Lucio Nobile^*

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.17, No.5, pp. 353-368, 2023, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2023.028247

Abstract The frequent occurrence of seismic events in Italy poses a strategic problem that involves either the culture of preservation of historical heritage or the civil protection action aimed to reduce the risk to people and goods (buildings, bridges, dams, slopes, etc.). Most of the Italian architectural heritage is vulnerable to earthquakes, identifying the vulnerability as the inherent predisposition of the masonry building to suffer damage and collapse during an earthquake. In fact, the structural concept prevailing in these ancient masonry buildings is aimed at ensuring prevalent resistance to vertical gravity loads. Rarely do these ancient masonry structures offer relevant resistance… More >

Malik Muhammad Ali Shahid¹, Shahida Sulaiman², Mohammed Al-Sarem^3,4, Aqeel Ur Rahman¹, Salman Iqbal¹, Rab Nawaz Bashir¹, Arfat Ahmad Khan^5,6, Momen M. Alrawi⁷, Rashiq R. Marie⁸, Settawit Poochaya^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.3, pp. 6641-6663, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.031459

Abstract

Conventionally, the reliability of a web portal is validated with generalized conventional methods, but they fail to provide the desired results. Therefore, we need to include other quality factors that affect reliability such as usability for improving the reliability in addition to the conventional reliability testing. Actually, the primary objectives of web portals are to provide interactive integration of multiple functions confirming diverse requirements in an efficient way. In this paper, we employ testing profiles to measure the reliability through software operational profile, input space profile and usability profile along with qualitative measures of reliability and usability. Moreover, the case… More >

Mohammed Alonazi¹, Mrim M. Alnfiai^2,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.3, pp. 3135-3150, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.034124

Abstract Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a sub-area within computer science focused on the study of the communication between people (users) and computers and the evaluation, implementation, and design of user interfaces for computer systems. HCI has accomplished effective incorporation of the human factors and software engineering of computing systems through the methods and concepts of cognitive science. Usability is an aspect of HCI dedicated to guaranteeing that human–computer communication is, amongst other things, efficient, effective, and sustaining for the user. Simultaneously, Human activity recognition (HAR) aim is to identify actions from a sequence of observations on the activities of subjects and… More >

Fadwa Yahya^1,2,*, Lassaad Ben Ammar^1,2, Gasmi Karim³

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.3, pp. 3165-3180, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.030358

Abstract Recently, a specific interest is being taken in the development of mobile application (app) via Model-Based User Interface Development (MBUID) approach. MBUID allows the generation of mobile apps in the target platform(s) from conceptual models. As such it simplified the development process of mobile app. However, the interest is only focused on the functional aspects of the mobile app while neglecting the non-functional aspects, such as usability. The latter is largely considered as the main factor leading to the success or failure of any software system. This paper aims at addressing non-functional aspects of mobile apps generated using MBUID approach.… More >

Joo Woo¹, Jonghyun Kim¹, Jong Hwan Park^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.1, pp. 1985-2003, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.033102

Abstract A fuzzy extractor can extract an almost uniform random string from a noisy source with enough entropy such as biometric data. To reproduce an identical key from repeated readings of biometric data, the fuzzy extractor generates a helper data and a random string from biometric data and uses the helper data to reproduce the random string from the second reading. In 2013, Fuller et al. proposed a computational fuzzy extractor based on the learning with errors problem. Their construction, however, can tolerate a sub-linear fraction of errors and has an inefficient decoding algorithm, which causes the reproducing time to increase significantly. In 2016,… More >

R. Subha^1,*, Anandakumar Haldorai¹, Arulmurugan Ramu²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 2639-2654, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.028153

Abstract The most significant invention made in recent years to serve various applications is software. Developing a faultless software system requires the software system design to be resilient. To make the software design more efficient, it is essential to assess the reusability of the components used. This paper proposes a software reusability prediction model named Flexible Random Fit (FRF) based on aging resilience for a Service Net (SN) software system. The reusability prediction model is developed based on a multilevel optimization technique based on software characteristics such as cohesion, coupling, and complexity. Metrics are obtained from the SN software system, which… More >

Hosam Alhakami¹, Abdullah Baz², Wajdi Alhakami³, Abhishek Kumar Pandey⁴, Alka Agrawal⁴, Raees Ahmad Khan^4,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.42, No.3, pp. 1015-1030, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.021564

Abstract Transformation from conventional business management systems to smart digital systems is a recurrent trend in the current era. This has led to digital revolution, and in this context, the hardwired technologies in the software industry play a significant role However, from the beginning, software security remains a serious issue for all levels of stakeholders. Software vulnerabilities lead to intrusions that cause data breaches and result in disclosure of sensitive data, compromising the organizations’ reputation that translates into, financial losses and compromising software usability as well. Most of the data breaches are financially motivated, especially in the healthcare sector. The cyber… More >

Abdulaziz Attaallah¹, Raees Ahmad Khan^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 5683-5705, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021643

Abstract The apparent contradiction between usability and security has been discussed in the literature for several years. This continuous trade-off requires be acknowledging and handling whenever security solutions are introduced. However, some progressive analysts point out that present security solutions are usually very difficult for several users, and they have expressed a willingness to simplify the security product user experience. Usable security is still mostly unexplored territory in computer science. Which we are all aware with security and usability on many levels, usable security has received little operational attention. Companies have recently focused primarily on usable security. As consumers prefer to… More >

Suliman A. Alsuhibany^*, Meznah Alquraishi

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.40, No.2, pp. 421-440, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.018929

Abstract Recently, with the spread of online services involving websites, attackers have the opportunity to expose these services to malicious actions. To protect these services, A Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) is a proposed technique. Since many Arabic countries have developed their online services in Arabic, Arabic text-based CAPTCHA has been introduced to improve the usability for their users. Moreover, there exist a visual cryptography (VC) technique which can be exploited in order to enhance the security of text-based CAPTCHA by encrypting a CAPTCHA image into two shares and decrypting it by asking the… More >

Suliman A. Alsuhibany^*, Hessah Abdulaziz Alhodathi

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.31, No.1, pp. 523-537, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.019913

Abstract The Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) technique has been an interesting topic for several years. An Arabic CAPTCHA has recently been proposed to serve Arab users. Since there have been few scientific studies supporting a systematic design or tuning for users, this paper aims to analyze the Arabic text-based CAPTCHA at the parameter level by conducting an experimental study. Based on the results of this study, we propose an Arabic text-based CAPTCHA scheme with Fast Gradient Sign Method (FGSM) adversarial images. To evaluate the security of the proposed scheme, we ran four filter… More >