Electric vehicles(EVs)are gradually being deployed in the transportation sector.Although they have a high impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions,their penetration is challenged by their random energy demand and d...Electric vehicles(EVs)are gradually being deployed in the transportation sector.Although they have a high impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions,their penetration is challenged by their random energy demand and difficult scheduling of their optimal charging.To cope with these problems,this paper presents a novel approach for photovoltaic grid-connected microgrid EV charging station energy demand forecasting.The present study is part of a comprehensive framework involving emerging technologies such as drones and artificial intelligence designed to support the EVs’charging scheduling task.By using predictive algorithms for solar generation and load demand estimation,this approach aimed at ensuring dynamic and efficient energy flow between the solar energy source,the grid and the electric vehicles.The main contribution of this paper lies in developing an intelligent approach based on deep recurrent neural networks to forecast the energy demand using only its previous records.Therefore,various forecasters based on Long Short-term Memory,Gated Recurrent Unit,and their bi-directional and stacked variants were investigated using a real dataset collected from an EV charging station located at Trieste University(Italy).The developed forecasters have been evaluated and compared according to different metrics,including R,RMSE,MAE,and MAPE.We found that the obtained R values for both PV power generation and energy demand ranged between 97%and 98%.These study findings can be used for reliable and efficient decision-making on the management side of the optimal scheduling of the charging operations.展开更多
The transportation and logistics sectors are major contributors to Greenhouse Gase(GHG)emissions.Carbon dioxide(CO_(2))from Light-Duty Vehicles(LDVs)is posing serious risks to air quality and public health.Understandi...The transportation and logistics sectors are major contributors to Greenhouse Gase(GHG)emissions.Carbon dioxide(CO_(2))from Light-Duty Vehicles(LDVs)is posing serious risks to air quality and public health.Understanding the extent of LDVs’impact on climate change and human well-being is crucial for informed decisionmaking and effective mitigation strategies.This study investigates the predictability of CO_(2)emissions from LDVs using a comprehensive dataset that includes vehicles from various manufacturers,their CO_(2)emission levels,and key influencing factors.Specifically,sixMachine Learning(ML)algorithms,ranging fromsimple linearmodels to complex non-linear models,were applied under identical conditions to ensure a fair comparison and their performance metrics were calculated.The obtained results showed a significant influence of variables such as engine size on CO_(2)emissions.Although the six algorithms have provided accurate forecasts,the Linear Regression(LR)model was found to be sufficient,achieving a Mean Absolute Percentage Error(MAPE)below 0.90%and a Coefficient of Determination(R2)exceeding 99.7%.These findings may contribute to a deeper understanding of LDVs’role in CO_(2)emissions and offer actionable insights for reducing their environmental impact.In fact,vehicle manufacturers can leverage these insights to target key emission-related factors,while policymakers and stakeholders in logistics and transportation can use the models to estimate the CO_(2)emissions of new vehicles before their market deployment or to project future emissions from current and expected LDV fleets.展开更多
Edge Machine Learning(EdgeML)and Tiny Machine Learning(TinyML)are fast-growing fields that bring machine learning to resource-constrained devices,allowing real-time data processing and decision-making at the network’...Edge Machine Learning(EdgeML)and Tiny Machine Learning(TinyML)are fast-growing fields that bring machine learning to resource-constrained devices,allowing real-time data processing and decision-making at the network’s edge.However,the complexity of model conversion techniques,diverse inference mechanisms,and varied learning strategies make designing and deploying these models challenging.Additionally,deploying TinyML models on resource-constrained hardware with specific software frameworks has broadened EdgeML’s applications across various sectors.These factors underscore the necessity for a comprehensive literature review,as current reviews do not systematically encompass the most recent findings on these topics.Consequently,it provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art techniques in model conversion,inference mechanisms,learning strategies within EdgeML,and deploying these models on resource-constrained edge devices using TinyML.It identifies 90 research articles published between 2018 and 2025,categorizing them into two main areas:(1)model conversion,inference,and learning strategies in EdgeML and(2)deploying TinyML models on resource-constrained hardware using specific software frameworks.In the first category,the synthesis of selected research articles compares and critically reviews various model conversion techniques,inference mechanisms,and learning strategies.In the second category,the synthesis identifies and elaborates on major development boards,software frameworks,sensors,and algorithms used in various applications across six major sectors.As a result,this article provides valuable insights for researchers,practitioners,and developers.It assists them in choosing suitable model conversion techniques,inference mechanisms,learning strategies,hardware development boards,software frameworks,sensors,and algorithms tailored to their specific needs and applications across various sectors.展开更多
Accurate trajectory tracking in lower-limb exoskeletons is challenged by the nonlinear,time-varying dynamics of human-robot interaction,limited sensor availability,and unknown external disturbances.This study proposes...Accurate trajectory tracking in lower-limb exoskeletons is challenged by the nonlinear,time-varying dynamics of human-robot interaction,limited sensor availability,and unknown external disturbances.This study proposes a novel control strategy that combines flatness-based control with two cascaded observers:a high-gain observer to estimate unmeasured joint velocities,and a nonlinear disturbance observer to reconstruct external torque disturbances in real time.These estimates are integrated into the control law to enable robust,state-feedback-based trajectory tracking.The approach is validated through simulation scenarios involving partial state measurements and abrupt external torque perturbations,reflecting realistic rehabilitation conditions.Results confirm that the proposed method significantly enhances tracking accuracy and disturbance rejection capability,demonstrating its strong potential for reliable and adaptive rehabilitation assistance.展开更多
