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Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
January 2018 | Vol. 96 No.1

Title:	PERFORMANCE OF COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH NETWORK CODING USING SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO
Author:	SUWADI, ENDROYONO, TITIEK SURYANI, UMMUL KHAIR
Abstract:	Network coding is a technique where the transmitted data is encoded and decoded to increase throughput, reduce delays and building a stronger network. Physical network coding (PNC) was originally proposed as a way to boost the performance of Network coding using electromagnetic waves. Cooperative communication aims to reduce fading multipath interference. Amplify and forward (AF) cooperative communications system is the information sent to the relay node will be strengthened and sent to the node destination. This article presents AF cooperative communication systems without and with network coding were implemented on Software Defined Radio module (SDR) was Wireless Open-Access Research Platform (WARP). Furthermore, the measurement of system performance is throughput of the system in indoor and outdoor environment at LOS and NLOS condition. Based on the results of measurement throughput of the system in the indoor environment indicated that cooperative communication system with network coding yield increase of 14% throughput without network at LOS condition and 20% at NLOS condition. While in the outdoor environment indicated increase of 16% throughput at LOS and NLOS condition.
Keywords:	AF Cooperative Communication Systems, Amplify and Forward, Physical Network coding, throughput, SDR, WARP
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Title:	INDUSTRY 4.0 REVOLUTION IN AUTONOMOUS AND CONNECTED VEHICLE A NON-CONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO MANAGE BIG DATA
Author:	ALESSANDRA PIERONI, NOEMI SCARPATO, MARCO BRILLI
Abstract:	In literature, the term Industry 4.0 is used to represent the current Industrial Revolution. This revolution, however, involves different sectors: from manufacturing to healthcare. Indeed, the current revolution is also known as the Internet of Things or Internet of Everything or the Industrial Internet, and it is a vision rather than a technological improvement. Industry 4.0 is able to create value during the entire product life cycle. For the reasons described above, the outcome of this revolution may be an object but also a service designed for a final user, whose development is driven by innovation in several areas: IT, embedded systems, production, automation technique and mechanical engineering, all of them combined in order to deliver more complex systems as we know today. In this scenario, Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (ACV) represent the perfect connection between digital and real world, an issue that stands in the center of Industry 4.0. This article intends to present a brief overview of the Autonomous and Connected Vehicles, while proposing a non-conventional approach to manage the great amount of data generated by the sensors disseminated inside the vehicle and all around itself, in other words, in the urban environment where the vehicle is completely spread-in. In this paper, we address the issue of the calculation of the paths of vehicles totally connected. We present two approaches: the relational approach and the GraphDB solution. Our intent is to demonstrate that the GraphDB approach is more convenient and easy respect to RDBMS solution especially in relation to real-time big-data management.
Keywords:	Autonomous Vehicle, Connected Vehicle, Big Data, GraphDB, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0
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Title:	SYSTEM FOR SELECTION STARTING LINEUP OF A FOOTBALL PLAYERS BY USING ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP)
Author:	IMAM N. PURWANTO, AGUS WIDODO, SAMINGUN HANDOYO
Abstract:	In a Football match is inseparable from the role of a coach in charge of selecting players as the starting lineup that is formed subjectively without regard to various criteria. The decision of the coach can impact team performance is not maximal. In this article discussed the selection method of the starting lineup that is objective based on the desired criteria of Physical, Technique, Tactic, and Mental using AHP method and also built a system for selection of starting lineup which is easy to use and also user-friendly. The successfully built system provides some important features, a namely menu for entry and data store, menu to display the results of AHP calculation, menu to display the ranking of players based on their position and menu to display the selected starting lineup based on the player's top ranking. By using the built-in system, the Coach can easily explain to all parties about his starting lineup decision chosen. With this transparency, it is expected to satisfy all the components of the club and impact on the team's more maximal performance. Based on the AHP calculation results for club Arema Cronus Indonesia U_21 obtained information that the factor of technical ability and physical fitness is very significant influence the position of the player ranking.
