Volume 2, Issue 3 (2006) | Journal of Computer Science

Design of a High-Performance IP Switching Architecture

Hattab Guesmi — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.218.223

In this study we present the architecture for use in high-performance switching networks with support quality of service (QoS) guarantees. Quality of services guarantees in terms of delay, through-put...

A New Indexing Technique for Information Retrieval Systems Using Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST)

Muhammad Shoaib — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.224.228

Effective information retrieval requires an efficient indexing technique. With the availability of huge volume of information, it has become necessary to capture the semantic of the document, which is...

An Empirical Study of Attitudes and Opinions of Computer Crimes: A Comparative Study between U.K. and the Kingdom of Bahrain

Adel I. Al-Alawi — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.229.235

In this digital age we are constantly becoming more reliant on technology and information systems in all walks of life. There is no doubt that Computer systems play a fundamental role in the basic ope...

Empirical Analysis and Mathematical Representation of the Path Length Complexity in Binary Decision Diagrams

A. Assi — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.236.244

Information about the distribution of path-lengths in a Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) representing Boolean functions is useful in determining the speed of hardware and software implementations of th...

Hybrid Method for Tagging Arabic Text

Yamina Tlili-Guiassa — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.245.248

Many natural language expressions are ambiguous and need to draw on other sources of information to be interpreted. Interpretation of the word ﺗﻌﺎون to be considered as a noun or a verb depend...

AVUNET Author: An Authoring System for Distance Learning Platform

Lamri Douidi — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.249.256

An authoring system was presented in this study, “AVUNET Author” which allows the creation of interactive learning object within a distance teaching platform on the Internet. For the conception of...

Design of a Neural Networks Classifier for Face Detection

F. Smach — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.257.260

Face detection and recognition has many applications in a variety of fields such as security system, videoconferencing and identification. Face classification is currently implemented in software. A h...

A Dynamic Weight Assignment Approach for Index Terms

Kamel E. Haouam — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.261.268

Currently in the development of Informational Retrieval (IR) systems, a set of keywords represents the semantics of a text document and after assigning weights to the set of keywords, they are used fo...

Supporting Tools to Simplify the Navigation Process over the Web

Chabane Khentout — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.269.275

We Navigation through the Web has problems of positioning and space-temporal reference marks. Therefore, it’s necessary to design some computer-aided tools to help the user to position himself in sp...

Software Cost Estimation Model Based on Integration of Multi-agent and Case-Based Reasoning

Hasan Al-Sakran — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.276.282

Accurate software cost estimation is a vital task that affects the firm's software investment decisions before committing required resources to that project or bidding for a contract. This study propo...

Assessing User Trust to Improve Web Usability

Punam Bedi — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.283.287

The technological advancement has significantly influenced the style of human-computer interaction, especially for World Wide Web. The users can now afford to choose amongst multiple websites offering...

Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithms for Heterogeneous Embedded System Design

A. K. Rath — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.288.291

The design of complex embedded systems involves the simultaneous optimization of several conflicting and competing objectives. Instead of a single global optimal solution, there exist a set of Pareto ...

Taxonomically Clustering Organisms Based on the Profiles of Gene Sequences Using PCA

E. Ramaraj — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.292.296

The biological implications of bioinformatics can already be seen in various implementations. Biological taxonomy may seem like a simple science in which the biologists merely observe similarities amo...

Real-Time Audio Retrieval Method and Automatic Commercial Detecting System

Guibin Zheng — 2006-03-31

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 31 March 2006; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2006.297.302

This study presents a robust audio retrieval method and discusses its control strategy. In the method, the retrieval target is divided into short segments, each segment is searched respectively and a ...