Volume 14, Issue 2 (2018) | Journal of Computer Science

An Investigation into the Challenges and Opportunities Associated with the Application of Internet of Things (IoT) in the Agricultural Sector-A Review

Sarfraz Fayaz Khan — 2017-09-06

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 6 September 2017; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.132.143

Internet of things has acquired attention all over the globe. It has transformed the agricultural field and allowed farmers to compete with massive issues they face. The aim of this paper is to review...

Extracting the Potential Features of Digital Panoramic Radiograph Images by Combining Radio Morphometry Index, Texture Analysis, and Morphological Features

Enny Itje Sela — 2017-12-07

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 7 December 2017; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.144.152

Osteoporosis is a type of disease that is not easily detected visually. It contributes to bone fracture and so early diagnosis is particularly important to prevent bone fracture. An integrated approac...

A Novel Hybrid Method for Network Anomaly Detection Based on Traffic Prediction and Change Point Detection

Mouhammd Alkasassbeh — 2018-01-03

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 3 January 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.153.162

In recent years, computer networks have become more and more advanced in terms of size, applications, complexity and level of heterogeneity. Moreover, availability and performance are important issues...

Application of Graph Theory Concepts in Computer Networks and its Suitability for the Resource Provisioning Issues in Cloud Computing-A Review

Kanniga Devi Rangaswamy — 2018-01-18

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 18 January 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.163.172

Cloud computing, a kind of web service provisioning model, provides immense benefits over traditional IT service environments with the help of virtualization technology. As cloud computing is not a fu...

A Review Study of Brain Activity-Based Biometric Authentication

Ala Abdulhakim Alariki — 2018-01-27

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 27 January 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.173.181

Biometrics is the process of identifying an individual among others by biological means. Concerning security, biometric system is one of the best options available in this technology driven era. Place...

Towards a Reference Model of Software Resources Quality

Khaled Almakadmeh — 2018-02-03

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 3 February 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.182.198

International standards for software product quality classify software resources as a non-functional requirement for software product. Resources requirements based-standards describe required resource...

Measuring the Relevance of Trajectory Matching and Profile Matching in the Context of Carpooling Computational Systems

Michael Cruz — 2018-02-03

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 3 February 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.199.209

Carpooling consists of sharing individual vehicle space among people with comparable trajectories. Although there are some software initiatives to help carpooling practice, none of them really impleme...

Fuzzy ARTMAP Approach for Arabic Writer Identification using Novel Features Fusion

Tanzila Saba — 2018-02-07

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 7 February 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.210.220

Arabic writer identification and associated tasks are still fresh due to huge variety of Arabic writer's styles. Current research presents a fusion of statistical features, extracted from fragments of...

Applications of Nature-Inspired Algorithms in Different Aspects of Semantic Web

Deepika Chaudhary — 2018-02-14

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 14 February 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.221.227

Nature has always inspired us all the waggle dance of Honey bee, the school of whales and the swarm of ants, each element when observed carefully has the abundance of teachings. If we carefully observ...

An Enhanced Training- Based Arabic Sign Language Virtual Interpreter Using Parallel Recurrent Neural Networks

Mohamed A. Abdou — 2018-02-20

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 20 February 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.228.237

Intelligent machine translation systems have a remarkable importance in integrating people with disabilities in community. Arabic to Arabic sign language systems are limited. Deep Learning (DL) was su...

Accelerating Digital Forensics through Parallel Computing

Ghada Elkabbany — 2018-02-20

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 20 February 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.238.252

Digital crimes in the era of big data and cloud computing imposes significant challenges in digital forensics. Cloud environment provides low cost, easy management and reasonable solutions. Moreover, ...

Definition of Object Constraint Language Rules in Models to Support the Development of Android Applications

Jean Carlos Hrycyk — 2018-02-20

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 20 February 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.253.259

The Model Driven Engineering (MDE) supports software development, promoting quality and speed enhancement in providing new products. The development of more accurate models is obtained through the emp...

Uniform Twister Plane Generator

Aleksei F. Deon — 2018-02-26

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 26 February 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.260.272

Random plane generators may use various types of the random number algorithms to create multidimensional planes. At the same time, the discrete Descartes random planes have to be uniform. The matter i...

Real-Time Simulation Method Using Monte Carlo and Clustering Algorithms: A Case Study Covering Drill Bit Wear

Rodolfo Wilvert Reitz — 2018-02-27

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 27 February 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.273.285

Minimization of the cost of drilling an oil well is primarily achieved by reducing the operation completion time, which in turn can be achieved by increasing the Rate of Penetration (ROP). The ROP is ...

Model for Automated and Improved Utilization of Existing Computer Resources on an Example of Web Servers

Dino Alagić — 2018-03-02

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 2 March 2018; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2018.286.303

Information technology is under constant innovation pressure to provide the highest level of data availability – i.e., the continuous functioning of operating systems. This is the very reason for an...