Lyuchao Liao^1,2, Hankun Xiao^2,*, Pengqi Xing², Zhenhua Gan^1,2, Youpeng He², Jiajun Wang²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.140, No.1, pp. 557-576, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2024.047452

Abstract Autonomous driving has witnessed rapid advancement; however, ensuring safe and efficient driving in intricate scenarios remains a critical challenge. In particular, traffic roundabouts bring a set of challenges to autonomous driving due to the unpredictable entry and exit of vehicles, susceptibility to traffic flow bottlenecks, and imperfect data in perceiving environmental information, rendering them a vital issue in the practical application of autonomous driving. To address the traffic challenges, this work focused on complex roundabouts with multi-lane and proposed a Perception Enhanced Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (PE-DDPG) for Autonomous Driving in the Roundabouts. Specifically, the model incorporates an enhanced variational… More >

Xiaoyan Zhu¹, Ruchun Jia², Tingrui Zhang³, Song Yao^4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.78, No.3, pp. 4363-4377, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.045615

Abstract The traditional air traffic control information sharing data has weak security characteristics of personal privacy data and poor effect, which is easy to leads to the problem that the data is usurped. Starting from the application of the ATC (automatic train control) network, this paper focuses on the zero trust and zero trust access strategy and the tamper-proof method of information-sharing network data. Through the improvement of ATC’s zero trust physical layer authentication and network data distributed feature differentiation calculation, this paper reconstructs the personal privacy scope authentication structure and designs a tamper-proof method of ATC’s information sharing on the… More >

Adekunle A. Adeleke^1,*, Nzerem Petrus², Salihu Ayuba², Asmau M. Yahya², Peter P. Ikubanni³, Ikechuckwu S. Okafor², Stephen S. Emmanuel⁴, Adebayo I. Olosho⁴, Ademidun A. Adesibikan⁴

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.12, pp. 4123-4141, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.043915

Abstract Nigeria, often referred to as “the giant of Africa,” boasts a sizable population, a thriving economy, and abundant energy resources. Nevertheless, Nigeria has yet to fully harness its renewable energy potential, despite its enormous capacity in this field. The goal of this review paper is to thoroughly examine the difficulties and untapped opportunities in utilizing biomass for bioenergy production in Nigeria. Notably, Nigeria generates substantial volumes of biomass annually, primarily in the form of agricultural waste, which is often either discarded or burned inefficiently, resulting in significant ecological and environmental damage. Therefore, an efficient approach to reducing pollution and transforming… More > Graphic Abstract

Sikandar Khan¹, Khalid Saeed¹, Muhammad Faran Majeed^2,*, Salman A. AlQahtani³, Khursheed Aurangzeb³, Muhammad Shahid Anwar^4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.77, No.1, pp. 1303-1323, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.039697

Abstract Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs) have the major problem of message delay in the network due to a lack of end-to-end connectivity between the nodes, especially when the nodes are mobile. The nodes in DTNs have limited buffer storage for storing delayed messages. This instantaneous sharing of data creates a low buffer/shortage problem. Consequently, buffer congestion would occur and there would be no more space available in the buffer for the upcoming messages. To address this problem a buffer management policy is proposed named “A Novel and Proficient Buffer Management Technique (NPBMT) for the Internet of Vehicle-Based DTNs”. NPBMT combines appropriate-size… More >

Youngho Park¹, Mi Hyeon Jeon², Sang Uk Shin^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.2, pp. 1871-1890, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.039462

Abstract These days, data is regarded as a valuable asset in the era of the data economy, which demands a trading platform for buying and selling data. However, online data trading poses challenges in terms of security and fairness because the seller and the buyer may not fully trust each other. Therefore, in this paper, a blockchain-based secure and fair data trading system is proposed by taking advantage of the smart contract and matchmaking encryption. The proposed system enables bilateral authorization, where data trading between a seller and a buyer is accomplished only if their policies, required by each other, are… More >

Zaid Abdulsalam Ibrahim^1,*, Muhammad Ilyas²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.1, pp. 939-956, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.035798

Abstract Most research works nowadays deal with real-time Internet of Things (IoT) data. However, with exponential data volume increases, organizations need help storing such humongous amounts of IoT data in cloud storage systems. Moreover, such systems create security issues while efficiently using IoT and Cloud Computing technologies. Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (CP-ABE) has the potential to make IoT data more secure and reliable in various cloud storage services. Cloud-assisted IoTs suffer from two privacy issues: access policies (public) and super polynomial decryption times (attributed mainly to complex access structures). We have developed a CP-ABE scheme in alignment with a Hidden Hierarchy Ciphertext-Policy… More >

Kyungmin Sim, Jeong Hyun Yi, Haehyun Cho^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 3257-3274, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.036695

Abstract Despite the advances in automated vulnerability detection approaches, security vulnerabilities caused by design flaws in software systems are continuously appearing in real-world systems. Such security design flaws can bring unrestricted and misimplemented behaviors of a system and can lead to fatal vulnerabilities such as remote code execution or sensitive data leakage. Therefore, it is an essential task to discover unrestricted and misimplemented behaviors of a system. However, it is a daunting task for security experts to discover such vulnerabilities in advance because it is time-consuming and error-prone to analyze the whole code in detail. Also, most of the existing vulnerability… More >

Ratih Hikmah Puspita¹, Jehad Ali^1,*, Byeong-hee Roh²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 4611-4631, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.033598

Abstract 5G use cases, for example enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine-type communications (mMTC), and an ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC), need a network architecture capable of sustaining stringent latency and bandwidth requirements; thus, it should be extremely flexible and dynamic. Slicing enables service providers to develop various network slice architectures. As users travel from one coverage region to another area, the call must be routed to a slice that meets the same or different expectations. This research aims to develop and evaluate an algorithm to make handover decisions appearing in 5G sliced networks. Rules of thumb which indicates the accuracy… More >

Waleed Akbar, Afaq Muhammad, Wang-Cheol Song^*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.3, pp. 3743-3759, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.036440

Abstract Data is growing quickly due to a significant increase in social media applications. Today, billions of people use an enormous amount of data to access the Internet. The backbone network experiences a substantial load as a result of an increase in users. Users in the same region or company frequently ask for similar material, especially on social media platforms. The subsequent request for the same content can be satisfied from the edge if stored in proximity to the user. Applications that require relatively low latency can use Content Delivery Network (CDN) technology to meet their requirements. An edge and the… More >

P. Prathap Nayudu, Krovi Raja Sekhar^*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.46, No.1, pp. 1079-1092, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.033961

Abstract The cloud allows clients to store and share data. Depending on the user’s needs, it is imperative to design an effective access control plan to share the information only with approved users. The user loses control of their data when the data is outsourced to the cloud. Therefore, access control mechanisms will become a significant challenging problem. The Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (CP-ABE) is an essential solution in which the user can control data access. CP-ABE encrypts the data under a limited access policy after the user sets some access policies. The user can decrypt the data if they satisfy the… More >