Applied Computing and Information Technology

205 Pages·2017·5.605 MB·English

by  Roger Lee (eds.)

Studies in Computational Intelligence 695
Roger Lee Editor
Applied
Computing and
Information
Technology
Studies in Computational Intelligence
Volume 695
Series editor
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
e-mail: [email protected]
About this Series
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Studies in Computational Intelligence
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Foreword
The purpose of the 4th International Conference on Applied Computing and
Information Technology (ACIT 2016) held during December 12–14, 2016 in Las
Vegas, USA was to bring together researchers, scientists, engineers, industry
practitioners,andstudentstodiscuss,encourage,andexchangenewideas,research
results, and experiences on all aspects of Applied Computers and Information
Technology,andtodiscussthepracticalchallengesencounteredalongthewayand
the solutions adopted to solve them. The conference organizers have selected the
best 13 papers from those papers accepted for presentation at the conference in
order to publish them in this volume. The papers were chosen based on review
scores submitted by members of the program committee and underwent further
rigorous rounds of review.
In chapter “Business Sustainability Conceptualization”, Arunasalam Sambhan-
than, Vidyasagar Potdar, and Elizabeth Chang document research that has been
undertaken to define the term business sustainability by analyzing multiple defi-
nitionsproposedintheexistingliterature.Themainconceptualcontributionofthis
paper is its holistic presentation of the concept of business sustainability with
contextual relevance to the ICT sector.
In chapter “A Replicated Study on Relationship Between Code Quality and
Method Comments”, Yuto Miyake, Sousuke Amasaki, Hirohisa Aman, and
TomoyukiYokogawaclarifytherelationshipbetweencommentsotherthanSATD
(self-admittedtechnicaldebt)commentsandcodequality.Thisstudydemonstrates
a need for further analysis on the contents of comments and its relation to code
quality.
Inchapter“APredictiveModelfor StandardizedTestPerformanceinMichigan
Schools”, William Sullivan, Joseph Marr, and Gongzhu Hu build a predictive
modelasanearlywarningsystemforschoolsthatmayfallbelowthestateaverage
in building level average proficiency in the Michigan Educational Assessment
Program(MEAP).Theyutilizedataminingtechniquestodevelopvariousdecision
tree models and logistic regression models, and find that the decision tree model
with entropy impurity measure accurately predicts school performance.
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In chapter “A Development Technique for Mobile Applications Program”,
Byeondo Kang, Boram Song, Seungwon Yang, and Jonseok Lee present a devel-
opment technique, AppSpec, for mobile applications program. They applied
AppSpec to developing a mobile application program, and then presented the
products of diagrams as the result of performing development phases of AppSpec.
In chapter “Interactive Mobile Applications Development Using Adapting
Component Model”, Haeng-Kon Kim and Roger Y. Lee discuss some of the
problems of the current mobile based human management applications and show
how the introduction of adaptive component based development (CBD) model
provides flexible and extensible solutions to mobile applications.
In chapter “Development of Guiding Walking Support Device for Visually
Impaired People with the GPS”, Tsubasa Sugimoto, Shota Nakashima, and Yuhki
Kitazono conduct development and experiment of the walking support device that
enablethemtogooutwitheasebybeingequippedwithsensorstodetectobstacles
and omni-wheels and navigate them in this study.
Inchapter“UserEvaluationPredictionModelsBasedonConjointAnalysisand
Neural Networks for Interactive Evolutionary Computation”, Ryuya Akase and
Yoshihiro Okada develop user evaluation prediction models based on conjoint
analysis and neural networks for interactive evolutionary computation (IEC)
implementedbyinteractivegeneticalgorithmandinteractivedifferentialevolution.
In chapter “Emotional Video Scene Retrieval Using Multilayer Convolutional
Network”, Hiroki Nomiya, Shota Sakaue, Mitsuaki Maeda, and Teruhisa Hochin
proposeasceneretrievalmethodbasedonfacialexpressionrecognition(FER).The
effectivenessoftheproposedmethodisevaluatedthroughanexperimenttoretrieve
