D. Soffker, Gregor Flesch, Xingguang Fu, Andreas Hasselberg, M. Langer
{"title":"Assistance and supervisory control of operators in complex human-process-interaction","authors":"D. Soffker, Gregor Flesch, Xingguang Fu, Andreas Hasselberg, M. Langer","doi":"10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132534","url":null,"abstract":"The definition of Human-Process-Interaction (HPI) varies as the definition of interaction or process itself is strongly related to the considered research field. However, common to most cases is the need of a description of the interactions between human operators and the process or the task in order to perform further analysis and being enabled to develop innovative operator assistance, assessment, or supervisory tools supporting operators fulfilling their role in complexity gaining environments. Using the Situation-Operation-Modeling (SOM) approach, the description of complex environmental scenes by a network of actions and states is possible. Based on the related formal description of Human-Process-Interaction, the representation of human behaviors, interactions, and process procedures is performed to build up a framework for the development and the implementation of optimized human centered assistance systems. Examples are given by a cognitive, individualized driver assistance system for lane changing maneuvers, assessment of operator decisions in air traffic control, and operator supervision in semi-automated production processes.","PeriodicalId":408446,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT)","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117067108","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":"Mobile phone-based health data acquisition system using Bluetooth technology","authors":"M. Al-Taee, Nadine A. Jaradat, Dima M. Abu Ali","doi":"10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132524","url":null,"abstract":"The paper addresses development of a mobile health (mHealth) system for remote acquisition of patient data using Bluetooth technology. The proposed system aims at improving chronic disease management using low cost mobile phones. This is of great advantage especially when the patient is on the move. This is achieved by using the mobile's Bluetooth to transfer health data from patients' medical devices to a temporary storage buffer via an appropriate hardware interface, called Data Acquisition Module (DAM). The DAM is designed and successfully implemented using a microcontroller chip with simple associated software modules and hardware circuitry. The acquired data is then sent to a remote server using the patient's mobile phone. Health providers can then monitor health status of their patients regularly and help them for better chronic disease management. Performance of the developed data acquisition system is assessed experimentally and seamless data acquisition and monitoring has been demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":408446,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT)","volume":"250 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122372832","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}
V. Asadzadeh, Masoud Aliakbar Golkar, S. Moghaddas-Tafreshi
{"title":"Economics-based transmission expansion planning in restructured power systems using decimal codification genetic algorithm","authors":"V. Asadzadeh, Masoud Aliakbar Golkar, S. Moghaddas-Tafreshi","doi":"10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132494","url":null,"abstract":"Transmission expansion planning is an important component of power system planning that affects all aspects of the power system including both generation and demand side in different ways. An inherent problem to today's restructured power markets is the congestion management problem. Since the transmission system is limited by operational and reliability constraints, the participants face significant congestion costs that can be alleviated by investing in transmission capacity. In this paper, an economics-based transmission expansion planning model is proposed. The model minimizes the costs of investment and congestion over a planning horizon that includes multiple load profiles. Decimal Codification Genetic Algorithm (DCGA) is then used to solve the resulting nonlinear mixed-integer problem. The model proposed here will be particularly useful for independent transmission planners who are responsible for making decisions regarding power network operations. The Garver's 6-bus network is examined to show the adequacy of the proposed model. Testing proposed expansion approach on an actual transmission network of northwest of Iran, the Azerbaijan regional electric company, the results reveals effectiveness of the model to handle realistic power networks.","PeriodicalId":408446,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT)","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125541029","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":"Improving cardiac patient flow based on complex event processing","authors":"A. Baarah, Alain Mouttham, L. Peyton","doi":"10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132523","url":null,"abstract":"Event delivery architectures can collect streams of events from sensors for processing to infer critical medical events in real time. However, to address cardiac patient flow, it is critical to also incorporate business process activity events. Our work seeks to improve cardiac patient flow by integrating events from a wide spectrum of sources within a hospital using complex event processing to support fine grained monitoring of patient flow. In this paper, we use a case study from a large community hospital in Ontario, Canada to illustrate the problem and demonstrate our approach which includes: an analysis of cardiac patient flows in order to understand where the patient could be waiting; a data architecture for collecting and processing basic events from multiple sources in order to create complex events delivered to a real-time dashboard; and a detailed analysis of the complex event processing required to support fine grained monitoring.","PeriodicalId":408446,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129715460","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":"The srBPA ontology: A formal representation of the Riva-based business process architecture","authors":"Rana Yousef, M. Odeh","doi":"10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132537","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the development of the srBPA ontology, which is a formal ontology that conceptualizes the elements of the Riva-based business process architecture and the relationships between them. This ontology was instantiated using the UWE's CEMS faculty administration case study in an attempt to assess the correctness and the usefulness of the developed ontology. The assessment revealed that the srBPA ontology contributes remarkably as a source of business knowledge describing the process architecture of an organization to be semantically extracted and reused.","PeriodicalId":408446,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130070343","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}
