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            International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE, ISSN: 2088-8708, a SCOPUS indexed Journal, SNIP: 1.001; SJR: 0.296; CiteScore: 0.99; SJR & CiteScore Q2 on both of the Electrical & Electronics Engineering, and Computer Science) is the official publication of the Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES). The journal is open to submission from scholars and experts in the wide areas of electrical, electronics, instrumentation, control, telecommunication and computer engineering from the global world.
            
            
         
        
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                            Improved feature exctraction process to detect seizure using CHBMIT-dataset 
                        
                        T. H., Raveendra Kumar; 
Narayanappa, C. K.                        
                         International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 11, No 1: February 2021 
                        
                        Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science 
                        
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                                    DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v11i1.pp827-843                                
                                                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
One of the most dangerous neurological disease, which is occupying worldwide, is epilepsy. Fraction of second nerves in the brain starts impulsion i.e. electrical discharge, which is higher than the normal pulsing. So many researches have done the investigation and proposed the numerous methodology. However, our methodology will give effective result in feature extraction. Moreover, we used numerous number of statistical moments features. Existing approaches are implemented on few statistical moments with respect to time and frequency. Our proposed system will give the way to find out the seizure-effected part of the brain very easily using TDS, FDS, Correlation and Graph presentation. The resultant value will give the huge difference between normal and seizure effected brain. It also explore the hidden features of the brain.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                                            
                        
                            A novel population-based local search for nurse rostering problem 
                        
                        Abuhamdah, Anmar; 
Boulila, Wadii; 
Jaradat, Ghaith M.; 
Quteishat, Anas M.; 
Alsmadi, Mutasem K.; 
Almarashdeh, Ibrahim A.                        
                         International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 11, No 1: February 2021 
                        
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                                    DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v11i1.pp471-480                                
                                                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
Population-based approaches regularly are better than single based (local search) approaches in exploring the search space. However, the drawback of population-based approaches is in exploiting the search space. Several hybrid approaches have proven their efficiency through different domains of optimization problems by incorporating and integrating the strength of population and local search approaches. Meanwhile, hybrid methods have a drawback of increasing the parameter tuning. Recently, population-based local search was proposed for a university course-timetabling problem with fewer parameters than existing approaches, the proposed approach proves its effectiveness. The proposed approach employs two operators to intensify and diversify the search space. The first operator is applied to a single solution, while the second is applied for all solutions. This paper aims to investigate the performance of population-based local search for the nurse rostering problem. The INRC2010 database with a dataset composed of 69 instances is used to test the performance of PB-LS. A comparison was made between the performance of PB-LS and other existing approaches in the literature. Results show good performances of proposed approach compared to other approaches, where population-based local search provided best results in 55 cases over 69 instances used in experiments.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                                            
                        
                            Input switched closed-loop single phase SEPIC controlled rectifier with improved performances 
                        
                        Arifin, Md. Shamsul; 
Alam, Mohammad Jahangir                        
                         International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 11, No 1: February 2021 
                        
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                                    DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v11i1.pp1-8                                
                                                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
DC power supply has become the driving source for some essential modern applications. Thereby, DC power conditioning has become a significant issue for engineers. Typically used rectifiers associated with a bridge structure is nonlinear in nature. Thereby, the current at input side of the rectifier contains harmonics, which also flow through the power line. The presence of harmonics causes several interruptions and reduce power quality. In this regard, a new close loop SEPIC controlled rectifier is proposed in this paper. The conventional scheme is arranged with a rectifier connected to a DC-DC converter, which is an open loop system. Consequently, such system cannot regulate voltage at load varying condition. The proposed SEPIC controlled rectifier can regulate voltage under load varying condition for a wide range. Additionally, the performance in terms of total harmonic distortion (THD) of input current and power factor at AC side are also within satisfactory range for the closed loop configuration. The controlled rectifier has four operating phases associated with switching states and input voltage polarity. The close loop configuration also incorporates a current and a voltage loop at the feedback path. The comparative studies have been performed among the proposed closed loop construction, the open-loop structure as well as the conventional construction. The effectiveness of the proposed controlled rectifier is verified in terms of THD and input power factor considering the results obtained from simulation.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                                            
                        