Keywords:	AHP, Decision Making, Football Game, Starting Lineup, System for Selection
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Title:	A PROTOTYPE ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT FORENSIC METHODS IN SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATIONS
Author:	P. MARESWARA RAO, K. RAJASHEKARA RAO
Abstract:	Now a days, usage of social online networks and other communication services has been increased and perform important role in humans day to day life. So all the users share their feelings in different formats like messages, audio, video, photographic usage on different types of events in real time data assessment. Whenever increasing social communication then forensic activities also increased to access users personal data from online social network servers. Intuitively social forensics is a new field to investigate criminal and illegal user activities from user’s communication networks like Face book, Whatsup, and other social networks in android and web oriented applications. Some of the law enforcement consultants significantly research on online user data to provide solution for criminal activities. So analysis and collect large amount of data from multiple online social networks is a challenging aspect in present days. In this paper, we give brief literature about different forensic analysis approaches and techniques used to investigate different types of forensic problems to identify criminal activities from both android oriented and web oriented applications. Our survey gives those techniques implementation procedures to identify criminal forensics present in online social networks.
Keywords:	Online Social Networks, Face book, Twitter, Whatsup, Digital Forensic Analysis and Instance Messages and Email-Forensic Analysis
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Title:	SCHEME OF AN ALGORITHM FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE IN HEARING DEVICES
Author:	JUAN A. R. CHAVEZ
Abstract:	At present, noise pollution is a relevant factor to measure the quality of life of people. In order to solve this problem, in this article an algorithm is proposed that allows to filter the unwanted noise levels and to admit the flow to the sounds that are required. The algorithm is based on the amplification and filtering techniques that are provided by the operational amplifiers. The function of the algorithm is divided into two parts: it first filters out the frequencies that are not wanted (environmental noise) and then amplifies the frequencies that are required (conversations, sounds very close to the user); the output signal is evaluated by calculating the ODG (Objective Difference Grade) as regulated by the ITU (International Telecommunications Union). The average ODG obtained was -0.946, the previous result indicates that the output signal of the algorithm (clean signal of noise) with respect to the input signal (signal with noise attached) has been correctly filtered such that the noise is slightly perceptible but not annoying to Human Auditory System (HAS). The algorithm was designed using ORCAD® and the subjective test was the MOS (Mean Opinion Score) with people who have suffered various hearing loss.
Keywords:	Algorithm, Noise, Filtering, Amplification, Hearing Loss
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Title:	ANALYZE AND EVALUATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CDS ALGORITHMS USING THE MOBILE AGENT
Author:	RAFAT AHMED ALHANANI, JAAFAR ABOUCHABAKA, RAFALIA NAJAT
Abstract:	In this work, we identify, analysis and evaluate the role of mobile agent to solve the problem of selecting the minimum connected dominating set CDS better alternative approach than the exchange messages approach. The first problem concerns the nature of the CDS construction algorithms in question. Their design is justified as the purpose to construct a virtual infrastructure for wireless network with varied high cost in the permanent exchanged messages to select the CDS. The redundant broadcasting of the packets effects the overall network performance, increases the latency, the collision and the need of synchronization mechanism. Common techniques and algorithms such as marking process, Greedy Algorithms, Maximal Independent Set MIS, Pruning process, and Multipoint Relaying are exploited to select the potential nodes of the connected dominating set. We analyzed and implemented some of these techniques from the using perspective of the mobile agent. We shall argue that the mobile agent implements the CDS algorithms with less cost in its moves comparing with the cost of exchanged messages. Mobile agent just requires local information and a limited number of iterative rounds instead of the redundant broadcasting packets that imposed by other techniques. There is no work similar to our work that discusses the using of mobile agent to construct the connected dominating set based on those common techniques. We have made slight modifications on those algorithms, their notations and parameters to be appropriate through the implementation by the mobile agent. Using the mobile agent shows encouraging results for constructing connected dominating set with few iterations, eliminates the overhead caused by the large volume of message exchange, and improve the structure of the computed CDS. However, the agent by implementing those algorithms successfully constructs the connected dominating set; the constructed connected dominating nodes are still large set. The agent by implementing those algorithms could not construct the minimum CDS.
