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Graph Visualization Using the NoSQL Database
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The relational database has been a dominant approach for organizing data into formally organized tables for years. Recently, with massive amounts of data being generated, a new type of database called NoSQL has emerged. ...
Image Correction using Reed Muller Code
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Image signal processing is one of the important aspects while communicating from long distances. Background noise of images is one of the primary concerns in obtaining clear accurate images. This problem is further amplified ...
Evaluation of Firefly Algorithm Using Benchmark Functions
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The field of nature inspired computing and optimization techniques have evolved to solve the difficult optimization problems in diverse fields of engineering, science and technology. The Firefly algorithm is one of the ...
Towards Test Focus Selection for Integration Testing Using Software Metrics
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Object-oriented software systems contain a large number of modules which make the unit testing, integration testing, and system testing very difficult and challenging. While the aim of the unit testing is to show that ...
Model-based Exploratory Testing: A Controlled Experiment
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Testing methods of software systems have been receiving more and more focus in recent years. Exploratory Testing (ET) is one such testing method. The advantages of ET are generally outweighed by its disadvantages, mainly ...
Real Parameter Optimization Using Differential Evolution
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Over recent years, Evolutionary Algorithms (EA) have emerged as a practical approach to solve hard optimization problems presented in real life. The inherent advantage of EA over other types of numerical optimization methods ...
A Two-phase Security Mechanism for Anomaly Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have been applied to a wide range of application areas, including battle fields, transportation systems, and hospitals. The security issues in WSNs are still hot research topics. The constrained ...
ReviewMiner: An Unsupervised Method of Aspect Extraction and Aspect Rating from Product Reviews
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
One major piece of information available on the web is reviews about various products that are written by users. Some commercial websites provide additional information about the products along with the reviews. However, ...
An Unmanned Air Vehicle Simulator in C#
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Simian is an agent based legacy simulator developed in Java used to develop scenarios involving unmanned air vehicles. The goal of this paper is to host the Simian simulator on a C# platform and also to extend the currently ...
Connecting with Instructors on Facebook: Why and Why Not
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The following thesis examined the student-instructor connection on social network sites (SNS). Facebook is the most popular SNS and it covers a range of users include both students and instructors. On Facebook, some students ...