{"title":"Circular structures of puffer fish: A new metaheuristic optimization algorithm","authors":"Mehmet Cem Catalbas, Arif Gülten","doi":"10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357123","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we presented a new metaheuristic optimization algorithm which we named as circular structures of puffer fish. This algorithm has been inspired by the behaviors of male puffer fish for charming the female ones. The special type of male puffer fishes, Torquigener albomaculosus, has a special ability to build a unique circular structure on the seabed. The building process of a circular structure consists of several regular sub-dimensions and as the result of this process, a circular structure is constructed. The water flow rate at the center of this structure is reduced. Additionally, these structures have some numerical properties such as the ratio of inner and outer circular structures diameter or the number of peaks on the structure. The results of the proposed algorithm are compared with genetic algorithm through various performance criteria. The most popular performance analyzing functions were used in the optimization of the algorithm performance comparison process.","PeriodicalId":274870,"journal":{"name":"2018 Third International Conference on Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Clean Energy and Green Computing (EBECEGC)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129086078","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":"Battery sustainable PV solar house: Storage consideration for off grid","authors":"M. Nassereddine, J. Rizk, M. Nagrial, A. Hellany","doi":"10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357129","url":null,"abstract":"The advances in energy storage and PV solar system increased the interest in stand-alone systems. The main elements of stand-alone PV solar system are: Solar panels, Charger controller, inverter and energy storage in the form of batteries. As the system form the sole energy source to the house, it must be designed and installed to ensure continuous operation under different loading scenario. Also, the installed electrical apparatuses and its operating sequence play an important role to ensure the system support the house without malfunction or loss of electrical power. The paper addresses the battery storage requirements for the stand alone house focusing on the type, size and operational sequence of the proposed electrical apparatuses. The works highlight the relation between the available stored energy and the size/operational sequence of the house electrical equipment. A case study is also included.","PeriodicalId":274870,"journal":{"name":"2018 Third International Conference on Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Clean Energy and Green Computing (EBECEGC)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125188811","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":"Building useful smart campus applications using a retired cell phone repurposing model","authors":"Shamar Akio Ward, Mechelle Gittens","doi":"10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357131","url":null,"abstract":"The usage of cell (mobile) phones has increased over the years. As newer and more advanced cellular technology is introduced, the question of what will be done with disposed or retired cell phones becomes a pressing one. Currently, this problem has an impact on the environment, as e-waste in landfills is a growing concern. Many have offered solutions to this problem, some that involve recycling the materials the cell phone is made of or extending the length of the contract so that users keep their cell phones longer. However, in this paper, we provide an alternative to these methods by using our model to determine if a retired cell phone can be repurposed by identifying its functional components and its sensor capabilities. Given this information from our model, a repurpose-capable cell phone can then be used to develop useful smart campus applications and can potentially reduce the number of retired cell phones that become e-waste.","PeriodicalId":274870,"journal":{"name":"2018 Third International Conference on Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Clean Energy and Green Computing (EBECEGC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114898712","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":"Basic controllers multifunctional security platform","authors":"A. Abdo, M. Haffar, M. E. Rafei, N. Moubayed","doi":"10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357128","url":null,"abstract":"Actually, security systems such like access control, CCTV, fire alarm and building technical alarm systems are deployed among any sites to ensure the safety and security of people. Nowadays, each security system requires its own central unit hardware and monitoring software in order to be correctly commissioned. The coordination between those systems requires whether a high level of engineering competencies or a higher level of security software called Physical Security Information Management (PSIM). This paper discussed the built of a platform based on programmable logic and micro controllers that allows the implementation of multiple security system eliminating the need of higher integration of security system and unifying the human machine interface.","PeriodicalId":274870,"journal":{"name":"2018 Third International Conference on Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Clean Energy and Green Computing (EBECEGC)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128429900","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}
Aya Al-Sidani, Bilal Ibrahim, Ali Cherry, M. Hajj-Hassan