Keywords:	Mobile Agent, Graphic Theory, Connected Dominating set, Maximal Independent Set, Whiteboard
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Title:	AFFECTIVE AGILE DESIGN A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MODEL
Author:	ALESSANDRA PIERONI, NOEMI SCARPATO, MATTEO SCORZA
Abstract:	This paper deals with two apparently distant and well-known technologies: the agile development methodology and the affective design discipline. The aim of the paper consists of investigating how to combine the two technologies in order to obtain a new software development model: the affective agile design. The innovative software development model, indeed, leverages agile - Scrum Framework guidelines and recalls affective design practices that consist of collecting and analyzing emotional feedback during the running process. The proposed model, furthermore, address firmly people-oriented principles, that have opened up a new front in regards of the needs of the productive path, calling in a loud voice the initiation of affective design practices. The main pillars of the proposed agile affective design model are the following: defining the points of the process where iteration with individuals is strong, intercepting their emotional expressions, analyzing their useful contributions and proceeding with systematic affective analysis leading to an optimized process of change management. In order to measure the validity of the proposed model, a real instance of a software developed by using the basic agile methodology at Fastweb Spa has been studied. The results have demonstrated that the benefits obtained by the use of the proposed innovative software development model overcome the main pain-points identified in the use case.
Keywords:	Agile Methodology, Affective Design, Affective Computing, Scrum, Software Development Models, Artificial Intelligence.
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Title:	CRITICAL FACTORS IN KNOWLEDGE COMMUNICATION OF MALAYSIAN PUBLIC SECTOR
Author:	ROHAIZAN DAUD, NOR ZAIRAH AB RAHIM, ROSLINA IBRAHIM, SURAYA YAACOB, ROSIDA AB RAZAK
Abstract:	In the Malaysian public sector, a group of Information Technology (IT) experts and decision makers is the mastermind of the future in Information Technology (IT). Therefore, common understanding between the IT experts and the decision makers is imperative for a collaborative and comprehensive decision making. However, there are few studies that gauge the parties potential in knowledge integration, especially in terms of communication. Hence, developing further understanding of the communication factors that influence the knowledge integration between IT experts and decision makers is essential. Literature analysis showed that four factors influence the knowledge communication conceptual model: sharer, knowledge, relationship, and institution. However, after examining the Malaysian public sector by using purposive sampling strategy, there is a need to enhance the factors by highlighting two new items: high-level thinking and type of knowledge. These additional factors would improve the comprehensive knowledge communication in organizations for the decision making process.
Keywords:	Knowledge Communication, IT Experts, Decision Makers, Malaysian Public Sector, IT Projects
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Title:	AUDIT INFORMATION SYSTEM RISK MANAGEMENT USING ISO 27001 FRAMEWORK AT PRIVATE BANK
Author:	EKIN KABAN, NILO LEGOWO
Abstract:	Control of risk management information systems in the developing world is currently needed to improve performance and provide a very important impact for users of information systems, especially to promote business focus on information systems. Therefore, the perpose of the research it will conduct an audit of risk management information system at private Bank to determine the level of maturity level that has been applied whether it is in accordance with Methodology using ISO / IEC 27001 standard. The process to be used in this risk management information system audit focuses on annex 7. Asset Management, annex 10. Communication and operation and annex 11. Access control. The result of the stages that will be done is from seeing the current condition to the conclusion that results from the maturity level the relevant bank. From the results obtained, the maturity level of asset 7 asset management 3.2, annex 10 communications and operation 3.9 and aneex 11 access controls is 3.7. To increase the value of the maturity level of the bank, a process that must be carried out includes: There are several procedures and compliance that have not been executed by Bank in the overall control of the management asset. the conclution of the research obtained is 3.2 for the maturity level scale of 5 which means there is a gap of 1.8 for the value of compliance to achieve target 5. But, to achieve target 4, Bank has gap analysis 0.8 to get level 4 in maturity Level. To get these levels, things that must be run can be seen in the sub suggestion on the next page. In annex 10 that discuss the Communication and Operations Management, the Bank already done well and in accordance with the existing SOP at the bank. From a scale of 5, the bank has applied maturity level with point 3.9 which can be interpreted that the gap in the annex is 1.1 to get level 5 on the maturity level. To get level 4, Bank must do a little development because the diffrence value from maturity level from 3.9 to level 4 is 0,1. So, it can be ascertained with the compliance and the existing documents in Bank can be run entirely to get the appropriate results for the future. In annex 11 that discusses the Access Control on Bank, it is very good and in accordance with SOP and the standards applicable to Bank. The bank. From the implementation of Bank get maturity value 3,7. To get maturity level 4, then the gap is 0.3. For the future can be maturity level 4 if the process and procedures on sub suggestions can be run properly and correctly.