Disability is defined as a condition that makes it difficult for a person to perform certain vital activities.In recent years,the integration of the concepts of intelligence in solving various problems for disabled pe...Disability is defined as a condition that makes it difficult for a person to perform certain vital activities.In recent years,the integration of the concepts of intelligence in solving various problems for disabled persons has become more frequent.However,controlling an exoskeleton for rehabilitation presents challenges due to their nonlinear characteristics and external disturbances caused by the structure itself or the patient wearing the exoskeleton.To remedy these problems,this paper presents a novel adaptive control strategy for upper-limb rehabilitation exoskeletons,addressing the challenges of nonlinear dynamics and external disturbances.The proposed controller integrated a Radial Basis Function Neural Network(RBFNN)with a disturbance observer and employed a high-dimensional integral Lyapunov function to guarantee system stability and trajectory tracking performance.In the control system,the role of the RBFNN was to estimate uncertain signals in the dynamic model,while the disturbance observer tackled external disturbances during trajectory tracking.Artificially created scenarios for Human-Robot interactive experiments and periodically repeated reference trajectory experiments validated the controller’s performance,demonstrating efficient tracking.The proposed controller is found to achieve superior tracking accuracy with Root-Mean-Squared(RMS)errors of 0.022-0.026 rad for all joints,outperforming conventional Proportional-Integral-Derivative(PID)by 73%and Neural-Fuzzy Adaptive Control(NFAC)by 389.47%lower error.These results suggested that the RBFNN adaptive controller,coupled with disturbance compensation,could serve as an effective rehabilitation tool for upper-limb exoskeletons.These results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed method in enhancing rehabilitation accuracy and robustness,offering a promising solution for the control of upper-limb assistive devices.Based on the obtained results and due to their high robustness,the proposed control schemes can be extended to other motor disabilities,including lower limb exoskeletons.展开更多
Water is a vital resource.It supports a multitude of industries,civilizations,and agriculture.However,climatic conditions impact water availability,particularly in desert areas where the temperature is high,and rain i...Water is a vital resource.It supports a multitude of industries,civilizations,and agriculture.However,climatic conditions impact water availability,particularly in desert areas where the temperature is high,and rain is scarce.Therefore,it is crucial to forecast water demand to provide it to sectors either on regular or emergency days.The study aims to develop an accurate model to forecast daily water demand under the impact of climatic conditions.This forecasting is known as a multivariate time series because it uses both the historical data of water demand and climatic conditions to forecast the future.Focusing on the collected data of Jeddah city,Saudi Arabia in the period between 2004 and 2018,we develop a hybrid approach that uses Artificial Neural Networks(ANN)for forecasting and Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm(PSO)for tuning ANNs’hyperparameters.Based on the Root Mean Square Error(RMSE)metric,results show that the(PSO-ANN)is an accurate model for multivariate time series forecasting.Also,the first day is the most difficult day for prediction(highest error rate),while the second day is the easiest to predict(lowest error rate).Finally,correlation analysis shows that the dew point is the most climatic factor affecting water demand.展开更多
Machine Learning(ML)-based prediction and classification systems employ data and learning algorithms to forecast target values.However,improving predictive accuracy is a crucial step for informed decision-making.In th...Machine Learning(ML)-based prediction and classification systems employ data and learning algorithms to forecast target values.However,improving predictive accuracy is a crucial step for informed decision-making.In the healthcare domain,data are available in the form of genetic profiles and clinical characteristics to build prediction models for complex tasks like cancer detection or diagnosis.Among ML algorithms,Artificial Neural Networks(ANNs)are considered the most suitable framework for many classification tasks.The network weights and the activation functions are the two crucial elements in the learning process of an ANN.These weights affect the prediction ability and the convergence efficiency of the network.In traditional settings,ANNs assign random weights to the inputs.This research aims to develop a learning system for reliable cancer prediction by initializing more realistic weights computed using a supervised setting instead of random weights.The proposed learning system uses hybrid and traditional machine learning techniques such as Support Vector Machine(SVM),Linear Discriminant Analysis(LDA),Random Forest(RF),k-Nearest Neighbour(kNN),and ANN to achieve better accuracy in colon and breast cancer classification.This system computes the confusion matrix-based metrics for traditional and proposed frameworks.The proposed framework attains the highest accuracy of 89.24 percent using the colon cancer dataset and 72.20 percent using the breast cancer dataset,which outperforms the other models.The results show that the proposed learning system has higher predictive accuracies than conventional classifiers for each dataset,overcoming previous research limitations.Moreover,the proposed framework is of use to predict and classify cancer patients accurately.Consequently,this will facilitate the effective management of cancer patients.展开更多
The widespread use of the Internet of Things(IoT)applications has enormously increased the danger level of data leakage and theft in IoT as data transmission occurs through a public channel.As a result,the security of...The widespread use of the Internet of Things(IoT)applications has enormously increased the danger level of data leakage and theft in IoT as data transmission occurs through a public channel.As a result,the security of the IoT has become a serious challenge in the field of information security.Steganography on the network is a critical tool for preventing the leakage of private information and enabling secure and encrypted communication.The primary purpose of steganography is to conceal sensitive information in any form of media such as audio,video,text,or photos,and securely transfer it through wireless networks.In this paper,we analyse the performance characteristics of one of the steganography techniques called Hidden Communication System for Corrupted Networks(HCCNETs)for hiding sensitive data.This performance analysis includes the efficiency and the cost of the system in Wireless Local Area Networks(WLANs),specifically in the IEEE 802.11ah IoT protocol.The analysis is mainly based on a two-dimensional Markov chain model in the presence of an error channel.Additionally,the model considers packet arrival rate,back-off timer freezing,back-off stages,and short retry limit to ensure compliance with IEEE 802.11ah requirements.It stresses the importance of taking these elements into consideration while modeling the efficiency and cost of the steganographic channel system.These parameters often result in a high precise channel access estimation,a more accurate and efficient accuracy measurements system,efficient channel utilisation,avoidance of throughput saturation overestimation,and ensuring that no packet is served endlessly.Evaluated results demonstrate that HCCNETs is an effective approach at low cost.展开更多
