3, and 4 different words.

Why Half-Frequency In Intelligent Compaction, Pedro Barragan Olague, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

To gauge how well vibrating rollers have compacted the road segment, it is reasonable to process the acceleration measured by the attached sensors. Theoretically, we expect the resulting signal to be periodic with the same frequency f with which the roller vibrates -- and thus, after a Fourier transform, we expect to observe only frequencies which are multiples of the vibration frequency f.

Surprisingly, often, we also observe a peak at half-frequency f/2.

In this paper, we explain this empirical phenomenon: we show that it is a particular case of a spontaneous symmetry violation, and that the general physical theory …

Intuitionistic Fuzzy Logic Is Not Always Equivalent To Interval-Valued One, Christian Servin, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

It has been shown that from the purely mathematical viewpoint, the (traditional) intuitionistic fuzzy logic is equivalent to interval-valued fuzzy logic. In this paper, we show that if we go beyond the traditional "and"- and "or"-operations, then intuitionistic fuzzy logic becomes more general than the interval-valued one.

Preliminary Investigation Of Mobile System Features Potentially Relevant To Hpc, David Pruitt, Eric Freudenthal

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Energy consumption's increasing importance in scientific computing has driven an interest in developing energy efficient high performance systems. Energy constraints of mobile computing has motivated the design and evolution of low-power computing systems capable of supporting a variety of compute-intensive user interfaces and applications. Others have observed the evolution of mobile devices to also provide high performance. Their work has primarily examined the performance and efficiency of compute-intensive scientific programs executed either on mobile systems or hybrids of mobile CPUs grafted into non-mobile (sometimes HPC) systems.

This report describes an investigation of performance and energy consumption of a single scientific …

The Web Based Monitoring Project At The Cms Experiment, Juan Antonio Lopez-Perez, Kaori Maeshima, William Badgett, Ulf Behrens, Irakli Chakaberia, Youngkwon Jo, Sho Maruyama, James Patrick, Valdas Rapsevicius, Aron Soha, Mantas Stankevicius, Balys Sulmanas, Sachiko Toda, Zongru Wan

Physics Faculty Research

The Compact Muon Solenoid is a large a complex general purpose experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), built and maintained by many collaborators from around the world. Efficient operation of the detector requires widespread and timely access to a broad range of monitoring and status information. To the end the Web Based Monitoring (WBM) system was developed to present data to users located anywhere from many underlying heterogeneous sources, from real time messaging systems to relational databases. This system provides the power to combine and correlate data in both graphical and tabular formats of interest to the experimenters, …

Smu Enhances Curriculum And Expands Offering To Prepare Undergraduates For The Digital Age, Singapore Management University

SMU Press Releases and News

Demand for infocomm professionals in Singapore is outpacing supply with 30,000 new infocomm jobs expected by 2020. The Infocomm Media 2025 masterplan has identified salient trends that are significant for the next decade, these include Big Data & Analytics, Internet of Things and Cybersecurity. The masterplan also highlighted future key infocomm job areas: Software Development, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, and Network Infrastructure. In response to these industry trends and demand, SMU has strengthened its undergraduate curriculum in three schools to contribute to the 'future-proofing' of Singapore. The School of Information Systems (SIS) has revised its undergraduate curriculum in response to changes …

Anxiolytic Effects Of Propranolol And Diphenoxylate On Mice And Automated Stretch-Attend Posture Analysis, Kevin Scott Holly

Doctoral Dissertations

The prevention of social anxiety, performance anxiety, and social phobia via the combination of two generic drugs, diphenoxylate HC1 (opioid) plus atropine sulfate (anticholinergic) and propranolol HCl (beta blocker) was evaluated in mice through behavioral studies. A patent published on a September 8, 2011 by Benjamin D. Holly, US 2011/0218215 Al, prompted the research. The drug combination of diphenoxylate and atropine plus propranolol could be an immediate treatment for patients suffering from acute phobic and social anxiety disorders. Demonstrating the anxiolytic effects of the treatment on mice would validate a mouse model for neuroscientist to be used to detect the …

Mabic: Mobile Application Builder For Interactive Communication, Huy Manh Nguyen

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Nowadays, the web services and mobile technology advance to a whole new level. These technologies make the modern communication faster and more convenient than the traditional way. People can also easily share data, picture, image and video instantly. It also saves time and money. For example: sending an email or text message is cheaper and faster than a letter. Interactive communication allows the instant exchange of feedback and enables two-way communication between people and people, or people and computer. It increases the engagement of sender and receiver in communication.