                            Adaptive key generation algorithm based on software engineering methodology 
                        
                        Croock, Muayad Sadik; 
Hassan, Zahraa Abbas; 
Khudhur, Saja Dhyaa                        
                         International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 11, No 1: February 2021 
                        
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                                    DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v11i1.pp589-595                                
                                                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
Recently, the generation of security keys has been considered for guaranteeing the strongest of them in terms of randomness. In addition, the software engineering methodologies are adopted to ensure the mentioned goal is reached. In this paper, an adaptive key generation algorithm is proposed based on software engineering techniques. The adopted software engineering technique is self-checking process, used for detecting the fault in the underlying systems. This technique checks the generated security keys in terms of validity based on randomness factors. These factors include the results of National Institute of standard Test (NIST) tests. In case the randomness factors are less than the accepted values, the key is regenerated until obtaining the valid one. It is important to note that the security keys are generated using shift register and SIGABA technique. The proposed algorithm is tested over different case studies and the results show the effective performance of it to produce well random generated keys.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                                            
                        
                            Software development effort estimation modeling using a combination of fuzzy-neural network and differential evolution algorithm 
                        
                        Karimi, Amir; 
Gandomani, Taghi Javdani                        
                         International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 11, No 1: February 2021 
                        
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                                    DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v11i1.pp707-715                                
                                                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
Software cost estimation has always been a serious challenge lying ahead of software teams that should be seriously considered in the early stages of a project. Lack of sufficient information on final requirements, as well as the existence of inaccurate and vague requirements, are among the main reasons for unreliable estimations in this area. Though several effort estimation models have been proposed over the recent decade, an increase in their accuracy has always been a controversial issue, and researchers' efforts in this area are still ongoing. This study presents a new model based on a hybrid of adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) and differential evolution (DE) algorithm. This model tries to obtain a more accurate estimation of software development effort that is capable of presenting a better estimate within a wide range of software projects compared to previous works. The proposed method outperformed other optimization algorithms adopted from the genetic algorithm, evolutionary algorithms, meta-heuristic algorithms, and neuro-fuzzy based optimization algorithms, and could improve the accuracy using MMRE and PRED (0.25) criteria up to 7%.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                                            
                        
                            Recognition of corona virus disease (COVID-19) using deep learning network 
                        
                        Abdulmunem, Ashwan A.; 
Abutiheen, Zinah Abdulridha; 
Aleqabie, Hiba J.                        
                         International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 11, No 1: February 2021 
                        
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                                    DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v11i1.pp365-374                                
                                                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
Corona virus disease (COVID-19) has an incredible influence in the last few months. It causes thousands of deaths in round the world. This make a rapid research movement to deal with this new virus. As a computer science, many technical researches have been done to tackle with it by using image processing algorithms. In this work, we introduce a method based on deep learning networks to classify COVID-19 based on x-ray images. Our results are encouraging to rely on to classify the infected people from the normal. We conduct our experiments on recent dataset, Kaggle dataset of COVID-19 X-ray images and using ResNet50 deep learning network with 5 and 10 folds cross validation. The experiments results show that 5 folds gives effective results than 10 folds with accuracy rate 97.28%.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                                            
                        
                            Target-based test path prioritization for UML activity diagram using weight assignment methods 
                        
                        Sornkliang, Walaiporn; 
Phetkaew, Thimaporn                        
                         International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 11, No 1: February 2021 
                        