There are several advantages to the MIG(Metal Inert Gas)process,which explains its increased use in variouswelding sectors,such as automotive,marine,and construction.A variant of the MIG process,where the sameequipmen...There are several advantages to the MIG(Metal Inert Gas)process,which explains its increased use in variouswelding sectors,such as automotive,marine,and construction.A variant of the MIG process,where the sameequipment is employed except for the deposition of a thin layer of flux before the welding operation,is the AMIG(Activated Metal Inert Gas)technique.This study focuses on investigating the impact of physical properties ofindividual metallic oxide fluxes for 304L stainless steel welding joint morphology and to what extent it can helpdetermine a relationship among weld depth penetration,the aspect ratio,and the input physical properties ofthe oxides.Five types of oxides,TiO_(2),SiO_(2),Fe_(2)O_(3),Cr_(2)O_(3),and Mn_(2)O_(3),are tested on butt joint design withoutpreparation of the edges.A robust algorithm based on the particle swarm optimization(PSO)technique is appliedto optimally tune the models’parameters,such as the quadratic error between the actual outputs(depth and aspectratio),and the error estimated by the models’outputs is minimized.The results showed that the proposed PSOmodel is first and foremost robust against uncertainties in measurement devices and modeling errors,and second,that it is capable of accurately representing and quantifying the weld depth penetration and the weld aspect ratioto the oxides’thermal properties.展开更多
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things,along with the growing demand for privacy-preserving transmission,the need for efficient and secure communication systems has become inc...With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things,along with the growing demand for privacy-preserving transmission,the need for efficient and secure communication systems has become increasingly urgent.Traditional communication methods transmit data at the bit level without considering its semantic significance,leading to redundant transmission overhead and reduced efficiency.Semantic communication addresses this issue by extracting and transmitting only the mostmeaningful semantic information,thereby improving bandwidth efficiency.However,despite reducing the volume of data,it remains vulnerable to privacy risks,as semantic features may still expose sensitive information.To address this,we propose an entropy-bottleneck-based privacy protection mechanism for semantic communication.Our approach uses semantic segmentation to partition images into regions of interest(ROI)and regions of non-interest(RONI)based on the receiver’s needs,enabling differentiated semantic transmission.By focusing transmission on ROIs,bandwidth usage is optimized,and non-essential data is minimized.The entropy bottleneck model probabilistically encodes the semantic information into a compact bit stream,reducing correlation between the transmitted content and the original data,thus enhancing privacy protection.The proposed framework is systematically evaluated in terms of compression efficiency,semantic fidelity,and privacy preservation.Through comparative experiments with traditional and state-of-the-art methods,we demonstrate that the approach significantly reduces data transmission,maintains the quality of semantically important regions,and ensures robust privacy protection.展开更多
Remote driving,an emergent technology enabling remote operations of vehicles,presents a significant challenge in transmitting large volumes of image data to a central server.This requirement outpaces the capacity of t...Remote driving,an emergent technology enabling remote operations of vehicles,presents a significant challenge in transmitting large volumes of image data to a central server.This requirement outpaces the capacity of traditional communication methods.To tackle this,we propose a novel framework using semantic communications,through a region of interest semantic segmentation method,to reduce the communication costs by transmitting meaningful semantic information rather than bit-wise data.To solve the knowledge base inconsistencies inherent in semantic communications,we introduce a blockchain-based edge-assisted system for managing diverse and geographically varied semantic segmentation knowledge bases.This system not only ensures the security of data through the tamper-resistant nature of blockchain but also leverages edge computing for efficient management.Additionally,the implementation of blockchain sharding handles differentiated knowledge bases for various tasks,thus boosting overall blockchain efficiency.Experimental results show a great reduction in latency by sharding and an increase in model accuracy,confirming our framework's effectiveness.展开更多
Optimal path planning avoiding obstacles is among the most attractive applications of mobile robots(MRs)in both research and education.In this paper,an optimal collision-free algorithm is designed and implemented prac...Optimal path planning avoiding obstacles is among the most attractive applications of mobile robots(MRs)in both research and education.In this paper,an optimal collision-free algorithm is designed and implemented practically based on an improved Dijkstra algorithm.To achieve this research objectives,first,the MR obstacle-free environment is modeled as a diagraph including nodes,edges and weights.Second,Dijkstra algorithm is used offline to generate the shortest path driving the MR from a starting point to a target point.During its movement,the robot should follow the previously obtained path and stop at each node to test if there is an obstacle between the current node and the immediately following node.For this aim,the MR was equipped with an ultrasonic sensor used as obstacle detector.If an obstacle is found,the MR updates its diagraph by excluding the corresponding node.Then,Dijkstra algorithm runs on the modified diagraph.This procedure is repeated until reaching the target point.To verify the efficiency of the proposed approach,a simulation was carried out on a hand-made MR and an environment including 9 nodes,19 edges and 2 obstacles.The obtained optimal path avoiding obstacles has been transferred into motion control and implemented practically using line tracking sensors.This study has shown that the improved Dijkstra algorithm can efficiently solve optimal path planning in environments including obstacles and that STEAM-based MRs are efficient cost-effective tools to practically implement the designed algorithm.展开更多
Most consumers read online reviews written by different users before making purchase decisions,where each opinion expresses some sentiment.Therefore,sentiment analysis is currently a hot topic of research.In particula...Most consumers read online reviews written by different users before making purchase decisions,where each opinion expresses some sentiment.Therefore,sentiment analysis is currently a hot topic of research.In particular,aspect-based sentiment analysis concerns the exploration of emotions,opinions and facts that are expressed by people,usually in the form of polarity.It is crucial to consider polarity calculations and not simply categorize reviews as positive,negative,or neutral.Currently,the available lexicon-based method accuracy is affected by limited coverage.Several of the available polarity estimation techniques are too general and may not reect the aspect/topic in question if reviews contain a wide range of information about different topics.This paper presents a model for the polarity estimation of customer reviews using aspect-based sentiment analysis(ABSA-PER).ABSA-PER has three major phases:data preprocessing,aspect co-occurrence calculation(CAC)and polarity estimation.A multi-domain sentiment dataset,Twitter dataset,and trust pilot forum dataset(developed by us by dened judgement rules)are used to verify ABSA-PER.Experimental outcomes show that ABSA-PER achieves better accuracy,i.e.,85.7%accuracy for aspect extraction and 86.5%accuracy in terms of polarity estimation,than that of the baseline methods.展开更多
