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Resource offload consolidation based on deep-reinforcement learning approach in cyber-physical systems. (2020)
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MEKALA, M.S., JOLFAEI, A., SRIVASTAVA, G., ZHENG, X., ANVARI-MOGHADDAM, A. and VISWANATHAN, P. 2022. Resource offload consolidation based on deep-reinforcement learning approach in cyber-physical systems. IEEE transactions on emerging topics in computational intelligence [online], 6(2), pages 245-254. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/tetci.2020.3044082

In cyber-physical systems, it is advantageous to leverage cloud with edge resources to distribute the workload for processing and computing user data at the point of generation. Services offered by cloud are not flexible enough against variations in... Read More about Resource offload consolidation based on deep-reinforcement learning approach in cyber-physical systems..

An IoT based industry 4.0 architecture for integration of design and manufacturing systems. (2020)
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ANBALAGAN, A. and MORENO-GARCIA, C.F. 2021. An IoT based industry 4.0 architecture for integration of design and manufacturing systems. Materials today: proceedings [online], 46(17): proceedings of 3rd International conference on materials, manufacturing and modelling 2021 (ICMMM 2021), 19-21 March 2021, [virtual conference], pages 7135-7142. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.11.196

This paper proposes an Internet of Things (IoT) based 5-stage Industry 4.0 architecture to integrate the design and manufacturing systems in a Cyber Physical Environment (CPE). It considers the transfer of design and manufacturing systems data throug... Read More about An IoT based industry 4.0 architecture for integration of design and manufacturing systems..

DRL-GAN: dual-stream representation learning GAN for low-resolution image classification in UAV applications. (2020)
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XI, Y., JIA, W., ZHENG, J., FAN, X., XIE, Y., REN, J. and HE, X. 2021. DRL-GAN: dual-stream representation learning GAN for low-resolution image classification in UAV applications. IEEE Journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing [online], 14, pages 1705-1716. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3043109

Identifying tiny objects from extremely low resolution (LR) UAV-based remote sensing images is generally considered as a very challenging task, because of very limited information in the object areas. In recent years, there have been very limited att... Read More about DRL-GAN: dual-stream representation learning GAN for low-resolution image classification in UAV applications..

EACOFT: an energy-aware correlation filter for visual tracking. (2020)
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LIU, Q., REN, J., WANG, Y., WU, Y., SUN, H. and ZHAO, H. 2021. EACOFT: an energy-aware correlation filter for visual tracking. Pattern recognition [online], 112, article ID 107766. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2020.107766

Correlation filter based trackers attribute to its calculation in the frequency domain can efficiently locate targets in a relatively fast speed. This characteristic however also limits its generalization in some specific scenarios. The reasons that... Read More about EACOFT: an energy-aware correlation filter for visual tracking..

On the class overlap problem in imbalanced data classification. (2020)
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VUTTIPITTAYAMONGKOL, P., ELYAN, E. and PETROVSKI, A. 2021. On the class overlap problem in imbalanced data classification. Knowledge-based systems [online], 212, article number 106631. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2020.106631

Class imbalance is an active research area in the machine learning community. However, existing and recent literature showed that class overlap had a higher negative impact on the performance of learning algorithms. This paper provides detailed criti... Read More about On the class overlap problem in imbalanced data classification..

Texture-sensitive superpixeling and adaptive thresholding for effective segmentation of sea ice floes in high-resolution optical images. (2020)
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CHAI, Y., REN, J., HWANG, B., WANG, J., FAN, D., YAN, Y. and ZHU, S. 2021. Texture-sensitive superpixeling and adaptive thresholding for effective segmentation of sea ice floes in high-resolution optical images. IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing [online], 14, pages 577-586. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2020.3040614

Efficient and accurate segmentation of sea ice floes from high-resolution optical (HRO) remote sensing images is crucial for understanding of sea ice evolutions and climate changes, especially in coping with the large data volume. Existing methods su... Read More about Texture-sensitive superpixeling and adaptive thresholding for effective segmentation of sea ice floes in high-resolution optical images..

Multiscale 2-D singular spectrum analysis and principal component analysis for spatial–spectral noise-robust feature extraction and classification of hyperspectral images. (2020)
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MA, P., REN, J., ZHAO, H., SUN, G., MURRAY, P. and ZHENG, J. 2021. Multiscale 2-D singular spectrum analysis and principal component analysis for spatial–spectral noise-robust feature extraction and classification of hyperspectral images. IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing [online], 14, pages 1233-1245. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3040699

In hyperspectral images (HSI), most feature extraction and data classification methods rely on corrected dataset, in which the noisy and water absorption bands are removed. This can result in not only extra working burden but also information loss fr... Read More about Multiscale 2-D singular spectrum analysis and principal component analysis for spatial–spectral noise-robust feature extraction and classification of hyperspectral images..

