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On Detecting Port Scanning Using Fuzzy Based Intrusion Detection System
February 28, 2008, 12:00am PST
Intrusion detection is a mechanism used to detect various attacks on a wired or wireless network. Port scanning is one of the dangerous attacks that intrusion detection tries to detect. Snort, a...
Provided by American University of Sharjah
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Mobile RFID Tracking System
February 16, 2008, 12:00am PST
This paper describes the design of an RFID Kids Tracking System. It is designed to track a moving child in a wide area, such as a park or mall, using RFID technology. The proposed system has...
Provided by American University of Sharjah
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The Practice Of Corporate Finance In The Middle-East
February 22, 2008, 12:00am PST
This paper reproduces a survey previously applied in two different Continents, North America and Europe to inquire about cost of capital, capital budgeting, capital structure, and corporate...
Provided by American University of Sharjah
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An Efficient Vehicle Communication Network Topology With an Extensible Framework
November 3, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper proposes an extensible solution that gives support to recent growth in wireless communication and allows developers outside of the automotive industry to develop applications leveraging...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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Particle Swarm Optimization Based Approach to Solve the Multiple Sink Placement Problem in WSNs
April 25, 2012, 12:00am PDT
A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a collection of tiny and limited-capability sensor nodes that report their sensed data to a data collector, referred to as a sink node. WSNs are used in many...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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Slow Port Scanning Detection
January 4, 2012, 12:00am PST
Port scanning is the most popular reconnaissance technique attackers use to discover services they can break into. Port scanning detection has received a lot of attention by researchers. However a...
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Routing and Wavelength Assignment in Optical Networks Using Boolean Satisfiability
September 28, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Optical networks consist of switches that are connected using fiber optics links. Each link consists of a set of wavelengths and each wavelength can be used by one or more users to transmit...
Provided by American University of Sharjah
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Pervasive Differentiated Services: A QoS Model for Pervasive Systems
June 8, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, authors introduce a mechanism by which the same concept of differentiated services used in network transmission can be applied to provide quality of service levels to pervasive...
Provided by American University in Cairo
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Privacy as a Service: Privacy-Aware Data Storage and Processing in Cloud Computing Architectures
February 26, 2010, 12:00am PST
In this paper the authors present PasS (Privacy as a Service); a set of security protocols for ensuring the privacy and legal compliance of customer data in cloud computing architectures. PasS...
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Crowding Out Intrinsic Motivation? The Role Of Performance-Related Pay
September 17, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper attempts to expand upon the current debate involving the relationship between performance-related pay and public service motivation. Two models are used to examine how variable pay...
Provided by American University
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A Locked Cache-Based Synchronization Protocol for CMP
January 1, 2011, 12:00am PST
CMP processors are already replacing complex single core superscalar processor architectures. They offer better performance per watt and area. This is especially true in TLP rich server and web...
Provided by American University in Cairo
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SWOLO: A SWEBOK-Based Ontology for Learning Objects
September 24, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Re-usable Learning Objects (RLO) has recently gained popularity as the primary organizational structure in software that manipulates and renders e-Learning content. Cisco defines a comprehensive...
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Wireless Stand-Alone Portable Patient Monitoring and Logging System
June 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors propose a wireless stand-alone, embedded system design that integrates the monitoring of three biomedical parameters into a single personal medical device. The three...
Provided by American University of Sharjah
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Design, Implementation and Testing of Mobile Agent Protection Mechanism for MANETS
June 7, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors present an operation framework and protection mechanism to facilitate secure environment to protect mobile agents against tampering. The system depends on the presence...
Provided by American University of Sharjah
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Authenticated Mobile Device Proxy Service
June 7, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In the current study the authors present a system that is capable to deliver proxy based differentiated service. It will help the carrier service node to sell a prepaid service to clients and...
Provided by American University of Sharjah
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Improving Location Management in Mobile IPv4 Networks
June 7, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The Mobile IP Standard has been developed to support mobility over the Internet. This standard contains several drawbacks as in the cases where packets are routed via sub-optimal paths and...
