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Assessing the risk perception of cost overrun through importance rating
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
, 2018 , Article)
Cost overrun in construction projects is a common issue affecting project performance. After a review of the literature, a list of 39 cost overrun attributes were gathered and presented in a survey. The survey was distributed ...
Design and performance analysis of a regenerative evaporative cooler for cooling of buildings in arid climates
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Evaporative cooling has been considered a low energy consumption process that often is associated with displacement ventilation and passive cooling strategies of buildings. While significant energy savings can be accrued ...
Energy-efficient cooperative cognitive relaying schemes for cognitive radio networks
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
We investigate a cognitive radio network in which a primary user (PU) may cooperate with a cognitive radio user (i.e., a secondary user (SU)) for transmissions of its data packets. The PU is assumed to be a buffered node ...
Leveraging known data for missing label prediction in cultural heritage context
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MDPI AG
, 2018 , Article)
Cultural heritage represents a reliable medium for history and knowledge transfer. Cultural heritage assets are often exhibited in museums and heritage sites all over the world. However, many assets are poorly labeled, ...
Efficient techniques for energy saving in data center networks
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
Data centers are constructed with a huge number of network devices to support the expanding cloud based services. These devices are used to achieve the highest performance in case of full utilization of the network. However, ...
Cost Optimization Algorithms for Hot and Cool Tiers Cloud Storage Services
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IEEE Computer Society
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
In this paper, we consider the data placement problem in the new generation tiered cloud storage services offering hot and cool tiers that are characterized by differentiated Quality of Service (i.e, access latency, ...
Effect of Annotation on Multiple-Player-Tracking Algorithms
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
For most people from all ages and genders, participation in sports becomes part of their life, especially participation in soccer matches, which are considered a symbol of healthy living and active attitudes of families. ...
Self-Powered IoT-Enabled Water Monitoring System
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
While usable water on earth is sparse and costly to treat, statistics show excessive use worldwide. Penalties are issued to limit the excessive consumption; however, their impact is marginal as they do not identify the ...
Play, learn and eat healthy food: A mobile game for children to fight obesity
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Obesity amongst children and youth is one of the major health issue in the state of Qatar. The percentage of obese and overweight people exceeds 40 percent. Many children are going to school without taking their breakfast. ...
An Ensemble Learning Method Based on Random Subspace Sampling for Palmprint Identification
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Palmprint recognition is an important and widely used biometric modality with high reliability, stability and user acceptability. In this paper we propose a simple and effective ensemble learning method for palmprint ...