COVID-19 comes from a large family of viruses identied in 1965;to date,seven groups have been recorded which have been found to affect humans.In the healthcare industry,there is much evidence that Al or machine learni...COVID-19 comes from a large family of viruses identied in 1965;to date,seven groups have been recorded which have been found to affect humans.In the healthcare industry,there is much evidence that Al or machine learning algorithms can provide effective models that solve problems in order to predict conrmed cases,recovered cases,and deaths.Many researchers and scientists in the eld of machine learning are also involved in solving this dilemma,seeking to understand the patterns and characteristics of virus attacks,so scientists may make the right decisions and take specic actions.Furthermore,many models have been considered to predict the Coronavirus outbreak,such as the retro prediction model,pandemic Kaplan’s model,and the neural forecasting model.Other research has used the time series-dependent face book prophet model for COVID-19 prediction in India’s various countries.Thus,we proposed a prediction and analysis model to predict COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.The time series dependent face book prophet model is used to t the data and provide future predictions.This study aimed to determine the pandemic prediction of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia,using the Time Series Analysis to observe and predict the coronavirus pandemic’s spread daily or weekly.We found that the proposed model has a low ability to forecast the recovered cases of the COVID-19 dataset.In contrast,the proposed model of death cases has a high ability to forecast the COVID-19 dataset.Finally,obtaining more data could empower the model for further validation.展开更多
With the development of communication systems, modulation methods are becoming more and more diverse. Among them, quadrature spatial modulation(QSM) is considered as one method with less capacity and high efficiency. ...With the development of communication systems, modulation methods are becoming more and more diverse. Among them, quadrature spatial modulation(QSM) is considered as one method with less capacity and high efficiency. In QSM, the traditional signal detection methods sometimes are unable to meet the actual requirement of low complexity of the system. Therefore, this paper proposes a signal detection scheme for QSM systems using deep learning to solve the complexity problem. Results from the simulations show that the bit error rate performance of the proposed deep learning-based detector is better than that of the zero-forcing(ZF) and minimum mean square error(MMSE) detectors, and similar to the maximum likelihood(ML) detector. Moreover, the proposed method requires less processing time than ZF, MMSE,and ML.展开更多
With the growth of the discipline of digital communication,the topic has acquiredmore attention in the cybersecuritymedium.The Intrusion Detection(ID)system monitors network traffic to detect malicious activities.The ...With the growth of the discipline of digital communication,the topic has acquiredmore attention in the cybersecuritymedium.The Intrusion Detection(ID)system monitors network traffic to detect malicious activities.The paper introduces a novel Feature Selection(FS)approach for ID.Reptile Search Algorithm(RSA)—is a new optimization algorithm;in this method,each agent searches a new region according to the position of the host,which makes the algorithm suffers from getting stuck in local optima and a slow convergence rate.To overcome these problems,this study introduces an improved RSA approach by integrating Cauchy Mutation(CM)into the RSA’s structure.Thus,the CM can effectively expand search space and enhance the performance of the RSA.The developed RSA-CM is assessed on five publicly available ID datasets:KDD-CUP99,NSL-KDD,UNSW-NB15,CIC-IDS2017,and CIC-IDS2018 and two engineering problems.The RSA-CM is compared with the original RSA,and three other state-of-the-art FS methods,namely particle swarm optimization,grey wolf optimization,and multi-verse optimizer,and quantitatively is evaluated using fitness value,the number of selected optimum features,accuracy,precision,recall,and F1-score evaluationmeasures.The results reveal that the developed RSA-CMgot better results than the other competitive methods applied for FS on the ID datasets and the examined engineering problems.Moreover,the Friedman test results confirm that RSA-CMhas a significant superiority compared to other methods as an FS method for ID.展开更多
The application of optimization methods to prediction issues is a continually exploring field.In line with this,this paper investigates the connectedness between the infected cases of COVID-19 and US fear index from a...The application of optimization methods to prediction issues is a continually exploring field.In line with this,this paper investigates the connectedness between the infected cases of COVID-19 and US fear index from a forecasting perspective.The complex characteristics of implied volatility risk index such as non-linearity structure,time-varying and nonstationarity motivate us to apply a nonlinear polynomial Hammerstein model with known structure and unknown parameters.We use the Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization(HPSO)tool to identify the model parameters of nonlinear polynomial Hammerstein model.Findings indicate that,following a nonlinear polynomial behaviour cascaded to an autoregressive with exogenous input(ARX)behaviour,the fear index in US financial market is significantly affected by COVID-19-infected cases in the US,COVID-19-infected cases in the world and COVID-19-infected cases in China,respectively.Statistical performance indicators provided by the developed models show that COVID-19-infected cases in the US are particularly powerful in predicting the Cboe volatility index compared to COVID-19-infected cases in the world and China(MAPE(2.1013%);R2(91.78%)and RMSE(0.6363 percentage points)).The proposed approaches have also shown good convergence characteristics and accurate fits of the data.展开更多
This paper proposes a dynamic load balancing with learning model for a Sudoku problem solving system that has multiple workers and multiple solvers.The objective is to minimise the total processing time of problem sol...This paper proposes a dynamic load balancing with learning model for a Sudoku problem solving system that has multiple workers and multiple solvers.The objective is to minimise the total processing time of problem solving.Our load balancing with learning model distributes each Sudoku problem to an appropriate pair of worker and solver when it is received by the system.The information of the estimated solution time for a specific number of given input values,the estimated finishing time of each worker,and the idle status of each worker is used to determine the worker-solver pairs.In addition,the proposed system can estimate the waiting period for each problem.Test results show that the system has shorter processing time than conventional alternatives.展开更多
基金University of Jeddah,Jeddah,Saudi Arabia,grant No.(UJ-23-SRP-10).
