M. Khalid, Sharifullah Khan, Jamil Ahmad, Muhammad Shaheryar
{"title":"Multivariate Covariance using Principal Component Analysis for Reconstruction of Bidirected Gene Regulatory Networks","authors":"M. Khalid, Sharifullah Khan, Jamil Ahmad, Muhammad Shaheryar","doi":"10.1109/FIT.2017.00048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIT.2017.00048","url":null,"abstract":"Gene Regulatory Networks (GRNs) visualize the dynamic behavior of genetic components and their complex interactions. Reconstructing GRNs from gene expression data is in practice using multiple approaches. These approaches result in symmetrical and diagonal gene interaction matrices. However, they cannot predict all kinds of regulatory network motifs between gene pairs, such as activation, inhibition and self regulations. The proposed approach applies multivariate covariances and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to identify asymmetric and non-diagonal gene interactions. The proposed approach generated bidirected GRNs holding all kinds of regulatory interactions. Moreover, the identified gene regulatory interactions have been verified from the literature.","PeriodicalId":107273,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115695244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Achieving Load Balancing in High-Density Software Defined WiFi Networks","authors":"Ze Chen, Sohaib Manzoor, Yayu Gao, Xiaojun Hei","doi":"10.1109/FIT.2017.00044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIT.2017.00044","url":null,"abstract":"In high-density WiFi networks, load balancing is important to improve network utilization and ensure fairness in terms of network usage among end-users. However, load balancing is difficult to achieve in traditional WiFi networks. The emerging software defined network (SDN) architecture is advantageous to achieve measurable, manageable and controllable high-density WiFi networks. In this paper, we propose a load balancing scheme for SD-WiFi networks, which jointly considers the overload problem and the hand-over process. We constructed an emulation platform and a low-cost prototype testbed for high-density WiFi networks to evaluate our load-balancing scheme. Our comparative experiments were conducted with the same settings using the emulation tool and the testbed. The proposed scheme outperforms the default settings and three previous schemes including a load-aware access scheme, an adaptive load-balancing scheme, and a load-aware handoff scheme, in achieving the best trade-off between network throughput and network fairness.","PeriodicalId":107273,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123601332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Features Selection and Optimized Neural Network Architecture for Modelling Flows in Solar Collectors","authors":"Shahzad Yousaf, I. Shafi, J. Ahmad","doi":"10.1109/FIT.2017.00051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIT.2017.00051","url":null,"abstract":"Selection of the most relevant features for training of an artificial neural network (ANN) is of significant importance affecting largely the complexity and accuracy of the trained network. Moreover, deciding the topology and architecture of an ANN including the training algorithm, number of hidden layers, activation functions and neurons in each layer is challenging for the effectiveness of an ANN to solve a particular problem. In this paper, we present a novel strategy to result into an optimized topological architecture for an ANN and selection method for the most important experimental features available for training. The proposed method is found to efficiently design and model flows in solar collectors and subsequently estimating pressure loss coefficients for flows in the tee junctions vastly used in solar collectors with high accuracy. Experimental results demonstrate that the number of features used in training of ANN can be reduced up to 85% by identifying the features upon which the pressure loss coefficients’ estimation shows strong dependency. Performance analysis of various training algorithms has been carried out with variation in hidden layers, activation functions and neurons that results into minimum mean square error leading to minimal percent relative error.","PeriodicalId":107273,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127558159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Khurram Hashmi, Muhammad Mansoor Khan, S. Habib, Houjun Tang