Keywords:	Audit IS , Risk management , Asset Management , Bank , ISO 27001
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Title:	AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE BEHAVIORAL FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENTS PERCEPTION ON ADOPTING ELECTRONIC ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
Author:	SHERVIN FARZIN, HALINA MOHAMED DAHLAN
Abstract:	Electronic assessment (e-assessment) system inevitably plays a role in the educational environment as one of the means available to measure students learning outcomes. There are large numbers of cases that prove the establishment of an e-assessment system did not bring the promised benefits for students. Meanwhile, many studies focused on technical difficulties of development rather than incorporating the behavioral aspects. This all amounted to create a gap in understanding of e-assessment system adoption from student's point of view. Thus, the main concern in this research would be to identify all the behavioral issues of adopting an e-assessment system from students point of view. Alas, encapsulate identified constructs into one model that resolve all the behavioral problems, and at last, investigating the existence of statistical relationship among the proposed constructs. In that sense, the first step would be to recognize real-world problems that students are facing in their practices. The behavioral model has been proposed on the basis of the behavioral essence of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology. For the model evaluation, the research conducts a survey on 380 students from Open University Malaysia (OUM) who had prior experience with e-assessment system. The results show that the entireties of hypothesis were significantly validated except in the case of habit toward usage intention. Moreover, the statistical findings of this research can create a well-established ground for future research, as well as, developing of e-assessment system for university level students.
Keywords:	Electronic Assessment, E-Assessment, Adoption, Behavioral Model of Adoption, UTAUT
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Title:	REMOTE SENSING DATA RESTORATION TO COMPENSATE FOR HAZE EFFECT
Author:	NURUL IMAN SAIFUL BAHARI, ASMALA AHMAD, BURHANUDDIN ABOOBAIDER, MUHAMMAD FAHMI BIN RAZALI, HAMZAH SAKIDIN, MOHD SAARI MOHAMAD ISA, GEDE PRAMUDYA ANANTA, YAZID ABU SARI, NASRUDDIN ABU SARI
Abstract:	Remote sensing data recorded from passive satellite system tend to be degraded by attenuation of solar radiation due to haze. Haze is capable of modifying the spectral and statistical properties of remote sensing data and consequently causes problem in data analysis and interpretation. Haze needs to be removed or reduced in order to restore the quality of the data. This study aims to restore the hazy data using proposed haze removal technique and evaluate its performance by means of spectral and statistical methods. In this study, initially, haze radiances due to radiation attenuation are removed by making use of pseudo invariant features (PIFs) selected among reflective objects within the study area. Spatial filters are subsequently used to remove the remaining noise causes by haze variability. The performance of hazy data restoration was evaluated using Support Vector Machine (SVM) classification. It is revealed that the technique is able to improve the classification accuracy to the acceptable levels for data with moderate visibilities and restored the spectral and statistical properties of the data and shows an increase in overall classification accuracy from 51.63% to 82.62%.
Keywords:	Haze Removal, Land cover Classification, Landsat 8, Support Vector Machine, Spectral, Statistical
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Title:	TECHNOLOGY USE, EMOTIONAL CONNECTION AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP: A LITERATURE REVIEW
Author:	NUR FATINI ISMAIL, MOHD HILMI HASAN, EMY ELYANEE MUSTAPHA
Abstract:	Demand for technology use upsurge as we often rely on technology in completing countless tasks daily. Nowadays, the emerging technologies impact our way of livings in different ways regardless of age. If technology is properly used, it can make betterment to ones life, but if it is excessively used, it causes severity to human beings. Impact arises from the excessive use of technology could be hindered if we could be informed about the severity of technology use. The aim of this research is to develop constructs for a scale measuring technology severity among children regarding emotional connection. For this study, emotional connection is defined as a bond or tie to the technology in the form of attachment, engagement or addiction towards mobile devices. The objective of this article is to understand technology use and emotional connection from reviewing literature. Findings from the literature reviewed suggested that there are intersections of characteristics between technology use and emotional connection.
