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Social-based trustworthy data forwarding in vehicular delay tolerant networks
(2011-03-01)Vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) is an emerging new communication technol-ogy which has attracted a lot of research attention from academic community and indus-try. For many applications in VANETs, information has to be ... -
Data hiding and detection in Office Open XML (OOXML) documents
(2011-03-01)With the rapid development and popularity of information technology, criminals and mischievous computer users are given avenues to commit crimes and malicious activities. One of the commonly used tactics, called steganography, ... -
Test platform design and control of a bicycle-type two-wheeled autonomous vehicle
(2011-03-01)Bicycle dynamics and behaviors have been vastly studied through modeling and simulation. Due to the complexity, software models are often assumed subjecting to di erent nonholonomic constraints in order to simplify the ... -
Secure and compromise-resilient architecture for advanced metering infrastructure
(2011-03-01)In recent years, the Smart Grid has grown to be the solution for future electrical energy that promises to avoid blackouts as well as to be energy efficient, environmentally and customer-friendly. In Smart Grid, the ... -
Reliability analysis of smart electrical transmission system and reliability modeling through dynamic flowgraph methodology
(2011-04-01)Reliability assessment methods allow the evaluation of the reliability of systems and provide important information on how to improve a system‟s life to reduce risk and hazards. With the advancement in technology, the ... -
Self-propelled rotary tool for turning difficult-to-cut materials
(2011-04-01)Hard turning of difficult-to-cut materials is an economical method of machining components with high surface quality and mechanical performance. Conventionally in the machining industry, generating a component from raw ... -
Novel opposition-based sampling methods for efficiently solving challenging optimization problems
(2011-04-01)In solving noise-free and noisy optimization problems, candidate initialization and sampling play a key role, but are not deeply investigated. It is of interest to know if the entire search space has the same quality for ... -
CBPsp: complex business processes for stream processing
(2011-04-01)This thesis presents the framework of a complex business process driven event stream processing system to produce meaningful output with direct implications to the business objectives of an organization. This framework is ... -
Design and optimization of a three-fingered robot hand
(2011-04-01)Humanoid robots have proven to be very useful and could revolutionize the way humans live. Knowing human anatomy and behaviour helps improve a robotic mechanisms ability to perform human tasks. The following thesis introduces ... -
Energy ans exergy analysis of biomass co-firing in pulverized coal power generation
(2011-04-01)Biomass co-firing with coal exhibits great potential for large scale utilization of biomass energy in the near future. In the present work, energy and exergy analyses are carried out for a co-firing based power generation ... -
Experimental investigation of scroll based organic Rankine systems
(2011-04-01)In this thesis, an experimental research is conducted on scroll-based Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) focusing on the expansion process. An important feature of the ORC is the ability to utilize low or moderate temperature ... -
Thermodynamic analysis of ammonia and urea fed solid oxide fuel cells
(2011-04-11)This thesis is concerned with the thermodynamic analyses of ion and proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) fed with ammonia and urea as fuels. A multi-level approach was used to determine the feasibility and the ... -
Analysis and processing issues of plastic color mismatch
(2011-05-01)Color is a visual characteristic which imparts the ability to categorize different objects. When light strikes an object, there are three possibilities as to what can happen. The light may be reflected, refracted or ... -
Coded aperture imaging application in one-sided imaging of visually obscured objects
(2011-05-17)The physical properties of visible light and its interaction with matter create obstructions the human eye cannot explore. High energy radiation has been used as an alternative to visible light to penetrate these concealed ... -
Haptic controls in cars for safer driving
(2011-06-01)With the spread of latest state of the art technologies geared towards utilization of the human senses, haptic technologies have been introduced as a way of utilising the sense of touch to either solve real world problems ... -
Forensic analysis of unallocated space
(2011-06-01)Computer forensics has become an important technology in providing evidence in investigations of computer misuse, attacks against computer systems and more traditional crimes like money laundering and fraud where digital ... -
Design and development of multifunctional energy harvesting and storage systems for sensor applications
(2011-06-01)This research focuses on the design and development of multifunctional components intended to provide three basic functions: (i) power generation, (ii) power storage, and (iii) structural support. They are made of composite ... -
Detection of covert channel communications based on intentionally corrupted frame check sequences
(2011-07-01)This thesis presents the establishment of a covert-channel in wireless networks in the form of frames with intentionally corrupted Frame Check Sequences (FCSs). Previous works had alluded to the possibility of using this ... -
Evaluating and improving collection tree protocol in mobile wireless sensor network
(2011-07-01)There has been growing interest in the Mobile WSN applications where mobility is the fundamental characteristic of the sensor nodes. Mobility poses many challenges to the routing protocols used in such applications. In ... -
Improved design of three-degree of freedom hip exoskeleton based on biomimetic parallel structure
(2011-07-01)The external skeletons, Exoskeletons, are not a new research area in this highly developed world. They are widely used in helping the wearer to enhance human strength, endurance, and speed while walking with them. Most ...