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Mastering software engineering with the help of the level model of competencies acquisition
(Institute of Physics Publishing, 2020)The paper proposes the use of an activity-based approach to acquiring the competencies of software engineering with the help of the author's model of level acquiring professional competencies. The approach allows the teacher ... -
An improved hybrid particle swarm optimization and tabu search algorithm for expansion planning of large dimension electric distribution network
(MDPI AG., 2019)Optimal expansion of medium-voltage power networks is a common issue in electrical distribution planning. Minimizing the total cost of the objective function with technical constraints make it a combinatorial problem which ... -
Innovative model for accurate prediction of the transfer length of prestressing strands based on artificial neural networks: Case study
(Elsevier Ltd., 2020)This study provides a case study showing the effectiveness of utilizing Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) in prestressed concrete. The effectiveness of prestressing is crucially linked to the transfer length (TL) of the ... -
Low-profile frequency reconfigurable antenna for heterogeneous wireless systems
(MDPI AG., 2019)A low-profile (0.21λg× 0.35λg× 0.02λg ) and a simply-structured frequency-switchable antenna with eight frequency choices is presented in this paper. The radiating structure (monopole) is printed on a 1.6-mm thicker, ... -
An eigen-approach for joint estimation of direction-of-arrival and frequency of an unknown number of signals
(Scientific Research Support Fund of Jordan, 2020)An accurate method for estimating the direction-of-arrival (DOA) jointly with the frequencies of an unknown number of source signals is proposed using the Eigen-approach. Using the minimum eigenvalues of the autocorrelation ... -
Thermal radiations and mass transfer analysis of the three-dimensional magnetite carreau fluid flow past a horizontal surface of paraboloid of revolution
(MDPI AG., 2020)The dynamics of the 3-dimensional flow of magnetized Carreau fluid past a paraboloid surface of revolution is studied through thermal radiation and mass transfer analysis. The impacts of Brownian motion and chemical reaction ... -
A Systematic Design of a Compact Wideband Hybrid Directional Coupler Based on Printed RGW Technology
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021)Printed ridge gap waveguide (PRGW) is considered among the state of art guiding technologies due to its low signal distortion and low loss at Millimeter Wave (mmWave) spectrum, which motivates the research community to use ... -
A frequency reconfigurable U-shaped antenna for dual-band WIMAX/WLAN systems
(Electromagnetics Academy, 2018)A novel frequency reconfigurable antenna is proposed for WiMAX and WLAN applications. It has a simple structure and compact size of 0.44λg × 0.37λg. The proposed approach is based on utilizing of a double planar U-shaped ... -
A Comparison of Wireless Standards in IoT for Indoor Localization Using LoPy
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021)There are surplus applications in modern smart cities where localization of indoor environments is critical ranging from surveillance and trailing in smart structures to the localized wireless distribution of advertising ... -
A vehicle to vehicle relay-based task offloading scheme in Vehicular Communication Networks
(PeerJ Inc., 2021)Vehicular edge computing (VEC) is a potential field that distributes computational tasks between VEC servers and local vehicular terminals, hence improve vehicular services. At present, vehicles’ intelligence and capabilities ... -
An improved coloured petri net model for software component allocation on heterogeneous embedded systems
(University of Zagreb, 2018)We extend an approach to component allocation on heterogeneous embedded systems using Coloured Petri Nets (CPNs). We improve the CPN model for the embedded systems and outline a technique that exploits CPN Tools, a well-known ... -
Energy, economic and environmental analysis of fuzzy logic controllers used in smart buildings
(Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science, 2021)This article is divided into three parts: the first presents a simulation study of the effect of occupancy level on energy usage pattern of Engineering building of Applied Science Private university, Amman, Jordan. The ... -
Finding Rotten Eggs: A Review Spam Detection Model using Diverse Feature Sets
(Korean Society for Internet Information, 2018)Social media enables customers to share their views, opinions and experiences as product reviews. These product reviews facilitate customers in buying quality products. Due to the significance of online reviews, fake ... -
Correlation Reduction in Closely-Spaced MIMO Antenna with Circular Polarization Diversity
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020)Radiator correlation in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna has always been a serious concern for MIMO systems. In this paper, an antenna consisting of two parallel-placed coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed radiators ... -
Series solutions for nonlinear time-fractional Schrödinger equations: Comparisons between conformable and Caputo derivatives
(Elsevier B.V., 2020)In the present paper, we present the exact analytical solution of the time-fractional Schrödinger equation (TFSE) in the sense of conformable fractional derivative (Co-FD) based on the residual power series method (RPSM). ... -
Autonomous system to control a mobile robot
(Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science, 2020)This paper presents an ongoing effort to control a mobile robot in unstructured environment. Obstacle avoidance is an important task in the field of robotics, since the goal of autonomous robot is to reach the destination ... -
Numerical simulation of the combined effects of thermophoretic motion and variable thermal conductivity on free convection heat transfer
(AIP Publication, 2020)In the current research, the effect of thermophoretic motion combined with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity on natural convection flow around the surface of a sphere at several circumferential locations has been ... -
Implementing agility in large software development projects
(UIKTEN - Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science, 2020)The present paper focuses on providing an in-depth understanding of the concept of agility and its uses in the software development projects. The paper also explains the key issues experienced by large companies while ... -
Design of 1-Bit Digital Subwavelength Metasurface Element for Sub-6 GHz Applications
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020)This paper proposes a novel 1-bit, electronically reconfigurable, subwavelength metasurface unit cell for sub-6 GHz applications. 180° phase shift is achieved by integrating a single PIN diode in the structure. The unit ... -
A nested square-shape dielectric resonator for microwave band antenna applications
(Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science, 2021)In this paper, a nested square-shape dielectric resonator (NSDR) has been designed and investigated for antenna applications in the microwave band. A solid square dielectric resonator (SSDR) was modified systematically by ...