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Managing Handheld Devices in Ad-Hoc Collaborative Computing Environments
June 7, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The noticeable advance in the area of computer technology has paved the way for the invention of powerful mobile devices. However, limited storage, short battery life, and relatively low...
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Input Variable Selection Using Parallel Processing of RBF Neural Networks
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
In this paper the authors propose a new technique focused on the selection of the important input variable for modeling complex systems of function approximation problems, in order to avoid the...
Provided by Arab American University
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Pledge: A Policy-Based Security Protocol for Protecting Content Addressable Storage Architectures
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
In this paper the authors present PLEDGE, an efficient and scalable security ProtocoL for protecting fixed-content objects in ContEnt ADdressable StoraGe (CAS) architEctures. PLEDGE follows an...
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A Joint Power Allocation and Adaptive Channel Coding Scheme for Image Transmission Over Wireless Channels
May 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, a joint adaptive power allocation and channel coding optimization scheme is proposed. This scheme exploits the difference in importance among bits used to represent an image or...
Provided by American University
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A Channel-Aware and Occupancy-Dependent Scheduler for Video Transmission Over Wireless Channels
September 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors propose an adaptive and fair priority scheduler for video streaming over wireless links. The proposed scheme selects the client to be served based on the instantaneous...
Provided by American University
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Performance Evaluation of a Noncoherent Digital Delay-Locked Loop in Rayleigh Fading Channels
November 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
PN code tracking is one of the most important factors that affect the performance of spread spectrum receivers. It is desirable to maintain PN code tracking for a long period of time and with high...
Provided by American University
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A Full Image of the Wormhole Attacks Towards Introducing Complex Wormhole Attacks in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
May 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors are concerned of a particularly severe security attack that affects the ad hoc networks routing protocols, it is called the wormhole attack. They can think of wormhole...
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Impact Of Financial And Multinational Operations On Manager Perceptions Of Dividends
September 23, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Despite numerous theoretical and empirical studies, a lack of consensus still persists among financial economists on why firms pay dividends (Baker, Powell, and Veit, 2002). The dividend...
Provided by American University
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Practical Applications and Connectivity Algorithms in Future Wireless Sensor Networks
August 20, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Like any sentient organism, a smart environment relies first and foremost on sensory data captured from the real world. The sensory data come from sensor nodes of different modalities deployed on...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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EEIA: Energy Efficient Indexed Aggregation in Smart Wireless Sensor Networks
January 5, 2011, 12:00am PST
The main idea behind in-network aggregation is that, rather than sending individual data items from sensors to sinks, multiple data items are aggregated as they are forwarded by the sensor...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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Limits of Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling Algorithms
May 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Microprocessor power consumption has reached unacceptable levels and has been growing exponentially. It has become a major concern in microarchitecture and design of microprocessors. This work...
Provided by American University
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3D Geographical Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
May 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors present a novel 3D Geographical Routing algorithm (3DGR) that makes use of the position information to route packets from sources to destinations with high path quality...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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SN-MAC: A Cross Layer MAC/Routing Algorithm for High-Throughput and Low-Latency WSNs
May 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Energy savings have always been the primary concern in sensor network protocols; however there are applications where latency and throughput are prioritized over energy efficiency and are so...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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A Scalable Security Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
May 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Since sensor nodes suffer from limited resources, in memory storage, computing power, energy capabilities, and transmission rates, available network security protocols are inadequate. Symmetric...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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A Decision Making Tool for the Selection of Service Oriented-Based Legacy Systems Modernization Strategies
May 11, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors present a process and tool that facilitates the decision making process of selecting an appropriate migration strategy for legacy software systems using the service...
Provided by American University
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Modeling and Simulation of Human Lumbar Spine
May 4, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The objective of this collaborative research is to develop a computer modeling and visualization environment that is capable of simulating the three dimensional static and dynamic motion response...
