{"title":"A study on Mental Arithmetic Task based human stress level classification using Discrete Wavelet Transform","authors":"P. Karthikeyan, M. Murugappan, S. Yaacob","doi":"10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408369","url":null,"abstract":"Several studies examined human stress identification using Mental Arithmetic Task (MAT). The identification and prediction of stress levels using existing data processing methodologies are incompetent to predict the stress levels either in real time or laboratory based experiments. The main objectives of the present work is to classify the stress levels using mental arithmetic task and appropriate signal processing methodology, (ii) to analyze the characteristics of Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal for different stress levels, and (iii) to derive the optimum features from a set of statistical features over different frequency bands. Ten healthy female subjects (20 to 25) years voluntarily participated and ECG signal was acquired. In this work, High Frequency (HF) and Low Frequency (LF) frequency band of ECG signal is directly analyzed similar frequency ranges of Heart Rate Viability (HRV) signals. Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) have employed for identifying the stress relevant effect of ANS activity during different stress levels. Statistical features derived using DWT are mapped into four different states including three stress levels (normal, low stress, medium stress, and high stress) using K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) classifier. Covariance feature gives the maximum mean classification rate of 96.3%, and 75.9% in LF and HF bands, respectively. In addition, the maximum average classification accuracy of 65.5% is achieved using mean feature in LF/HF+LF and HF/HF+LF ratios.","PeriodicalId":282263,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (STUDENT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116548945","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":"Thermodynamic analysis of ideal adsorption cooling system using activated carbon/N-butane pair","authors":"K. Habib, H. Sitoi","doi":"10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408358","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, a thermodynamic analysis of an ideal adsorption cooling system is presented using activated carbon of type Maxsorb III and n-butane as adsorbent-refrigerant pair. The analysis is based on experimentally confirmed adsorption isotherms and isosteric heat of adsorption data for n-butane on pitch based activated carbon (type Maxsorb III). The effects of specific cooling effect (SCE) and coefficient of performance (COP) are analyzed with the variation of heat source temperature. Results indicate that the maximum SCE and COP obtained from activated carbon/n-butane based adsorption cycle are 26 kJ/kg and 0.18, respectively.","PeriodicalId":282263,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (STUDENT)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129789320","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}
Chong Kok Hen, J. K. Paw, Yong Sue Ann, Koo Wai Yan
{"title":"Improved Hierarchical Structure Poly-particle particle Swarm Optimization","authors":"Chong Kok Hen, J. K. Paw, Yong Sue Ann, Koo Wai Yan","doi":"10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408404","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the Improved Hierarchical Structure Poly-particle Swarm Optimization (IHSPPSO) algorithm is proposed based on the Hierarchical Structure Poly-particle Swarm Optimization (HSPPSO) algorithm with the addition of three new operators, namely the Particle Repair Operator, Dynamic Acceleration Control Operator and Cauchy mutation operator to achieve better performance in terms of accuracy and rate of convergence. The performance of the IHSPPSO algorithm was tested and evaluated using four benchmark test functions. The test results of the IHSPPSO algorithm were compared with the ones of HSPPSO and significant improvements were shown. The addition of three new operators has significantly improved the performance of the IHSPPSO algorithm.","PeriodicalId":282263,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (STUDENT)","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133210570","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}
J. K. Paw, Chong Kok Hen, Koo Wai Yan, Yong Sue Ann
{"title":"Improved combined mutation clonal selection algorithm","authors":"J. K. Paw, Chong Kok Hen, Koo Wai Yan, Yong Sue Ann","doi":"10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408402","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the performance of a clonal selection optimization algorithm implementing a combined mutation strategy using Gaussian and Cauchy mutations was further improved with the addition of two new operators, namely the Cell Repair Operator (CPO) and Dynamic Mutation Size Operator (DMSO). The new and improved algorithm was tested using various unimodal and multimodal test functions to illustrate the improvements of the algorithm. The test results indicate that the added operators have significantly improved the performance of the algorithm in terms of accuracy and performance.","PeriodicalId":282263,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (STUDENT)","volume":"164 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134224333","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 financial ratios of Malaysian plantation stocks using Bayesian Networks","authors":"Chon Sern Tan, Chin Khian Yong, Yong Haur Tay","doi":"10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408352","url":null,"abstract":"This project explored the potential of Bayesian Networks in modeling financial ratios of Malaysian plantation stocks. Financial ratio is a crucial part of fundamental analysis which involves analyzing a company's financial statements to gain insights on its financial condition, future performance and aid decision-making in stock investment. Meanwhile, Bayesian Network is a popular graphical and probabilistic tool that is useful for reasoning under uncertainty in real life situations. The prospect of using Bayesian Network to model financial ratios in fundamental analysis is therefore explored in this project in the context of the Malaysian plantation industry. Using the local stock market data, relationships among financial ratios and stock price changes are modeled in a Bayesian Network, which will then be used to provide assistance in stock buying decision by predicting the stock price changes given observations of financial ratios. The