{"title":"An Improved Control Scheme for Power Sharing between Distributed Power Converters in Islanded AC Microgrids","authors":"Khurram Hashmi, Muhammad Mansoor Khan, S. Habib, Houjun Tang","doi":"10.1109/FIT.2017.00055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIT.2017.00055","url":null,"abstract":"Power sharing in islanded AC microgrids is a growing area of interest for researchers. Droop control methods are basic de-centralized methods of power sharing between power converter nodes in an islanded AC microgrid. However, these methods have certain drawbacks including the need for a secondary control layer to correct deviations in voltage and frequency caused by droop action in primary power sharing control loop. Alternatively, multiagent consensus based control methods utilize localized controls at each converter node such that all nodes work to reach a consensus upon required parameters through communication based sharing of measured values. However, using these methods, reactive power sharing is not satisfactorily achieved. Moreover, the control response tends to be slower and in-accurate. This paper proposes a distributed consensus based control scheme to ensure proportional sharing of both active and reactive power between distributed converters in an islanded AC microgrid, whilst also restoring voltage and frequency to their nominal values. Effectiveness of the proposed method has been verified through simulation studies in MATLAB Sim power systems.","PeriodicalId":107273,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125081440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Various Meterological Parameters Effect on GSM Radio Signal Propagation for a Moderate Area","authors":"Luqman Ali, Imtiaz Alam, Syed Asim Shah, Muneeb Yaqoob","doi":"10.1109/FIT.2017.00028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIT.2017.00028","url":null,"abstract":"The next generation remote systems, for example, fourth-cell (5G) cellular networks are focused on supporting different applications, e.g. voice, information and interactive media on interchanged packet systems. In these systems, individual-to-individual correspondence can be enhanced with high quality images and video, and access to data and services in public and private systems will be enhanced by higher information rates, quality of service, security efforts, productivity of vitality and new adaptive communication capabilities. Be that as it may, the channel continues to be a challenge more particularly in the moderate areas. In recent times, the propagation of radio-frequency in moderate regions has been the interest of many theoretical and experimental investigations. This exploration work is concerned with the factual investigations of the generation of GSM radio waves signal in the moderate zone at the confinement points of the observable pathway to decide or construct a relationship that exists between refractivity and the propagation of the radio waves signal. Therefore, this work has evaluated relationship that exists between refractivity and propagation of the GSM radio signal as - 0.98 correlation coefficient that infers opposite relation (i.e. refractivity mitigates signal quality) the greater refractivity means lower signal quality and vice versa.","PeriodicalId":107273,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121374111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GPS based Public Transport Arrival Time Prediction","authors":"M. U. Farooq, Aamna Shakoor, A. Siddique","doi":"10.1109/FIT.2017.00021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIT.2017.00021","url":null,"abstract":"Users of public transport, in developing countries, face a lot of problems such as long waits on bus stops and often no bus arrival after a long wait. One of the novel solutions to the problem is to display the expected arrival times of the buses on respective bus stops. Many prediction systems have been developed based on different techniques.This paper presents a public transport arrival time prediction system relying on real time Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) data rather than the old-fashioned techniques. Global Positioning System (GPS) and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) are used for developing a Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) and communication between different nodes respectively. On server side, an efficient and optimized algorithm is developed to predict the arrival times accurately. Many test drives were done on a selected route under various test conditions. And resulting predicted times and their deviation from Final Traveling Time (FTT) at each bus stop are shown in graphs at the last of the paper.","PeriodicalId":107273,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)","volume":"7 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129229360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Hussain, Z. Ullah, S. M. Ali, B. Khan, M. F. Qureshi, C. A. Mehmood
{"title":"Energy Management Model for Energy District Prosumers and Utility: A Case Study of Texas State","authors":"I. Hussain, Z. Ullah, S. M. Ali, B. Khan, M. F. Qureshi, C. A. Mehmood","doi":"10.1109/FIT.2017.00057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIT.2017.00057","url":null,"abstract":"In recent, Smart Grid is heading towards mega grid with the integration of various consumer categories, renewable energy penetration, bi-directional communication infrastructure, and thousands of power buses interconnected in wide area systems. With this growing trend, new terminologies evolve, such as ‘Prosumers in energy district’ that refers to a special class of consumers residing in the vicinity with the capability of producing and consuming energy. Prosumers enhance the smart grid infrastructure in terms of grid-support, bi-directional energy flow, and stability enhancement. With Energy District (ED) as a generating zone, the