Journal Contents: International Journal of Monitoring and Surveillance Technologies Research (IJMSTR)

Volume 5 (2017)
Issue 1
Special Issue on 28th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2016)
Guest Editorial Preface
Miltiadis “Miltos” Alamaniotis (Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, USA)
Article 1
SiMAMT: A Framework for Strategy-Based Multi-Agent Multi-Team Systems (pages 1-29)
D. Michael Franklin (Department of Software Engineering and Game Development, Kennesaw State University Marietta Campus, Marietta, GA, USA), Xiaolin Hu (Department of Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
Article 2
Extended Automata for Temporal Planning of Interacting Agents (pages 30-48)
Christine Largouët (Agrocampus Ouest, Rennes, France & Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Rennes, France), Omar Krichen (Research Institute of Computer Science and Random Systems (IRISA), Rennes, France), Yulong Zhao (University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France)
Article 3
Establishing A-Priori Performance Guarantees for Robot Missions that Include Localization Software (pages 49-70)
Damian Lyons (Department of Computer and Information Science, Fordham University, New York City, NY, USA), Ronald C Arkin (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA), Shu Jiang (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA), Matthew J O'Brien (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA), Feng Tang (Fordham University, New York City, NY, USA), Peng Tang (Fordham University, New York City, NY, USA)
Article 4
A Conceptual Framework for Rock Data Integration in Reservoir Models Based on Ontologies (pages 71-82)
Luan Fonseca Garcia (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil), Vinicius Graciolli (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil), Luiz Fernando De Ros (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil), Mara Abel (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Issue 2
Special Issue on the 28th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2016)
Guest Editorial Preface
Miltiadis (Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, USA)
Article 1
Use of Images of Leaves and Fruits of Apple Trees for Automatic Identification of Symptoms of Diseases and Nutritional Disorders (pages 1-14)
Lucas Garcia Nachtigall (Center for Technological Advancement, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil), Ricardo Matsumura Araujo (Center for Technological Advancement, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil), Gilmar Ribeiro Nachtigall (Embrapa Grape & Wine, Vacaria, Brazil)
Article 2
Using Physics Inspired Wave Agents in a Virtual Environment: Longitudinal Distance Control in Robots Platoon (pages 15-28)
Baudouin Dafflon (Université de Lyon, Lyon, France), Maxime Guériau (Univ Lyon, ENTPE, IFSTTA, LICIT UMR_T 9401, F-69675, Lyon, France), Franck Gechter (LE2I, UTBM, University of Bourgogne Franche Comté, Belfort, France)
Article 3
On Automated Generation of Keyboard Layout to Reduce Finger-Travel Distance (pages 29-43)
Amol D. Mali (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA), Nan Yang (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA)
Article 4
Recent Advances in Minimally-Obtrusive Monitoring of People's Health (pages 44-56)
Amol D. Mali (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA)
Issue 3
Article 1
Integration of Gaussian Processes and Particle Swarm Optimization for Very-Short Term Wind Speed Forecasting in Smart Power (pages 1-14)
Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA), Georgios Karagiannis (University of Durham, Durham, UK)
Article 2
Manifold Transfer Subspace Learning (MTSL) for Applications in Aided Target Recognition (pages 15-32)
Olga Mendoza-Schrock (Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, USA), Mateen M. Rizki (Wright State University, Dayton, USA), Vincent J. Velten (Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, USA)
Article 3
A Cyber-Physical Photovoltaic Array Monitoring and Control System (pages 33-56)
Gowtham Muniraju (SenSIP Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA), Sunil Rao (SenSIP Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA), Sameeksha Katoch (SenSIP Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA), Andreas Spanias (SenSIP Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA), Cihan Tepedelenlioglu (SenSIP Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA), Pavan Turaga (SenSIP Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA), Mahesh K Banavar (Clarkson Center for Complex Systems Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, USA), Devarajan Srinivasan (Poundra Inc, Tempe, USA)
Issue 4
Article 1
Data Security and Privacy Assurance Considerations in Cloud Computing for Health Insurance Providers (pages 1-22)
Amavey Tamunobarafiri (Concordia University of Edmonton, Edmonton, Canada), Shaun Aghili (Concordia University of Edmonton, Edmonton, Canada), Sergey Butakov (Concordia University of Edmonton, Edmonton, Canada)
Article 2
Class Distribution Curve Based Discretization With Application to Wearable Sensors and Medical Monitoring (pages 23-37)
Nicholas Skapura (Wright State University, Dayton, USA), Guozhu Dong (Wright State University, Dayton, USA)
Article 3
Information Processing for Generating Recommendations Ahead of Time in an IoT-Based Environment (pages 38-62)