Fusion of PCA and segmented-PCA domain multiscale 2-D-SSA for effective spectral-spatial feature extraction and data classification in hyperspectral imagery. (2020)
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FU, H., SUN, G., REN, J., ZHANG, A. and JIA, X. 2020. Fusion of PCA and segmented-PCA domain multiscale 2-D-SSA for effective spectral-spatial feature extraction and data classification in hyperspectral imagery. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 60, article 5500214. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2020.3034656

As hyperspectral imagery (HSI) contains rich spectral and spatial information, a novel principal component analysis (PCA) and segmented-PCA (SPCA)-based multiscale 2-D-singular spectrum analysis (2-D-SSA) fusion method is proposed for joint spectral–... Read More about Fusion of PCA and segmented-PCA domain multiscale 2-D-SSA for effective spectral-spatial feature extraction and data classification in hyperspectral imagery..

Iterative enhanced multivariance products representation for effective compression of hyperspectral images. (2020)
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TUNA, S., TÖREYIN, B.U., REN, J., ZHAO, H. and MARSHALL, S. 2021. Iterative enhanced multivariance products representation for effective compression of hyperspectral images. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online], 59(11), pages 9569-9584. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2020.3031016

Effective compression of hyperspectral (HS) images is essential due to their large data volume. Since these images are high dimensional, processing them is also another challenging issue. In this work, an efficient lossy HS image compression method b... Read More about Iterative enhanced multivariance products representation for effective compression of hyperspectral images..

Efficient task optimization algorithm for green computing in cloud. (2020)
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G, T., CH, D.C., VARMA, G.P.S. and MEKALA, M.S. 2023. Efficient task optimization algorithm for green computing in cloud. Internet technology letters [online] 6(1): ubiquitous clouds and social Internet of Things, article e254. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/itl2.254

Cloud infrastructure assets are accessed by all hooked heterogeneous network servers and applications to maintain entail reliability towards global subscribers with high performance and low cost is a tedious challenging task. Most of the extant techn... Read More about Efficient task optimization algorithm for green computing in cloud..

Heterogeneous ensemble selection for evolving data streams. (2020)
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LUONG, A.V., NGUYEN, T.T., LIEW, A.W.-C. and WANG, S. 2021. Heterogeneous ensemble selection for evolving data streams. Pattern recognition [online], 112, article ID 107743. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2020.107743

Ensemble learning has been widely applied to both batch data classification and streaming data classification. For the latter setting, most existing ensemble systems are homogenous, which means they are generated from only one type of learning model.... Read More about Heterogeneous ensemble selection for evolving data streams..

A soft-computing framework for automated optimization of multiple product quality criteria with application to micro-fluidic chip production. (2020)
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ZAVOIANU, A.-C., LUGHOFER, E., POLLAK, R., EITZINGER, C. and RADAUER, T. 2021. A soft-computing framework for automated optimization of multiple product quality criteria with application to micro-fluidic chip production. Applied soft computing [online], 98, article ID 106827. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2020.106827

We describe a general strategy for optimizing the quality of products of industrial batch processes that comprise multiple production stages. We focus on the particularities of applying this strategy in the field of micro-fluidic chip production. Our... Read More about A soft-computing framework for automated optimization of multiple product quality criteria with application to micro-fluidic chip production..

Generic wavelet‐based image decomposition and reconstruction framework for multi‐modal data analysis in smart camera applications. (2020)
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YAN, Y., LIU, Y., YANG, M., ZHAO, H., CHAI, Y. and REN, J. 2020. Generic wavelet-based image decomposition and reconstruction framework for multi-modal data analysis in smart camera applications. IET computer vision [online], 14(7): computer vision for smart cameras and camera networks, pages 471-479. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cvi.2019.0780

Effective acquisition, analysis and reconstruction of multi-modal data such as colour and multi-/hyper-spectral imagery is crucial in smart camera applications, where wavelet-based coding and compression of images are highly demanded. Many existing d... Read More about Generic wavelet‐based image decomposition and reconstruction framework for multi‐modal data analysis in smart camera applications..