utility must undergo a Service Level Agreement (SLA) that mutually satisfies the financial benefits. Considering above, we propose a bi-directional energy management model for an ED and Utility. Moreover, a Coalition Manager (CM) is introduced that statistically correlates the weather parameters with electrical load consumption of consumers and controls the energy flows between both parties under the principle of Service SLA. Furthermore, with climatic drifts, an optimization model is developed that maximizes the revenue of the utility. Under SLA umbrella, on Prosumers end, the cost of energy consumption ($/MWh) is minimized and energy surplus is maximized. To validate the aforementioned model, real-time data of Texas State (US) is modeled and analyzed.","PeriodicalId":107273,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115707264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling of Sewerage System Using Internet of Things for Smart City","authors":"Saba Latif, Hamra Afzaal, N. Zafar","doi":"10.1109/FIT.2017.00016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIT.2017.00016","url":null,"abstract":"Now a days, modeling and developing smart places is an open research problem. The concept of smart city can be observed in every field of life including smart parking, banking, sewerage, waste management, smart transport, environmental monitoring and healthcare centers. Internet of things (IoT) is an implementation of smart nodes that sense the data, interpret, process and give response within a required time in a network. The ability to embed sensing devices into real environment enables the transformation of smart environment. However, there is a very little practical use of IoT infrastructure in real life. Many traditional approaches are proposed by researchers that do not address this issue correctly. We have focused on the smart sewerage system of a smart city in this paper. The sewerage system is represented by a graph in which a junction is assumed as a node and flow of water is represented as a directed edge in the graph theory. The flow of water is controlled by defining a safe path from one junction to another by predicting behavior of water and safe state of the system. The graph based model is transformed into a formal model using Vienna Development Method-Specification Language (VDM-SL). The proof of correctness is provided by using various facilities available in the VDM-SL toolbox.","PeriodicalId":107273,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116486622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sparsity of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Slant Transform","authors":"Usama Riaz, F. A. Razzaq, Amna Khan, M. Gul","doi":"10.1109/FIT.2017.00072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIT.2017.00072","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a widely used medical imaging technique. It has many different applications that ranges from manual diagnosis process by medical experts to automated disease predictions. Sparsity of MRI helped researchers in generating rapid images from highly under-sampled signals. Moreover, it is being used to reduce input feature set for various learning algorithms. Traditionally implemented techniques use different transform domains for sparsity of MRI. This paper presents a novel technique for improving sparsity of MR images using Slant transform and compares the results with traditionally used sparse domains.","PeriodicalId":107273,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124760558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Waqar Farooq, M. Khan, S. Rehman, N. Saqib, M. Abbas
{"title":"AAGV: A Cluster Based Multicast Routing Protocol for Autonomous Aerial and Ground Vehicles Communication in VANET","authors":"Waqar Farooq, M. Khan, S. Rehman, N. Saqib, M. Abbas","doi":"10.1109/FIT.2017.00063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIT.2017.00063","url":null,"abstract":"The Autonomous Ground Vehicles (AGVs) are developed to perform the rescue operations independently for providing safety to human lives such as in mines detection and clearance operations. The performance of these AGVs has been enhanced in our previous work by implementing the Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) among these vehicles. In this piece of research, the Autonomous Aerial and Ground Vehicles (AAGVs) routing protocol has been proposed, in which the aerial vehicles are introduced to overcome the limitations of AGVs communication for disseminating the Mines Detection Messages (MDMs). Additionally, the cluster based scheme is designed in such a way that the AAGVs protocol can adapt itself in real time without affecting its performance by maintaining stable Inter-Vehicular Communication (IVC) links. The simulation of the proposed protocol in Network Simulator illustrates that the delay and overhead have been reduced. On the other hand, the packet delivery ratio and throughput have been increased by adopting the multicast communication approach.","PeriodicalId":107273,"journal":{"name":"2017 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129611497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}