E. Chikuni, N. Ijumba, A. Saha, L. Chetty, O. Okoro
{"title":"Electricity sector reform in Africa: Convergence and diversity of approaches","authors":"E. Chikuni, N. Ijumba, A. Saha, L. Chetty, O. Okoro","doi":"10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132497","url":null,"abstract":"For many years most large utilities and undertakings such as those in electricity production, mining, agriculture, transportation have been controlled by state organs, often called \"parastatals\" or state enterprises. In the '70's and 80's, African economies did not have severe economic challenges; some countries were even booming (e.g. Nigeria of the '70's). With the passing of time, populations grew and so did unemployment and many African countries experienced financial woes. Service delivery too suffered through inefficiency, over-manning and bad management. Economists and management consultants were brought in from institutions like the World Bank and the IMF. The word \"restructuring\" soon became a buzz word. The basic philosophy was that these state controlled organizations should operate along business lines. In this paper we examine how four representative countries, Nigeria, Namibia, and South Africa have approached the restructuring issue and the progress they have made.","PeriodicalId":408446,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT)","volume":"164 10 Pt 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127526284","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":"E-government in Jordan: Strengths, weakness, opportunities, and challenges","authors":"Tamara Almarabeh","doi":"10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132528","url":null,"abstract":"With unprecedented breadth in the field of information technology, the world moved from the industrial age into the information age. The aspects of this transformation and the appearance of the transition concepts have become part of our daily lives. In the area of public sector: E-government, which is a prominent concept in popular and academic discussions on governance reforms. Recently, E-government has become a widespread focus of government efforts in many developed countries. Jordan is one of such developing country that has embarked on an E-government initiative. This paper describes and reviews in a constructive way the current status of E-government in Jordan, and shed light on the strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats of implementing E-government in Jordan.","PeriodicalId":408446,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT)","volume":"124 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128334710","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":"Computation of static and dynamic axial and radial forces on power transformer windings due to inrush and short circuit currents","authors":"J. Faiz, B. Ebrahimi, W. Abu-Elhaija","doi":"10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132487","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the radial and axial forces due to inrush and short circuit currents on both inner and outer surfaces of low voltage (LV) and high voltage (HV) windings are calculated. Static and dynamic aspects of these forces which are related to the variation of forces versus winding height and time are analyzed. Power transformer in the start-up mode and under short circuit fault is modeled using two-dimensional (2D) time stepping finite element method (TSFEM). This approach leads to the precise determination of the required signals including current, magnetic flux density, radial and axial forces. Calculated forces are analyzed significantly to compare impacts of the mechanical forces due to inrush and short circuit currents on the windings of the transformer. Three-dimensional (3D) TSFEM is utilized to evaluate aforementioned forces and compare with 2D TSFEM results. In the 3D TSFEM, geometrical and physical characteristics of the all components of the transformer, nonlinearity of the core materials and distribution of the primary and secondary windings are taken into account. 2D TSFEM results are verified by 3D TSFEM results.","PeriodicalId":408446,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125341965","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":"Novice user perception of e-services: A study in the Egyptian public sector","authors":"A. Nosseir, S. Terzis","doi":"10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132518","url":null,"abstract":"Egypt is investing in e-services as a driver for socio-economic development. Designing e-services that are conducive to novice users is central to their proliferation. This paper presents a study of novice user perception of e-services, based on a questionnaire derived from the e-Qual e-service quality dimensions, in an Egyptian government organization. Its main contribution is to show the difference in novice and experienced users' perception of two e-service designs. Novice users perceive both designs more highly in terms of usability and information quality, focusing primarily on attractiveness and ease of use and understanding. They find simpler interactions more appealing and easier to learn, but associate information quality with more complex interactions. Their perception of e-service reputation although affected by presentation and usability factors is dominated by the reputation of the organization. This is the first study to focus on novice user perceptions and its results have important implications for the design of e-services.","PeriodicalId":408446,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT)","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129661307","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":"On the effect of nodes desnity on the performance of the LAR-1P route discovery algorithm","authors":"H. Al-Bahadili, Ali Maqousi","doi":"10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEECT.2011.6132511","url":null,"abstract":"The location-aided routing scheme 1 (LAR-1) and probabilistic algorithms are combined together into a new algorithm for route discovery in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) called (LAR-1P) [1]. Simulation results in [1] demonstrated that, on network scale, for a uniform random node distribution and for a specific simulation setup; the LAR-1P algorithm reduces the number of retransmissions as compared to LAR-1 without sacrificing network reachability. Furthermore, on zone scale, the algorithm provides an excellent performance in high-density zones, while in low-density zones; it preserves the performance of LAR-1. This paper provides a detail analysis of the performance of the LAR-1P algorithm through various simulations, where the actual numerical values for the number of retransmissions and reachability in high- and low-density zones were estimated to demonstrate the effectiveness and significance of the algorithm and how it provides better performance than LAR-1 in high-density zones. In addition, the effect of the total number of nodes on the average network performance is also investigated.","PeriodicalId":408446,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133207713","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}