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    • Optimal inconsistency repairing of pairwise comparison matrices using integrated linear programming and eigenvector methods 

      Zhang, Haiqing; Sekhari, Aicha; Ouzrout, Yacine; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Hindawi Publishing Corporation , 2014 , Article)
      Satisfying consistency requirements of pairwise comparison matrix (PCM) is a critical step in decision making methodologies. An algorithm has been proposed to find a new modified consistent PCM in which it can replace the ...
    • Stacking-based multi-objective ensemble framework for prediction of hypertension 

      Ren, Lijuan; Zhang, Haiqing; Sekhari Seklouli, Aicha; Wang, Tao; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Hypertension is a common health problem that is costly to treat, difficult to control, and frequently results in serious and fatal disorders like cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke. The main objective of this work was ...
    • Chatbot Application to Support Smart Agriculture in Thailand 

      Suebsombut, Paweena; Sureephong, Pradorn; Sekhari, Aicha; Chernbumroong, Suepphong; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Conference)
      A chatbot is a software developed to help reply to text or voice conversations automatically and quickly in real time. In the agriculture sector, the existing smart agriculture systems just use data from sensing and internet ...
    • Hybrid Missing Value Imputation Algorithms Using Fuzzy C-Means and Vaguely Quantified Rough Set 

      Li, Daiwei; Zhang, Haiqing; Li, Tianrui; Bouras, Abdelaziz; Yu, Xi; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Article)
      In real cases, missing values tend to contain meaningful information that should be acquired or should be analyzed before the incomplete dataset is used for machine learning tasks. In this work, two algorithms named jointly ...
    • A Blockchain-Enabled Privacy-Preserving Verifiable Query Framework for Securing Cloud-Assisted Industrial Internet of Things Systems 

      Rahman, Mohammad Saidur; Khalil, Ibrahim; Moustafa, Nour; Kalapaaking, Aditya Pribadi; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( IEEE Computer Society , 2022 , Article)
      Advanced Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT), such as smart grids, 5G-enabled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and supply chain 4.o, can be used to facilitate smart management. Nevertheless, IIoT systems generate huge ...
    • An adaptive Laplacian weight random forest imputation for imbalance and mixed-type data 

      Ren, Lijuan; Seklouli, Aicha Sekhari; Zhang, Haiqing; Wang, Tao; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      As the application of information technology in the medical field is resulting in a large amount of medical data. As early withdrawal and refusal of participants, there are a lot of missing values in medical data. Although ...
    • Hypertension Prediction Using Optimal Random Forest and Real Medical Data 

      Ren, Lijuan; Seklouli, Aicha Sekhari; Wang, Tao; Zhang, Haiqing; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Conference)
      Long-lasting and difficult-to-treat, hypertension frequently leads to serious and life-threatening diseases. As a result, early risk assessment and prevention of hypertension are crucial. The majority of research currently ...
    • An Improvement of Support Vector Machine Imputation Algorithm Based on Multiple Iteration and Grid Search Strategies 

      Wang, Jie; Li, Daiwei; Zhang, Haiqing; Yu, Xi; Sekhari, Aicha; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference)
      Data missing is a vitally important issue that influences the classification results in medical field. This paper proposes an improved support vector machine (SVM) imputation algorithm by using strategies of pre-imputation, ...
    • Sustainability performance measurement framework for supply chain management 

      Santiteerakul, Salinee; Sekhari, Aicha; Bouras, Abdelaziz; Sopadang, Apichat ( Inderscience Publishers , 2015 , Article)
      Sustainability of supply chains has been recognised as a competitive indicator for business. The most widely used framework for implementing sustainability practices is the triple bottom line (TBL). However, the TBL is a ...
    • Designing a competency framework for graduate levels in computing sciences: The middle-east context 

      Veillard, Laurent; Tralongo, Stéphanie; Bouras, Abdelaziz; Le Nir, Michel; Galli, Catherine ( Springer Verlag , 2017 , Conference)
      This paper focuses on the current research work done within the Pro-Skima project (2015-2018) which aims at providing a suitable method to evolve classical Information Technology Master graduate levels towards some teaching ...
    • RULE BASED RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM: TO SUPPORT CROP LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT 

