Bit torrent and you
Thesis - 2 pages - Computer science
In the following article bit torrent will be discussed; the article will cover how to use it and how it works. Take note that there are many different uses for bit torrent and I shall focus on legal uses only. You should also be aware that there are illegal uses for torrent and you should avoid...
The history of data storage and it's place in modern day computing
Thesis - 2 pages - Computer science
Even before the first computer made its way into popular knowledge, data storage was an activity that had occurred many times. Data had been copied and stored on a hard disk like tool and then re-used by a mechanical contraption of some sort. In 1801 for example the punch card was used to control...
Tips to enhance pc performance
Thesis - 2 pages - Computer science
PC performance may be greatly enhanced by modifying or ‘tweaking' a few of the default operating system settings. The optimization process differs for Windows XP and Windows Vista, so a section is devoted to each operating system providing a list to enhance pc performance on both Windows...
FOSS (Free and open source software)
Thesis - 6 pages - Computer science
The word free software means that the software has a free license and it gives everyone the right to use, study, modify, duplicate, distribute and sell the said software. Historically, Richard Stallman was the one who formalized the concept of free software in the first half of the 1980s and...
The grounded theory
Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science
The methodology of Grounded Theory is increasingly being used in research in information systems. However, some researchers consider this method as having non-rigorous data points and therefore unacceptable for scientific research and the use of empirical data. The purpose of the article by...
Dawn of the information age
Thesis - 7 pages - Computer science
We live in an age of information. Every day we witness tremendous changes in the field of information technology. To understand the functioning of the information systems around us, we need to look into the meaning of the various terms used in this context. The term information system means any...
Hurray! No spam here
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
The proliferation of the Internet as a means of communication has been an immense boon to mankind. Millions of data are shared between users, companies and governments that enable quick transfer and processing of data. This has resulted in the creation of a global village where there are no...
Kanata: Adaptation and evolution in data sharing systems
Thesis - 3 pages - Computer science
The role of various elements employed in the adaptation and evolution of data systems is complex. This article elaborates a number of issues related to adaptation and changing data patterns. It includes the use of metadata. Metadata is employed in web pages and are used by search engines while...
Agent oriented domain driven data mining
Thesis - 6 pages - Computer science
Data mining is the process of knowledge discovery in the database. The basic need of data mining in business is to help in improving the business. There are different types of businesses based on domains. Data mining has been recognized as an essential element of decision support, which has...
Selecting informative features - a novel approach for the classification of large dataset
Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science
Feature subset selection plays an essential role in all data mining applications. It speeds up a data mining algorithm and improves mining performance. This paper proposes a novel approach of feature subset selection for classification problem. This approach aims to find common features from...
Linux Vs Microsoft Windows
Thesis - 6 pages - Computer science
Hardware manufacturers and computer users shared software during the period of 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. But, by the late 1960's, software costs had increased and the growing software industry was competing, as the hardware manufacturer's bundled software products. Towards the late 1970's and...
A survey on quality of service in network-on-chip
Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science
This paper presents a survey on one of the key Network-on-Chip (NoC) research area i.e. Quality of Service (QoS): Service classification and negotiation. The models of QoS are classified into different categories based on synchronous, that is, having single clock domain or asynchronous NoC and...
Assessment of open source software
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
Previous research of software being developed under open source license has showed that some open source products can reach qualitative and popularly level of commercial (usually closed-source) counterparts. Open source (usually free of charge) software has become increasingly prominent in last...
Efficient rule based genetic algorithm
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
Genetic algorithm (GA) is an optimization technique which is applicable to all the functions that can be evaluated by using fuzzy rule based system. The problems can also be optimized by using mathematical functions such as calculus (derivative, integration etc.), and other nonlinear modeling...
Time synchronization: A need for sensor network
Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science
Wireless sensor networks are a new type of ad hoc networks that had drawn the interest of the research community in last few years. They require accurate, reliable time for many of its applications. The use of traditional time synchronization protocols for wired network is restricted by severe...
Quality of services in ad-hoc wireless networks: A survey
Thesis - 11 pages - Computer science
Wireless network is a collection of hosts forming a network on the fly, using a fixed infrastructure. But Ad-hoc Wireless network is a collection of mobile hosts forming a network in the air, without using a fixed infrastructure. Some features of Ad-hoc Wireless network are lack of central...
