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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLink Stability and Node Energy Conscious Local Route-Repair Scheme for Mobile Ad Hoc NetworksAnuradha Banerjee, Paramartha DuttaProblem statement: A mobile ad hoc network is a self-configuring network of mobile nodes connected by wireless links. As the nodes are free to move randomly, topology of the network may change rapidly and unpredictably. As a result, intermediate nodes in the communication routes tend to lose connection with each other during the communication process. In order to repair a … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2010 · 6,862 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTowards An XML-Based Normalization for Healthcare Data ExchangesI. El Azami, M. M.O. Cherkaoui, C. TahonProblem statement: Most of healthcare data exchanges are textual, poorly structured and often not accessible by clinical professionals. Otherwise, the variety of medical applications and medical standards makes difficult sharing and communicating healthcare data in a highly heterogeneous environment. Approach: XML and related standards (XML schema, XSL) provided an infrastructure that might change the situation. Our aim in this study … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2010 · 7,407 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Social-Technical View of Knowledge Management in Services IndustriesChoong Kwai Fatt, Edward Wong Sek KhinProblem statement: This study investigated the social-technical view of knowledge management that supported a close social and technology relationship on automotive industry in Australia. It also examined the impacts of legacy EDI groupware technology as a mean to support knowledge management in providing value creation for an automotive company. The industry viewed legacy EDI groupware as an agent in converting … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 7,744 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCapturing Biogas: A Means to Reduce Green House Gas Emissions for the Production of Crude Palm OilS. Vijaya, A.N. Ma, Y. M. ChooProblem statement: The Malaysian oil palm industry is an important industry to the nation. In 2009 alone the total export earnings reached RM 49.6 billion. The industry is under constant attack of its performance from the perspective of the environment, especially with regard to its Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions. Being an export orientated industry; this issue has to be … …Current Research in Geoscience, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 30 Jun 2010 · 14,394 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffective Factors in Achieving Sustainable AgricultureTahereh Sharghi, Hassan Sedighi, Abdolreza Roknoddin EftekhariProblem statement: The indiscriminate use of chemical inputs led to severe degradation of resources in Iran. Therefore, considering the increasing population and growing demand of agricultural products, it seems necessary to achieve a sustainable agriculture. In this study, sustainable agriculture refers to a kind of agriculture which is ecologically appropriate, economically justifiable, and socially desirable. Approach: There were two objectives … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,229 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAnalyzing the Peer to Peer Traffic Aggregation Using an Optimized MethodM. Sadish Sendil, N. NagarajanProblem statement: In the recent years, peer to peer networks have rapidly developed in the distributed and decentralized world of internet. Current research indicated that P2P applications were responsible for a substantial part of Internet traffic. Number of users embracing new P2P technology is also increasing fast. It is therefore important to understand the impact of the new P2P services … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 10 · 31 Oct 2009 · 6,609 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUtility-Based Policy Management System for Virtual OrganizationAnas J.A. Husain, Chan Huah YongProblem statement: Policy issues have become a challenge within Virtual Organizations (VOs) that integrate participants and resources, spanning multiple physical institutions. Each of the VO classes has different goals that hope to be achieved by providing policies. The main question in this regard is that "how such policies can help the entire VO participants achieve their goals". Approach: As a … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 9 · 30 Sep 2009 · 6,371 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Investigation of Sustainable Development in Urban Neighborhoods Using Statistical ModelsSedigheh LotfiProblem statement: Sustainable has a close relation to the quality of life in the different parts of each city. While the level of sustainability is studied in many urban areas world wide but it has been less considered in the Iranian cities. The city of Babolsar is selected to investigate the level of development by detail study of its 16 … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Jun 2009 · 6,340 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Light-Weight Service Discovery Protocol for Ad Hoc NetworksRanwa Al Mallah, Alejandro QuinteroProblem statement: In mobile ad hoc networks devices do not rely on a fixed infrastructure and thus have to be self-organizing. This gives rise to various challenges to network applications. Existing service discovery protocols fall short of accommodating the complexities of the ad-hoc environment. However, the performance of distributed service discovery architectures that rely on a virtual backbone for locating … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2009 · 7,343 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractProof-Carrying Code Based Tool for Secure Information Flow of Assembly ProgramsAbdulrahman Muthana, Abdul Azim Abd Ghani, Ramlan Mahmod, Hasan SelamatProblem statement: How a host (the code consumer) can determine with certainty that a downloaded program received from untrusted source (the code producer) will maintain the confidentiality of the data it manipulates and it is safe to install and execute. Approach: The approach adopted for verifying that a downloaded program will not leak confidential data to unauthorized parties was based … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2009 · 7,358 accessesView PDFCite