Belqasem Aljafari¹, Eydhah Almatrafi^2,3,4, Sudhakar Babu Thanikanti⁵, Sara A. Ibrahim⁶, Mohamed A. Enany^6,*, Marwa M. Ahmed⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.2, pp. 3595-3611, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.030733

Abstract This paper presents a novel Simulink models with an evaluation study of more widely used On-Line Maximum Power Point tracking (MPPT) techniques for Photo-Voltaic based Battery Storage Systems (PV-BSS). To have a full comparative study in terms of the dynamic response, battery state of charge (SOC), and oscillations around the Maximum Power Point (MPP) of the PV-BSS to variations in climate conditions, these techniques are simulated in Matlab/Simulink. The introduced methodologies are classified into two types; the first type is conventional hill-climbing techniques which are based on instantaneous PV data measurements such as Perturb & Observe and Incremental Conductance techniques.… More >

Dmytro Kushnir^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.2, pp. 3649-3665, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.030016

Abstract A literature analysis has shown that object search, recognition, and tracking systems are becoming increasingly popular. However, such systems do not achieve high practical results in analyzing small moving living objects ranging from 8 to 14 mm. This article examines methods and tools for recognizing and tracking the class of small moving objects, such as ants. To fulfill those aims, a customized You Only Look Once Ants Recognition (YOLO_AR) Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) has been trained to recognize Messor Structor ants in the laboratory using the LabelImg object marker tool. The proposed model is an extension of the You Only… More >

Zhangdong Wang¹, Jiaohua Qin^1,*, Xuyu Xiang¹, Yun Tan¹, Neal N. Xiong²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.2, pp. 2931-2946, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.028896

Abstract Visual object tracking is a hot topic in recent years. In the meanwhile, Siamese networks have attracted extensive attention in this field because of its balanced precision and speed. However, most of the Siamese network methods can only distinguish foreground from the non-semantic background. The fine-tuning and retraining of fully-convolutional Siamese networks for object tracking(SiamFC) can achieve higher precision under interferences, but the tracking accuracy is still not ideal, especially in the environment with more target interferences, dim light, and shadows. In this paper, we propose criss-cross attentional Siamese networks for object tracking (SiamCC). To solve the imbalance between foreground… More >

K. Vijaya Kumar¹, E. Laxmi Lydia², Ashit Kumar Dutta³, Velmurugan Subbiah Parvathy⁴, Gobi Ramasamy⁵, Irina V. Pustokhina^6,*, Denis A. Pustokhin⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.2, pp. 2541-2554, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.028570

Abstract Recently, big data becomes evitable due to massive increase in the generation of data in real time application. Presently, object detection and tracking applications becomes popular among research communities and finds useful in different applications namely vehicle navigation, augmented reality, surveillance, etc. This paper introduces an effective deep learning based object tracker using Automated Image Annotation with Inception v2 based Faster RCNN (AIA-IFRCNN) model in big data environment. The AIA-IFRCNN model annotates the images by Discriminative Correlation Filter (DCF) with Channel and Spatial Reliability tracker (CSR), named DCF-CSRT model. The AIA-IFRCNN technique employs Faster RCNN for object detection and tracking,… More >

Shaozhe Guo¹, Yong Li^1,*, Xuyang Chen², Youshan Zhang¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.2, pp. 3137-3148, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.026784

Abstract The Visual tracking problem can usually be solved in two parts. The first part is to extract the feature of the target and get the candidate region. The second part is to realize the classification of the target and the regression of the bounding box. In recent years, Siameses network in visual tracking problem has always been a frontier research hotspot. In this work, it applies two branches namely search area and tracking template area for similar learning to track. Some related researches prove the feasibility of this network structure. According to the characteristics of two branch shared networks in… More >

V. Premanand^*, Dhananjay Kumar

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.44, No.2, pp. 1807-1821, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.026742

Abstract On grounds of the advent of real-time applications, like autonomous driving, visual surveillance, and sports analysis, there is an augmenting focus of attention towards Multiple-Object Tracking (MOT). The tracking-by-detection paradigm, a commonly utilized approach, connects the existing recognition hypotheses to the formerly assessed object trajectories by comparing the similarities of the appearance or the motion between them. For an efficient detection and tracking of the numerous objects in a complex environment, a Pearson Similarity-centred Kuhn-Munkres (PS-KM) algorithm was proposed in the present study. In this light, the input videos were, initially, gathered from the MOT dataset and converted into frames.… More >

Rihem Farkh^*, Khaled Aljaloud

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.1, pp. 901-911, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.027614

Abstract In a controlled indoor environment, line tracking has become the most practical and reliable navigation strategy for autonomous mobile robots. A line tracking robot is a self-mobile machine that can recognize and track a painted line on the floor. In general, the path is set and can be visible, such as a black line on a white surface with high contrasting colors. The robot’s path is marked by a distinct line or track, which the robot follows to move. Several scientific contributions from the disciplines of vision and control have been made to mobile robot vision-based navigation. Localization, automated map… More >

Deependra Sharma^*, Zainul Abdin Jaffery

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.44, No.1, pp. 191-204, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.023728

Abstract This paper discusses about the new approach of multiple object tracking relative to background information. The concept of multiple object tracking through background learning is based upon the theory of relativity, that involves a frame of reference in spatial domain to localize and/or track any object. The field of multiple object tracking has seen a lot of research, but researchers have considered the background as redundant. However, in object tracking, the background plays a vital role and leads to definite improvement in the overall process of tracking. In the present work an algorithm is proposed for the multiple object tracking… More >

Waleed El Nahal¹, Hatim G. Zaini², Raghad H. Zaini³, Sherif S. M. Ghoneim^4,*, Ashraf Mohamed Ali Hassan⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 33-50, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.028190

Abstract Recently, many researchers have tried to develop a robust, fast, and accurate algorithm. This algorithm is for eye-tracking and detecting pupil position in many applications such as head-mounted eye tracking, gaze-based human-computer interaction, medical applications (such as deaf and diabetes patients), and attention analysis. Many real-world conditions challenge the eye appearance, such as illumination, reflections, and occasions. On the other hand, individual differences in eye physiology and other sources of noise, such as contact lenses or make-up. The present work introduces a robust pupil detection algorithm with and higher accuracy than the previous attempts for real-time analytics applications. The proposed… More >

M. Nisha^1,*, M. Germin Nisha²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.34, No.2, pp. 1399-1413, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.024482

Abstract A new methodology is used in this paper, for the optimal tuning of Photovoltaic (PV) by integrating the hybrid Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithms is proposed. The suggested hybrid MPPT algorithms can raise the performance of PV systems under partial shade conditions. It attempts to address the primary research issues in partial shading conditions in PV systems caused by clouds, trees, dirt, and dust. The proposed system computes MPPT utilizing an innovative adaptive model-based approach. In order to manage the input voltage at the Maximum PowerPoint, the MPPT algorithm changes the duty cycle of the switch in the DC-DC… More >