Keywords:	Technology Use, Acceptance, Continuous Use, Excessive Use, Emotional Connection, Attachment, Engagement, Addiction
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Title:	DE-NOISING FILTERS FOR MICROSCOPIC MEDICAL IMAGES OF HUMAN SPERMATOZOA
Author:	L. PRABAHARAN, A. RAGHUNATHAN
Abstract:	Image de-noising is a process of eliminating the unwanted information occupied on the image during image acquisition and image digitization. The noise removal in an image is a challenging pre-process, concern to preserve minute details in the images. The selection of proper noise removal filter will make the sense of retaining the fine details in the image will helpful for feature extraction. Especially in the domain of sperm cell image processing, the better denoising technique is obligatory to maintain the fine details in the image. Generally these images are not clear due to different staining procedures followed during image acquisition. The various emerging noise removal filters are developed for microscopic medical images but they should be identified specifically with respect to the noise in the input image. Most of the microscopic medical images are degraded by Gaussian noise. So that the Gaussian noise is added artificially on the human spermatozoa cell image and de-noised by using several spatial filters. In this paper the performance of various de-noising filters is measured using objective fidelity criteria such as Mean Square Error (MSE), Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Entropy. This performance analysis moves forward to have further research in denoising for microscopic sperm cell images.
Keywords:	Image De-Noising, Gaussian Noise, Error Metric, Spermatozoa, Infertility
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Title:	ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF EWOM IN SOCIAL COMMERCE
Author:	SAHABI Y. ALI , AB RAZAK CHE HUSSIN, MASITAH GHAZALI
Abstract:	As a business paradigm, social commerce (s-commerce) has brought about a new stage of innovation, and by extension, has transmuted the power from sellers to buyers. S-commerce is an integration of transactional and social activities, in which, individuals may spread word of mouth (WOM) about their shopping experiences, knowledge, as well as providing information about product and services to their friends. This kind of social interactions among individuals has increased the potentials of eWOM communication. Most of the studies in relation to eWOM happen to be fragmented as they consider either the antecedents or consequences of eWOM leading to conflicting results especially in s-commerce. The present study aims to look into the antecedents and consequences of eWOM in s-commerce from different literatures and aggregate them into a comprehensive model to guide future research. This study will help managers and practitioners to understand the antecedents and consequences of eWOM communication, and it will also spur the research community to delve into more research in order to investigate other drivers as well as consequences of eWOM communication in s-commerce.
Keywords:	eWOM, Social commerce, Social media, Purchase intention, Antecedents, Consequence
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Title:	FACTORS AFFECTING SELLER LOYALTY IN BUSINESS E-MARKETPLACE : A CASE OF INDONESIA
Author:	GABRIELLA JANE ADITHA SANTOSO, TOGAR ALAM NAPITUPULU
Abstract:	The development of e-commerce in Indonesia, especially e-marketplace is very fast. The number of e-marketplaces operating in Indonesia continues to increase over time. This condition makes the competition in e-marketplace business becomes more competitive. To survive, e-marketplace must be able to maintain and increase their number of customers. Basically, customers in the e-marketplace business are not just buyers, the sellers who market their goods and / or services in the e-marketplace are also customers of the e-marketplace. Some constraints experienced by the seller can cause the seller to leave the e-marketplace, this can be a serious threat for the e-marketplace that only acts as an intermediary. Although many studies have been conducted to determine the factors affecting buyer loyalty, but differences in objective and technical experience of buyers and sellers cause studies conducted on buyers can not be applied directly to sellers. Based on these backgrounds, then conducted research to find the factors that affect the loyalty of sellers in e-marketplace business. The research model was established and developed based on some previous research. Some factors such as efficiency, security and privacy, communication, reliability, information, value added services, image, cost, and promotion are examined to obtain answers to research objectives. The sample in this research is taken from the seller in e-marketplace in Indonesia. The method of analysis used in this research is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results of this study found that the satisfaction, image, cost, promotion and value added services have a positive impact on the loyalty of the seller. Satisfaction is a factor that has the greatest influence on seller loyalty.
