• Ensemble Learning with Resampling for Imbalanced Data 

  Kamalov, Firuz; Elnagar, Ashraf; Leung, Ho Hon (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021)

  Imbalanced class distribution is an issue that appears in various applications. In this paper, we undertake a comprehensive study of the effects of sampling on the performance of bootstrap aggregating in the context of ...
• The art design of industrialised manufacturing furniture products based on the simulation of mathematical curves 

  Qin, Yue; Wang, Chao; Suresh, Mini; Ali, Basel Jamal (Sciendo, 2021)

  After a lot of literature reading and practical research, the paper uses the parametric modelling method of curve simulation characteristic line to establish the mathematical model of the furniture product leg shape. This ...
• Conceptualizing Smart Sustainable Cities: Crossing Visions and Utilizing Resources in Africa 

  Al-Gindy, Ahmed; Omar, Aya Al-Chikh; Aerabe, Mariam; El Khatib, Ziad (Science and Information Organization, 2021)

  Recent advancements in technologies enabled the development of smart cities to be more effective and possible. Smart cities depend on intelligent systems, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, control system, ...
• Exploring the mediating role of feedback environment in the relationship between supervisors’ emotional intelligence and employees’ performance: Feedback environment 

  Khan, Saif; Anjam, Mahwish; Abu Faiz, Mohammad; Khan, Faisal (IGI Global, 2019-07)

  This empirical study examines the relationship between the measured perception of the supervisor’s emotional intelligence and the employee workplace performance, as it is impacted by the mediating effect of the supervisor’s ...
• Evaluating traditional, dynamic and network business models: an efficiency-based study of Chinese insurance companies 

  Nourani, Mohammad; Kweh, Qian Long; Ting, Irene Wei Kiong; Lu, Wen-Min; Strutt, Anna (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)

  Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is extensively adopted to evaluate the relative efficiencies of a group of insurance companies from a multidimensional perspective. Selecting an appropriate DEA framework for insurance ...
• Reexamining nonlinear effects of intellectual capital on firm efficiency 

  Liu, Wei-han; Kweh, Qian Long (Springer, 2021)

  This paper first gauges the level of firm efficiency using the Stochastic Nonparametric Envelopment of Data (StoNED) approach. Our firm efficiency score closely reflects a firm’s actual operating conditions when using the ...
• Energy demand forecasting using fused machine learning approaches 

  Ghazal, Taher M.; Noreen, Sajida; Said, Raed A.; Khan, Muhammad Adnan; Siddiqui, Shahan Yamin; Abbas, Sagheer; Aftab, Shabib; Ahmad, Munir (Tech Science Press, 2022)

  The usage of IoT-based smart meter in electric power consumption shows a significant role in helping the users to manage and control their electric power consumption. It produces smooth communication to build equitable ...
• Value-added intellectual capital and productive efficiencies: evidence from Taiwan listed electronics companies 

  Ting, Irene Wei Kiong; Lu, Wen-Min; Kweh, Qian Long; Ren, Chunya (Emerald Group Holdings Ltd., 2021)

  Purpose: This study examines the effect of value-added (VA) intellectual capital on business performance from the perspective of productive efficiency, which is derived from its main contributors, namely, profitability and ...
• Using blockchain to ensure trust between donor agencies and ngos in under-developed countries 

  Rehman, Ehsan; Khan, Muhammad Asghar; Soomro, Tariq Rahim; Taleb, Nasser; Afifi, Mohammad A.; Ghazal, Taher M. (MDPI AG, 2021-08)

  Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in under-developed countries are receiving funds from donor agencies for various purposes, including relief from natural disasters and other emergencies, promoting education, women ...
• The Implementation of Border Gateway Protocol Using Software-Defined Networks: A Systematic Literature Review 

  Zhao, Xi; Band, Shahab S.; Elnaffar, Said; Sookhak, Mehdi; Mosavi, Amir; Salwana, Ely (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021)

  As a global community, the Internet is comprised of thousands of administrative entities that operate and interact with each other. Transferring data among these entities is possible due to the process of routing, which ...
• Modeling habit patterns using conditional reflexes in agency 

  Khan, Qura-Tul-Ain; Ghazal, Taher M.; Abbas, Sagheer; Khan, Wasim Ahmad; Khan, Muhammad Adnan; Said, Raed A.; Ahmad, Munir; Asif, Muhammad (Tech Science Press, 2021)

  For decision-making and behavior dynamics in humans, the principal focus is on cognition. Cognition can be described using cognitive behavior, which has multiple states. This cognitive behavior can be incorporated with one ...
• Performances of k-means clustering algorithm with different distance metrics 

  Ghazal, Taher M.; Hussain, Muhammad Zahid; Said, Raed A.; Nadeem, Afrozah; Hasan, Mohammad Kamrul; Ahmad, Munir; Khan, Muhammad Adnan; Naseem, Muhammad Tahir (Tech Science Press, 2021)

