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Multi-objective optimization methodology to size cogeneration systems for managing flares from uncertain sources during abnormal process operations
( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)Flaring is common practice in industries to reduce the risk during abnormal situations, to maintain the product quality or to operate safely during process start up and shut down. Due to its large negative impacts on the ... -
Multi-Objective Optimization Model for Inspection Scheduling of Sewer Pipelines
( American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , 2019 , Article)Inspection activities play an important role in the operation and maintenance (O&M) strategy in municipalities. Efficient O&M strategies can help in making informed decisions based on the actual condition of pipelines ... -
Multi-objective scheduling of micro-services for optimal service function chains
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)Lately application service providers (ASPs) and Internet service providers (ISPs) are being confronted with the unprecedented challenge of accommodating increasing service and traffic demands from their geographically ... -
Multi-Objective Security Hardening Optimisation for Dynamic Networks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Conference Paper)Hardening the dynamic networks is a very challenging task due to their complexity and dynamicity. Moreover, there may be multi-objectives to satisfy, while containing the solutions within the constraints (e.g., fixed budget, ... -
Multi-objective sensor placement using the effective independence model (SPEM) for wireless sensor networks in structural health monitoring
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)This paper studies the optimal placement problem in structural health monitoring (SHM) using wireless sensor networks (WSN). This problem is formulated as a refined multi-objective optimization problem with various constraints ... -
Multi-Order Statistical Descriptors for Real-Time Face Recognition and Object Classification
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Article)We propose novel multi-order statistical descriptors which can be used for high speed object classification or face recognition from videos or image sets. We represent each gallery set with a global second-order statistic ... -
Multi-person head segmentation in low resolution crowd scenes using convolutional encoder-decoder framework
( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Conference Paper)Person head detection in crowded scenes becomes a challenging task if facial features are absent, resolution is low and viewing angles are unfavorable. Motion and out-of-focus blur along with headwear of varying shapes ... -
Multi-resampling Doppler compensation in cooperative underwater OFDM systems
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)We consider a multi-carrier cooperative underwater acoustic communication (UWAC) system and investigate the Doppler scaling problem arising due to the motion of different nodes. Specifically, we assume an orthogonal frequency ... -
Multi-scale-based Network for Image Dehazing
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2023 , Article)Image and video dehazing is a difficult subject that has received a lot of attention in the field of computer vision. The presence of air haze in photos and movies can reduce visual quality dramatically, resulting in a ... -
A Multi-School Validation of a Revised Scale for Assessing Cultural Competence in Pharmacy Students.
( Aacp American Association , 2019 , Article)To revise the Self-Assessment of Perceived Level of Cultural Competence (SAPLCC) instrument and validate it within a national sample of pharmacy students. A cross-sectional study design using a convenience sample of ... -
Multi-sensor fusion based on multiple classifier systems for human activity identification
( Springer Berlin Heidelberg , 2019 , Article)Multimodal sensors in healthcare applications have been increasingly researched because it facilitates automatic and comprehensive monitoring of human behaviors, high-intensity sports management, energy expenditure estimation, ... -
Multi-soliton solutions of the BBM equation arisen in shallow water
( International Scientific Research Publications , 2016 , Article)In this work, multiple soliton solutions and multiple singular soliton solutions are formally derived for the BBM equation. A novel transformation method combined with the Hirota's bilinear method are used to determine the ... -
Multi-species attributes as the condition for adaptive sampling of rare species using two-stage sequential sampling with an auxiliary variable
( The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc , 2011 , Conference Paper)Assessing populations of rare species is challenging because of the large effort required to locate patches of occupied habitat and achieve precise estimates of density and abundance. The presence of a rare species has ... -
Multi-stage intra-patient template matching for prostate detection in MR volumes
(2013 , Conference Paper)Detecting objects, a significant task in computer vision, is accompanied with many challenges. When we focus on medical images, the challenges of detecting an organ or a tumour exhibit their own specific difficulties. ... -
Multi-tasking for cost-efficient mobile crowdsensing under uniformity constraints
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)In a practical Mobile Crowd Sensing (MCS) system, there usually exist multiple heterogeneous MCS tasks, each with a different set of requirements for completion. The coexistence of these MCS tasks presents a need to study ... -
Multi-terminal Hvdc system with offshore wind farms under anomalous conditions: Stability assessment
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)Droop control is widely adopted to control Multi-Terminal high-voltage Direct Current (MTDC) systems with offshore wind farms. During permanent faults, the faulty line should be isolated promptly to preserve a high reliability ... -
Multi-tier method using infrared photography and GPR to detect and locate water leaks
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article Review)This paper presents newly developed method for detecting and locating leaks in water distribution networks utilizing two detection techniques; ground penetrating radar (GPR) and infrared photography (IR). The experimental ... -
Multi-user diversity with optimal power allocation in spectrum sharing under average interference power constraint
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2014 , Conference Paper)In this paper, we investigate the performance of multi-user diversity (MUD) with optimal power allocation (OPA) in spectrum sharing (SS) under average interference power (AIP) constraint. In particular, OPA through average ... -
Multi-zone HVAC control system design using feedback linearization
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)Most buildings nowadays are equipped with Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems dedicated for processing indoor air in terms of different parameters: temperature, humidity, pressure, and quality. Recent ... -
Multiattribute Utility Theory Deployment in Sewer Defects Assessment
( American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , 2018 , Article)Assessing the condition of sewer pipelines is a backbone process to plan for rehabilitation and maintenance work. The closed circuit-television (CCTV) method is the widely adopted method to record the inner condition of ...