Alexandros Bousdekis (Information Management Unit (IMU), Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece), Nikos Papageorgiou (Information Management Unit (IMU), Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece), Babis Magoutas (Information Management Unit (IMU), Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece), Dimitris Apostolou (Information Management Unit (IMU), Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece & Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece), Gregoris Mentzas (Information Management Unit (IMU), Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece)
Volume 4 (2016)
Issue 1
Article 1
Modular Technical Concepts for Ambulatory Monitoring of Risk Patients Based on Multiple Parameters and an Automatic Alarm Function (pages 1-9)
Jörg Piper (Department for Internal Medicine, Angiology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinic Meduna, Bad Bertrich, Germany), Birgit Müller (Clinic Meduna, Bad Bertrich, Germany)
Article 2
Virtual Environments and Cognitive Tests for Dementia Diagnosis (pages 10-23)
Juan Manuel Fernandez Montenegro (Kingston University, London, UK), Vasileios Argyriou (Kingston University, London, UK)
Article 3
Performance Evaluation of Geolocation Based Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Cloud-Assisted Cognitive Radio Networks (pages 24-41)
Swetha Reddy (Department of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA), Isaac Cushman (Department of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA), Danda B. Rawat (Department of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA), Min Song (Department of Computer Science, Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI, USA)
Article 4
Phased Method for Solving Multi-Objective MPM Job Shop Scheduling Problem (pages 42-61)
Dimitrios C Tselios (TEI of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece), Ilias K. Savvas (TEI of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece), M-Tahar Kechadi (University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland)
Article 5
Improving In-Flight Learning in a Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle (pages 62-75)
Monica Sam (Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA), Sanjay Boddhu (Synthos Technologies, Division of Qbase LLC, Springfield, OH, USA & Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA), Kayleigh Duncan (Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA), Hermanus Botha (Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA), John Gallagher (Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA)
Issue 2
Article 1
EEG-based Classification of Epileptic and Non-Epileptic Events using Multi-Array Decomposition (pages 1-15)
Evangelia Pippa (Multidimensional Data Analysis and Knowledge Management Laboratory, Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece), Vasileios G. Kanas (Multidimensional Data Analysis and Knowledge Management Laboratory, Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece), Evangelia I. Zacharaki (CVC, Department of Applied Mathematics, Centrale Supélec - Equipe GALEN, INRIA, Saclay, France), Vasiliki Tsirka (Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, King's College Hospital, London, UK), Michael Koutroumanidis (Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies, Guy's & St. Thomas' and Evelina Hospital for Children, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK & King's College, London, UK), Vasileios Megalooikonomou (Multidimensional Data Analysis and Knowledge Management Laboratory, Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece)
Article 2
Evaluation of Multi-Target Human Sperm Tracking Algorithms in Synthesized Dataset (pages 16-29)
Abdollah Arasteh (School of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran), Bijan Vosoughi Vahdat (School of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran)
Article 3
Analyzing and Visualizing Genomic Complexity for the Derivation of the Emergent Molecular Networks (pages 30-49)
Theodoros Koutsandreas (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece), Ilona Binenbaum (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece), Eleftherios Pilalis (e-NIOS Applications PC, Kallithea, Greece), Ioannis Valavanis (e-NIOS Applications PC, Kallithea, Greece), Olga Papadodima (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece), Aristotelis Chatziioannou (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece)
Article 4
Evaluation of Human Machine Interface (HMI) on a Digital and Analog Control Room in Nuclear Power Plants Using a Fuzzy Logic Approach (pages 50-68)
Pola Lydia Lagari (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Antonia Nasiakou (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Nuclear Engineering Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA & Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)
Issue 3
Article 1
Backpropagation Neural Network for Interval Prediction of Three-Phase Ampacity Level in Power Systems (pages 1-20)
Rafik Fainti (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Nuclear Engineering Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA & Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)
Article 2
Investigation of Human Monitoring Capabilities for Multiple Watch Windows (pages 21-34)
Osita Eziolisa (Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA), Dakota C Evans (Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA), Mary E Fendley (Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA)
Article 3
Histogram of Oriented Directional Features for Robust Face Recognition (pages 35-51)
Almabrok Essa (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA), Vijayan K. Asari (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA)
Article 4