Although many systems such as REDCap and Taverna are built for …

On Selective Activation In Dense Femtocell Networks, Michael Lin, Simone Silvestri, Novella Bartolini, Thomas F. La Porta

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Over-provisioned femtocell networks can be used to serve indoor locations that see high peak loads, such as airports or train stations. However, networks designed for high peak loads are mostly under-utilized, which is wasteful from an energy-use perspective. This paper introduces a femtocell selective activation problem. We motivate the use of selective activation in femtocell networks using real femtocell power measurements. We formally define the selective activation problem, and introduce GreenFemto, a distributed femtocell selective activation algorithm. We prove that GreenFemto converges to a locally Pareto optimal solution. Detailed simulations of an LTE wireless system are used to demonstrate the …

Are Java Programming Best Practices Also Best Practices For Android?, Yoonsik Cheon

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Android apps are written in Java. Android beginners assume that Java programming best practices are equally applicable to Android programming. In this paper, we perform a small case study to show that the assumption can be wrong. We port a well-written Java application to Android. A certain key assumption of object-oriented programming doesn't hold on the Android platform. Thus, some of the best practices in writing Java programs are not best practices for Android. In fact, they are anti-patterns that Android programmers should avoid. We show concrete examples of these anti-patterns or watch-outs along with their fixes.

Von Neumann-Morgenstern Solutions, Quantum Physics, And Stored Programs Vs. Data: Unity Of Von Neumann's Legacy, Olga Kosheleva, Martha Osegueda Escobar, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

In this paper, we show that several seemingly unrelated topics of John von Neumann's research are actually very closely related.

Cosmological Inflation: A Simple Qualitative Explanation, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

In this paper, we provide a simple qualitative explanation of the cosmological inflation -- a phenomenon that at the beginning of the Universe, its size was exponentially increasing.

Why Utility Non-Linearly Depends On Money: A Commonsense Explanation, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, Mahdokhat Afravi

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Human decision making is based on the notion of utility. Empirical studies have shown that utility non-linearly depends on the money amount. In this paper, we provide a commonsense explanation of this empirical fact: namely, that without such non-linearity, we would not have a correct description of such a commonsense behavior as saving money for retirement.

Fast And Adaptive Indexing Of Multi-Dimensional Observational Data, Sheng Wang, David Maier, Beng Chin Ooi

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Sensing devices generate tremendous amounts of data each day, which include large quantities of multi-dimensional measurements. These data are expected to be immediately available for real-time analytics as they are streamed into storage. Such scenarios pose challenges to state-of-the-art indexing methods, as they must not only support efficient queries but also frequent updates. We propose here a novel indexing method that ingests multi-dimensional observational data in real time. This method primarily guarantees extremely high throughput for data ingestion, while it can be continuously refined in the background to improve query efficiency. Instead of representing collections of points using Minimal Bounding …

Inkball Models As Features For Handwriting Recognition, Nicholas Howe, Andreas Fischer, Baptiste Wicht

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

Inkball models provide a tool for matching and comparison of spatially structured markings such as handwritten characters and words. Hidden Markov models offer a framework for decoding a stream of text in terms of the most likely sequence of causal states. Prior work with HMM has relied on observation of features that are correlated with underlying characters, without modeling them directly. This paper proposes to use the results of inkball-based character matching as a feature set input directly to the HMM. Experiments indicate that this technique outperforms other tested methods at handwritten word recognition on a common benchmark when applied …

Data Analytics For Fault Localization In Complex Networks, Maggie X. Cheng, Wei Biao Wu

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

We consider the problem of identifying the source of failure in a network after receiving alarms or having observed symptoms. To locate the root cause accurately and timely in a large communication system is challenging because a single fault can often result in a large number of alarms, and multiple faults can occur concurrently. In this paper, we present a new fault localization method using a machine-learning approach. We propose to use logistic regression to study the correlation among network events based on end-to-end measurements. Then based on the regression model, we develop fault hypothesis that best explains the observed …

Siguria Në Magento, Besart Haxhidema

Theses and Dissertations

Në teknologji siguria e sistemit të cilin jeni duke përdorur për kryerjen e biznesit tuaj, është themeli mbi të cilin qëndron ai. Çdo platformë, apo çfarëdo sistemi çoftë ai, i cili përdorë rrjetin publik, është cak i sulmeve nga njerëzit keqbërës. Andaj ne si përdorues të një sistemi të tillë duhet t’i njohim këto lloje të sulmeve, në mënyrë që në të njejtë kohë të dijmë edhe si të veprojmë për mbrojtjen e të dhënave tona.

