Computers & Electrical Engineering, Volume 40

Volume 40, Number 1, January 2014

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  Manu Malek:
  Editorial: 40th-year commemorative issue. 1
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  Barnabas K. Tannahill, Mo Jamshidi:
  System of Systems and Big Data analytics - Bridging the gap. 2-15
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  Girish Chandrashekar, Ferat Sahin:
  A survey on feature selection methods. 16-28
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  Luis M. Ledesma-Carrillo, Misael Lopez-Ramirez, C. A. Rivera-Romero, Arturo Garcia-Perez, Guillermo Botella, Eduardo Cabal-Yepez:
  Extended depth of field in images through complex amplitude pre-processing and optimized digital post-processing. 29-40
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  Seiichi Serikawa, Huimin Lu:
  Underwater image dehazing using joint trilateral filter. 41-50
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  Ivy Prathap, R. Anitha:
  Robust and blind watermarking scheme for three dimensional anaglyph images. 51-58
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  Ugur Sahin, Selman Uguz, Ferat Sahin:
  Salt and pepper noise filtering with fuzzy-cellular automata. 59-69
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  Shabir A. Parah, Javaid A. Sheikh, Abdul M. Hafiz, Ghulam Mohiuddin Bhat:
  Data hiding in scrambled images: A new double layer security data hiding technique. 70-82
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  Maryam Niknamfar, Mehdi Shadaram:
  Optimization of optical single sideband configurations for radio over fiber transmission and multi-type data communication over a DWDM link. 83-91
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  Jie Jin:
  Low power current-mode voltage controlled oscillator for 2.4 GHz wireless applications. 92-99
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  Jung-Ryun Lee, Sang-Hyuck Han, Yong-Hoon Choi:
  Vehicle mobility pattern-based handover scheme using discrete-time Markov chain. 100-108
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  Daniel Díaz López, Ginés Dólera Tormo, Félix Gómez Mármol, Jose M. Alcaraz Calero, Gregorio Martínez Pérez:
  Live digital, remember digital: State of the art and research challenges. 109-120
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  Apostolos P. Fournaris, Nicolas Sklavos:
  Secure embedded system hardware design - A flexible security and trust enhanced approach. 121-133
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  Sándor Imre:
  Quantum computing and communications - Introduction and challenges. 134-141
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  Béla Genge, Christos Siaterlis:
  Physical process resilience-aware network design for SCADA systems. 142-157
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  Mohammad Arjomand, Amirali Boroumand, Hamid Sarbazi-Azad:
  A generic FPGA prototype for on-chip systems with network-on-chip communication infrastructure. 158-167
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  Saraju P. Mohanty, Mahadevan Gomathisankaran, Elias Kougianos:
  Variability-aware architecture level optimization techniques for robust nanoscale chip design. 168-193
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  Rommel García, Ignacio Algredo-Badillo, Miguel Morales-Sandoval, Claudia Feregrino Uribe, René Cumplido:
  A compact FPGA-based processor for the Secure Hash Algorithm SHA-256. 194-202
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  Xiao Xia, Xiaodong Wang, Jian Li, Xingming Zhou:
  Multi-objective mobile app recommendation: A system-level collaboration approach. 203-215
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  Jun He, Robert A. Norwood, Maïté Brandt-Pearce, Ivan B. Djordjevic, Milorad Cvijetic, Suresh Subramaniam, Roland Himmelhuber, Carolyn Reynolds, Pierre Blanche, Brittany Lynn, Nasser Peyghambarian:
  A survey on recent advances in optical communications. 216-240
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  Kyrylo Perelygin, Shui Lam, Xiaolong Wu:
  Graphics Processing Units and Open Computing Language for parallel computing. 241-251
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  Elina Pacini, Cristian Mateos, Carlos García Garino:
  Distributed job scheduling based on Swarm Intelligence: A survey. 252-269
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  Weilin Li, Xiaobin Zhang:
  Simulation of the smart grid communications: Challenges, techniques, and future trends. 270-288

Volume 40, Number 2, February 2014

Special Issue on Wireless systems: New technologies, resource optimization and security