Local Phase Features in Chromatic Domain for Human Detection (pages 52-72)
Hussin K. Ragb (University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA), Vijayan K. Asari (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA)
Issue 4
Article 1
Braided Routing Technique to Balance Traffic Load in Wireless Sensor Networks (pages 1-19)
Apostolos Demertzis (Ionian University, Corfu, Greece), Konstantinos Oikonomou (Ionian University, Corfu, Greece)
Article 2
Hierarchical Method Based on Artificial Neural Networks for Power Output Prediction of a Combined Cycle Power Plant (pages 20-32)
Rafik Fainti (Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Antonia Nasiakou (Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Nuclear Engineering Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA & Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)
Article 3
Curve Fitting Methods: A Survey (pages 33-53)
Sreehari Gopalakrishnan (ATRC, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA), Nikolaos Bourbakis (ATRC, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA)
Article 4
Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Reliable Nuclear Data for Nonproliferation Modeling and Simulation (pages 54-64)
Pola Lydia Lagari (Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering,Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Vladimir Sobes (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Reactor and Nuclear Systems Division, Oak Ridge, TN, USA), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Nuclear Engineering Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA & Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)
Volume 3 (2015)
Issue 1
Article 1
A Survey and Surveillance Issues in Smart Homes Environment for Assistive Living (pages 1-20)
Ryan Patrick (Assistive Technologies Research Center, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA), Nikolaos Bourbakis (Assistive Technologies Research Center, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA)
Article 2
Profile-Based Text Classification for Children with Dyslexia (pages 21-39)
Chris Litsas (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Maria Mastropavlou (Department of Philology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece), Antonios Symvonis (School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece)
Article 3
An Enhanced Dynamic Information Flow Tracking Method with Reverse Stack Execution (pages 40-58)
Anna Trikalinou (Intel Corporation, Portland, OR, USA), Nikolaos Bourbakis (Center of Assistive Research Technologies (CART), Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA)
Issue 2
Article 1
Contextual Reasoning under Uncertainty in Sensor Data Stream Monitoring (pages 1-19)
Kostas Kolomvatsos (Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Christos Anagnostopoulos (School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK), Stathes Hadjiefthymiades (Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens, Athens, Greece)
Article 2
Efficient Key Frame Selection Approach for Object Detection in Wide Area Surveillance Applications (pages 20-34)
Almabrok Essa (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA), Paheding Sidike (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA), Vijayan K. Asari (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA)
Article 3
Intrusion Detection Using Deep Belief Network and Extreme Learning Machine (pages 35-56)
Zahangir Alom (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA), Venkata Ramesh Bontupalli (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA), Tarek M. Taha (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA)
Article 4
A Perceptual Computing based Gesture Controlled Quadcopter for Visual Tracking and Transportation (pages 57-67)
Kumar Yelamarthi (Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI, USA), Raghudeep Kannavara (Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, USA), Sanjay Boddhu (Finch Computing, Dayton, OH, USA)
Article 5
Design and Performance Evaluation of the SCAN Secure Processor (pages 68-91)
Raghudeep Kannavara (Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, USA), Nikolaos Bourbakis (Assistive Technologies Research Center, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA)
Issue 3
Article 1
A Study of Sparse Matrix Methods on New Hardware: Advances and Challenges (pages 1-19)
Athanasios Fevgas (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece), Konstantis Daloukas (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece), Panagiota Tsompanopoulou (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece), Panayiotis Bozanis (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece)
Article 2
A Critical Overview of Net Zero Energy Buildings and Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (pages 20-43)
Eleni S. Vergini (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Laboratory of Automation and Robotics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece), Peter P. Groumpos (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Laboratory of Automation and Robotics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece)
Article 3
A Black-Box Model for Estimation of the Induction Machine Parameters Based on Stochastic Algorithms (pages 44-67)
Julien Maitre (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada), Sébastien Gaboury (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada), Bruno Bouchard (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada), Abdenour Bouzouane (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada)
Article 4
