Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractForecast and Performance of Wind TurbinesT. Ahilan, S. Arumugham, R. Suja ManimalarProblem statement: Wind energy industry is a nonprofit organization that works hands-on with local and community based wind projects, providing technical support to create an understanding of wind energy opportunities for rural economic benefit. This study provides a detailed vision of the global wind power market and the Indian wind market in particular. It also helps in analyzing and forecasting … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 2 · 2 Dec 2011 · 7,913 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMedical Image Classification Using Genetic Optimized Elman NetworkT. Baranidharan, D. K. GhoshProblem statement: Advancements in the internet and digital images have resulted in a huge database of images. Most of the current search engines found in the web depends only on images that can be retrieved using metadata, which generates a lot of unwanted results in the results got. Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) system is the utilization of computer vision techniques … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 24 Nov 2011 · 7,722 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDevelopment of a Cultural Network for Enhancing the Healthy CitiesNawiya Nuntapanich, Songkoon Chantachan, Pirat Thidpad, Rachanont SupapongpichateProblem statement: The implementation in developing the cultural network was a strategy for managing the culture as well as the implementing the healthy city. The objectives of this research were: (1) to study situation of peaceful city and community in overall of Middle West, (2) to analyze the potentiality and readiness in implementing the healthy city and (3) to develop … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 25 Oct 2011 · 7,796 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDot Detection of Braille Images Using A Mixture of Beta DistributionsAmany Al-Saleh, Ali El-Zaart, Abdul Malik Al-SalmanProblem statement: Braille is a tactile format of written communication for people with low vision and blindness worldwide. Optical Braille Recognition (OBR) offers many benefits to Braille users and people who work with them. Approach: This study presents an algorithm for detecting dots composing braille characters in an image of embossed braille material obtained by an optical scanner. We assumed … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 11 · 6 Sep 2011 · 7,438 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRemoval of Hydrogen Sulphide from WaterS. Edwards, R. Alharthi, A.E. GhalyProblem statement: The concentration of H2S in groundwater is a significant problem in various areas across Canada. Hydrogen sulphide dissolves in ground water imparting undesirable taste and irritating rotten egg smell which makes it unpalatable. Ingestion of sulphides through drinking water can result in stomach discomfort, nausea and vomiting. Humans exposed to high concentrations of H2S for prolonged periods show … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 26 Aug 2011 · 15,129 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractQuaternion Photometric Stereo for Rotation Invariant Surface Texture ClassificationBalakrishnan Sathyabama, Srinivan Raju, Abhaikumar VaradhanProblem statement: The escalating growth of computer vision applications has increased the need for faster and more accurate image analysis algorithms. One application of image analysis that has been studied for a long time is texture analysis. The majority of existing texture analysis methods makes the explicit or implicit assumption that texture images are acquired from the same viewpoint. This … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 10 · 20 Aug 2011 · 6,502 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractText Hiding in Mobile Phone Simple Message Service Using FontsWesam S. BhayaProblem statement: Hiding secret information in an ordinary mobile phone Simple Message Service (SMS). Approach: In mobile phones, there are two default types of fonts, System and Proportional fonts, which have similar figures to human vision and cannot recognized by human eye. The suggested method hides the information (0,1) in cover SMS message by changing the fonts of each character … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 11 · 18 Aug 2011 · 6,918 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Efficient Age Estimation System based on Multi Linear Principal Component AnalysisV. Tamil Selvi, K. VaniProblem statement: Human age estimation is an active research topic in computer vision. A vital characteristic in establishing identity of the person is the age. Age estimation from face images continues to be an extremely challenging task compared to other cognition problems. Age is a crucial factor in ascertaining the identity of a person. Age is estimated from the human … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 10 · 4 Aug 2011 · 6,483 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractContent Based Image Retrieval using Novel Gaussian Fuzzy Feed Forward-Neural NetworkC. Ramesh Babu Durai, V. DuraisamyProblem statement: With extensive digitization of images, diagrams and paintings, traditional keyword based search has been found to be inefficient for retrieval of the required data. Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) system responds to image queries as input and relies on image content, using techniques from computer vision and image processing to interpret and understand it, while using techniques from information … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 7 · 28 Jun 2011 · 7,329 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHighway Traffic Incident Detection using High-Resolution Aerial Remote Sensing ImagerySeyed Mostafa Mousavi Kahaki, Md. Jan NordinProblem statement: As vehicle population increases, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) become more significant and mandatory in today’s overpopulated world. Vital problems in transportation such as mobility and safety of transportation are considered more, especially in metropolitans and highways. The main road traffic monitoring aims are: the acquisition and analysis of traffic figures, such as number of vehicles, incident detection and … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 6 · 15 Jun 2011 · 7,712 accessesView PDFCite