emotional scenes from a lifelog video database.
In chapter “Proactive Approach for the Prevention of DDoS Attacks in Cloud
Computing Environments”, Badr Alshehry and William Allen propose a highly
inventive multilayer system for protection against DDoS in the cloud that utilizes
threat intelligence techniques and a proactive approach to detect traffic behavior
anomalies.Aseriesofexperimentswereperformedandtheresultsdemonstratethat
this multilayer approach can detect and mitigate DDoS attacks from a variety of
known and unknown sources.
In chapter “Practical Uses of Memory Storage Extension”, Shuichi Oikawa
discussestheseveralpracticalusesofamemorystorageextension(MSX)incloud
computing and also in the fundamental operating system architecture.
In chapter “How to Build a High Quality Mobile Applications Based on
ImprovedProcess”,Haeng-KonKimandRogerY.Leeidentifydefectstoproduce
reliable mobile software and analyze the relationship among different defects
among mobile applications. Another goal ofthispaper istodesignadefect trigger
based on the findings.
Inchapter“ANewHybridDiscreteFireflyAlgorithmforSolvingtheTraveling
SalesmanProblem”,AbdulqaderM.Mohsen,andWedadAl-Sororiproposeanew
hybrid variant of discrete firefly algorithm, called HDFA, to solve traveling
salesman problem (TSP). In the proposed improvement, the balance between
intensification and diversification is achieved by utilizing the local search
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procedures, 2-opt and 3-opt, to improve searching performance and speed up the
convergence.
In chapter “Empowering MOOCs Through Course Certifying Agency
Framework”, Yeong-tae Song, Yuanqiong Wang, and Yongik Yoon propose a
MOOC course certifying agency framework, which merges learners’ profiles from
various MOOC providers so consolidated profiles are available in one place. The
result is the list of learners who match or almost match a given job description.
It isour sincere hope that this volume provides stimulation and inspiration, and
that it will be used as a foundation for works to come.
December 2016 Takaaki Goto
Ryutsu Keizai University
Ryugasaki, Japan
Contents
Business Sustainability Conceptualization.... .... .... .... ..... .... 1
Arunasalam Sambhanthan, Vidyasagar Potdar and Elizabeth Chang
A Replicated Study on Relationship Between Code Quality
and Method Comments.. .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 17
Yuto Miyake, Sousuke Amasaki, Hirohisa Aman
and Tomoyuki Yokogawa
A Predictive Model for Standardized Test Performance
in Michigan Schools .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 31
William Sullivan, Joseph Marr and Gongzhu Hu
A Development Technique for Mobile Applications Program..... .... 47
Byeondo Kang, Boram Song, Seungwon Yang and Jonseok Lee
Interactive Mobile Applications Development Using Adapting
Component Model.. .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 63
Haeng-Kon Kim and Roger Y. Lee
Development of Guiding Walking Support Device for Visually
Impaired People with the GPS..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 77
Tsubasa Sugimoto, Shota Nakashima and Yuhki Kitazono
User Evaluation Prediction Models Based on Conjoint Analysis
and Neural Networks for Interactive Evolutionary Computation .. .... 91
Ryuya Akase and Yoshihiro Okada
Emotional Video Scene Retrieval Using Multilayer
Convolutional Network.. .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 105
Hiroki Nomiya, Shota Sakaue, Mitsuaki Maeda and Teruhisa Hochin
Proactive Approach for the Prevention of DDoS Attacks
in Cloud Computing Environments. .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 119
Badr Alshehry and William Allen
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Practical Uses of Memory Storage Extension . .... .... .... ..... .... 135
Shuichi Oikawa
How to Build a High Quality Mobile Applications Based
on Improved Process ... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 149
Haeng-Kon Kim and Roger Y. Lee
A New Hybrid Discrete Firefly Algorithm for Solving
the Traveling Salesman Problem... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 169
Abdulqader M. Mohsen and Wedad Al-Sorori
Empowering MOOCs Through Course Certifying
Agency Framework. .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 181
Yeong-tae Song, Yuanqiong Wang and Yongik Yoon
Author Index.. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 197