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  Mehdi Shadaram, S. Smys, Sherali Zeadally:
  Introduction to the special issue on "Wireless systems: New technologies, resource optimization and security". 289-290
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  Indrajit Banerjee, Prasenjit Chanak, Hafizur Rahaman, Tuhina Samanta:
  Effective fault detection and routing scheme for wireless sensor networks. 291-306
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  Muhammad Farrukh Yaqub, Ammar Haider, Iqbal Gondal, Joarder Kamruzzaman:
  Self and static interference mitigation scheme for coexisting wireless networks. 307-318
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  Abdul Karim Abed, Gurcu Oz, Isik Aybay:
  Influence of mobility models on the performance of data dissemination and routing in wireless mobile ad hoc networks. 319-329
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  Josip Lorincz, Toncica Matijevic:
  Energy-efficiency analyses of heterogeneous macro and micro base station sites. 330-349
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  Bo Yin, Yaping Lin, Jianping Yu, Qing Luo:
  Energy-efficient filtering for skyline queries in cluster-based sensor networks. 350-366
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  Shuai Chen, Reny Shu, Shuifeng Zhang:
  Wireless sensor network positioning based on the unilateral side of two reference nodes. 367-373
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  Aysegul Alaybeyoglu, Aylin Kantarci, Kayhan Erciyes:
  A dynamic lookahead tree based tracking algorithm for wireless sensor networks using particle filtering technique. 374-383
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  Xin Gu, Jiguo Yu, Dongxiao Yu, Guanghui Wang, Yuhua Lv:
  ECDC: An energy and coverage-aware distributed clustering protocol for wireless sensor networks. 384-398
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  Amer M. Magableh, Taimour Aldalgamouni, Nemah M. Jafreh:
  Capacity analysis of dual-hop wireless communication systems over α-μ fading channels. 399-406
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  Jau-Yang Chang, Ya-Sian Lin:
  A clustering deployment scheme for base stations and relay stations in multi-hop relay networks. 407-420
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  Abdelmalek Boudries, Makhlouf Aliouat, Patrick Siarry:
  Detection and replacement of a failing node in the wireless sensors networks. 421-432
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  Dayang Sun, Hongrun Zhang, Zhihong Qian:
  A Non-Line-of-Sight mitigation localization algorithm for sensor networks using clustering analysis. 433-442
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  Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Abderrezak Rachedi, Stéphane Lohier, Thierry Alvès, Benoit Poussot:
  Intelligent antenna selection decision in IEEE 802.15.4 wireless sensor networks: An experimental analysis. 443-455
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  Zhaolong Ning, Qingyang Song, Yejun Liu, Fanzhao Wang, Xinyu Wu:
  Markov-based vertical handoff decision algorithms in heterogeneous wireless networks. 456-472
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  R. Harikumar, Jennifer S. Raj:
  Ad hoc node connectivity improvement analysis - Why not through mesh clients? 473-483
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  Yong Wang, Dianhong Wang, Wu Fang:
  Automatic node selection and target tracking in wireless camera sensor networks. 484-493
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  S. R. Mugunthan, C. Palanisamy:
  Localized handoff architectures for seamless access in wireless networks. 494-503
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  Samra Boulfekhar, Mohamed Benmohammed:
  Synchronous receiver initiated MAC protocol for long-lived sensor networks. 504-516
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  Ameneh Daeinabi, Akbar Ghaffarpour Rahbar:
  An advanced security scheme based on clustering and key distribution in vehicular ad-hoc networks. 517-529
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  Mohanapriya M., Ilango Krishnamurthi:
  Modified DSR protocol for detection and removal of selective black hole attack in MANET. 530-538
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  Jasone Astorga, Eduardo Jacob, Nerea Toledo, Marina Aguado:
  Analytical evaluation of a time- and energy-efficient security protocol for IP-enabled sensors. 539-550
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  Sanabel H. Al Noorani, Rana E. Ahmed, Taha Landolsi:
  Energy-aware QoS uplink scheduling for UGS traffic flows in WiMAX networks. 551-562
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  Sheng-Shih Wang, Hua-Chiang Yin, Shiann-Tsong Sheu:
  Efficient forwarding scheme for downlink broadcast messages in IEEE 802.16j multi-hop relay networks. 563-576
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  Omkalthoum El Bashir Hamed, Mohammed Abdel-Hafez, Khaled Shuaib:
  Fading severity effects on collaborative sensing for opportunistic spectrum access. 577-586
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  Faisal Tariq, Laurence S. Dooley, Adrian S. Poulton:
  An interference-aware virtual clustering paradigm for resource management in cognitive femtocell networks. 587-598
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  Qingyang Song, Yang Huang, Zhaolong Ning, Fanzhao Wang:
  Subcarrier allocation in multi-hop orthogonal frequency division multiple access wireless networks. 599-611
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  Abdelouahab Bentrcia:
  A time-domain weighted linear successive interference cancellation detector for rapidly time-varying OFDMA communication systems. 612-623
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  Avid Avokh, Ghasem Mirjalily:
  Interference-aware multicast and broadcast routing in wireless mesh networks using both rate and channel diversity. 624-640
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  Chien-Erh Weng, Jia-Ming Zhang, Ho-Lung Hung:
  An efficient power control scheme and joint adaptive modulation for wireless sensor networks. 641-650
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  Wonyong Yoon, Dongman Lee, Byoungheon Shin, Seon-Yeong Han:
  Price-based congestion control and local channel-link assignment for multi-radio wireless mesh networks. 651-662
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  Yao Yu, Yuhuai Peng, Yinpeng Yu, Tianyu Rao:
  A new dynamic hierarchical reputation evaluation scheme for hybrid wireless mesh networks. 663-672