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                                    DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v11i1.pp575-588                                
                                                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
The benefit of exploratory testing and ad hoc testing by tester’s experience is that crucial bugs are found quickly. Regression testing and test case prioritization are important processes of software testing when software functions have been changed. We propose a test path prioritization method to generate a sequence of test paths that would match the testers’ interests and focuses on the target area of interest or on the changed area. We generate test paths form the activity diagrams and survey the test path prioritization from testers. We define node and edge weight to the symbols of activity diagrams by applying Time management, Pareto, Buffett, Binary, and Bipolar method. Then we propose a test path score equation to prioritize test paths. We also propose evaluation methods i.e., the difference and the similarity of test path prioritization to testers’ interests. Our proposed method had the least average of the difference and the most average of the similarity compare with the tester’s prioritization of test paths. The Bipolar method was the most suitable for assigning weights to match test path rank by the tester. Our proposed method also has given the affected path by changing area higher priority than the other test path.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                                            
                        
                            Low power pseudo-random number generator based on lemniscate chaotic map 
                        
                        Saber, Mohamed; 
Eid, Marwa M.                        
                         International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 11, No 1: February 2021 
                        
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                                    DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v11i1.pp863-871                                
                                                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
Lemniscate chaotic map (LCM) provides a wide range of control parameters, canceling the need for several rounds of substitutions, and excellent performance in the confusion process. Unfortunately, the hardware model of LCM is complex and consumes high power. This paper presents a proposed low power hardware model of LCM called practical lemniscate chaotic map (P-LCM) depending on trigonometric identities to reduce the complexity of the conventional model. The hardware model designed and implement into the field programmable gate array (FPGA) board, Spartan-6 SLX45FGG484-3. The proposed model achieves a 48.3 % reduction in used resources and a 34.6 % reduction in power consumption compared to the conventional LCM. We also introduce a new pseudo-random number generator based on a proposed low power P-LCM model and perform the randomization tests for the proposed encryption system.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                                            
                        
                            Voltage collapse prediction using artificial neural network 
                        
                        Isaac, Samuel; 
Adebola, Soyemi; 
Ayokunle, Awelewa; 
James, Katende; 
Claudius, Awosope                        
                         International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 11, No 1: February 2021 
                        
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                                    DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v11i1.pp124-132                                
                                                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
Unalleviated voltage instability frequently results in voltage collapse; which is a cause of concern in power system networks across the globe but particularly in developing countries. This study proposed an online voltage collapse prediction model through the application of a machine learning technique and a voltage stability index called the new line stability index (NLSI_1). The approach proposed is based on a multilayer feed-forward neural network whose inputs are the variables of the NLSI_1. The efficacy of the method was validated using the testing on the IEEE 14-bus system and the Nigeria 330-kV, 28-bus National Grid (NNG). The results of the simulations indicate that the proposed approach accurately predicted the voltage stability index with an R-value of 0.9975 with a mean square error (MSE) of 2.182415x10−5 for the IEEE 14-bus system and an R-value of 0.9989 with an MSE of 1.2527x10−7 for the NNG 28 bus system. The results presented in this paper agree with those found in the literature.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                                            
                        
                            Sustainable governance in smart cities and use of supervised learning based opinion mining 
                        
                        Iqbal, Hena; 
Paul, Sujni; 
Khan, Khaliquzzaman                        
                         International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 11, No 1: February 2021 
                        
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                                    DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v11i1.pp489-497                                
                                                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
Evaluation is an analytical and organized process to figure out the present positive influences, favourable future prospects, existing shortcomings and ulterior complexities of any plan, program, practice or a policy. Evaluation of policy is an essential and vital process required to measure the performance or progression of the scheme. The main purpose of policy evaluation is to empower various stakeholders and enhance their socio-economic environment. A large number of policies or schemes in different areas are launched by government in view of citizen welfare. Although, the governmental policies intend to better shape up the life quality of people but may also impact their every day’s life. A latest governmental scheme Saubhagya launched by Indian government in 2017 has been selected for evaluation by applying opinion mining techniques. The data set of public opinion associated with this scheme has been captured by Twitter. The primary intent is to offer opinion mining as a smart city technology that harness the user-generated big data and analyse it to offer a sustainable governance model.