network's reliability is tested on real data based on the counts of correct predictions and also comparison of portfolio mean return to that of a random portfolio. The resulting network is found to be reasonably reliable as it consistently predicted price changes correctly more than half of the times and also outperformed the random portfolios.","PeriodicalId":282263,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (STUDENT)","volume":"231 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132683444","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":"Machine design for Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility measurement of vision modules","authors":"Y. Chuah, J. Tan","doi":"10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408424","url":null,"abstract":"This paper highlights the design of an automated machine to effectively conduct dynamic Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility (GRR). Design considerations are included when designing a machine dealing with vision systems and methods to increase speed and accuracy is proposed. The outcome is a machine that is able to achieve speeds of up to 1500UPH using a simple design and readily available industrial components.","PeriodicalId":282263,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (STUDENT)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115358429","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":"Optimizing job scheduling for computational grid based on firefly algorithm","authors":"A. Yousif, A. Abdullah, S. Nor, M. Bashir","doi":"10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408373","url":null,"abstract":"Resources in grid systems are heterogeneous, geographically distributed, belong to different administrative domains and apply different management policies. The roles of job scheduling mechanisms are to identify, select and allocate the most suitable resources for a given set of jobs. This paper presents an intelligent metaheuristics method based on firefly algorithm, for scheduling jobs on grid computing. The proposed method is to dynamically create an optimal schedule to complete the jobs within minimum makespan. The simulation results illustrate that the proposed mechanism performed better than other scheduling mechanisms.","PeriodicalId":282263,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (STUDENT)","volume":"143 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124560137","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":"Breakdown characteristics and optically visible discharge paths of surface flashover","authors":"C. Gomes, V. Cooray, M. Rahman","doi":"10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408376","url":null,"abstract":"Characteristics of surface flashover in the presence of different dielectric materials have been investigated. Lightning voltage impulses (1.2/50 μs) have been applied to a rod-plane gap of 250 mm, bridged by cylindrical solid dielectrics with circular cross-section of 10 mm. The materials used are polythene, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The characteristics of breakdown are compared with those pertinent to a similar rod-plane air gap. In each case, 50% breakdown voltage was found for both polarities. Then for each material 10 impulses were applied at 100% breakdown voltage for each polarity. The results show that there are three different types of paths taken by the discharges; they are the discharges that leap out of the rod at the HV triple junction (type-A), those follow the surface for a certain length and then leap out of the surface (type-B) and those entirely follow the surface (type-C).","PeriodicalId":282263,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (STUDENT)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132057457","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":"Comparison of boiler plant model and real plant responses based on proportional Integral controller","authors":"A. Emhemed, R. Mamat, D. Hanafi","doi":"10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408377","url":null,"abstract":"System model is very useful to study the response of a system for different input variations and for the control design schemes in both real time application and in the simulation. The concept of a model refers to entities varying from mathematical descriptions of a process to a replica of an actual system. The model of a boiler plant is derived and compared to the real plant response. In this paper the proportional and Integral (PI) controller applied for controlling the real and model of a boiler plant. The boiler plant model is derived based on the boiler plant dynamics. The experimental results show that the model developed able to represent the real boiler plant dynamic which proves by the similarity of the PI controller responses for both.","PeriodicalId":282263,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (STUDENT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129820688","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":"Multiobjective quantum-inspired evolutionary programming for optimal location and sizing of distributed generation","authors":"Z. M. Yasin, T. Rahman, Z. Zakaria","doi":"10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/STUDENT.2012.6408410","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Programming (QIEP) technique to determine the optimal locations and sizing of multiple distributed generations (DG) in a distribution system. QIEP is an algorithm that employs the concept of quantum mechanics in the Evolutionary Programming (EP). Quantum-Inspired is implemented according to three levels defined by quantum individuals, quantum groups and quantum universe. The problem formulation is based on a multiobjective model in which the multiobjective are defined as reducing power losses, increasing maximum loadability limits and cost minimisation. Three cases are considered to test the effectiveness of the proposed technique namely single objective function, multiobjective function with fixed weighted sum and multiobjective function with randomly optimised weighted sum. The performances of the multiobjective QIEP optimisation technique were compared with those obtain from conventional evolutionary programming in terms of fitness values and computation time. The proposed study was conducted on the IEEE 69-bus distribution test system and the 141-bus distribution system.","PeriodicalId":282263,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (STUDENT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129893917","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}