Intelligent Bidding in Smart Electricity Markets (pages 68-90)
Magda Foti (Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece), Manolis Vavalis (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece)
Issue 4
Article 1
Using Fuzzy Control Methods for Increasing the Energy Efficiency of Buildings (pages 1-22)
Vassiliki Mpelogianni (University of Patras, Patras, Greece), Peter P. Groumpos (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Laboratory of Automation and Robotics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece)
Article 2
Estimation of the Energy Potential of the Euripus' Gulf Tidal Stream Using Channel Sea-surface Slope (pages 23-42)
Aphrodite Ktena (TEI of Sterea Ellada, Psachna, Greece), Christos Manasis (TEI of Sterea Ellada, Psachna, Greece), Dimitrios Bargiotas (TEI of Sterea Ellada, Psachna, Greece), Vasilis Katsifas (Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark), Takvor Soukissian (Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavyssos, Greece), Harilaos Kontoyiannis (Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavyssos, Greece)
Article 3
Modeling of the Physical Principle of the Processes that is Occurring in Bioselective Elements (pages 43-61)
Irina Petrova (CAD Department, Astrakhan Civil Engineering Institute, Astrakhan, Russia), Viktoriya Zaripova (CAD Department, Astrakhan Civil Engineering Institute, Astrakhan, Russia), Yuliya Lezhnina (CAD Department, Astrakhan Civil Engineering Institute, Astrakhan, Russia), Vitaliy Sokolskiy (State Institution of Astrakhan Region” Managing Logistics Services Medical Organizations,” Astrakhan, Russia)
Article 4
A Review of Incentive Based Demand Response Methods in Smart Electricity Grids (pages 62-73)
Vasiliki Chrysikou (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece,), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Nuclear Engineering Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA & Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece & School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)
Volume 2 (2014)
Issue 1
Article 1
Assessment of Fuzzy Logic Radioisotopic Pattern Identifier on Gamma-Ray Signals with Application to Security (pages 1-21)
Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Nuclear Engineering Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA & Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Jason Young (Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Applied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)
Article 2
From Image to XML: Monitoring a Page Layout Analysis Approach for the Visually Impaired (pages 22-43)
Robert Keefer (Pomiet, LLC, Dayton, OH, USA), Nikolaos Bourbakis (ATRC, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA)
Article 3
The MobiFall Dataset: Fall Detection and Classification with a Smartphone (pages 44-56)
George Vavoulas (Technological Educational Institute of Crete (TEIC), Biomedical Informatics and eHealth Laboratory (BMI Lab), Heraklion, Crete, Greece), Matthew Pediaditis (Member, IEEE, TEIC - BMI Lab and Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Computational Medicine Laboratory, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, Crete, Greece), Charikleia Chatzaki (TEIC- BMI Lab and Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Computational Medicine Laboratory, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, Crete, Greece), Emmanouil G. Spanakis (TEIC- BMI Lab and Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Computational Medicine Laboratory, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, Crete, Greece), Manolis Tsiknakis (Member, IEEE, TEIC- BMI Lab and Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Computational Medicine Laboratory, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, Crete, Greece)
Article 4
Studying the Blood Plasma Flow past a Red Blood Cell with the Mathematical Method of Kelvin's Transformation (pages 57-66)
Maria Hadjinicolaou (School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece), Eleftherios Protopapas (School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece)
Issue 2
Article 1
Creep Rupture Forecasting: A Machine Learning Approach to Useful Life Estimation (pages 1-25)
Stylianos Chatzidakis (School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)
Article 2
Fuzzy Integration of Support Vector Regression Models for Anticipatory Control of Complex Energy Systems (pages 26-40)
Miltiadis Alamaniotis (School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Vivek Agarwal (Department of Human Factors, Controls and Statistics, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA)
Article 3
Planning and Management of Distributed Energy Resources and Loads in a Smart Microgrid (pages 41-57)
Federico Delfino (Department of Naval, Electrical, Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy), Mansueto Rossi (Department of Naval, Electrical, Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering, University of Genoa, Italy), Luca Barillari (Department of Naval, Electrical, Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering, University of Genoa, Italy), Fabio Pampararo (Department of Naval, Electrical, Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering, University of Genoa, Italy), Paolo Molfino (Department of Naval, Electrical, Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering, University of Genoa, Italy), Alireza Zakariazadeh (Electrical Engineering Department Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran)
Article 4
Design and Early Simulations of Next Generation Intelligent Energy Systems (pages 58-82)