Provided by American University
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Integration of the Algorithmic & OO Approaches in the Curriculum
May 3, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The traditional algorithmic approach to computing, supported by structured methods, is increasingly being superseded by the Object-Oriented (OO) approach with its own accompanying methods. The OO...
Provided by American University
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Optimizing the Value of Preemption in Embedded Sensor Nodes
May 5, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The emergence of the technology of wireless sensor networks has lead to many changes in current and traditional computational techniques. Traditional operating systems do not take into...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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Can The EU Become A Global Player?
February 18, 2009, 12:00am PST
The birth of the European Economic Community and the EURATOM represented the materialization of a new and brave idea about the role which the economical integration could play in ensuring the...
Provided by American University
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Automated Selection of Legacy Systems SOA Modernization Strategies Using Decision Theory
October 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Legacy systems modernization is one of the most pressing issues for enterprise organizations. The continuous emergence of new technologies that are proven to be more robust, scalable, and...
Provided by American University in Cairo
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Increasing Inequality, Inadequate Demand, Status Insecurity, Ideology, And The Financial Crisis Of 2008
January 13, 2011, 12:00am PST
The most widely embraced explanations of the financial crisis of 2008 have centered upon inadequate regulation stemming from laissez-faire ideology, combined with low interest rates. Although...
Provided by American University
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Rising Inequality And The Financial Crises Of 1929 And 2008
August 2, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Inequality increased dramatically in the decades leading up to the financial crises of both 1929 and 2008. Yet students of both crises have largely ignored any role that rising inequality might...
Provided by American University
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Increasing Inequality, Status Insecurity, Ideology, And The Financial Crisis Of 2008
September 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The current financial crisis has been blamed on inadequate regulation stemming from laissez-faire ideology, combined with low interest rates. But beneath these widely-acknowledged causal factors...
Provided by American University
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External Shocks, Structural Change, And Economic Growth In Mexico 1979-2007
September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper finds that shocks to net financial inflows, world oil prices, the U.S. growth rate, and the lagged real exchange rate explain most of the fluctuations in Mexico's annual growth since...
Provided by American University
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Enhanced Mobile Digital Video Broadcasting with Distributed Space-Time Coding
December 11, 2012, 12:00am PST
This paper investigates the distributed Space-Time (ST) coding proposals for the future Digital Video Broadcasting - Next Generation Handheld (DVB-NGH) standard. The authors first theoretically...
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Cognitive Multiple Access Using Soft Sensing and Secondary Channel State Information
March 12, 2012, 12:00am PDT
The authors consider a random access primary network. At the beginning of each time slot, a number of secondary users sense the channel and make an access decision based on the spectrum sensing...
Provided by American University in Cairo
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A Stable Matching Game for Joint Uplink/Downlink Resource Allocation in OFDMA Wireless Networks
May 24, 2012, 12:00am PDT
The emergence of resource-demanding wireless services such as mobile gaming or multimedia applications motivates the introduction of advanced paradigms for resource allocation in next-generation...
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Optimized Energy-Aware Multicasting Over Wireless Cellular Networks With Multihop Cooperation
May 24, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Multicasting provides a scalable solution to deliver a common content to a set of requesting mobile terminals in wireless broadband networks. However, the multicasting rate is limited by the worst...
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The Sum-Capacity of Discrete-Noise Multiple-Access Channels With Single-User Decoding and Identical Codebooks
May 24, 2012, 12:00am PDT
The authors consider an additive multiple-access channel model where all users are constrained to use identical codebooks, and where single-user decoding is performed at the receiver. They study...
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Slow Port Scanning Detection
January 4, 2012, 12:00am PST
Port scanning is the most popular reconnaissance technique attackers use to discover services they can break into. Port scanning detection has received a lot of attention by researchers. However a...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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Particle Swarm Optimization Based Approach to Solve the Multiple Sink Placement Problem in WSNs
April 25, 2012, 12:00am PDT
A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a collection of tiny and limited-capability sensor nodes that report their sensed data to a data collector, referred to as a sink node. WSNs are used in many...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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An Efficient Vehicle Communication Network Topology With an Extensible Framework
November 3, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper proposes an extensible solution that gives support to recent growth in wireless communication and allows developers outside of the automotive industry to develop applications leveraging...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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Turbo Codes for Pulse Position Modulation: Applying BCJR Algorithm on PPM Signals
December 15, 2011, 12:00am PST
In this paper, the authors consider the problem of turbo encoding/decoding for Pulse Position Modulation (PPM) that constitutes a very popular modulation scheme for Free-Space Optical (FSO)...