      Suebsombut, Paweena; Sekhari, Aicha; Sureephong, Pradorn; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Editora Mundos Sociais , 2021 , Article)
      Crop lifecycle management is important for crop care and maintenance throughout its life. The existing recommendation and expert systems do not provide advice for the entire crop lifecycle. However, each stage of the crop's ...
    • Open IoT Ecosystem for Sporting Event Management 

      Kubler, Sylvain; Robert, Jérémy; Hefnawy, Ahmed; Främling, Kary; Cherifi, Chantal; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Article)
      By connecting devices, people, vehicles, and infrastructures everywhere in a city, governments and their partners can improve community well-being and other economic and financial aspects (e.g., cost and energy savings). ...
    • Field data forecasting using lstm and bi-lstm approaches 

      Suebsombut, Paweena; Sekhari, Aicha; Sureephong, Pradorn; Belhi, Abdelhak; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)
      Water, an essential resource for crop production, is becoming increasingly scarce, while cropland continues to expand due to the world's population growth. Proper irrigation scheduling has been shown to help farmers improve ...
    • Blockchain-of-blockchains: An interoperable blockchain platform for ensuring IoT data integrity in smart city 

      Rahman, Mohammad Saidur; Chamikara, M. A.P.; Khalil, Ibrahim; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      We propose a hierarchical blockchain-based platform for ensuring the integrity of smart city Internet-of-Things (IoT) data and blockchain interoperability in this paper. The well-defined structural hierarchy of managing ...
    • Blockchain-Based Access Control for Secure Smart Industry Management Systems 

      Kalapaaking, Aditya Pribadi; Khalil, Ibrahim; Rahman, Mohammad Saidur; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022 , Conference)
      Smart manufacturing systems involve a large number of interconnected devices resulting in massive data generation. Cloud computing technology has recently gained increasing attention in smart manufacturing systems for ...
    • An Ontology Model for Medical Tourism Supply Chain Knowledge Representation 

      Janchai, Worawit; Bouras, Abdelaziz; Siddoo, Veeraporn ( Science and Information Organization , 2022 , Article)
      This study developed an application ontology related to the medical tourism supply chain domain (MTSC). The motivation for developing an ontology is that current MTSC studies use a descriptive approach to provide knowledge, ...
    • MKMSIS: A multi-agent knowledge management system for industrial sustainability 

      López-Morales, Virgilio; Ouzrout, Yacine; Manakitsirisuthi, Thitiya; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Springer Verlag , 2015 , Article)
      Industrial Sustainability in most companies face several problems when a firm tries to promote a greener image while focusing on maintaining profitability in a long-term approach. This is a necessary strategic approach, ...
    • A framework for modelling blockchain based supply chain management system to ensure soundness of smart contract workflow 

      Rahman, Mohammad Saidur; Khalil, Ibrahim; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( IEEE Computer Society , 2021 , Conference)
      We propose a smart contract workflow verification framework for blockchain-based supply chain management systems. The proposed framework introduces a Petri-Net-based formalism to model smart contract workflow in a supply-chain ...
    • OntoM: An Ontological Approach for Automatic Classification 

      Abu Musa, Tahani H.; Bouras, Abdelaziz; Belhi, Abdelhak; Gasmi, Houssem ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference)
      The concept of Ontologies has been used in a wide range of application domains, due to the fact that ontologies provide a useful mean for establishing a formal, shared and collective understanding of the concepts and their ...
    • Opportunity analysis for enterprise collaboration between networks of SMEs 

      Naeem, Muhammad; Moalla, Néjib; Ouzrout, Yacine; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( CEUR-WS , 2015 , Conference)
      The competitive environment within the corporate have forced the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to be more dynamic in adapting new business strategies. To achieve this objective, SMEs resort to enterprise collaboration ...