文摘Electric vehicles(EVs)are gradually being deployed in the transportation sector.Although they have a high impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions,their penetration is challenged by their random energy demand and difficult scheduling of their optimal charging.To cope with these problems,this paper presents a novel approach for photovoltaic grid-connected microgrid EV charging station energy demand forecasting.The present study is part of a comprehensive framework involving emerging technologies such as drones and artificial intelligence designed to support the EVs’charging scheduling task.By using predictive algorithms for solar generation and load demand estimation,this approach aimed at ensuring dynamic and efficient energy flow between the solar energy source,the grid and the electric vehicles.The main contribution of this paper lies in developing an intelligent approach based on deep recurrent neural networks to forecast the energy demand using only its previous records.Therefore,various forecasters based on Long Short-term Memory,Gated Recurrent Unit,and their bi-directional and stacked variants were investigated using a real dataset collected from an EV charging station located at Trieste University(Italy).The developed forecasters have been evaluated and compared according to different metrics,including R,RMSE,MAE,and MAPE.We found that the obtained R values for both PV power generation and energy demand ranged between 97%and 98%.These study findings can be used for reliable and efficient decision-making on the management side of the optimal scheduling of the charging operations.
基金Deputyship for Research&Innovation,Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia,project number MoE-IF-UJ-R2-22-20772-1.
文摘The transportation and logistics sectors are major contributors to Greenhouse Gase(GHG)emissions.Carbon dioxide(CO_(2))from Light-Duty Vehicles(LDVs)is posing serious risks to air quality and public health.Understanding the extent of LDVs’impact on climate change and human well-being is crucial for informed decisionmaking and effective mitigation strategies.This study investigates the predictability of CO_(2)emissions from LDVs using a comprehensive dataset that includes vehicles from various manufacturers,their CO_(2)emission levels,and key influencing factors.Specifically,sixMachine Learning(ML)algorithms,ranging fromsimple linearmodels to complex non-linear models,were applied under identical conditions to ensure a fair comparison and their performance metrics were calculated.The obtained results showed a significant influence of variables such as engine size on CO_(2)emissions.Although the six algorithms have provided accurate forecasts,the Linear Regression(LR)model was found to be sufficient,achieving a Mean Absolute Percentage Error(MAPE)below 0.90%and a Coefficient of Determination(R2)exceeding 99.7%.These findings may contribute to a deeper understanding of LDVs’role in CO_(2)emissions and offer actionable insights for reducing their environmental impact.In fact,vehicle manufacturers can leverage these insights to target key emission-related factors,while policymakers and stakeholders in logistics and transportation can use the models to estimate the CO_(2)emissions of new vehicles before their market deployment or to project future emissions from current and expected LDV fleets.
文摘Edge Machine Learning(EdgeML)and Tiny Machine Learning(TinyML)are fast-growing fields that bring machine learning to resource-constrained devices,allowing real-time data processing and decision-making at the network’s edge.However,the complexity of model conversion techniques,diverse inference mechanisms,and varied learning strategies make designing and deploying these models challenging.Additionally,deploying TinyML models on resource-constrained hardware with specific software frameworks has broadened EdgeML’s applications across various sectors.These factors underscore the necessity for a comprehensive literature review,as current reviews do not systematically encompass the most recent findings on these topics.Consequently,it provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art techniques in model conversion,inference mechanisms,learning strategies within EdgeML,and deploying these models on resource-constrained edge devices using TinyML.It identifies 90 research articles published between 2018 and 2025,categorizing them into two main areas:(1)model conversion,inference,and learning strategies in EdgeML and(2)deploying TinyML models on resource-constrained hardware using specific software frameworks.In the first category,the synthesis of selected research articles compares and critically reviews various model conversion techniques,inference mechanisms,and learning strategies.In the second category,the synthesis identifies and elaborates on major development boards,software frameworks,sensors,and algorithms used in various applications across six major sectors.As a result,this article provides valuable insights for researchers,practitioners,and developers.It assists them in choosing suitable model conversion techniques,inference mechanisms,learning strategies,hardware development boards,software frameworks,sensors,and algorithms tailored to their specific needs and applications across various sectors.
基金funded by the King Salman Center for Disability Research,through Research Group No.KSRG-2024-468.
文摘Accurate trajectory tracking in lower-limb exoskeletons is challenged by the nonlinear,time-varying dynamics of human-robot interaction,limited sensor availability,and unknown external disturbances.This study proposes a novel control strategy that combines flatness-based control with two cascaded observers:a high-gain observer to estimate unmeasured joint velocities,and a nonlinear disturbance observer to reconstruct external torque disturbances in real time.These estimates are integrated into the control law to enable robust,state-feedback-based trajectory tracking.The approach is validated through simulation scenarios involving partial state measurements and abrupt external torque perturbations,reflecting realistic rehabilitation conditions.Results confirm that the proposed method significantly enhances tracking accuracy and disturbance rejection capability,demonstrating its strong potential for reliable and adaptive rehabilitation assistance.