Special issue on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications Technologies

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  Jia Hu, Geyong Min, Ming Xia:
  Introduction to Special issue on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications Technologies. 673-674
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  Yujie Xu, Wenyu Qu, Zhiyang Li, Zhaobin Liu, Changqing Ji, Yuanyuan Li, Haifeng Li:
  Balancing reducer workload for skewed data using sampling-based partitioning. 675-687
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  Guoqiang Gao, Ruixuan Li, Heng He, Zhiyong Xu:
  Distributed caching in unstructured peer-to-peer file sharing networks. 688-703
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  Lei (Chris) Liu, Xiaolong Jin, Geyong Min:
  Performance analysis of prioritized Automatic Repeat-request systems in the presence of self-similar traffic. 704-713
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  Athanasios Vourvopoulos, Fotis Liarokapis:
  Evaluation of commercial brain-computer interfaces in real and virtual world environment: A pilot study. 714-729
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  Yean-Fu Wen, Jui-Chang Shen:
  Load-balancing metrics: Comparison for infrastructure-based wireless networks. 730-753

Volume 40, Number 3, April 2014

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  Ferat Sahin, Eduardo Cabal-Yepez:
  Introduction to Special issue on Image and video processing. 755-756
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  P. Shanmugavadivu, K. Balasubramanian:
  Thresholded and Optimized Histogram Equalization for contrast enhancement of images. 757-768
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  Ali Ranjbaran, Anwar Hasni Abu Hassan, Eng Swee Kheng, Bahar Ranjbaran:
  An edge detection based noise removal algorithm. 769-784
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  Zhongliang Wang, Yan Feng:
  Fast single haze image enhancement. 785-795
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  Xiaotong Huang, Li Chen, Jing Tian, Xiaolong Zhang, Xiaowei Fu:
  Blind noisy image quality assessment using block homogeneity. 796-807
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  Yan Hao, Jianlou Xu, Jian Bai:
  Primal-dual method for the coupled variational model. 808-818
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  Shan Gai, Guowei Yang, Minghua Wan, Lei Wang:
  Hidden Markov tree model of images using quaternion wavelet transform. 819-832
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  Yinggan Tang, Weiwei Mu, Lixing Zhao, Gang Zhao:
  An image segmentation method based on maximizing fuzzy correlation and its fast recursive algorithm. 833-843
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  Chongbo Zhou, Chuancai Liu:
  Semantic image segmentation using low-level features and contextual cues. 844-857
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  Haiyong Xu, Tingting Liu, Guotao Wang:
  Hybrid geodesic region-based active contours for image segmentation. 858-869
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  Bin Liu, Haojie Li, Xianyong Jia, Xu Zhao, Zhaoliang Liu, Qiaochu Zhao, Hanwei Zhang:
  A simple method of rapid and automatic color image segmentation for serialized Visible Human slices. 870-883
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  Hugh L. Kennedy:
  Mixture reduction techniques and probabilistic intensity models for multiple hypothesis tracking of targets in clutter. 884-896
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  Zhonghua Wang, Chengzhi Deng, Chao Pan, Jianguo Liu:
  A visual integrated navigation for precise position estimation. 897-906
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  Huapeng Yu, Yongxin Chang, Pei Lu, Zhiyong Xu, Chengyu Fu, Yafei Wang:
  Efficient object detection based on selective attention. 907-919
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  Ivy Prathap, V. Natarajan, R. Anitha:
  Hybrid robust watermarking for color images. 920-930
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  Xuanping Zhang, Liping Shao, Zhongmeng Zhao, Zhigang Liang:
  An image encryption scheme based on constructing large permutation with chaotic sequence. 931-941
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  Xiangyang Wang, Ai-Long Wang, Hong-Ying Yang, Yan Zhang, Chun-peng Wang:
  A new robust digital watermarking based on exponent moments invariants in nonsubsampled contourlet transform domain. 942-955
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  Sheng Luo, Zhenbang Gong:
  Customize last from multiple foot images by a little interaction. 956-963
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  Jun Wu, Zhi-Bo Xiao, Haishuai Wang, Hong Shen:
  Learning with both unlabeled data and query logs for image search. 964-973
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  Nguan Soon Chong, Yau Hee Kho, Mou Ling Dennis Wong:
  Custom aspect ratio correction for unwrapped omnidirectional view images. 974-981
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  Rami Al-Hmouz, Khalid Aboura:
  License plate localization using a statistical analysis of Discrete Fourier Transform signal. 982-992
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  Naveed Ejaz, Irfan Mehmood, Sung Wook Baik:
  Feature aggregation based visual attention model for video summarization. 993-1005
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  Yongjian Nian, Mi He, Jianwei Wan:
  Distributed near lossless compression algorithm for hyperspectral images. 1006-1014