  Clustering is the process of grouping the data based on their similar properties. Meanwhile, it is the categorization of a set of data into similar groups (clusters), and the elements in each cluster share similarities, ...
• Finite Sample Based Mutual Information 

  Rajab, Khairan; Kamalov, Firuz (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021)

  Mutual information is a popular metric in machine learning. In case of a discrete target variable and a continuous feature variable the mutual information can be calculated as a sum-integral of weighted log likelihood ratio ...
• Energy-efficiency model for residential buildings using supervised machine learning algorithm 

  Aslam, Muhammad Shoukat; Ghazal, Taher M.; Fatima, Areej; Said, Raed A.; Abbas, Sagheer; Khan, Muhammad Adnan; Siddiqui, Shahan Yamin; Ahmad, Munir (Tech Science Press, 2021)

  The real-time management and control of heating-system networks in residential buildings has tremendous energy-saving potential, and accurate load prediction is the basis for system monitoring. In this regard, selecting ...
• Cooperativismo e Sistema Capitalista: Relações e Interferências 

  Cicarini, Sthéfany Rodes; Braga, Diego Muniz; Lima, Fabrício dos Santos; Guedes, André Luis Azevedo; Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Leonardo Jose; da Silva, Carlos Alberto Figueiredo (Equalitas - A O Til Productions, 2021)

  Vários atores sociais relataram as dificuldades encontradas atualmente para estabelecer uma cooperativa no Brasil. A literatura não desenvolve este tema substancialmente. A lacuna encontrada nos leva a formular o objetivo ...
• Pax sportivus: Olympism under a new perspective of peace from the COVID-19 pandemic scenario = Pax sportivus: o Olimpismo sob uma nova perspectiva de paz a partir do cenário da pandemia a COVID-19 

  Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Leonardo Jose; Aranha, Ágata Cristina Marques; Challis, Bob; Callan, Mike; Mhanna, Rami; Guimarães-Mataruna, Andressa Fontes; Khan, Mohammed Sayeed; Ahmed, Dilsad; Alabdouli, Fahad Khalfan Jasem; Morales, Karla Noelia Cruz; Mulatinho, Rodrigo Vianna; da Silva, Carlos Alberto Figueiredo; Zardoshtian, Shirin; Ghayebzadeh, Shahrouz; Ortiz-Silva, Bianca (Academia Olimpica de Portugal, 2021)

  In the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) glorious history, the Games had never been postponed before, despite being cancelled twice due to World War I and II. Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the biggest sporting ...
• Digitalization of Olympism and peace from the Portuguese language Olympic committees’ perspective = Digitalização do Olimpismo e paz na perspectiva dos comitês olímpicos de língua Portuguesa 

  Guimarães-Mataruna, Andressa Fontes; Milla, Asli Cazorla; Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Leonardo Jose (Olympism and Peace = Olimpismo e Paz, 2021)

  This present chapter presents an investigative study about the promotion of Olympism and peace ideals. The publications on the Portuguese Language Olympic Committees’ profiles on Instagram were observed from January ...
• The military paralympic sport in brazil: a search for peace = O desporto paralímpico militar no brasil: uma busca pela paz 

  Haiachi, Marcelo de Castro; de Ávila, Erik Bueno; de Oliveira, Ailton Fernando Santana; Nóbrega, Luiz Fernando Medeiros; de Souza, Osvaldo Raimundo Pinheiro; da Silva, Vinicius Jose Costa Linhares; Rezende, Marcelo Vinicius Costa; Helú, Hussein Muñoz; Al Blooshi, Mohammed; Neto, Silvestre Cirilo dos Santos; Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Leonardo Jose (Academia Olimpica de Portugal, 2021)

  The rise in the number of disabled soldiers who were wounded in action motivated several military forces to develop rehabilitation and social reintegration programs through sports. The United States of America was the ...
• Would the athletes be in peace in the planet of masks? = Estariam os atletas em paz no planeta das máscaras? 

  Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Leonardo Jose; Marcon, Giovani; Range, Daniel; Ghasemi, Hamid; dos Santos, Joao Marcus Perelli; Khan, Mohammed Sayeed; Azeem, Mohammad; Faccia, Alessio; da Costa, Fabiano Swinerd Gomes; Petersen-Wagner, Renan (Academia Olimpica de Portugal, 2021)

  This present chapter debates the dilemma about a planet living a dichotomy about using or not masks to get protected from COVID-19 contamination during the pandemic. The discussion presents the adaptation of an appropriate ...
• Playing for peace: understanding the conflict management through design in games and the possible insertion in the Olympic and Paralympic games = Jogando pela paz: entendendo a gestão de conflitos por meio do design de jogos e possíveis inserções nos jogos olímpicos e paralímpicos 

  Wanick, Vanissa; Xavier, Guilherme; Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Leonardo Jose (Academia Olímpica de Portugal, 2021)

  Games are interactive systems that play a crucial role in teaching through scenarios that expose mechanics and dynamics promoted by the cause and consequence of an action. Games can be used to engage players in conflict ...

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