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Using pavements to generate electricity
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
As part of developing a safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation infrastructure, health monitoring of pavements and bridges, as well as the monitoring of real-time roadway conditions for safety, have become increasingly ...
Literature Review of Advancements in Adaptive Ramp Metering
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Over a period spanning more than 30 years, several ramp metering algorithms have been developed to improve the operation of freeways. Many of these algorithms were deployed in several regions of the world, and field ...
Time Delay and Cost Overrun in Qatari Public Construction Projects
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
This paper investigated cost overruns and delays in Qatari public construction projects. An extensive review of regional and international publications was conducted to get a better understanding of the problem and the ...
An Experimental Study of Two-way Ranging Optimization in UWB-based Simultaneous Localization and Wall-Mapping Systems
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
In this paper, we propose a new ultra-wideband (UWB)-based simultaneous localization and wall-mapping (SLAM) system, which adopts two-way ranging optimization on UWB anchor and tag nodes to track the target's real-time ...
A weight-management camp followed by weekly after-school lifestyle education sessions as an obesity intervention for Qatari children: a prospective cohort study
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Background Weight-management camp interventions for obese children are eff ective for short-term weight loss. However, there is little evidence indicating how gains made with such interventions can be maintained in the ...
Dynamic Network Slicing and Resource Allocation for 5G-and-Beyond Networks
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
5G networks are designed not only to transport data, but also to process them while supporting a vast number of services with different key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Network virtualization has emerged to enable this ...
Federated Learning Stability Under Byzantine Attacks
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
Federated Learning (FL) is a machine learning approach that enables private and decentralized model training. Although FL has been shown to be very useful in several applications, its privacy constraints cause a lack of ...
PLS Performance Analysis of a Hybrid NOMA-OMA based IoT System with Mobile Sensors
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
With the advent of Internet of Things (IoT) systems, privacy and integrity of messages are becoming critical issues and are threatened, especially with mobile sensors. The broadcast nature of wireless communications increase ...
Analysis of the Trajectories of Left-turning Vehicles at Signalized Intersections
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Internationally, an annual number of more than a million fatalities are caused by road traffic crashes, with particularly signalized intersections being crash prone locations within the highway system. An accumulation of ...
Are Professional Drivers more Aggressive than General Drivers? A Case Study from Doha, Qatar
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
Previous studies have revealed that aggressive and reckless driving can largely affect the occurrence and severity of road crashes. There could be intentional aggressive and unsafe acts, which could significantly affect ...