Provided by Lebanese American University
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A Novel Event-Driven QoS-Aware Connection Setup Management Scheme for Optical Networks
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
This paper proposes a QoS-Aware Optical Connection Setup Management scheme that uses the Earliest Deadline First (EDF) queueing discipline to schedule the setup of the optical connections. The...
Provided by Lebanese American University
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A New Proposed Technique to Improve Software Regression Testing Cost
July 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors describe the regression test process to test and verify the changes made on software. A developed technique use the automation test based on decision tree and test...
Provided by American University
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A Jabber Based Framework for Building Communication Capable Java Mobile Applications
May 7, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The main aim of this framework and library is to provide Java Micro Edition developers a powerful mechanism that facilitates the process of building communication capable mobile applications. The...
Provided by American University in Cairo
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Subquery Allocations in Distributed Databases Using Genetic Algorithms
April 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Minimization of query execution time is an important performance objective in distributed databases design. While total time is to be minimized for On Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) type...
Provided by American University of Sharjah
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A Reconfigurable Frequency-Notched UWB Antenna With Split-Ring Resonators
September 13, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, two designs of an ultra-wideband antenna with reconfigurable band notches are presented. The first design is based on several nested complementary split-ring resonators, whereas the...
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A Simple Dual-Port Antenna System for Cognitive Radio Applications
April 10, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper presents a simple antenna system design for cognitive radio applications. The system comprises two printed monopoles sharing a common partial ground plane. The first monopole is used...
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Over-Investment And Increased Risk-Taking In Corporate R&D?
May 6, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Some scholars argue there is under-investment in corporate R&D; however, Jensen (1993) argues some R&D projects are not profitable and investors often overlook that fact. Consistent with this...
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European Stock Market Integration: Fact Or Fiction?
December 3, 2007, 12:00am PST
The objective of this paper is to determine the dynamics and contemporaneous interactions of Euro zone stock markets at the country and economic sector level. Overall test results have revealed...
Provided by American University of Sharjah
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Fiscal Policy And Growth In Saudi Arabia
May 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Whether government spending can boost the pace of economic growth is widely debated. In the neoclassical growth model, it is supplies of productive resources and productivity that determine growth...
Provided by American University
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Democratic Accountability And The Relative Obstacles To Foreign Investment
June 29, 2011, 12:00am PDT
This paper considers the relationship between democratic accountability in developing countries and the policies they use to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The authors isolate two policy...
Provided by American University of Paris
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External Shocks, Structural Change, And Economic Growth In Mexico 1979-2007
September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper finds that shocks to net financial inflows, world oil prices, the U.S. growth rate, and the lagged real exchange rate explain most of the fluctuations in Mexico's annual growth since...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
Increasing Inequality, Status Insecurity, Ideology, And The Financial Crisis Of 2008
September 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The current financial crisis has been blamed on inadequate regulation stemming from laissez-faire ideology, combined with low interest rates. But beneath these widely-acknowledged causal factors...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
Rising Inequality And The Financial Crises Of 1929 And 2008
August 2, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Inequality increased dramatically in the decades leading up to the financial crises of both 1929 and 2008. Yet students of both crises have largely ignored any role that rising inequality might...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
Increasing Inequality, Inadequate Demand, Status Insecurity, Ideology, And The Financial Crisis Of 2008
January 13, 2011, 12:00am PST
The most widely embraced explanations of the financial crisis of 2008 have centered upon inadequate regulation stemming from laissez-faire ideology, combined with low interest rates. Although...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
Automated Selection of Legacy Systems SOA Modernization Strategies Using Decision Theory
October 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Legacy systems modernization is one of the most pressing issues for enterprise organizations. The continuous emergence of new technologies that are proven to be more robust, scalable, and...