Volume 40, Number 4, May 2014

Regular Papers

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  Sam Skalicky, Sonia López, Marcin Lukowiak:
  Performance modeling of pipelined linear algebra architectures on FPGAs. 1015-1027
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  S. Roopa, S. V. Narasimhan:
  Transform domain Variable Step-size Griffiths Least Mean Square adaptive algorithm and its applications. 1028-1041
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  Kaushik Bhattacharyya, Pradip Mandal:
  An approach to design and implementation of on-chip clock generator for the switched capacitor based embedded DC-DC converter. 1042-1052
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  S. Sivanantham, Partha Sharathi Mallick, J. Raja Paul Perinbam:
  Low-power selective pattern compression for scan-based test applications. 1053-1063
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  Yun-Chi Yeh, Yi Chu, Che Wun Chiou:
  Improving the sampling resolution of periodic signals by using controlled sampling interval method. 1064-1071
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  Tudor Barbu:
  Pedestrian detection and tracking using temporal differencing and HOG features. 1072-1079
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  Yanping Zhao, Xiaohui Zhao, Bo Wang:
  A speech enhancement method based on sparse reconstruction of power spectral density. 1080-1089
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  Sesham Srinu, Samrat L. Sabat:
  Multinode sensing with forward error correction and differential evolution algorithms for noisy cognitive radio networks. 1090-1100
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  Li Guo, Wei-long Chen, Yu Liao, Honghua Liao, Jia Hu:
  Multi-scale structural image quality assessment based on two-stage low-level features. 1101-1110
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  Astik Biswas, Prakash Kumar Sahu, Mahesh Chandra:
  Admissible wavelet packet features based on human inner ear frequency response for Hindi consonant recognition. 1111-1122
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  Kuang-Yow Lian, Sung-Jung Hsiao, Wen-Tsai Sung:
  Smart home safety handwriting pattern recognition with innovative technology. 1123-1142

The Special Issue on FPGA Technology and Applications

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  Peter Athanas, René Cumplido, Eduardo de la Torre:
  Introduction to the special issue on FPGA Technology and Applications. 1143-1145
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  Matthias Pohl, Michael Schaeferling, Gundolf Kiefer, Plamen Petrow, Egmont Woitzel, Frank Papenfuß:
  Leveraging polynomial approximation for non-linear image transformations in real time. 1146-1157
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  Marc Reichenbach, Ralf Seidler, Benjamin Pfundt, Dietmar Fey:
  Fast image processing for optical metrology utilizing heterogeneous computer architectures. 1158-1170
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  Matthias Birk, Matthias Balzer, Nicole V. Ruiter, Jürgen Becker:
  Evaluation of performance and architectural efficiency of FPGAs and GPUs in the 40 and 28 nm generations for algorithms in 3D ultrasound computer tomography. 1171-1185
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  Oguzhan Erdem, Aydin Carus, Hoang Le:
  Large-scale SRAM-based IP lookup architectures using compact trie search structures. 1186-1198
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  Marc-André Daigneault, Jean-Pierre David:
  Fast description and synthesis of control-dominant circuits. 1199-1214
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  Thomas Marconi:
  Online scheduling and placement of hardware tasks with multiple variants on dynamically reconfigurable field-programmable gate arrays. 1215-1237
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  S. Nageswari, V. Suresh Kumar:
  Field programmable gate array implementation of variable common mode injection PWM for three-level inverters. 1238-1252

