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Journal of ICT Research and Applications
ISSN : 23375787     EISSN : 23385499     DOI : https://doi.org/10.5614/itbj.ict.res.appl.
Core Subject : Science,
Journal of ICT Research and Applications welcomes full research articles in the area of Information and Communication Technology from the following subject areas: Information Theory, Signal Processing, Electronics, Computer Network, Telecommunication, Wireless & Mobile Computing, Internet Technology, Multimedia, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information System and Knowledge Management.
Articles 302 Documents
Enhancing the Stability of the Improved-LEACH Routing Protocol for WSNs Ammar S. Al-Zubaidi; Ahmad Alauddin Ariffin; Abdulrahman K. Al-Qadhi
Journal of ICT Research and Applications Vol. 12 No. 1 (2018)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.5614/itbj.ict.res.appl.2018.12.1.1

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Recently, increasing battery lifetime in wireless sensor networks has turned out to be one of the major challenges faced by researchers. The sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks use a battery as their power source, which is hard to replace during deployment. Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH) is one of the most prominent wireless sensor network routing protocols that have been proposed to improve network lifetime by utilizing energy-efficient clustering. However, LEACH has some issues related to cluster-head selection, where the selection is done randomly. This leads to rapid loss of energy in the network. Improved LEACH is a LEACH alternative that has the ability to increase network lifetime by using the nodes' residual energy and their distance to the base station to select cluster-head nodes. However, Improved LEACH causes reduced stability, where the stability period is the duration before the death of the first node. The network stability period is important for applications that require reliable feedback from the network. Thus, we were motivated to investigate the Improved LEACH algorithm and to try to solve the stability problem. A new protocol is proposed in this paper: Stable Improved Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (SILEACH), which was developed to overcome the flaws of the Improved LEACH protocol. SILEACH balances the load between the nodes by utilizing an optimized method that considers the nodes' distance to the base station and their residual energy to select the cluster-head nodes and considers the nodes' distance to the cluster head and the base station to form clusters. The simulation results revealed that SILEACH is significantly more efficient than Improved LEACH in terms of stability period and network lifetime.
Deep Convolutional Level Set Method for Image Segmentation Agustinus Kristiadi; Pranowo Pranowo
Journal of ICT Research and Applications Vol. 11 No. 3 (2017)
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Level Set Method is a popular method for image segmentation. One of the problems in Level Set Method is finding the right initial surface parameter, which implicitly affects the curve evolution and ultimately the segmentation result. By setting the initial curve too far away from the target object, Level Set Method could potentially miss the target altogether, whereas by setting the initial curve as general as possible "“ i.e. capturing the whole image "“ makes Level Set Method susceptible to noise. Recently, deep-learning methods, especially Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), have been proven to achieve state-of-the-art performance in many computer vision tasks such as image classification and detection. In this paper, a new method is proposed, called Deep Convolutional Level Set Method (DCLSM). The idea is to use the CNN object detector as a prior for Level Set Method segmentation. Using DCLSM it is possible to significantly improve the segmentation accuracy and precision of the classic Level Set Method. It was also found that the prior used in the proposed method is the lower and upper bound for DCLSM's precision and recall, respectively.
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Journal of ICT Research and Applications Vol. 10 No. 3 (2016)
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DT-MSOF Strategy and its Application to Reduce the Number of Operations in AHP Fazmah Arif Yulianto; Kuspriyanto Kuspriyanto; Teguh Nurhadi Suharsono
Journal of ICT Research and Applications Vol. 12 No. 3 (2018)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.5614/itbj.ict.res.appl.2018.12.3.3

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A computing strategy called Double Track"“Most Significant Operation First (DT-MSOF) is proposed. The goal of this strategy is to reduce computation time by reducing the number of operations that need to be executed, while maintaining a correct final result. Executions are conducted on a sequence of computing operations that have previously been sorted based on significance. Computation will only run until the result meets the needs of the user. In this study, the DT-MSOF strategy was used to modify the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) algorithm into MD-AHP in order to reduce the number of operations that need to be done. The conventional AHP uses a run-to-completion approach, in which decisions can only be obtained after all of the operations have been completed. On the other hand, the calculations in MD-AHP are carried out iteratively only until the conditions are reached where a decision can be made. The simulation results show that MD-AHP can reduce the number of operations that need to be done to obtain the same results (decisions) as obtained by conventional AHP. It was also found that the more uneven the distribution of priority values, the more the number of operations could be reduced.  
An Analysis of Graph Properties for Detecting Sybil Nodes in Social Networks Korkiat Kaewking; Sirapat Boonkrong
Journal of ICT Research and Applications Vol. 12 No. 2 (2018)
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This research concerns the analysis of social networks using graph theory to find properties that can be used to determine Sybil nodes. This research also investigated the mixing time, which is one of the properties that many existing methods use for detecting Sybil attacks. The results showed that the mixing time does not reflect the difference between honest graphs and Sybil graphs. In addition, the properties of social graphs were studied and it was found that the average node distance is different in graphs containing Sybil nodes than in graphs with only honest nodes. Furthermore, the eigenvector centrality and the degree of Sybil nodes are correlated, while in honest nodes they are not.
