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2-D wavelength/time MDW code optimization for cardinality enhancement in OCDMA system
The explosive growth of bandwidth demand, together with advance in latest communication services and emerging applications has inspired huge interest in application of code division multiple access (CDMA) technique in ... -
Adaptive image watermarking algorithm based on an efficient perceptual mapping model with FPGA implementation
Watermark imperceptibility is a significant factor for keeping watermarked images looking perceptually similar to the original ones. Effective watermark imperceptibility requires the creation of a perceptual model that ... -
Adaptive neuro-controller design for nano-satellite attitude control
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2012)The motivation of this research is to bring the technology of spacecraft control into university education and to bring the possibility of developing our own satellite that will put us of equal standard with other developed ... -
Adhesive joint strength of dissimilar metal adherends by Taguchi Method
The dissimilar metal joints are widely used in many applications. A lot of efforts have been made to study the joining techniques in order to achieve a reliable dissimilar joint for unlike metals including welding. However, ... -
Adptive neural controller for attitude stabilization of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2011)In line with the rapid development of the world science and technology, our country has matured in the exploration of new knowledge. Our country has given the very bright opportunity in an engineering field. The researchers ... -
Analysis of muscle activity during contractions in the three heads of the triceps branchii using surface electromyography
Among all the upper extremity skeletal muscles, the three headed (lateral, long and medial) triceps brachii (TB) is considered as the muscle most responsible for normal and sports activities. In this research, we recorded ... -
Analyzing cross-talk in Mechanomyographic signals of forearm muscles during grip force task and different wrist postures
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)In mechanomyography (MMG), cross-talk refers to the contamination of the signal from the muscle of interest by a signal from another muscle or muscle group in close proximity. This study analyzed the cross-talk in MMG ... -
Angle of arrival estimation system for radiation pattern reconfigurable antenna with modified gaussian membership function
This research focuses on developing angle of arrival (AOA) estimation system (AES) through incoming received signal strength indication (RSSI). Proposed AES is developing on a single board computer (SBC) using an open ... -
Automated marker placement based real-time facial emotional expression recognition system
Facial expression recognition attracted several researchers over the past several decades and most of the researchers in the literature focus on facial expression recognition in “offline” and very few research works ... -
Beam-switchable textile antenna for wireless body area networks (WBAN)
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Computer and Communication Engineering, 2014)The research work in this dissertation focuses on beam-switchable textile antenna for wireless body area network (WBAN) application. The idea of beam-switchable textile antenna helps to reduce the antenna size and more ... -
Biceps brachii surface EMG classification using neural networks
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2009)This thesis presents an approach of MATLAB-based system for clinical rehabilitation monitoring application. The main rationale for the development of such a system is that the pattern of the EMG signals elicited may ... -
Bio-inspired chameleon technique in MAC protocol for energy efficient wireless sensor networks
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is gaining the interest of researchers due to numerous applications. WSN consists of sensor nodes connected with wireless technology to form a network. The sensor devices powered by the battery ... -
Bio-inspired method for improving routing protocol performances in vehicular ad-hoc network
Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANET) grasp the interest of researchers and many governmental agencies as technological solution for human’s transportation systems. VANET aims at providing connectivity among vehicles on the ... -
Bio-inspired sensor data fusion for herbal tea flavour assessment
Herbal-based products are becoming a widespread production trend among manufacturers for the domestic and international markets. As the production increases to meet the market demand, it is very crucial for the manufacturer ... -
Black-box modeling and adaptive control of hybrid thermoelectric refrigerator systems
Vaccines carrier has been used to keep the temperature within 2–8°C. However, a poorly functioning vaccines carrier may expose the vaccines to freezing temperatures. Hybrid Thermoelectric Refrigerator (H-TER) systems are ... -
Brain Machine Interface Controlled Robot Chair
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2010)Brain Machine Interface Controlled Robot Chair: Brain Machine Interface is a device that links the human brain directly to devices such as computer, wheelchairs and prosthetic arms. Such interfaces provide a digital ... -
Breast tumor early detection using UWB antenna and improved feature extraction technique
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Computer and Communication Engineering, 2014)Breast cancer has already invaded the women around the world with its brutal attack. Numerous patients are sacrificing their lives everyday due to lack of efficient cure technology and a huge number of patients are still ... -
Burst strength and impact performance on glass fibre reinforced epoxy (GRE) composite pipes
While in service environment, the changes in the degradation mechanisms of the GRE composite pipes may occur in the matrix, fibre, and the fibre-matrix interfacial regions due to water diffusion. These composite pipes may ... -
Camera motion estimation and object extraction using Multiple Consecutive Frames with ghost and noise removal for Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Computer and Communication Engineering, 2014)This research presents a new algorithm for extracting moving objects using Pan-Tilt- Zoom (PTZ) camera. Previously, system that uses moving camera faces some problems, including misalignment between current and template ... -
Capacity and coverage enhancement for multi-hop relay in long term evolution-advanced network
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Computer and Communication Engineering, 2014)Cellular networks known have difficulty to provide satisfactory SINR level to users at the cell boundaries. Therefore, multi-hop relay is considered as one of the main keys for Long Term Evaluation - Advanced (LTE-A) to ...