Rafik Fainti (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece), Antonia Nasiakou (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece), Eleftherios Tsoukalas (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece), Manolis Vavalis (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece)
Issue 3
Special Issue on Machine Learning and Sensor Fusion Techniques for Surveillance and Monitoring Applications
Guest Editorial Preface
Sanjay Boddhu (Synthos Technologies, Division of Qbase LLC, Springfield, OH, USA & Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA), Olga Mendoza-Schrock (Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, USA)
Article 1
QuEST for Information Fusion in Multimedia Reports (pages 1-30)
Erik P. Blasch (Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY, USA), Steven K. Rogers (Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY, USA), Hillary Holloway (Systems &Technology Research, Woburn, MA, USA), Jorge Tierno (Barnstorm Research Corporation, Malden, MA, USA), Eric K. Jones (Systems &Technology Research, Woburn, MA, USA), Riad I. Hammoud (BAE Systems, Burlington, MA, USA)
Article 2
Vehicle Engine Classification Using Spectral Tone-Pitch Vibration Indexing and Neural Network (pages 31-49)
Jie Wei (Department of Computer Science, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA), Karmon Vongsy (Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, USA), Olga Mendoza-Schrock (Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, USA), Chi-Him Liu (Department of Computer Science, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA)
Article 3
Learning with Privileged Information for Improved Target Classification (pages 50-66)
Roman Ilin (Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, USA), Simon Streltsov (LongShortWay Inc., Boston, MA, USA), Rauf Izmailov (Applied Communication Sciences, Basking Ridge, NJ, USA)
Article 4
Skin Detection with Small Unmanned Aerial Systems by Integration of Area Scan Multispectral Imagers and Factors Affecting their Design and Operation (pages 67-84)
Stephen R. Sweetnich (Department of Systems Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, USA), David R. Jacques (Department of Systems Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, USA)
Issue 4
Article 1
Uncertainty-Aware Sensor Data Management and Early Warning for Monitoring Industrial Infrastructures (pages 1-24)
George Tzagkarakis (Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Greece & EONOS Investment Technologies, Paris, France), Aleka Seliniotaki (Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas, Greece & Institute of Computer Science, University of Crete, Crete, Greece), Vassilis Christophides (Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, Crete, Greece), Panagiotis Tsakalides (Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Greece & Institute of Computer Science, University of Crete, Crete, Greece)
Article 2
Energy Consumption in Greek Households During the Economic Recession (pages 25-39)
Theodora Slini (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Efrosini Giama (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Agis M. Papadopoulos (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece)
Article 3
Emotional Aspects and Quality of Experience for Multifactor Evaluation of Audiovisual Content (pages 40-61)
George Kalliris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Maria Matsiola (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Charalampos Dimoulas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Andreas Veglis (Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece)
Article 4
Emotional Prediction and Content Profile Estimation in Evaluating Audiovisual Mediated Communication (pages 62-80)
Rigas Kotsakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Charalampos Dimoulas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), George Kalliris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Andreas Veglis (Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece)
Article 5
Demos: A Distributed Model based on Autonomous, Intelligent Agents with Monitoring and Anticipatory Responses for Energy Management in Smart Cities (pages 81-99)
Nikolaos Bourbakis (Information Technology Research Institute, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (School of NE, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (School of NE, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), Rong Gao (School of NE, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA), K. Kerkman (Federal Systems, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Owego, NY, USA)
Volume 1 (2013)
Issue 1
Article 1
Modeling of Multi-Image/Video Flow on a Multiprocessor Surveillance System (pages 1-15)
Athanasios Tsitsoulis (Assistive Technologies Research Center (ATRC), College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA), Nikolaos Bourbakis (Assistive Technologies Research Center (ATRC), College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA)
Article 2
Design of Implantable Antennas for Medical Telemetry: Dependence upon Operation Frequency, Tissue Anatomy, and Implantation Site (pages 16-33)
Asimina Kiourti (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Konstantina S. Nikita (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece)
Article 3
Measurement Methodologies for Assessing the Glycolysis Effect in the Discrimination and Therapy of Brain Gliomas (pages 34-55)