Effective melanoma recognition using deep convolutional neural network with covariance discriminant loss. (2020)
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GUO, L., XIE, G., XU, X. and REN, J. 2020. Effective melanoma recognition using deep convolutional neural network with covariance discriminant loss. Sensors [online], 20(20), article 5786. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/s20205786

Melanoma recognition is challenging due to data imbalance and high intra-class variations and large inter-class similarity. Aiming at the issues, we propose a melanoma recognition method using deep convolutional neural network with covariance discrim... Read More about Effective melanoma recognition using deep convolutional neural network with covariance discriminant loss..

SAFDet: a semi-anchor-free detector for effective detection of oriented objects in aerial images. (2020)
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FANG, Z., REN, J., SUN, H., MARSHALL, S., HAN, J. and ZHAO, H. 2020. SAFDet: a semi-anchor-free detector for effective detection of oriented objects in aerial images. Remote sensing [online], 12(19), article 3225. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12193225

An oriented bounding box (OBB) is preferable over a horizontal bounding box (HBB) in accurate object detection. Most of existing works utilize a two-stage detector for locating the HBB and OBB, respectively, which have suffered from the misaligned ho... Read More about SAFDet: a semi-anchor-free detector for effective detection of oriented objects in aerial images..

A novel intelligent computational approach to model epidemiological trends and assess the impact of non-pharmacological interventions for COVID-19. (2020)
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REN, J., YAN, Y., ZHAO, H., MA, P., ZABALZA, J., HUSSAIN, Z., LUO, S., DAI, Q., ZHAO, S., SHEIKH, A., HUSSAIN, A. and LI, H. 2020. A novel intelligent computational approach to model epidemiological trends and assess the impact of non-pharmacological interventions for COVID-19. IEEE Journal of biomedical and health informatics [online], 24(12), pages 3551-3563. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/jbhi.2020.3027987

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a worldwide crisis in public health. It is crucial we understand the epidemiological trends and impact of non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs), such as lockdowns for effective mana... Read More about A novel intelligent computational approach to model epidemiological trends and assess the impact of non-pharmacological interventions for COVID-19..

Naive Bayes: applications, variations and vulnerabilities: a review of literature with code snippets for implementation. (2020)
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WICKRAMASINGHE, I. and KALUTARAGE, H. 2021. Naive Bayes: applications, variations and vulnerabilities: a review of literature with code snippets for implementation. Soft computing [online], 25(3), pages 2277-2293. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-020-05297-6

Naïve Bayes (NB) is a well-known probabilistic classification algorithm. It is a simple but efficient algorithm with a wide variety of real-world applications, ranging from product recommendations through medical diagnosis to controlling autonomous v... Read More about Naive Bayes: applications, variations and vulnerabilities: a review of literature with code snippets for implementation..

Usability and acceptability of an app (SELFBACK) to support self-management of low back pain: mixed methods study. (2020)
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NORDSTOGA, A.L., BACH, K., SANI, S., WIRATUNGA, N., MORK, P.J., VILLUMSEN, M. and COOPER, K. 2020. Usability and acceptability of an app (SELFBACK) to support self-management of low back pain: mixed methods study. JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies [online], 7(2), article number e18729. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2196/18729

Self-management is the key recommendation for managing non-specific low back pain (LBP). However, there are well-documented barriers to self-management, therefore methods of facilitating adherence are required. Smartphone apps are increasingly being... Read More about Usability and acceptability of an app (SELFBACK) to support self-management of low back pain: mixed methods study..

Rewritable and sustainable 2D barcode for traceability application in smart IoT based fault-tolerant mechanism. (2020)
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CHEN, R., YU, Y., XIE, S., ZHAO, H., LIU, S., REN, J. and TAN, H.-Z. 2020. Rewritable and sustainable 2D barcode for traceability application in smart IoT based fault-tolerant mechanism. Sustainability [online], 12(17), article 7192. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177192

With the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, two-dimensional (2D) barcodes are widely used in smart IoT applications as a perception portal. In industries with many circulations and testing links like traceability, since the exist... Read More about Rewritable and sustainable 2D barcode for traceability application in smart IoT based fault-tolerant mechanism..

The folklore-centric gaze: a relational approach to landscape, folklore and tourism. (2020)
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IRONSIDE, R. and MASSIE, S. 2020. The folklore-centric gaze: a relational approach to landscape, folklore and tourism. Time and mind [online], 13(3), pages 227-244. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/1751696X.2020.1809862

Supernatural folktales have a long oral tradition in Scotland, embedded in local communities and the landscapes of the region. Recently, these folktales have been utilised by destinations as a form of place-making, and a driver for increasing tourist... Read More about The folklore-centric gaze: a relational approach to landscape, folklore and tourism..