Keywords:	E-marketplace; E-commerce; Factors; Seller Loyalty; Structural Equation Modeling
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Title:	DISASTER RECOVERY PROCESS IMPROVEMENT IN IT ORGANIZATION : KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND GAP ANALYSIS
Author:	HANIZAH HJ. MOHIDEEN, MAGISWARY DORASAMY
Abstract:	Noteworthy research gap are being perceived on Knowledge Management (KM) in the outlook of Disaster Recovery (DR) in Information Technology (IT) organizations. Preliminary interviews with the organization implied that the organization facing two main challenges in the context of DR, namely (i) DR information hosted in various knowledge repositories, and (ii) lesson learn capturing is being done after the DR test completion and unavailability of centralized lesson learn or best practice document for quick reference. We found that organization can benefit from the inclusion of KM concept within the process improvement to support its Disaster Recovery activities. This research is an action research to improve DR process in a multinational company in Malaysia. Mixed method approach will be used as to obtain some variation in data collection which will lead to greater validity. Our aim is to fill the theoretical gap in KM for DR in IT organizations. This paper presents the result of the first stage in canonical action research which is Problem Diagnosis. The proposition of this research is that an improvised process can successfully support disaster recovery activities in IT organizations.
Keywords:	Disaster Recovery, Knowledge Management, Information Technology, Action Research
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Title:	A NEW CRYPTOSYSTEM FOR ENCRYPTION AND DECRYPTION USING ELLIPITIC CURVES IN CRYPTOGRAPHY OVER FINITE FIELDS
Author:	MOHAMMED RAFIQ NAMIQ, WRYA K. KADIR, ARAM M. AHMED
Abstract:	This paper considers the use of cryptography with elliptic curves. It is presented and defined a new cryptosystem algorithm for encryption and decryption using elliptic curves with more than one secret and public keys. Furthermore, it is described the mathematical concepts related to elliptic curves, particularly the discrete logarithm problem on elliptic curves. A description of the Diffie-Hellman algorithm on elliptic curves and elliptic curve encryption algorithm with the recipients public keys are represented.
Keywords:	Cryptography, Public-Key Cryptography, Computer Security, Algebraic Geometry, Elliptic Curves, And Finite Fields.
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Title:	A TREEMAP BASED NETWORK VISUALIZATION SCHEME FOR DETECTING NETWORK ATTACKS
Author:	WALID I. KHEDR, ABDEL GHAFAR EMARA, IBRAHIM ZIEDAN
Abstract:	Because of the rapid increase in the size and complexity of computer networks and the growing increase in the number of users, network security administrators are being overloaded with large volumes of data (logs from various sources and many security events to monitor). Due to its nature, these data are impossible to handle manually, and even most automated data analysis tools are inadequate. One of the main effective solutions for securing complex computer networks is visualization. Visualization transforms data into visual objects which help administrators to achieve real-time supervision, fast reaction and real-time detection of emerging attacks. In this paper, a novel treemaps based network visualization scheme is proposed. The proposed scheme groups many network traffic attributes (source IP, destination IP, port number and packet size) in a simple and manageable interface. The proposed scheme also combines traffic from the same country in single Treemap rectangular region. Usability analyses show that the proposed scheme is efficient and has a high level of usability.
Keywords:	Network Security, Data Visualization Techniques, Treemap, Geolocation Database
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Title:	EECLA: CLUSTERING AND LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENT ROUTING IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
Author:	ANNAPURNA GUMMADI, DR. K RAGHAVA RAO
Abstract:	Wireless sensor network is an efficient technology in coming future. The main problem of the WSN is consuming energy hence poor energy efficient routing. As per our survey we found that to perform poor routing is localization problems with respective to the clustering of the cells in the network. Hence we proposed a clustering and localization techniques for improving an efficient energy routing methods. We hope proposed methods given better solutions than the existed techniques for more energy consumption and inefficient localization problems. This research aims to optimize the energy consumption of wide scale wireless sensor networks. This paper performs the survey on results, comparison and analysis of the different existed works from, we feel confident to prove our work is better by work on load balancing of each cell in the network, measurement of node, cells overall availability and it is related to energy with respective to the distance and data transfer, deal with the nodes in between two clusters and finally make all nodes die almost at the same time by using an adaptive system for solving these problems. We got confidant that this work improves the energy conservation with 94% regards to the original LEACH Algorithm, clustering and localization techniques. Finally the results are shown and compared to the existed LEACH, clustering and localization approaches.
Keywords:	Wireless sensor networks, clustering, localization, LEACH, EECLA, CLAEER.