Michalis G Kounelakis (Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, University Campus, Kounoupidiana, Chania, Crete, Greece), Ekaterini S Bei (Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, University Campus, Kounoupidiana, Chania, Crete, Greece), Michalis E Zervakis (Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, University Campus, Kounoupidiana, Chania, Crete, Greece), Georgios C Giakos (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA), Lin Zhang (Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA), Chaya Narayan (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA), Dimitrios Kafetzopoulos (Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece)
Article 4
Optimization of Power Allocation in Multimedia Wireless Sensor Networks (pages 56-68)
Ming Yang (School of Computing and Software Engineering, Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA, USA), Dajin Wang (Department of Computer Science, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA), Nikolaos Bourbakis (College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA)
Article 5
A Conceptual Model for Integrative Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plants Operational Activities Based on Historical Nuclear Incidents and Accidents (pages 69-81)
Kaylyn McCoy (Nuclear Engineering Program, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Nuclear Engineering Program, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA), Tatjana Jevremovic (Nuclear Engineering Program, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
Issue 2
Article 1
Detecting Facial Expressions for Monitoring Patterns of Emotional Behavior (pages 1-28)
Nikolaos Bourbakis (Assistive Technologies Research Center (ATRC), College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA)
Article 2
An Alarm System for Death Prediction (pages 29-39)
Rüdiger Brause (Computer Science Department, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany), Ernst Hanisch (Department of Surgery, Asklepios Klinik Langen, Academic Teaching Hospital of Goethe University,Frankfurt, Germany)
Article 3
Neuro-SVM Anticipatory System for Online Monitoring of Radiation and Abrupt Change Detection (pages 40-53)
Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Nuclear Engineering Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)
Article 4
An mHealth System for Monitoring of Children with Suspected Cardiac Arrhythmias (pages 54-71)
E. Kyriacou (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Frederick University, Lemesos, Cyprus), D. Hoplaros (Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Lefkosia, Cyprus), P. Chimonidou (Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Lefkosia, Cyprus), G. Matheou (Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Lefkosia, Cyprus), M. Millis (Signal GeneriX Ltd, Lemesos, Cyprus), A. Kounoudes (Signal GeneriX Ltd, Lemesos, Cyprus), A. Jossif (“Paedi” Center for Specialized Pediatrics, Lefkosia, Cyprus), C. Pattichis (Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Lefkosia, Cyprus)
Article 5
Indoor Localization, Tracking and Fall Detection for Assistive Healthcare Based on Spatial Sparsity and Wireless Sensor Network (pages 72-83)
Mohammad Pourhomayoun (Wireless Health Institute, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA), Zhanpeng Jin (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton, NY, USA), Mark L. Fowler (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton, NY, USA)
Issue 3
Special Issue on Biomedical Monitoring Technologies: Selected Papers from the 12th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering (BIBE 2012) and the 8th International Symposium on Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering (ATEE 2013), Part 1
Guest Editorial Preface
Christos P. Loizou (Department of Electrical Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus), Mihaela Morega (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania), Efthyvoulos C. Kyriakou (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Frederick University, Lemesos, Cyprus), Sever Pasca (Faculty of Electronics Telecommunications and Information Technology, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania), Styliani Petroudi (Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus), Panagiotis D. Bamidis (Lab of Medical Informatics, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Marios S. Pattichis (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA), Constantinos S. Pattichis (Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus)
Article 1
An Anticipative Control Approach and Interactive GUI to Enhance the Rendering of the Distal Robot Interaction with its Environment during Robotized Tele-Echography: Interactive Platform for Robotized Tele-Echography (pages 1-19)
Pierre Vieyres (Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France), Juan Sandoval (Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France), Laurence Josserand (Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France), Cyril Novales (Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France), Marco Chiccoli (Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France), Nicolas Morette (Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France), Aicha Fonte (Laboratory Prisme, University of Orleans, Bourges, France), Soteris Avgousti (Telemedicine Research Laboratory, Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), Limassol, Cyprus), Sotos Voskarides (Telemedicine Research Laboratory, Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), Limassol, Cyprus), Takis Kasparis (Telemedicine Research Laboratory,Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), Limassol, Cyprus)