Decision making through software agent-based intelligent system for education management
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) is a sub-field of Artificial intelligence (AI) which is concerned with a society of problem solvers or agents interacting in order to solve a common problem. Software Agents have evolved from Multi-Agent System (MAS) ,which in turn form one of three broad...
Estimation of stage efficiency and optimization of biosorption processes using dynamic programming
Thesis - 15 pages - Computer science
Heavy metal ions in aqueous effluent stream is being treated by biosorption of metal ions upon various biosorbents. Use of Azolla filiculoides as an effective biosorbent has been studied to remove copper ions for a given volume of effluent with initial concentration of Ci to the desired final...
Online match making process using fuzzy multi-attribute decision making method
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
In this paper, we study the fuzzy multi attribute decision making problems with preference information on alternatives, in which the attribute values and the preference values given by the decision maker(s) are in the form of triangular fuzzy numbers, and the information about attribute weights...
A new paradigm in designing an advertisement - an application of real time data warehouse & data mining in preparation of an ad copy
Thesis - 16 pages - Computer science
The purpose of the article is to address the relative information of modeling an ad copy through real-time data warehousing. In modern enterprises the day-to-day activities information is to be stored in data warehouse. We have taken the example of data warehouse concept from SAP Business One...
Constructive and equivalent variable cost heuristics to the multi-period fixed charge transportation problem
Thesis - 7 pages - Computer science
This paper addresses a multi-period fixed charge transportation problem (MPFCTP), which includes transportation, inventories and backlog. The transportation costs are represented in the form of a nonlinear function. The objective is to determine the size of the shipments in each period, inventory...
An algorithm to solve multi-objective fractional bottleneck transportation problem with restrictions
Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science
The transportation problems with multiple objectives having more than one restriction are very important from the practical point of view. In this paper, an algorithm is developed to solve Multiple Fractional Time Transportation Problem with Restrictions (MFTPR), which is solved by a...
Cost optimization of supply chain networks using particle swarm optimization
Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science
With increasing competitiveness in the business world, focus on supply chain has got greater attention. Therefore supply chain has to be made effective by reducing unnecessary losses occurring in the supply network. These losses are caused due to production, distribution planning and improper...
Fuzzy QFD for optimizing the engineering characteristics of a casting product
Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science
A casting may be defined as a metal object obtained by allowing molten metal to solidify in a mould, the shape of the object being determined by the shape of the mould cavity. Defective castings, even at advanced foundries, account for 2 to 5% and sometimes from 10 to 25% of the number of...
Artificial intelligence for classification of defects in ultrasonic testing
Tutorials/exercises - 14 pages - Computer science
A methodology is developed to detect defects in NDT of materials using an Artificial Neural Network and signal processing technique. This technique is proposed to improve the sensibility of flaw detection and to classify defects in Ultrasonic testing. Wavelet transform is used to derive a feature...
Genetic algorithmic approach for multi objective weighted spanning tree
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
The minimum weight spanning tree is a well known problem in the networking area, having a wide range of applications. In this paper, a new approach for dealing with multi objective weighted spanning tree is proposed. The proposed method uses Genetic Algorithm to generate non dominated spanning...
Evaluating the maximum confidence of facts for information provided on the web
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
The World Wide Web is an important information source for us. But, there is no guarantee for the relevance of information retrieved from the Web. The information provided by one Website may be conflicting with the information on the property of an object from other website. In this paper, we...
Rule-extraction from support vector machines through consistency based feature selection approach
Thesis - 6 pages - Computer science
In this paper, a new approach is proposed to extract rules from the support vector machines through consistency based feature selection. To reduce the computational time and increase the performance of classification model, a two step classification approach is followed. First step includes...
Image restoration using knowledge from the image
Thesis - 3 pages - Computer science
There are various real world situations where, a portion of the image is lost or damaged which needs an image restoration. A prior knowledge of the image may not be available for restoring the image, which demands for a knowledge derivation from the image itself. Restoring the lost portions of...
Privacy preserving distributed data mining by using tree based randomization
Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science
Due to increasing concerns related to privacy, organizations are forced to take actions to protect the privacy of individuals when revealing customers' records during data mining activities. In this paper we present a methodology that preserves statistical relationship between attributes using...