基金funded by the King Salman Center For Disability Research,through Research Group No.KSRG-2024-468。
文摘Disability is defined as a condition that makes it difficult for a person to perform certain vital activities.In recent years,the integration of the concepts of intelligence in solving various problems for disabled persons has become more frequent.However,controlling an exoskeleton for rehabilitation presents challenges due to their nonlinear characteristics and external disturbances caused by the structure itself or the patient wearing the exoskeleton.To remedy these problems,this paper presents a novel adaptive control strategy for upper-limb rehabilitation exoskeletons,addressing the challenges of nonlinear dynamics and external disturbances.The proposed controller integrated a Radial Basis Function Neural Network(RBFNN)with a disturbance observer and employed a high-dimensional integral Lyapunov function to guarantee system stability and trajectory tracking performance.In the control system,the role of the RBFNN was to estimate uncertain signals in the dynamic model,while the disturbance observer tackled external disturbances during trajectory tracking.Artificially created scenarios for Human-Robot interactive experiments and periodically repeated reference trajectory experiments validated the controller’s performance,demonstrating efficient tracking.The proposed controller is found to achieve superior tracking accuracy with Root-Mean-Squared(RMS)errors of 0.022-0.026 rad for all joints,outperforming conventional Proportional-Integral-Derivative(PID)by 73%and Neural-Fuzzy Adaptive Control(NFAC)by 389.47%lower error.These results suggested that the RBFNN adaptive controller,coupled with disturbance compensation,could serve as an effective rehabilitation tool for upper-limb exoskeletons.These results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed method in enhancing rehabilitation accuracy and robustness,offering a promising solution for the control of upper-limb assistive devices.Based on the obtained results and due to their high robustness,the proposed control schemes can be extended to other motor disabilities,including lower limb exoskeletons.
文摘Water is a vital resource.It supports a multitude of industries,civilizations,and agriculture.However,climatic conditions impact water availability,particularly in desert areas where the temperature is high,and rain is scarce.Therefore,it is crucial to forecast water demand to provide it to sectors either on regular or emergency days.The study aims to develop an accurate model to forecast daily water demand under the impact of climatic conditions.This forecasting is known as a multivariate time series because it uses both the historical data of water demand and climatic conditions to forecast the future.Focusing on the collected data of Jeddah city,Saudi Arabia in the period between 2004 and 2018,we develop a hybrid approach that uses Artificial Neural Networks(ANN)for forecasting and Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm(PSO)for tuning ANNs’hyperparameters.Based on the Root Mean Square Error(RMSE)metric,results show that the(PSO-ANN)is an accurate model for multivariate time series forecasting.Also,the first day is the most difficult day for prediction(highest error rate),while the second day is the easiest to predict(lowest error rate).Finally,correlation analysis shows that the dew point is the most climatic factor affecting water demand.
文摘Machine Learning(ML)-based prediction and classification systems employ data and learning algorithms to forecast target values.However,improving predictive accuracy is a crucial step for informed decision-making.In the healthcare domain,data are available in the form of genetic profiles and clinical characteristics to build prediction models for complex tasks like cancer detection or diagnosis.Among ML algorithms,Artificial Neural Networks(ANNs)are considered the most suitable framework for many classification tasks.The network weights and the activation functions are the two crucial elements in the learning process of an ANN.These weights affect the prediction ability and the convergence efficiency of the network.In traditional settings,ANNs assign random weights to the inputs.This research aims to develop a learning system for reliable cancer prediction by initializing more realistic weights computed using a supervised setting instead of random weights.The proposed learning system uses hybrid and traditional machine learning techniques such as Support Vector Machine(SVM),Linear Discriminant Analysis(LDA),Random Forest(RF),k-Nearest Neighbour(kNN),and ANN to achieve better accuracy in colon and breast cancer classification.This system computes the confusion matrix-based metrics for traditional and proposed frameworks.The proposed framework attains the highest accuracy of 89.24 percent using the colon cancer dataset and 72.20 percent using the breast cancer dataset,which outperforms the other models.The results show that the proposed learning system has higher predictive accuracies than conventional classifiers for each dataset,overcoming previous research limitations.Moreover,the proposed framework is of use to predict and classify cancer patients accurately.Consequently,this will facilitate the effective management of cancer patients.
文摘The widespread use of the Internet of Things(IoT)applications has enormously increased the danger level of data leakage and theft in IoT as data transmission occurs through a public channel.As a result,the security of the IoT has become a serious challenge in the field of information security.Steganography on the network is a critical tool for preventing the leakage of private information and enabling secure and encrypted communication.The primary purpose of steganography is to conceal sensitive information in any form of media such as audio,video,text,or photos,and securely transfer it through wireless networks.In this paper,we analyse the performance characteristics of one of the steganography techniques called Hidden Communication System for Corrupted Networks(HCCNETs)for hiding sensitive data.This performance analysis includes the efficiency and the cost of the system in Wireless Local Area Networks(WLANs),specifically in the IEEE 802.11ah IoT protocol.The analysis is mainly based on a two-dimensional Markov chain model in the presence of an error channel.Additionally,the model considers packet arrival rate,back-off timer freezing,back-off stages,and short retry limit to ensure compliance with IEEE 802.11ah requirements.It stresses the importance of taking these elements into consideration while modeling the efficiency and cost of the steganographic channel system.These parameters often result in a high precise channel access estimation,a more accurate and efficient accuracy measurements system,efficient channel utilisation,avoidance of throughput saturation overestimation,and ensuring that no packet is served endlessly.Evaluated results demonstrate that HCCNETs is an effective approach at low cost.