{"title":"Biometrie identification using photoplethysmography signal","authors":"Aya Al-Sidani, Bilal Ibrahim, Ali Cherry, M. Hajj-Hassan","doi":"10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357125","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the increase in the importance of the electronic data nowadays, finding a way to protect this data from hacking became a must. In this paper, the Photoplethysmographic signal known as the PPG signal is used as a biometric technique due to its several advantages, most importantly its unique form that differs between individuals. The PPG signal is taken using the Spo2 sensor which is a non-invasive method used for measuring the oxygen saturation from either the finger or the ear using 2 light emitting diodes (LEDs); using this PPG signal and its 2 derivatives 40 features depending on the signals' dimensions were extracted by Matlab, and then the K-nearest neighbor classifier was applied after tuning 2 parameters (the constant k and the distance metric) to check the efficiency of this method. The proposed algorithm was tested on dataset having signals previously processed. In future work, this technique is going to be implemented to unlock computers instead of using a password.","PeriodicalId":274870,"journal":{"name":"2018 Third International Conference on Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Clean Energy and Green Computing (EBECEGC)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122613098","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 and experimenting the thermal behavior of a lithium-ion battery on a electric vehicle","authors":"S. Ayche, M. Daboussy, E. Aglzim","doi":"10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357126","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with an electro thermal model of a lithium-ion battery for hybrid and electric vehicles. It was developed to study the behavior of lithium-ion battery key parameters. The thermal model, under Matlab/Simulink, is capable of predicting the voltage, current, State of Charge and temperature of the battery. Thereafter, the thermal behavior of the battery was studied under different operating conditions. The results of the simulation were compared with experimental measurements carried out by thermocouples and thermal camera on a test bench. Finally, the model has been validated on the NOAO electric vehicle.","PeriodicalId":274870,"journal":{"name":"2018 Third International Conference on Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Clean Energy and Green Computing (EBECEGC)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130013368","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":"Development of a multirotor-based system for air quality monitoring","authors":"H. Mazeh, M. Saied, C. Francis","doi":"10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357127","url":null,"abstract":"Air quality monitoring has been traditionally conducted using ground-based systems that present multiple disadvantages in terms of support infrastructures, maintenance and power consumption. Recently, researchers have proposed the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) equipped with sensors for air data monitoring. However, UAV operation lacks of reliability to be used in populated area. In this paper, we propose to use an hexarotor UAV armed with Fault Tolerant Control (FTC) strategies to measure and detect air quality for air data collection in urban environments.","PeriodicalId":274870,"journal":{"name":"2018 Third International Conference on Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Clean Energy and Green Computing (EBECEGC)","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122388977","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":"PV solar system for residential homes: PV panel tracking system using electronics circuits","authors":"M. Nassereddine, M. Nagrial, J. Rizk, A. Hellany","doi":"10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357130","url":null,"abstract":"Renewable energy is becoming an essential element when it comes to climate change. Also, many individuals are considering the installation of the solar system to reduce the home carbon foot print and save on electricity bills. The limitation of the inverter set by the regulators put constraints on the house owners to achieve maximum power output of the available roof space without expensive and complex upgrade. The study in this paper shows how it is possible to track the sun energy without the use of mechanical apparatus which maximize the system output without the requirements to upgrade the inverter system. Case study is also included.","PeriodicalId":274870,"journal":{"name":"2018 Third International Conference on Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Clean Energy and Green Computing (EBECEGC)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126744980","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":"Design of cellular manufacturing systems with the presence of processing time","authors":"A. Mukattash, Nadia Dahmani, A. Firas, G. Denis","doi":"10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357133","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a heuristic procedure is developed to give the designer more flexibility to generate cells. This approach is designed to assign parts to the formed cell in the presence of processing times. The heuristic approach is consisting of several steps. The first step is to choose the minimum time from the available times for each job. Then part assignment steps will be done to the formed cells so as to minimize the number of exceptions. The last step is to make part assignment to the new rearranged time matrixes so as to achieve the highest cumulative processing times inside the cells. The first part assignment may lead to alternative optimal solutions. The superiority of the proposed approach is that it can be used to obtain the minimum energy inside the formed cells.","PeriodicalId":274870,"journal":{"name":"2018 Third International Conference on Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Clean Energy and Green Computing (EBECEGC)","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114828726","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}
Nicole Boutros-Saikali, K. Saikali, Rodrigue Abou Naoum
{"title":"An IoMT platform to simplify the development of healthcare monitoring applications","authors":"Nicole Boutros-Saikali, K. Saikali, Rodrigue Abou Naoum","doi":"10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EBECEGC.2018.8357124","url":null,"abstract":"The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and notably monitoring applications can relieve the organizational and financial burden of healthcare systems. However, the lack of interoperability in this field, the need to integrate multiple systems, as well as security constraints, put a heavy burden on the developers of monitoring applications. This article presents our work related to the implementation of an IoMT platform that provides solutions to these challenges. We also present a virtual doctor and monitoring application, built using our platform as a proof of concept.","PeriodicalId":274870,"journal":{"name":"2018 Third International Conference on Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Clean Energy and Green Computing (EBECEGC)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122435557","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}