Innovations and Advanced Techniques in Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering
Innovations and Advanced Techniques in Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering is a collection of world class paper articles addressing the following topics: Signal and Image Processing: Content Based Video Retrieval, Character Recognition,
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Innovations and Advanced Techniques in Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering Edited by
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To Nihal, Omar, Haya, Sami and Adam
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Preface Acknowledgements
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Mobile Robot Localization using Soft-reduced Hypotheses Tracking L. Banjanović-Mehmedović, I. Petrović and E. Ivanjko
1
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Effective Arabic Character Recognition using Support Vector Machines Mehmmood Abdulla Abd
7
3.
Extracted Structural Features for Image Comparison Pornchai Mongkolnam, Thanee Dechsakulthorn and Chakarida Nukoolkit
13
4.
The Functional Model of a Robot System Which Presents a Visual Servoing Control R.C. Tarca, I.C. Tarca, A. Tripe-Vidican and T. Vesselenyi
19
5.
An Approach to the Design of Optimal Test Scheduling for System-On-Chip Based on Genetic Algorithm P. Sakthivel and P. Narayanasamy
25
6.
Vision-based Monitoring System for Detecting Red Signal Crossing Ritesh Sharma and Sreela Sasi
29
7.
Describing Function and Error Estimation for Class of Nonlinear Systems with Fuzzy Elements Tomislav Sijak, Ognjen Kuljaca and Ljubomir Kuljaca
35
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Semantic Object Generation in Tongue Image Analysis XIE Zhiming, YANG Bao-an and CHAI xin
41
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Distributed Computing Systems: P2P versus Grid Computing Alternatives A. Cabani, S. Ramaswamy, M. Itmi, S. Al-Shukri and J.P. Pécuchet
47
10.
Context Sensitive Shape-Substitution in Nastaliq Writing System: Analysis and Formulation Aamir Wali and Sarmad Hussain
53
11.
Hyperbook Authoring Environment Abdoulmajid Hakki
59
12.
XML and the Architecture of the Hyperbook Abdoulmajid Hakki
63
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A Novel Image Retrieval System Based on Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform and Support Vector Machines Adeel Mumtaz, S.A.M. Gilani and Tahir Jameel
14.
Feature Level Fusion of Night Vision Images Based on K-means Clustering Algorithm Adnan Mujahid Khan, Bushra Kayani and Asif M. Gillani
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Chaotic Fractals with Multivalued Logic in Cellular Automata Amal K. Ghosh, Pabitra Pal Choudhury and Amitabha Basuray
77
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Semantics for an Asynchronous Message Passing System A.V.S. Rajan, S. Bavan and G. Abeysinghe
83
17.
Magnetization Plateau Enhancement via a Simple Computational Model of Organic Spin Sandwiches A. Barrañón and F. de L. Castillo-Alvarado
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