Xiaoli Hao^1,*, Xiaojuan Meng¹, Yueqin Zhang¹, JinDong Xue², Jinyue Xia³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 2671-2685, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016856

Abstract In underground mining, the belt is a critical component, as its state directly affects the safe and stable operation of the conveyor. Most of the existing non-contact detection methods based on machine vision can only detect a single type of damage and they require pre-processing operations. This tends to cause a large amount of calculation and low detection precision. To solve these problems, in the work described in this paper a belt tear detection method based on a multi-class conditional deep convolutional generative adversarial network (CDCGAN) was designed. In the traditional DCGAN, the image generated by the generator has a… More >

Jaegwang Lee, Jongsuk R. Lee, Sunil Ahn^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 1611-1629, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016803

Abstract With the increase in research on AI (Artificial Intelligence), the importance of DL (Deep Learning) in various fields, such as materials, biotechnology, genomes, and new drugs, is increasing significantly, thereby increasing the number of deep-learning framework users. However, to design a deep neural network, a considerable understanding of the framework is required. To solve this problem, a GUI (Graphical User Interface)-based DNN (Deep Neural Network) design tool is being actively researched and developed. The GUI-based DNN design tool can design DNNs quickly and easily. However, the existing GUI-based DNN design tool has certain limitations such as poor usability, framework dependency,… More >

Juan Huang¹, Bifang Zhou¹, Huajun Huang^2,*, Jianjiang Liu¹, Neal N. Xiong³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 2111-2121, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016770

Abstract To overcome the deficiency of traditional mathematical statistics methods, an adaptive Lasso grey model algorithm for regional FDI (foreign direct investment) prediction is proposed in this paper, and its validity is analyzed. Firstly, the characteristics of the FDI data in six provinces of Central China are generalized, and the mixture model's constituent variables of the Lasso grey problem as well as the grey model are defined. Next, based on the influencing factors of regional FDI statistics (mean values of regional FDI and median values of regional FDI), an adaptive Lasso grey model algorithm for regional FDI was established. Then, an… More >

Cheng Gong^1,2, Xinzhu Yang¹, Wei Huangfu^3,4,*, Qinghua Lu⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 2445-2457, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016713

Abstract Communication opportunities among vehicles are important for data transmission over the Internet of Vehicles (IoV). Mixture models are appropriate to describe complex spatial-temporal data. By calculating the expectation of hidden variables in vehicle communication, Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm solves the maximum likelihood estimation of parameters, and then obtains the mixture model of vehicle communication opportunities. However, the EM algorithm requires multiple iterations and each iteration needs to process all the data. Thus its computational complexity is high. A parameter estimation algorithm with low computational complexity based on Bin Count (BC) and Differential Evolution (DE) (PEBCDE) is proposed. It overcomes the… More >

Nimmala Mangathayaru^1,*, Padmaja Rani², Vinjamuri Janaki³, Kalyanapu Srinivas⁴, B. Mathura Bai¹, G. Sai Mohan¹, B. Lalith Bharadwaj¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 2425-2443, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016534

Abstract Arrhythmia is ubiquitous worldwide and cardiologists tend to provide solutions from the recent advancements in medicine. Detecting arrhythmia from ECG signals is considered a standard approach and hence, automating this process would aid the diagnosis by providing fast, cost-efficient, and accurate solutions at scale. This is executed by extracting the definite properties from the individual patterns collected from Electrocardiography (ECG) signals causing arrhythmia. In this era of applied intelligence, automated detection and diagnostic solutions are widely used for their spontaneous and robust solutions. In this research, our contributions are two-fold. Firstly, the Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet Transform (DT-CWT) method is implied… More >

Mohanad Al-Ghobari¹, Amgad Muneer^2,*, Suliman Mohamed Fati³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 1553-1570, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016348

Abstract Many tourists who travel to explore different cultures and cities worldwide aim to find the best tourist sites, accommodation, and food according to their interests. This objective makes it harder for tourists to decide and plan where to go and what to do. Aside from hiring a local guide, an option which is beyond most travelers’ budgets, the majority of sojourners nowadays use mobile devices to search for or recommend interesting sites on the basis of user reviews. Therefore, this work utilizes the prevalent recommender systems and mobile app technologies to overcome this issue. Accordingly, this study proposes location-aware personalized… More >

Xiaolong Yang¹, Xin Yu¹, Liangbo Xie^1,*, Hao Xue², Mu Zhou¹, Qing Jiang¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 2793-2806, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016298

Abstract To address the limitations of traditional sleep monitoring methods that highly rely on sleeping posture without considering sleep apnea, an intelligent apnea monitoring system is designed based on commodity WiFi in this paper. By utilizing linear fitting and wavelet transform, the phase error of channel state information (CSI) of the receiving antenna is eliminated, and the noise of the signal amplitude is removed. Moreover, the short-time Fourier transform (STFT) and sliding window method are combined to segment received wireless signals. Finally, several important statistical characteristics are extracted, and a back propagation (BP) neural network model is built to identify apnea… More >

Chia-Nan Wang¹, Hsin-Pin Fu², Hsien-Pin Hsu^3,*, Van Thanh Nguyen⁴, Viet Tinh Nguyen⁴, Ansari Saleh Ahmar⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 2339-2353, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016284

Abstract In developing countries, solar energy is the largest source of energy, accounting for 35%–45% of the total energy supply. This energy resource plays a vital role in meeting the energy needs of the world, especially in Vietnam. Vietnam has favorable natural conditions for this energy production. Because it is hot and humid, and it has much rainfall and fertile soil, biomass develops very quickly. Therefore, byproducts from agriculture and forestry are abundant and continuously increasing. However, byproducts that are considered natural waste have become the cause of environmental pollution; these include burning forests, straw, and sawdust in the North; and… More >

Sweta Bhattacharya¹, Praveen Kumar Reddy Maddikunta¹, Iyapparaja Meenakshisundaram¹, Thippa Reddy Gadekallu¹, Sparsh Sharma², Mohammed Alkahtani³, Mustufa Haider Abidi^4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 2599-2615, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016229

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) and related applications have witnessed enormous growth since its inception. The diversity of connecting devices and relevant applications have enabled the use of IoT devices in every domain. Although the applicability of these applications are predominant, battery life remains to be a major challenge for IoT devices, wherein unreliability and shortened life would make an IoT application completely useless. In this work, an optimized deep neural networks based model is used to predict the battery life of the IoT systems. The present study uses the Chicago Park Beach dataset collected from the publicly available data… More >

Keshav Thapa, Zubaer Md. Abdhulla AI, Yang Sung-Hyun^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 1653-1670, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015660

Abstract In this era, deep learning methods offer a broad spectrum of efficient and original algorithms to recognize or predict an output when given a sequence of inputs. In current trends, deep learning methods using recent long short-term memory (LSTM) algorithms try to provide superior performance, but they still have limited effectiveness when detecting sequences of complex human activity. In this work, we adapted the LSTM algorithm into a synchronous algorithm (sync-LSTM), enabling the model to take multiple parallel input sequences to produce multiple parallel synchronized output sequences. The proposed method is implemented for simultaneous human activity recognition (HAR) using heterogeneous… More >