Provided by American University in Cairo
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White Papers
Can The EU Become A Global Player?
February 18, 2009, 12:00am PST
The birth of the European Economic Community and the EURATOM represented the materialization of a new and brave idea about the role which the economical integration could play in ensuring the...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
Optimizing the Value of Preemption in Embedded Sensor Nodes
May 5, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The emergence of the technology of wireless sensor networks has lead to many changes in current and traditional computational techniques. Traditional operating systems do not take into...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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White Papers
Integration of the Algorithmic & OO Approaches in the Curriculum
May 3, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The traditional algorithmic approach to computing, supported by structured methods, is increasingly being superseded by the Object-Oriented (OO) approach with its own accompanying methods. The OO...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
Modeling and Simulation of Human Lumbar Spine
May 4, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The objective of this collaborative research is to develop a computer modeling and visualization environment that is capable of simulating the three dimensional static and dynamic motion response...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
A Decision Making Tool for the Selection of Service Oriented-Based Legacy Systems Modernization Strategies
May 11, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors present a process and tool that facilitates the decision making process of selecting an appropriate migration strategy for legacy software systems using the service...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
A Scalable Security Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
May 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Since sensor nodes suffer from limited resources, in memory storage, computing power, energy capabilities, and transmission rates, available network security protocols are inadequate. Symmetric...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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White Papers
SN-MAC: A Cross Layer MAC/Routing Algorithm for High-Throughput and Low-Latency WSNs
May 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Energy savings have always been the primary concern in sensor network protocols; however there are applications where latency and throughput are prioritized over energy efficiency and are so...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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White Papers
3D Geographical Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
May 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors present a novel 3D Geographical Routing algorithm (3DGR) that makes use of the position information to route packets from sources to destinations with high path quality...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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White Papers
Limits of Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling Algorithms
May 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Microprocessor power consumption has reached unacceptable levels and has been growing exponentially. It has become a major concern in microarchitecture and design of microprocessors. This work...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
EEIA: Energy Efficient Indexed Aggregation in Smart Wireless Sensor Networks
January 5, 2011, 12:00am PST
The main idea behind in-network aggregation is that, rather than sending individual data items from sensors to sinks, multiple data items are aggregated as they are forwarded by the sensor...
Provided by American University of Beirut
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White Papers
Practical Applications and Connectivity Algorithms in Future Wireless Sensor Networks
August 20, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Like any sentient organism, a smart environment relies first and foremost on sensory data captured from the real world. The sensory data come from sensor nodes of different modalities deployed on...
Provided by American University of Beirut
-
White Papers
Impact Of Financial And Multinational Operations On Manager Perceptions Of Dividends
September 23, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Despite numerous theoretical and empirical studies, a lack of consensus still persists among financial economists on why firms pay dividends (Baker, Powell, and Veit, 2002). The dividend...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
A Full Image of the Wormhole Attacks Towards Introducing Complex Wormhole Attacks in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
May 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors are concerned of a particularly severe security attack that affects the ad hoc networks routing protocols, it is called the wormhole attack. They can think of wormhole...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
Performance Evaluation of a Noncoherent Digital Delay-Locked Loop in Rayleigh Fading Channels
November 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
PN code tracking is one of the most important factors that affect the performance of spread spectrum receivers. It is desirable to maintain PN code tracking for a long period of time and with high...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
A Channel-Aware and Occupancy-Dependent Scheduler for Video Transmission Over Wireless Channels
September 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors propose an adaptive and fair priority scheduler for video streaming over wireless links. The proposed scheme selects the client to be served based on the instantaneous...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
A Joint Power Allocation and Adaptive Channel Coding Scheme for Image Transmission Over Wireless Channels
May 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, a joint adaptive power allocation and channel coding optimization scheme is proposed. This scheme exploits the difference in importance among bits used to represent an image or...
Provided by American University
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