Fokusi kryesor i këtij punimi është elaborimi i mangësive në aspektin e sigurisë të cilat e karakterizojnë platformën Magento. Në vazhdimin e këtij punimi …

Siguria Në Wordpress Dhe Mbrojtja E Të Dhënave, Ardianë Krasniqi

Theses and Dissertations

Aktualisht ekzistojnë një numër i madh i ueb faqeve në web. Ky numër është në rritje pasi që bota po krijon lidhje të reja shoqërore, dhe teknologjia po e bënë më të lehtë për njerëzit të jenë të pranishëm në linjë (online) përmes një faqe interneti. Kjo rritje është duke u mundësuar nga përdorimi i teknologjive me burim të hapur (open source) si Sistemet për Menaxhim të Përmbajtjes (CMS). Mbi një e treta e faqeve të internetit janë mundësuar nga katër platforma kryesore: Wordpress, Joomla !, Drupal, dhe Magento.

Qëllimi kryesor i kësaj teme diplome është që të përqendrohet në …

Analizë Krahasuese E Algoritmeve Që Përdorën Në Imazhërinë Mjekësore, Ema Këpuska

Theses and Dissertations

Në fushën e njohjes së modeleve, për shkak të përfshirjes themelore të perceptimit njerëzor dhe pamjaftueshmërisë të matematikës standarde, për të arritur diagnostifikime të sakta nga imazhet e ndërlikuara janë paraqitur dy teknika të ndryshme fuzzy që janë aplikuar si një alternativë e përshtatshme.

Saktësia dhe shpejtësia e arritjes së ndarjes të të dhënave në mënyrë të duhur, arrihet rrallë herë. Për të bërë këtë të mundur, algoritmet e grumbullimit janë jashtëzakonisht të rëndësishme dhe esenciale në shëndetësi.

Imazhëria mjekësore është një ndër elementet kyçe në diagnostifikimin e sëmundjeve. Mirëpo, aplikacionet e krijuara deri më sot kanë disa dobësi. Gjithashtu, …

Analizimi Dhe Krahasimi I Algoritmit Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees Dhe Hybrid A* (Star) Te Moduli I Planifikimit Të Rrugës Te Automjetet Autonome Inteligjente, Plarent Haxhidauti

Theses and Dissertations

Planifikimi i rrugës, i trajektores dhe optimizimi i asaj rruge janë çështje problemaktike në fushën e robotikës. Për momentin veturat autonome janë në krye të hulumtimeve nga industria për shkak të avantazheve që i ofrojnë. Software-i është elementi kryesorë që e përfshinë autonominë e ofruar nga algoritmat planifikues që janë përgjegjës për marrjen e vendimeve të rëndësishme.

Përderisa automjeti transporton udhëtarë ose të mira materiale prej një pike fillestare deri në destinacion, planifikuesi i rrugës përmbanë metoda si kërkimi i shtegu për ta ndjekur, shmagja e pengesave dhe gjenerimi i trajektoreve që ofrojnë rehati.

Qëllimi i këtij hulumtimi është analizimi …

Analizimi Dhe Zhvillimi I Sistemit Për Menaxhimin E Konferencave, Muhamet Sherifi

Theses and Dissertations

Sistemet për menaxhimin e konferencave dhe administrimin e tyre janë shndërruar në asete për institucione që kanë të bëjnë me këtë lëmi, në këtë punim është propozuar një zgjidhje e centralizuar duke u bazuar në praktikat më të mira të sistemeve aktuale.

Fokusi kryesor në hartimin dhe zhvillimin e një ueb aplikacioni për menaxhimin e konferencave është bazuar tek siguria, disponushmëria dhe zgjërushmëria.

Duke analizuar sisteme të ngjashme kemi kuptuar që shumica e konferencave të mëdha kanë implementuar këto lloj sistemesh dhe kanë pasur përfitime të shumta.

Në këtë temë po ashtu jemi munduar të përshkruajmë dhe implementojmë veçoritë standarde …

Adaptueshmëria E Wordpressit, Valon Januzi

Theses and Dissertations

Meqë përdorimi i teknologjisë informative është fondamental për të ardhmen, atëherë edhe mësimi i përdorimit sa me efikas të teknologjisë është po aq i rëndësishëm. Me adaptushmeri të WordPressit kuptojm se sa është i lehtë dhe i kuptushëm përdorimi i ketij CMS.

Kjo temë e diplomes mbledh fakte që dëshmojnë se CMS është i adaptushëm në teknologji informative dhe është shumë i rëndësishem dhe i dobishem.