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Title:	SOFT BEHAVIOUR MODELLING OF USER COMMUNITIES
Author:	ALFREDO MILANI, VALENTINA FRANZONI
Abstract:	A soft modelling approach for describing behaviour in on-line user communities is introduced in this work. Behaviour models of individual users in dynamic virtual environments have been described in the literature in terms of timed transition automata; they have various drawbacks. Soft multi/agent behaviour automata are defined and proposed to describe multiple user behaviours and to recognise larger classes of user group histories, such as group histories which contain unexpected behaviours. The notion of deviation from the user community model allows defining a soft parsing process which assesses and evaluates the dynamic behaviour of a group of users interacting in virtual environments, such as e-learning and e-business platforms. The soft automaton model can describe virtually infinite sequences of actions due to multiple users and subject to temporal constraints. Soft measures assess a form of distance of observed behaviours by evaluating the amount of temporal deviation, additional or omitted actions contained in an observed history as well as actions performed by unexpected users. The proposed model allows the soft recognition of user group histories also when the observed actions only partially meet the given behaviour model constraints. This approach is more realistic for real-time user community support systems, concerning standard boolean model recognition, when more than one user model is potentially available, and the extent of deviation from community behaviour models can be used as a guide to generate the system support by anticipation, projection and other known techniques. Experiments based on logs from an e-learning platform and plan compilation of the soft multi-agent behaviour automaton show the expressiveness of the proposed model.
Keywords:	Community Behaviour, User Behaviour, User Interaction, Timed Transition Automaton, Elearning, Automated Planning
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Title:	AUTOMATIC ARABIC ONTOLOGY GENERATION FOR THE ANIMAL KINGDOM (NAAO)
Author:	DALIA FADL, SAFIA ABBAS, MOSTAFA AREF
Abstract:	Ontology is the gateway for the interaction between human and the machines because it facilitates the gaining of the information for the end users. The semantic web terms and vocabulary are considered as form of ontology. So the improvement of the ontology helps in the semantic web progration. Arabic ontology is a critical natural language processing field; it helps to enrich the Arabic language resources. Although, the searchers started to focus their efforts creating ontologies in Arabic language, the Arabic terms and fields have not yet been covered. This paper introduces an innovative framework, annotated as NAAO (Novel Automatic Arabic Ontology), which automates the ontology generation process from XML documents. The novelty of NAAO resides in generating the Arabic ontology, in the form of XML graph schema (XSG), from semi-structured data (XML documents associated with graph schema). The automation process entails four main phases (extrication, XML schema parsing, ontology generation and refinement and evaluation). Extrication phase, where all the data required for the ontology generation is extricated from the information source. XML schema parsing phase, where the extracted data is going to be investigated and the hierarchical analysis to identify all the parts of the ontology is going to be created. Ontology generation phase deal with the production of the Arabic ontology (classes, elements, and relations). Finally, refinement and evaluation phase that deals with improvements of the Arabic ontology. Moreover, the paper comprises versatile examples for an automatic generation to Arabic ontologies regarding the animal kingdom. Such as the invertebrate's ontology, in which the XSG is automatically extracted using 103 XML documents, 320 concepts (classes), 603 elements and 783 relations. Finally, NAAO enjoys certain advantages than others since it shows an automatically generate Arabic ontology from semi-structured data (XML file). It provides mapping connections to ensure the right relationships with the classes and the elements to its corresponding nodes in the XML documents and supplies huge ontology contents (concepts elements and relations). Moreover, NAAO offers an automatic evaluation of the generated Arabic ontology using cosine similarity measurements.
Keywords:	Arabic Ontology, Ontology Learning, Ontology Generation, XML Schema, Evaluation
Source:	Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology 15^th January 2018 -- Vol. 96. No. 1 -- 2018
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Title:	PROTECTING INVULNERABILITY AND SECURITY FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS TO SAVE DATA
Author:	V.KRISHNA, SYED UMAR, O.RAMESH, N. YOGENDER NATH
Abstract:	Based on the wireless sensor networks many applications are developed where more usage at military, medical fields. All this leads to exposure of the network against various threats from the outside. The network security from external attacks considered as one of the most important studies of today. This study examined the effects of security limits the wireless network WSN, typical attacks of certain species, and provided security over the years for a wide range of emotions to detect attacks and to protect wireless network.