Performance Comparison of LEACH and LEACH-C Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks Ala'a Al-Shaikh; Hebatallah Khattab; Saleh Al-Sharaeh
Journal of ICT Research and Applications Vol. 12 No. 3 (2018)
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Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) draw the attention of researchers due to the diversity of applications that use them. Basically, a WSN comprises many sensor nodes that are supplied with power by means of a small battery installed in the node itself; the node can also be self-charged by a solar cell. Sometimes it is impossible to change the power supply of battery-operated nodes. This dictates that sensor nodes must utilize the energy they have in an optimal manner. Data communication is the main cause of energy dissipation. In this context, designing protocols for WSNs demands more attention to the design of energy-efficient routing protocols that allow communications between sensor nodes and their base station (BS) with the least cost. LEACH is a prominent hierarchical cluster-based routing protocol. It groups sensor nodes into clusters to reduce energy dissipation. On the other hand, LEACH-C is a protocol based on LEACH that claims to improve energy dissipation over LEACH. In this paper, a successful attempt was made to compare these two protocols using MATLAB. The results show that LEACH-C has better performance than LEACH in terms of power dissipation.
Which Tech Will I Use? Trends in Students’ Use and Ownership of Technology in a Thai University, an Ongoing Study Yuwanuch Gulateee; Jeremy Pagram; Babara Combes
Journal of ICT Research and Applications Vol. 12 No. 2 (2018)
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Students’ ownership of technology devices, their access to software and Web-based utilities, and their related preferences are the subject of this ongoing research. The devices that instructors use in the classroom, how students use online learning systems as provided by the university, and students’ skill levels when using technology for learning are also included. The major objective of this research is to provide a long-term comparative analysis across one university to determine if students’ and lecturers’ use of technology for teaching-learning has changed. Such ongoing data collection and analysis will inform individual institutions about online learning and how to improve facilities for both staff and students for maximum educational success. An initial study was conducted in 2015. This paper reports on the second data collection to determine if there have been any changes over a two-year period. The findings indicate that students have intermediate skill levels when using basic software programs for their study, whereas their social media skills are advanced. Students use mobile devices (phones and tablets) to access online learning materials. Overall, most students and staff lack basic knowledge in using information technology for study purposes. It was concluded that the university should continue to conduct ongoing monitoring and evaluation of students’ and staff’s information technology competencies.
Safe Driving using Vision-based Hand Gesture Recognition System in Non-uniform Illumination Conditions Shalini Anant; Shanmugham Veni
Journal of ICT Research and Applications Vol. 12 No. 2 (2018)
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Nowadays, there is tremendous growth in in-car interfaces for driver safety and comfort, but controlling these devices while driving requires the driver's attention. One of the solutions to reduce the number of glances at these interfaces is to design an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS). A vision-based touch-less hand gesture recognition system is proposed here for in-car human-machine interfaces (HMI). The performance of such systems is unreliable under ambient illumination conditions, which change during the course of the day. Thus, the main focus of this work was to design a system that is robust towards changing lighting conditions. For this purpose, a homomorphic filter with adaptive thresholding binarization is used. Also, gray-level edge-based segmentation ensures that it is generalized for users of different skin tones and background colors. This work was validated on selected gestures from the Cambridge Hand Gesture Database captured in five sets of non-uniform illumination conditions that closely resemble in-car illumination conditions, yielding an overall system accuracy of 91%, an average frame-by-frame accuracy of 81.38%, and a latency of 3.78 milliseconds. A prototype of the proposed system was implemented on a Raspberry Pi 3 interface together with an Android application, which demonstrated its suitability for non-critical in-car interfaces like infotainment systems.
Vacant Parking Lot Information System Using Transfer Learning and IoT Edwin K Jose; S. Veni
Journal of ICT Research and Applications Vol. 12 No. 3 (2018)
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Parking information systems have become very important, especially in metropolitan areas as they help to save time, effort and fuel when searching for parking. This paper offers a novel low-cost deep learning approach to easily implement vacancy detection at outdoor parking spaces with CCTV surveillance. The proposed method also addresses issues due to perspective distortion in CCTV images. The architecture consists of three classifiers for checking the availability of parking spaces. They were developed on the TensorFlow platform by re-training MobileNet (a pre-trained Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)) model using the transfer learning technique. A performance analysis showed 88% accuracy for vacancy detection. An end-to-end application model with Internet of Things (IoT) and an Android application is also presented. Users can interact with the cloud using their Android application to get real-time updates on parking space availability and the parking location. In the future, an autonomous car could use this system as a V2I (Vehicle to Infrastructure) application in deciding the nearest parking space.
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