Resource scheduling becomes the prominent issue in cloud computing due to rapid growth
of on demand request and heterogeneous nature of cloud resources. Cloud provides …

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a heuristic global optimization method, proposed
originally by Kennedy and Eberhart in 1995. It is now one of the most commonly used …

Computer vision (CV) is a big and important field in artificial intelligence covering a wide
range of applications. Image analysis is a major task in CV aiming to extract, analyze and …

In the multimedia era a large volume of video data can be recorded during a certain period
of time by multiple cameras. Such a rapid growth of video data requires both effective and …

The main goal of cloud service provider is to maximize the profit from cloud infrastructure,
while cloud users want to execute their applications in minimum execution cost and time …

Automatic multi-pass route planning is one of key technologies for thick plate in robotic metal
active gas (MAG) arc welding. In this research, a scheme for the extracting feature points of …

Redheaded Agama lizards attack their prey in a well-organized manner. This work models
the dynamic foraging behaviour of Agama lizards and their effective way of capturing prey …

Infrared image enhancement plays a significant role in intelligent urban surveillance
systems for smart city applications. Unlike existing methods only exaggerating the global …

The rapid growth of video data demands both effective and efficient video summarization
methods so that users are allowed to speedily browse and comprehend a large amount of …

Due to advancement in digital multimedia technologies, huge amount of video contents in
such arenas as sports, surveillance, news, etc., is becoming widely available. Due to factors …