The Special Issue on Recent Trends in Communications and Signal Processing

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  Rajesh Karunamurthy, Srinivasan Rajavelu, Raja Kumar Murugesan:
  Introduction to the special issue on Recent trends in communications and signal processing. 1253-1254
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  B. Nancharaiah, B. Chandra Mohan:
  The performance of a hybrid routing intelligent algorithm in a mobile ad hoc network. 1255-1264
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  Suman Kumar Saha, Rajib Kar, Durbadal Mandal, Sakti Prasad Ghoshal:
  Harmony search algorithm for infinite impulse response system identification. 1265-1285
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  V. Nagarajan, S. Muthukumar:
  Performance analysis of Switched Selection Combining with MPSK signaling for cooperative diversity systems. 1286-1295
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  K. S. Vishvaksenan, R. Seshasayanan, Sudharssun Subramanian:
  Performance of Dual-Polarized DSTTD-IDMA system over correlated frequency selective channels. 1296-1305
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  Nithya Vani Anichetty Murali, Prabagarane Nagaradjane, Selvam Paranche Damodaran:
  Performance of relay-aided downlink DS-CDMA system using transmitter preprocessing based on feedback information. 1306-1315
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  Prabagarane Nagaradjane, Shriram Swaminathan, Suraj Krishnan:
  Performance of space-division multiple-access system using preprocessing based on feedback of vector-quantized channel spatial information. 1316-1326

The Special Issue on Multimedia Processing for Mobile Applications

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  Jing Tian, Li Chen:
  Introduction to the special issue on Multimedia processing for mobile applications. 1327-1328
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  Prem Nath, Chiranjeev Kumar:
  Adaptive mobility anchor point to reduce regional registration and packets delivery costs. 1329-1343
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  Huanqiang Zeng, Yongtao Wang, Zhe Wei, Canhui Cai:
  Efficient two-stage early SKIP mode termination for depth video coding. 1344-1352
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  Xin Xu, Xiaolong Zhang, Haidong Fu, Li Chen, Hong Zhang, Xiaowei Fu:
  Robust passive autofocus system for mobile phone camera applications. 1353-1362
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  Xin Tao, Zhi Tang, Canhui Xu:
  Contextual modeling for logical labeling of PDF documents. 1363-1375
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  Anh Cat Le Ngo, Kenneth Li-Minn Ang, Jasmine Kah-Phooi Seng, Guoping Qiu:
  Multi-scale discriminant saliency with wavelet-based Hidden Markov Tree modelling. 1376-1389
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  Wafaa Mustafa Abduallah, Abdul Monem S. Rahma, Al-Sakib Khan Pathan:
  Mix column transform based on irreducible polynomial mathematics for color image steganography: A novel approach. 1390-1404
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  Zhao-Guang Liu, Sheng-Yong Du, Yang Yang, Xiu-Hua Ji:
  A fast algorithm for color space conversion and rounding error analysis based on fixed-point digital signal processors. 1405-1414
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  Dong Liu, Yongtao Wang, Zhi Tang, Xiaoqing Lu:
  A robust circle detection algorithm based on top-down least-square fitting analysis. 1415-1428

Volume 40, Number 5, July 2014

Regular Papers

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  Hong-Yan Ji, Xi-Zhao Wang, Yu-Lin He, Wen-Liang Li:
  A study on relationships between heuristics and optimal cuts in decision tree induction. 1429-1438
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  Yujin Lim, Hak-Man Kim:
  Strategic bidding using reinforcement learning for load shedding in microgrids. 1439-1446
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  Jinliang Ding, Liang Zhao, Changxin Liu, Tianyou Chai:
  GA-based principal component selection for production performance estimation in mineral processing. 1447-1459
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  Mohamed Sobh:
  A reliable optical disk identification technique for protection purposes. 1460-1481
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  F. Khakpour, Gholamreza Ardeshir:
  A novel algebraic method for kernel-based object tracking. 1482-1497
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  Xiaonan Nicole Shi, Yoshikazu Miyanaga:
  Performance optimization of iterative receiver for wireless communications based on realistic channel conditions. 1498-1507
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  Maryam Roodaki, Kaamran Raahemifar, Bijan Raahemi:
  Analysis of Quality of Services in LTE and Mobile WiMAX. 1508-1523
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  Shmuel Wimer, Amir Albeck, Israel Koren:
  A low energy dual-mode adder. 1524-1537
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  Jianqin Yin, Guohui Tian, Zhiquan Feng, Jinping Li:
  Human activity recognition based on multiple order temporal information. 1538-1551
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  Spiros Louvros, Michael Paraskevas:
  Analytical average throughput and delay estimations for LTE uplink cell edge users. 1552-1563

The Special Issue on Embedded Computing and Systems

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  Jian Li, Ye-Qiong Song, Xue Liu:
  Introduction to special issue on Embedded Computing and Systems. 1564-1566
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  Erzhou Zhu, Ruhui Ma, Yang Hou, Yindong Yang, Feng Liu, Haibing Guan:
  Two-phase execution of binary applications on CPU/GPU machines. 1567-1579
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