Keywords:	WSN, Self-Defence, Authentication, Security
Source:	Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology 15^th January 2018 -- Vol. 96. No. 1 -- 2018
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Title:	LDT: LOG DECISION TREE TO CLINICAL DATA CLASSIFICATION
Author:	T. SUREKHA, Dr. R. SIVA RAMA PRASA
Abstract:	The massive recording of the continuous data in the real-time imposes huge burden in analyzing the medical data as it takes huge time for execution and may cause errors due to the data uncertainty and the inability to interpret the highly significant features. As a result, the data is classified according to the rules and the efficiency of the data classification relies on the data feature selection. To address this issue, the paper introduces a new algorithm for the optimal selection of the features that uses a novel parameter for optimally determining the features. The proposed Log Decision Tree (LDT) uses the novel parameter termed as the Log-entropy to retrieve the mutually significant feature from the data such that the future data classification depends on the LDT classification model for determining the disease/condition of the patients, which leads to the easy diagnosis. The Log-entropy function uses the entropy and the weights of the features for computing the importance of the features and based on the selected features, the LDT model is developed. The experimentation proves that the proposed LDT attained a greater value of accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity of 83.7386%, 77.6160%, and 86.4407% respectively.
Keywords:	Log-entropy, decision tree, medical data classification, Entropy, feature selection.
Source:	Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology 15^th January 2018 -- Vol. 96. No. 1 -- 2018
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Title:	DEVELOPMENT OF A TIMESTAMPING WEB APPLICATION FOR THE ELECTRONIC FACTORING PROCESS IN ECUADOR
Author:	JESUS MENDOZA MACIAS, SANG GUUN YOO
Abstract:	This document describes the experience in developing a Timestamping application for the Electronic Factoring process in Ecuador which executes the process of electronic signing of documents in XML format with timestamp. The need of this application has its origin in an Electronic Factoring platform developed by the company BIGDATA CA, where it was sought to have a mechanism that allows to guarantee the integrity and validity of the information over time of certain documents generated by the system. The UWE methodology was used for its approach to processes, obtaining requirements, and support with CASE tools that provide support for the treatment of the same, allowing to develop applications of better quality. The use of electronic signatures in conjunction with timestamps allowed greater legal validity and integrity to the information contained in the signed documents, so that they can be used in judicial proceedings or to avoid alteration of the same, the use of these Two mechanisms contributed to give greater security and agility to the process of Electronic Factoring, since the process of signing now is done in an entirely online environment and not in a manual way as it was being done.
Keywords:	Timestamping, UWE, Factoring, XML, Security
Source:	Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology 15^th January 2018 -- Vol. 96. No. 1 -- 2018
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Title:	AN INTEGRATED AHP-TOPSIS METHODOLOGY TO EVALUATE FOR ADOPTION COTS DATABASE COMPONENTS BASED ON USABILITY
Author:	AWNI HAMMOURI
Abstract:	The judicious use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components in development projects of large systems has effectively accommodated the changing business landscape in addition to providing better software reuse functionalities. Greater productivity, flexibility, ownership and reusability, accelerated development, increased dependability, and reduced process risk being some of the many. A bigger risk is involved in choosing a right component among many available alternatives, which is also considered a hard process. The involvement and contribution of different stakeholders with vested interests further complicates this process. End users would prefer being abstracted from such a process and are primarily concerned with an easy product usage, effectively making Usability a much focused attribute. This drives the need for a mechanism to help stakeholders make such abstracted decisions. Multiple conflicting criteria during decision making can be explicitly evaluated through MCDA and MCDM - Sub-Disciplines of Operations research. Here we introduce one such decision-making methodology. Well-known MCDM techniques, namely Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) have been employed to generate a hybrid approach from AHP and TOPSIS. This approach facilitates the ability to analyze and select the best alternative from a number of COTS components, a crucial feature in decision making. We begin with obtaining the weights of selected criteria and then the structure of the database software selection problem will be analyzed. Finally, the alternatives ratings COTS or Database Software component will be calculated by using TOPSIS Technique.
Keywords:	Commercial of the shelf (COTS), Technique for Order Preferences by Similarity to the Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), usability, Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), Entity Relation Model (ERM), Data Flow Diagram (DFD)
Source:	Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology 15^th January 2018 -- Vol. 96. No. 1 -- 2018
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