Alya Penta Agharid¹, Indra Permana², Nitesh Singh¹, Fujen Wang^2,*, Susan Gustiyana²

Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.12, pp. 3549-3571, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.056398 - 22 November 2024

Abstract Hotel buildings are currently among the largest energy consumers in the world. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning are the most energy-intensive building systems, accounting for more than half of total energy consumption. An energy audit is used to predict the weak points of a building’s energy use system. Various factors influence building energy consumption, which can be modified to achieve more energy-efficient strategies. In this study, an existing hotel building in Central Taiwan is evaluated by simulating several scenarios using energy modeling over a year. Energy modeling is conducted by using Autodesk Revit 2025. It… More >

Naeem Raza¹, Muhammad Asif Habib¹, Mudassar Ahmad¹, Qaisar Abbas^2,*, Mutlaq B. Aldajani², Muhammad Ahsan Latif³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.81, No.1, pp. 911-931, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.055049 - 15 October 2024

Abstract Vision-based vehicle detection in adverse weather conditions such as fog, haze, and mist is a challenging research area in the fields of autonomous vehicles, collision avoidance, and Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled edge/fog computing traffic surveillance and monitoring systems. Efficient and cost-effective vehicle detection at high accuracy and speed in foggy weather is essential to avoiding road traffic collisions in real-time. To evaluate vision-based vehicle detection performance in foggy weather conditions, state-of-the-art Vehicle Detection in Adverse Weather Nature (DAWN) and Foggy Driving (FD) datasets are self-annotated using the YOLO LABEL tool and customized to four vehicle… More >

Tianming Zhang¹, Zebin Chen¹, Haonan Guo², Bojun Ren¹, Quanmin Xie^3,*, Mengke Tian^4,*, Yong Wang⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.139, No.2, pp. 2139-2154, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.043822 - 29 January 2024

Abstract The data analysis of blasting sites has always been the research goal of relevant researchers. The rise of mobile blasting robots has aroused many researchers’ interest in machine learning methods for target detection in the field of blasting. Serverless Computing can provide a variety of computing services for people without hardware foundations and rich software development experience, which has aroused people’s interest in how to use it in the field of machine learning. In this paper, we design a distributed machine learning training application based on the AWS Lambda platform. Based on data parallelism, the More >

R. Meenakshi¹, R. Ponnusamy^1,*, Saleh Alghamdi², Osama Ibrahim Khalaf³, Youseef Alotaibi⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.2, pp. 3473-3495, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.028540 - 16 June 2022

Abstract In 2017, it was estimated that the number of persons of all ages visually affected would be two hundred and eighty-five million, of which thirty-nine million are blind. There are several innovative technical solutions available to facilitate the movement of these people. The next big challenge for technical people is to give cost-effective solutions. One of the challenges for people with visual impairments is navigating safely, recognizing obstacles, and moving freely between locations in unfamiliar environments. A new mobile application solution is developed, and the application can be installed in android mobile. The application will More >

Syed Sajid Ullah¹, Saddam Hussain¹, Abdu Gumaei^2,3,*, Mohsin S. Alhilal⁴, Bader Fahad Alkhamees⁴, Mueen Uddin⁵, Mabrook Al-Rakhami²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.1, pp. 233-249, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.017971 - 07 September 2021

Abstract Nowadays, healthcare has become an important area for the Internet of Things (IoT) to automate healthcare facilities to share and use patient data anytime and anywhere with Internet services. At present, the host-based Internet paradigm is used for sharing and accessing healthcare-related data. However, due to the location-dependent nature, it suffers from latency, mobility, and security. For this purpose, Named Data Networking (NDN) has been recommended as the future Internet paradigm to cover the shortcomings of the traditional host-based Internet paradigm. Unfortunately, the novel breed lacks a secure framework for healthcare. This article constructs an More >

Tauqeer ul Amin^1,*, Basit Shahzad¹, Fazal-e-Amin², Muhammad Shoaib²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 2665-2680, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.013263 - 05 February 2021

Abstract Requirements elicitation is a fundamental phase of software development in which an analyst discovers the needs of different stakeholders and transforms them into requirements. This phase is cost- and time-intensive, and a project may fail if there are excessive costs and schedule overruns. COVID-19 has affected the software industry by reducing interactions between developers and customers. Such a lack of interaction is a key reason for the failure of software projects. Projects can also fail when customers do not know precisely what they want. Furthermore, selecting the unsuitable elicitation technique can also cause project failure.… More >

P. Sittisart^1,*, M.M. Hyland¹, M.A. Hodgson¹, C. Nguyen², A. Fernyhough³

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.2, No.4, pp. 264-269, 2014, DOI:10.7569/JRM.2014.634123

Abstract A series of composites based on polypropylene with different loadings of nickel-coated cellulose fi bres (NCCF) were fabricated with the aim to create a composite suitable for EMI shielding and/or electrostatic discharge application. Various properties such as EMI shielding effectiveness, surface resistivity, volume resistivity and fl exural strength were characterised according to ASTM standard. Both surface and volume resistivity suggested that the electrical conductivity of NCCF was not high enough and the composite remains electrically non-conducting up to 40 wt% loading of NCCF. However, nickel particles were still able to shield electromagnetic radiation regardless of More >