Në veqanti hulumtimi fokusohet se si ndahet Wordpress në pjesë të ndryshme për menaxhim dhe lehtësimin të përdorusit.Në hulumtim fokusohem të sqaroj disa nga metodat se si bëhet ndarja për menaxhim më të mirë …

Hypercode – Voice Aided Programming, Rinor Maloku

Theses and Dissertations

Existing input methods for inserting text into digital devices are slow and have a steep contrast of information exchange difference between human and computer. While programmers quickly retrieve information from the computer visualy, via the screen, it is a slow process of inserting information via mouse and keyboard. Speech Recognition can be incorporated as another input method to enable inserting continuous text into the computer for increased speed. Accuracy improvements of speech recognition is driven by incorporation of deep neural networks and thus made speech recognition another viable input method, which is used in smartphones, computers and smart homes, to …

Sales Management Portal, Venkata Chakradhar Bonthala, Mohammed Shoeb Ali Khan, Ateeqoddin Mohammed

All Capstone Projects

Our project aim is to design a Sales Management Portal which is helpful for an organization to provide flexibility to interact with the users and clients. Current design is mainly focused on the manager user.

In this project, we have provided the features like,

1. A search option: where manager user can track information of clients and all the users. Which was a major requirement.

2. Manager Console: Manager can create user accounts, can send messages and view details

3. Pipeline Reports: Manager can run various reports such as,

• List of prospects
• Reports of opportunities
• By date, by month, sales …

Sales Management Portal, Sai Mehana Kaparla, Pujitha Penugonda, Saikiran Paladugu, Srujan Kumar Tirunagari

All Capstone Projects

This is a web application which is used to bring both customers and management on to single platform.

Sales management is attainment of an organization’s sales goals in an effective and efficient manner through planning, staffing, training & controlling resources. It is a sales pipeline database portal where it can track all the logs of contacts and activities, opportunities, proposals and sometimes projects too. This application tracks all the activities taking place in the pipeline database and also involves in communicating with the staff and other employees. This application has the facility to accept or reject proposals if they do …

Sales Management Portal, Yashwanth Nallamothu, Venkat Reddy Peddireddy, Venkateswara Sai Virat Puvvala, Pavuluri Sai Teja

All Capstone Projects

The sales management portal:

The sales management portal is mostly used to process and store the data of the client and the staff this helps us in maintaining the records and manage the sales environment in the most proper way this portal helps us to have a better communication with the client and help the client to know about the services we provide

This portal helps the employees to make proposals that could increase the sales and help them to work with the other staff towards the project this is also essential for the managers to organize the work force …

Sales Management Portal, Mohammed Naseer Khan, Abdul Hameed Mohammed, Sami Ulla Khan Mohammed, Rashwan Shaik

All Capstone Projects

In any business organization, sales is the department that generates revenue. No matter how good your manufacturing operation is, how cutting-edge your technology is, how tight your financial goals are or how progressive and forward-thinking your management techniques are, you must still have a sales mechanism in place, or everything else is useless.

Why is this project important?

A sales management portal is a phenomenal way to explain the importance of marketing or sales within the organization. it involves the possible way for all the people to get connected and get the information they may need for potential sales. Indeed, …

Sales Management Portal, Prakash Gudipudi, Kranthikumar Nammayalwar, Srinivas Neelarapu, Sai Himakar Vemula

All Capstone Projects

Sales Management Portal is a client information tracking portal. Which client’s info contains contacts and activities, opportunities and proposals, and eventually projects. This portal has ability to add clients and search clients based on the name and prospects and can update information of contacts and activities, opportunities and proposals to the respective client. This portal has ability to display announcements message on manager's screen. This portal should have a responsive design so it will adjust to diverse resolutions, making it easy for users to navigate the portal on their own devices.

There are not any existing systems for client side. …

Gsu Event Portal, Mohammed Abdullah, Mirza Majaaz Baig, Khaja Ghouse Uddin, Mir Mohammed Habeeb Uddin

All Capstone Projects

The project is the conceptual design for the website which has the content management which is commonly known as the GSU Event Portal. Which is very helpful for the student and faculty to display or to showcase there event and various promotion and the registration this will be helping the both the faculty and the student to display the information and also it can be used for the marketing purpose in order to make to event and other promotion visible to everyone.

The even portal is the website where student can view the event posted by the user and also …

Sales Management Portal, Jagadish Muddapati, Venkata Krishna Pradeep Ponduri, Sairam Punuru, Praharsha Kumar Vagu

All Capstone Projects

Sales management is the main operand in company’s profit and success. It is usually noted as the medium between the company, client and user. Every company or a business has a sales pipeline which helps it monitor the amount business done in recent period of time. This way it helps in growth of the company even if there is a downfall outside.

Every sales management has a sales pipeline that describes the operation of the company. The sales management team handles the progress of the projects. Information regarding contacts and the activities of the clients, present-future opportunities and proposals, details …