文摘There are several advantages to the MIG(Metal Inert Gas)process,which explains its increased use in variouswelding sectors,such as automotive,marine,and construction.A variant of the MIG process,where the sameequipment is employed except for the deposition of a thin layer of flux before the welding operation,is the AMIG(Activated Metal Inert Gas)technique.This study focuses on investigating the impact of physical properties ofindividual metallic oxide fluxes for 304L stainless steel welding joint morphology and to what extent it can helpdetermine a relationship among weld depth penetration,the aspect ratio,and the input physical properties ofthe oxides.Five types of oxides,TiO_(2),SiO_(2),Fe_(2)O_(3),Cr_(2)O_(3),and Mn_(2)O_(3),are tested on butt joint design withoutpreparation of the edges.A robust algorithm based on the particle swarm optimization(PSO)technique is appliedto optimally tune the models’parameters,such as the quadratic error between the actual outputs(depth and aspectratio),and the error estimated by the models’outputs is minimized.The results showed that the proposed PSOmodel is first and foremost robust against uncertainties in measurement devices and modeling errors,and second,that it is capable of accurately representing and quantifying the weld depth penetration and the weld aspect ratioto the oxides’thermal properties.
基金supported in part by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for Chinese College Students(No.202410128019)in part by JST ASPIRE Grant Number JPMJAP2325in part by Support Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology Research(SCAT).
文摘With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things,along with the growing demand for privacy-preserving transmission,the need for efficient and secure communication systems has become increasingly urgent.Traditional communication methods transmit data at the bit level without considering its semantic significance,leading to redundant transmission overhead and reduced efficiency.Semantic communication addresses this issue by extracting and transmitting only the mostmeaningful semantic information,thereby improving bandwidth efficiency.However,despite reducing the volume of data,it remains vulnerable to privacy risks,as semantic features may still expose sensitive information.To address this,we propose an entropy-bottleneck-based privacy protection mechanism for semantic communication.Our approach uses semantic segmentation to partition images into regions of interest(ROI)and regions of non-interest(RONI)based on the receiver’s needs,enabling differentiated semantic transmission.By focusing transmission on ROIs,bandwidth usage is optimized,and non-essential data is minimized.The entropy bottleneck model probabilistically encodes the semantic information into a compact bit stream,reducing correlation between the transmitted content and the original data,thus enhancing privacy protection.The proposed framework is systematically evaluated in terms of compression efficiency,semantic fidelity,and privacy preservation.Through comparative experiments with traditional and state-of-the-art methods,we demonstrate that the approach significantly reduces data transmission,maintains the quality of semantically important regions,and ensures robust privacy protection.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.62062031in part by the MIC/SCOPE#JP235006102+2 种基金in part by JST ASPIRE Grant Number JPMJAP2325in part by ROIS NII Open Collaborative Research under Grant 24S0601in part by collaborative research with Toyota Motor Corporation,Japan。
文摘Remote driving,an emergent technology enabling remote operations of vehicles,presents a significant challenge in transmitting large volumes of image data to a central server.This requirement outpaces the capacity of traditional communication methods.To tackle this,we propose a novel framework using semantic communications,through a region of interest semantic segmentation method,to reduce the communication costs by transmitting meaningful semantic information rather than bit-wise data.To solve the knowledge base inconsistencies inherent in semantic communications,we introduce a blockchain-based edge-assisted system for managing diverse and geographically varied semantic segmentation knowledge bases.This system not only ensures the security of data through the tamper-resistant nature of blockchain but also leverages edge computing for efficient management.Additionally,the implementation of blockchain sharding handles differentiated knowledge bases for various tasks,thus boosting overall blockchain efficiency.Experimental results show a great reduction in latency by sharding and an increase in model accuracy,confirming our framework's effectiveness.
基金This research has been funded by Scientific Research Deanship at University of Ha’il–Saudi Arabia through Project Number BA-2107.
文摘Optimal path planning avoiding obstacles is among the most attractive applications of mobile robots(MRs)in both research and education.In this paper,an optimal collision-free algorithm is designed and implemented practically based on an improved Dijkstra algorithm.To achieve this research objectives,first,the MR obstacle-free environment is modeled as a diagraph including nodes,edges and weights.Second,Dijkstra algorithm is used offline to generate the shortest path driving the MR from a starting point to a target point.During its movement,the robot should follow the previously obtained path and stop at each node to test if there is an obstacle between the current node and the immediately following node.For this aim,the MR was equipped with an ultrasonic sensor used as obstacle detector.If an obstacle is found,the MR updates its diagraph by excluding the corresponding node.Then,Dijkstra algorithm runs on the modified diagraph.This procedure is repeated until reaching the target point.To verify the efficiency of the proposed approach,a simulation was carried out on a hand-made MR and an environment including 9 nodes,19 edges and 2 obstacles.The obtained optimal path avoiding obstacles has been transferred into motion control and implemented practically using line tracking sensors.This study has shown that the improved Dijkstra algorithm can efficiently solve optimal path planning in environments including obstacles and that STEAM-based MRs are efficient cost-effective tools to practically implement the designed algorithm.
基金funded by the University of Jeddah,Saudi Arabia,under Grant No.(UJ-12-18-DR).
文摘Most consumers read online reviews written by different users before making purchase decisions,where each opinion expresses some sentiment.Therefore,sentiment analysis is currently a hot topic of research.In particular,aspect-based sentiment analysis concerns the exploration of emotions,opinions and facts that are expressed by people,usually in the form of polarity.It is crucial to consider polarity calculations and not simply categorize reviews as positive,negative,or neutral.Currently,the available lexicon-based method accuracy is affected by limited coverage.Several of the available polarity estimation techniques are too general and may not reect the aspect/topic in question if reviews contain a wide range of information about different topics.This paper presents a model for the polarity estimation of customer reviews using aspect-based sentiment analysis(ABSA-PER).ABSA-PER has three major phases:data preprocessing,aspect co-occurrence calculation(CAC)and polarity estimation.A multi-domain sentiment dataset,Twitter dataset,and trust pilot forum dataset(developed by us by dened judgement rules)are used to verify ABSA-PER.Experimental outcomes show that ABSA-PER achieves better accuracy,i.e.,85.7%accuracy for aspect extraction and 86.5%accuracy in terms of polarity estimation,than that of the baseline methods.
文摘COVID-19 comes from a large family of viruses identied in 1965;to date,seven groups have been recorded which have been found to affect humans.In the healthcare industry,there is much evidence that Al or machine learning algorithms can provide effective models that solve problems in order to predict conrmed cases,recovered cases,and deaths.Many researchers and scientists in the eld of machine learning are also involved in solving this dilemma,seeking to understand the patterns and characteristics of virus attacks,so scientists may make the right decisions and take specic actions.Furthermore,many models have been considered to predict the Coronavirus outbreak,such as the retro prediction model,pandemic Kaplan’s model,and the neural forecasting model.Other research has used the time series-dependent face book prophet model for COVID-19 prediction in India’s various countries.Thus,we proposed a prediction and analysis model to predict COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.The time series dependent face book prophet model is used to t the data and provide future predictions.This study aimed to determine the pandemic prediction of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia,using the Time Series Analysis to observe and predict the coronavirus pandemic’s spread daily or weekly.We found that the proposed model has a low ability to forecast the recovered cases of the COVID-19 dataset.In contrast,the proposed model of death cases has a high ability to forecast the COVID-19 dataset.Finally,obtaining more data could empower the model for further validation.
基金supported in part by The Science and Technology Development Fund, Macao SAR, China (0108/2020/A3)in part by The Science and Technology Development Fund, Macao SAR, China (0005/2021/ITP)the Deanship of Scientific Research at Taif University for funding this work。
文摘With the development of communication systems, modulation methods are becoming more and more diverse. Among them, quadrature spatial modulation(QSM) is considered as one method with less capacity and high efficiency. In QSM, the traditional signal detection methods sometimes are unable to meet the actual requirement of low complexity of the system. Therefore, this paper proposes a signal detection scheme for QSM systems using deep learning to solve the complexity problem. Results from the simulations show that the bit error rate performance of the proposed deep learning-based detector is better than that of the zero-forcing(ZF) and minimum mean square error(MMSE) detectors, and similar to the maximum likelihood(ML) detector. Moreover, the proposed method requires less processing time than ZF, MMSE,and ML.
文摘With the growth of the discipline of digital communication,the topic has acquiredmore attention in the cybersecuritymedium.The Intrusion Detection(ID)system monitors network traffic to detect malicious activities.The paper introduces a novel Feature Selection(FS)approach for ID.Reptile Search Algorithm(RSA)—is a new optimization algorithm;in this method,each agent searches a new region according to the position of the host,which makes the algorithm suffers from getting stuck in local optima and a slow convergence rate.To overcome these problems,this study introduces an improved RSA approach by integrating Cauchy Mutation(CM)into the RSA’s structure.Thus,the CM can effectively expand search space and enhance the performance of the RSA.The developed RSA-CM is assessed on five publicly available ID datasets:KDD-CUP99,NSL-KDD,UNSW-NB15,CIC-IDS2017,and CIC-IDS2018 and two engineering problems.The RSA-CM is compared with the original RSA,and three other state-of-the-art FS methods,namely particle swarm optimization,grey wolf optimization,and multi-verse optimizer,and quantitatively is evaluated using fitness value,the number of selected optimum features,accuracy,precision,recall,and F1-score evaluationmeasures.The results reveal that the developed RSA-CMgot better results than the other competitive methods applied for FS on the ID datasets and the examined engineering problems.Moreover,the Friedman test results confirm that RSA-CMhas a significant superiority compared to other methods as an FS method for ID.
基金This research has been funded by Scientific Research Deanship at University of Ha’il,Saudi Arabia through Project number RG-20210.
文摘The application of optimization methods to prediction issues is a continually exploring field.In line with this,this paper investigates the connectedness between the infected cases of COVID-19 and US fear index from a forecasting perspective.The complex characteristics of implied volatility risk index such as non-linearity structure,time-varying and nonstationarity motivate us to apply a nonlinear polynomial Hammerstein model with known structure and unknown parameters.We use the Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization(HPSO)tool to identify the model parameters of nonlinear polynomial Hammerstein model.Findings indicate that,following a nonlinear polynomial behaviour cascaded to an autoregressive with exogenous input(ARX)behaviour,the fear index in US financial market is significantly affected by COVID-19-infected cases in the US,COVID-19-infected cases in the world and COVID-19-infected cases in China,respectively.Statistical performance indicators provided by the developed models show that COVID-19-infected cases in the US are particularly powerful in predicting the Cboe volatility index compared to COVID-19-infected cases in the world and China(MAPE(2.1013%);R2(91.78%)and RMSE(0.6363 percentage points)).The proposed approaches have also shown good convergence characteristics and accurate fits of the data.
文摘This paper proposes a dynamic load balancing with learning model for a Sudoku problem solving system that has multiple workers and multiple solvers.The objective is to minimise the total processing time of problem solving.Our load balancing with learning model distributes each Sudoku problem to an appropriate pair of worker and solver when it is received by the system.The information of the estimated solution time for a specific number of given input values,the estimated finishing time of each worker,and the idle status of each worker is used to determine the worker-solver pairs.In addition,the proposed system can estimate the waiting period for each problem.Test results show that the system has shorter processing time than conventional alternatives.
