Identifying communicating entities i.e. “users” is today’s need. The process of identifying these entities accurately is known as authentication. The conventional authentication mechanisms are based on three factors: knowledge, possession and biometrics. The geographical position of a user is an…

Search hits, or the number of hits returned by an internet search engine for a particular term refers to the estimated number of pages in the World Wide Web that contain the term. In this paper, we propose an extraction…

This paper describes the feasibility of applying a combination of intelligent approaches of self organizing maps and fuzzy logic in modeling and predicting the growth of total bacteria coliform in tropical lakes. The application of self organizing maps (SOM) in…

In this paper detailed descriptions of the algorithms used in the pre-processing and feature extraction phases of an offline handwritten character are discussed. In classifying handwritten characters, the stages prior to the classification phase play a role as major as…

In recreation of virtual cultural heritage sites and urban environment simulations, the rapid display of densely populated scenery is a common requirement. An empty virtual environment will diminish the immersive experience that the simulations suppose to be presented, that is…

Computer chess started as a promising domain of research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) more than five decades ago. The basic idea was that as a ‘thinking sport’ it would be a good challenge toward better understanding and potentially simulating (human)…

In this article, we report the feedback from respondents in relation to the implementation of Interactive Multimedia Learning Awareness (IMLA) in enhancing awareness of autistic characteristics among parents and society in Malaysia. Methods of gathering information such as observation and…

Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) are a long lasting type of interface that has been used for the past four decades whereas Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) is an emerging interface believed to address some of GUI weaknesses. There has been some…

In developing democracies of the world, the electoral process is often enmeshed in distrust, fraud, unprecedented level of rigging and in most cases ends up in courts of law where millions of hard earned funds (public and private) are wasted.…

Information technology (IT) has been playing a powerful role in creating a competitive advantage for organisations over the past decades. This role has become proportionally greater over time as expectations for IT investments to drive business opportunities keep on rising.…