Advances and Innovations in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering

Advances and Innovations in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering  is a collection of world class paper articles addressing the following topics: Image and Pattern Recognition: Compression, Image processing, Signal Processing Architect

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Advances and Innovations in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering Edited by Khaled Elleithy University of Bridgeport CT, USA

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ISBN 978-1-4020-6263-6 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-6264-3 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com

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To my wife and sons.

Table of Contents Preface

xv

Acknowledgements

xvii

1.

An Adaptive and Extensible Web-Based Interface System for Interactive Video Contents Browsing Adrien Joly and Dian Tjondronegoro

1

2.

Design and Implementation of Virtual Instruments for Monitoring and Controlling Physical Variables Using Different Communication Protocols A. Montoya, D. Aristizábal, R. Restrepo, N. Montoya and L. Giraldo

7

3.

Online Decision Support System for Dairy Farm A. Savilionis, A. Zajančkauskas, V. Petrauskas and S. Juknevičius

13

4.

Decision Making Strategies in Global Exchange and Capital Markets Aleksandras Vytautas Rutkauskas and Viktorija Stasytyte

17

5.

A Simple and Efficient Solution for Room Synchronization Problem in Distributed Computing Alex A. Aravind

23

6.

Improving Computer Access for Blind Users Amina Bouraoui and Mejdi Soufi

29

7.

Developing a Multi-Agent System for Dynamic Scheduling Trough AOSE Perspective Ana Madureira, Joaquim Santos, Nuno Gomes and Ilda Ferreira

35

8.

Criminal Sentencing, Intuition and Decision Support Andrew Vincent, Tania Sourdin and John Zeleznikow

41

9.

An Approach for Invariant Clustering and Recognition in Dynamic Environment Andrey Gavrilov and Sungyoung Lee

47

10.

Modelling non Measurable Processes by Neural Networks: Forecasting Underground Flow Case Study of the Cèze Basin (Gard - France) A. Johannet, P.A. Ayral and B. Vayssade

53

11.

Significance of Pupil Diameter Measurements for the Assessment of Affective State in Computer Users Armando Barreto, Jing Zhai, Naphtali Rishe and Ying Gao

59

12.

A Novel Probing Technique for Mode Estimation in Video Coding Architectures Ashoka Jayawardena

65

13.

The Effects of Vector Transform on Speech Compression B.D. Barkana & M.A. Cay

67

14.

Software Development Using an Agile Approach for Satellite Camera Ground Support Equipment D. dos Santos, Jr., I. N. da Silva, R. Modugno, H. Pazelli and A. Castellar

71

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

15.

Priming the Pump: Load Balancing Iterative Algorithms David J. Powers

77

16.

An Ontology for Modelling Flexible Business Processes Denis Berthier

83

17.

Routing Free Messages Between Processing Elements