Article 2
WBAN Based Long Term ECG Monitoring (pages 20-37)
Marius Rosu (Department for Applied Electronics and Information Engineering, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania), Sever Pasca (IEEE Member, Department for Applied Electronics and Information Engineering, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Article 3
An Experimental Investigation of Pulse Measurement by Means of a Plethysmographic Sensor Integrated in a ZigBee Medical Network (pages 38-51)
Cristina Marghescu (Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania), Mihaela Pantazica (Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania), Sever Pasca (Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Article 4
Combining the Information of Unconstrained Electrocardiography and Ballistography in the Detection of Night-Time Heart Rate and Respiration Rate (pages 52-67)
Antti Vehkaoja (Department of Automation Science and Engineering, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere, Finland), Mikko Peltokangas (Department of Automation Science and Engineering, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere, Finland), Jarmo Verho (Department of Automation Science and Engineering, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere, Finland), Jukka Lekkala (Department of Automation Science and Engineering, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere, Finland)
Article 5
Attention-Based Health Monitoring (pages 68-81)
Zenonas Theodosiou (Department of Communication and Internet Studies, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus), Nicolas Tsapatsoulis (Department of Communication and Internet Studies, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus)
Issue 4
Special Issue on Biomedical Monitoring Technologies: Selected Papers from the 12th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering (BIBE 2012) and the 8th International Symposium on Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering (ATEE 2013), Part 2
Guest Editorial Preface
Christos P. Loizou (Department of Electrical Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus), Mihaela Morega (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania), Efthyvoulos C. Kyriakou (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Frederick University, Lemesos, Cyprus), Sever Pasca (Faculty of Electronics Telecommunications and Information Technology, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania), Styliani Petroudi (Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus), Panagiotis D. Bamidis (Lab of Medical Informatics, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Marios S. Pattichis (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA), Constantinos S. Pattichis (Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus)
Article 1
An Improved Stimuli System for Brain-Computer Interface Applications (pages 1-8)
Irina-Emilia Nicolae (Faculty Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Article 2
Comparison of SEMG Derived Parameters and Blood Oxygen Saturation in Monitoring Neuromuscular Fatigue in Humans (pages 9-19)
M. Tarata (Department of Medical Informatics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania), W. Wolf (Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg, Germany), D. Georgescu (Department of Medical Informatics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania), D. Alexandru (Department of Medical Informatics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania), M. Serbanescu (Department of Medical Informatics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania)
Article 3
An Adaptive Magnetic Field Source for Magnetic Drug Fixation (pages 20-33)
Alexandru Mihail Morega (University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania & “Gheorghe Mihoc – Caius Iacob” Institute of Statistical Mathematics and Applied Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania), Cristina Savastru (University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania), Mihaela Morega (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Article 4
Radiation Safety of the Patients Investigated by Radiological Imaging Methods (pages 34-47)
Lidia Dobrescu (University ”Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania), Silviu Stanciu (Central Military Emergency Universitary Hospital “Dr. Carol Davila” of Bucharest, Romania), Armand Ropot (S.C. CERTSIGN S.A., Bucharest, Romania)
Article 5
A Prototype MR Compatible Positioning Device for Guiding a Focused Ultrasound System for the Treatment of Abdominal and Thyroid Cancer (pages 48-60)
Nicos Mylonas (Frederick University Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus & City University, London, UK), Christakis Damianou (Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus)
Article 6
Despeckle Filtering Toolbox for Medical Ultrasound Video (pages 61-79)
Christos P. Loizou (Department of Computer Science, Intercollege, Limassol, Cyprus), Charoula Theofanous (Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering & Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus), Marios Pantziaris (Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus), Takis Kasparis (Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering & Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus), Paul Christodoulides (Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering & Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus), Andrew N. Nicolaides (The Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus), Constantinos S. Pattichis (Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus)