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Steganography has been considered as a technique of message hiding within another carrier multimedia data. Messages in the form of image (with embedded handwritten or typed texts) are often embedded in several ways within another image in image steganography. DCT based schemes are undertaken in the frequency domain methods in addition to usual plain text message embedding. Most of the message image hiding techniques embeds image bit string without considering any shuffling schemes to deal with the said string before embedding. Present work targeted to incorporate message hiding essentially with shuffled and re-shuffled bit strings in different ways prior to DCT operation. A new method has been proposed with these shuffling schemes to enhance the security level of the encryption. Investigations with the proposed image steganography method show that the new methods performed better than normal image steganography techniques without shuffling schemes. Performance of the proposed method is evaluated using Peak-Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Mean Square Error (MSE). Results show that the shuffling bit steganography method outperformed the common DCT based schemes without shuffling.

Keywords:

Image Steganograph, DCT,Message Bit Shuffling,

Refference:

I. A. ElSayed, A. Elleithy, P. ThungaandZ. Wu,“Highly secure image steganography algorithm using curvelet transform and DCT encryption”, Proc. of Systems, Applications and Technology Conference (LISAT), 2015 IEEE Long Island, pp. 1-6. May, 2015.

II. A. Jawedand A. Das,“Security Enhancement in Audio Steganography by RSA Algorithm”, Int.Journal of Electronics and Communication Technology, Vol.: 6, Issue:1, spl-1, pp. 139-142, Jan 2015.

III.A. K. GulveandM. S. Joshi, “A High Capacity Secured Image Steganography Method with Five Pixel Pair Differencing and LSB Substitution”, Int. J. of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing, Vol.:7, No. 5, pp. 66-74, 2015,DOI: 10.5815/ijigsp.2015.05.08

IV.B. G. BanikandS. K. Bandyopadhyay,“Implementation of image steganography algorithm using scrambled image and quantization coefficient modification in DCT”, Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Research in Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (ICRCICN), pp. 400-405, 2015

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VI.C. C.Chang, T. S. Chen and L. Z. Chung,“A steganographic method based upon JPEG and quantization table modification”, Information Sciences, Vol.: 141, Issue: 1, pp. 123-138, 2002

VII.E Walia, P Jain and N Navdeep,“An Analysis of LSB & DCT based Steganography”, Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 10(1)(Ver 1.0), pp. 4-8, April 2010

VIII.F. Yonggang, “Anovel public key watermarking scheme based on shuffling”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Convergence Information Technology-2007, pp. 312-317, 2007

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X.K. Peng and B. Feng,“A shuffling scheme with strict and strong security”, Proc of Fourth IEEE International Conference on Emerging Security Information Systems andTechnologies (SECURWARE), 2010

XI.K.S.Shete, M.PatilandJ. S. Chitode, “Least Significant Bit and Discrete Wavelet Transform Algorithm Realization for Image Steganography Employing FPGA”, Int. J. of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing, Vol.: 8, No.6, pp.48-56, 2016.DOI: 10.5815/ijigsp.2016.06.06

XII.L. Guo, J. Ni, W. Su, C. Tang and Y. Q. Shi, “Using statistical image model for JPEG steganography: uniform embedding revisited”,IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Vol.: 10, Issue:12, pp. 2669-2680, 2015

XIII.M. Bilal, S. Imtiaz, W. Abdul andS. Ghouzali. “Zero-steganography using DCT and spatial domain”, Proc. of 2013 ACS Int. Conf. on in Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), IEEE, pp. 1-7, May, 2013

XIV.M. Zamani, A. A.Manaf, R. B. Ahmad, A. M. Zeki andS. Abdullah,“A Genetic Algorithm-Based Approach for Audio Steganography”, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2009

XV.M. Zamani, A.A. Manaf, R. Ahmad, F. Jaryani, H. Taherdoost, S. S. Chaeikar andH.R. Zeidanloo. “A novel approach for genetic audio watermarking”, Journal of Information Assurance and Security,Vol.: 5, pp.102-111, 2010

XVI.P. Das, S. Rayand A. Das, “An Efficient Embedding Technique in Image Steganography Using Lucas Sequence”, International Journal of Image, Graphics & Signal Processing, Vol.: 9, Issue: 9, pp. 51-58, 2017

XVII.S. Chandran, and K. Bhattacharyya, “Performance analysis of LSB, DCT, and DWT for digital watermarking application using steganography”, Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Electrical, Electronics, Signals, Communicationand Optimization (EESCO), 2015

XVIII.S. Hemalatha, U. D. Acharya, A. RenukaandR. K.Priya, “A Secure Color Image Steganography in Transform Domain”, International Journal on Cryptography and Information Security (IJCIS), Vol. 3, Issue: 1, March 2013

XIX.S. Lahiri, P. Paul, S.Banerjee, S.Mitra, A. MukhopadhyayandM. Gangopadhyaya,“Image steganography on coloured images using edge based Data Hiding in DCT domain”, Proc. of 2016 IEEE 7thAnnual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON), pp. 1-8, October 2016

XX.S. S. Jaber, H. A. Fadhil, A. Khalib, I. ZahereelandR. A. Kadhim, “Survey on Recent Digital Image Steganography Techniques”, Journal of Theoretical & Applied Information Technology, Vol.: 66, Issue:3, pp. 714-728, 2014

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An Optical wave propagating through a free-space optical channel may severely experience the intensity fluctuations that can result in channel gain fluctuations and fading. This paper provide a model that can analyze the influence of inevitable turbulence effect on a free-space channel which is based on the stochastic differential equation to synthesis lognormal distributed samples with a corresponding correlation time. The numerical analysis of theoretical model is presented and compared for performance evaluation. To examine the resemblance between numerical and theoretical analysis, two properties of free-space optical channel is considered including the probability density function and auto-covariance property. The model showed distinctive performance results when modelling typical channel situations.

Keywords:

Auto-covariance,Free-space optica,lognormal distribution,stochasticdifferential equation (SDE),Turbulence effects ,

Refference:

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III.B. Epple, “Simplified channel model for simulation of free-space optical communications,” IEEE/OSA J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 2, 293–304 (2010).

IV.D. Bykhovsky, D. Elmakayes, and S.Arnon, Experimental evaluation of free space links in the presence of turbulence for server backplane,” J. Lightwave Technol. 33, 2777–2783 (2015).

V.H. Zhai, B. Wang, J. Zhang, and A. Dang,“Fractal phase screen generation algorithm for atmospheric turbulence,” Appl. Opt. 54, 4023–4032 (2015).

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Building Information Modelling (BIM) has made considerable progress over the past few decades regarding information technology applied in the construction industry. In developed countries, governmental organizations and private companies had published many valuable and quality academic studies regarding BIM. However, few studies have mentioned the application of SWOT modelling to develop a strategy for applying the BIM 360 Field in construction and engineering companies. This paper presents an overview of the BIM 360 Field application in construction quality management. Suitable strategies could be used to enhance the quality assurance of construction project management.

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Refference:

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IV.Chong, H.-Y., J.S. Wong, and X. Wang, An explanatory case study on cloud computing applications in the built environment.Automation in construction, 2014. 44: p. 152-162.

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XVIII.Nguyen, P.T., et al., Project success evaluation using TOPSIS algorithm.Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences,2016. 11(8): p. 1876-1879.

XIX.Nguyen, P.T., et al., Ranking project success criteria in power engineering companies using fuzzy decision-making method.International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 2018. 5(8): p. 91-94.

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XXI.Sawhney, A. and J.U. Maheswari, Design coordination using cloud-based smart building element models.International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications, 2013. 5: p. 445-453.

XXII.Tsai, Y.-H., S.-H. Hsieh, and S.-C. Kang, A BIM-enabled approach for construction inspection, in Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (2014). 2014. p. 721-728.

XXIII.Wang, J., et al., Integrating BIM and LiDAR for real-time construction quality control.Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2015. 79(3-4): p. 417-432.

XXIV.Wong, J., et al., A review of cloud-based BIM technology in the construction sector.Journal of information technology in construction, 2014. 19: p. 281-291.

XXV.Wang, L.-C., Enhancing construction quality inspection and management using RFID technology.Automation in construction, 2008. 17(4): p. 467-479.

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The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation between organizational environment and teachers’ citizenship behaviour. The research study was quantitative and correlational design was used. Survey technique was used. The population of the study comprises Elementary School Teachers (ESTs) of Mathematics. Multistage random sampling was used to select four districts (Faisalabad, Multan, Sargodha and Jhang). Further, 20 schools (10 males & 10 females) and 4 teachers from each school were randomly selected. The data from selected sample were collected using survey method. SPSS version 24 was used to analyze the data. Pearson r and ANOVA were used. The analysis revealed that there exist significant and positive relationship between organizational environment and teachers’ citizenship behaviour.

Keywords:

Organizational environment,Citizenship behaviour,Multistage random sampling,

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The positive impact of social capital on job search success has been supported in the literature, however the research community has not reached a consensus because social capital is not always good, especially in terms of bonding. This paper explores the role of bonding social capital on several dimensions of job search success. The partial least square structural equation model was used with input data from 400 undergraduates, obtained from a field survey in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The results confirm the positive role of bonding social capital on acquired job quality, job search cost, and job search convenience. Keywords: education, job search success, partial least square structural equation model (PLS-SEM), social capital

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Refference:

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Developed economies have realized construction health and safety issue and have improved the working site condition by continuously emphasizing on the issue. Sadly, the case is different in developing countries particularly in the Indian subcontinent where the injury and death rate is high due to poor health and safety conditions. The paper examines the current health and safety practices, legislations and the management of Health and safety of Pakistan, a country in the Indian subcontinent. The data reviewed is organized around developing countries and the culture affecting health and safety in these countries is discussed. Moreover, the secondary data focuses on health and safety management system, behavioral aspects of the stakeholders, general health conditions of workers associated to the construction industry and the construction industry of Pakistan is also discussed. For the achievement of objectives, both, qualitative and quantitative methodologies are adopted (i-e questionnaire survey and interviews). The questionnaire and the interviews mainly focus on the contractors, workers, designers and the clients. The findings from these methods indicates that majority of the respondents have a poor degree of health and safety awareness. It also reveals that there are general health problems faced by the workers, people are hesitant to record and report the accident at site and showed the key behavioral aspects affecting the health and safety.

Keywords:

OSHA,CDM,HSE,MSD,SME,PPE,

Refference:

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Architecture Evaluation is a means to reduce risk and save cost. It holds the key to success of the system being developed. Various evaluation methods exist which have specific objectives and basis and all contribute to enhance product quality. In this paper a Complexity UML Based Architecture Evaluation (CUBAE) approach is proposed to evaluate the architecture of a system built using CBSD approach. . The proposed approach estimates the complexity of the architecture from the UML representation of different views of the architecture. Earlier works on complexity measures of UML representations found in literature are used along with proposed measures for complexity calculation. This complexity measure may be used to assess and compare architecture representing the same system along with other measures like modifiability and different quality attributes used for evaluating the architecture.

Keywords:

CBSD,Architecture evaluation,UML,Complexity,Metrics,

Refference:

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Global warming has been a severe threat to humanityand greenhouse gases emitted from power plants is one of the major causes of global warming. In this paper, we use machine learning to incorporate energy efficiency techniques to buildings by predicting the Heating and Cooling Load using eight input features.Heating load is the amount of heat per unit time that a building needs to maintain the temperature at an established level whereas Cooling load is the amount of heat per unit time that must be removed. Heating, cooling, and ventilation systems are used to handle heating and cooling load. We train four regression (linear regression, Lasso, Ridge, and Elastic-Net) and three gradient boosting models (GBM, XGBoost, and LightGBM) and test them to compare their performance using 768 rows of data of residential buildings. We observe that the gradient boosting models perform significantly better than the standard regression models for both Heating Load and Cooling Load. XGBoost achieves the highest R-squared score of 0.99 for Heating Load and 0.99 for Cooling Load. From the results of this study, we conclude that machine learning techniques can predict Heating Load and Cooling Load with high accuracy. The obtained Heating load and cooling load values can be used to install efficient heating, cooling and ventilation systems and thus reduce both energy consumption and money.

Keywords:

Energy efficiency,Heating Load,Cooling Load,Machine Learning,

Refference:

I.Al Fardan, A. S., Al Gahtani, K. S., and Asif, M. (2017). Demand side management solution through new tariff structure to minimize excessive load growth and improve system load factor by improving commercial buildings energy performance in Saudi Arabia. 2017 5th IEEE International Conference on Smart Energy Grid Engineering, SEGE 2017, pages 302–308.

II.Bizjak, M., Zalik, B.,ˇ Stumberger, G., and Lukaˇc, N. (2018). Estimation andˇ optimisation of buildings’ thermal load using LiDAR data. Building and Environment, 128:12–21.

III.Borgstein, E. H., Lamberts, R., and Hensen, J. L. (2018). Mapping failures in energy and environmental performance of buildings. Energy and Buildings, 158:476–485.

IV.Caputo, P., Costa, G., and Ferrari, S. (2013). A supporting method for defining energy strategies in the building sector at urban scale. Energy Policy, 55:261 –270. Special section: Long Run Transitions to Sustainable Economic Structures in the European Union and Beyond.V.Cetin, K. S., Tabares-Velasco, P. C., and Novoselac, A. (2014). Appliance daily energy use in new residential buildings: Use profiles and variation in time-ofuse. Energy and Buildings, 84:716–726.

VI.Chen, T. and Guestrin, C. (2016). XGBoost: A Scalable Tree Boosting System.VII.Cheng, V. and Steemers, K. (2011). Modelling domestic energy consumption at district scale: A tool to support national and local energy policies. Environmental Modelling Software, 26(10):1186 –1198.VIII.Dai, C., Zhang, H., Arens, E., and Lian, Z. (2017). Machine learning approaches to predict thermal demands using skin temperatures: Steady-state conditions. Building and Environment, 114:1–10.IX.Deng, H., Fannon, D., and Eckelman, M. J. (2018). Predictive modeling for US commercial building energy use: A comparison of existing statistical and machine learning algorithms using CBECS microdata. Energy and Buildings, 163:34–43.X.Dheeru, D. and KarraTaniskidou, E. (2017). UCI machine learning repository.XI.Flett, G. and Kelly, N. (2017). A disaggregated, probabilistic, high resolution method for assessment of domestic occupancy and electrical demand. Energy and Buildings, 140:171–187.XII.Fonseca, J. A.and Schlueter, A. (2015). Integrated model for characterization of spatiotemporal building energy consumption patterns in neighborhoods and city districts. Applied Energy, 142:247 –265.XIII.Guo, Y., Li, G., Chen, H., Wang, J., and Huang, Y. (2017). A thermal response time ahead energy demand prediction strategy for building heating system using machine learning methods. Energy Procedia, 142:1003–1008.XIV.Gupta, N. and Shet, H. N. (2016). Analysis of Measures to Improve EnergyXV.Performance of a Commercial Building by Energy Modeling.2016 Online International Conference on Green Engineering and Technologies (IC-GET) Analysis, pages 1–4.XVI.Hamid, M. F. A., Ramli, N. A., and Syawal Nik Mohd Kamal, N. M. F. (2017). An analysis of energy performance of a commercial building using energy modeling. In 2017 IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON), pages 105–110. IEEE.XVII.Holmegaard, E., Johansen, A., and Kjærgaard, M. B. (2016). Towards a metadata discovery, maintenance and validation process to support applications that improve the energy performance of buildings. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops, PerCom Workshops 2016.XVIII.Jaffal, I. and Inard, C. (2017). A metamodel for building energy performance. Energy and Buildings, 151:501–510.

XIX.Jeong, Y.-k., Kim, T., Nam, H.-S., and Lee, I.-w. (2016). Implementation of energy performance assessment system for existing building. 2016 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), (20142010102370):393–395.XX.Ke, G., Meng, Q., Finley, T., Wang, T., Chen, W., Ma, W., Ye, Q., and Liu, T.-Y. (2017). Lightgbm: A highly efficient gradient boosting decision tree. In Guyon, I., Luxburg, U. V., Bengio, S., Wallach, H., Fergus, R., Vishwanathan, S., and Garnett, R., editors, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 30, pages 3146–3154. Curran Associates, Inc.XXI.Kim, J., Zhou, Y., Schiavon, S., Raftery, P., and Brager, G. (2018). Personal comfort models: Predicting individuals’ thermal preferenceusing occupant heating and cooling behavior and machine learning. Building and Environment, 129:96–106.XXII.Konis, K. and Annavaram, M. (2017). The Occupant Mobile Gateway: A participatory sensing and machine-learning approach for occupant-aware energy management. Building and Environment, 118:1–13.XXIII.Kwok, S. S. K., Yuen, R. K. K., and Lee, E. W. M. (2011). An intelligent approach to assessing the effect of building occupancy on building cooling load prediction. Building and Environment, 46(8):1681–1690.XXIV.Onose, B.-a. (2016). Control optimization for increasing energy performance of existing buildings. 2016 Eleventh International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), pages 1–4.XXV.Parise, G., Martirano, L., and Parise, L. (2014). Energy performance of buildings: An useful procedure to estimate the impact of the lighting control systems. Conference Record -Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference, pages 1–7.XXVI.Robinson, C., Dilkina, B., Hubbs, J., Zhang, W., Guhathakurta, S., Brown, M. A., and Pendyala, R. M. (2017). Machine learning approaches for estimating commercial building energy consumption. Applied Energy, 208(May):889–904.XXVII.Shimoda, Y., Fujii, T., Morikawa, T., and Mizuno, M. (2004). Residential enduse energysimulation at city scale. Building and Environment, 39(8):959 –967. Building Simulation for Better Building Design.XXVIII.Song, M., Niu, F., Mao, N., Hu, Y., and Deng, S. (2018). Review on building energy performance improvement using phase change materials. Energy and Buildings, 158:776–793.

XXIX.Talebi, B., Haghighat, F., and Mirzaei, P. A. (2017). Simplified model to predict the thermal demand profile of districts. Energy and Buildings, 145:213 –225.XXX.Talebi, B., Haghighat, F., Tuohy, P., and Mirzaei, P. A. (2018). Validation of a community district energy system model using field measured data. Energy, 144:694 –706.XXXI.Touzani, S., Granderson, J., and Fernandes, S. (2018). Gradient boosting machine for modeling the energy consumption of commercial buildings. Energy and Buildings, 158:1533–1543.XXXII.Tsanas, A. and Xifara, A. (2012). Accurate quantitative estimation of energy performance of residential buildings using statistical machine learning tools. Energy and Buildings, 49:560–567.XXXIII.Tuominen, P., Holopainen, R.,Eskola, L., Jokisalo, J., and Airaksinen, M. (2014). Calculation method and tool for assessing energy consumption in the building stock. Building and Environment, 75:153 –160.XXXIV.Vujoˇsevi ́c, M. and Krsti ́c-Furundˇzi ́c, A. (2017). The influence of atrium on energy performance of hotel building. Energy and Buildings, 156:140–150.XXXV.Wang, Z., Wang, Y., and Srinivasan, R. S. (2018). A novel ensemble learning approach to support building energy use prediction. Energy and Buildings, 159:109–122.

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Pervious concrete pavement could be a distinctive and effective thanks to capture storm water and permit it to course into the bottom therefore recharging groundwater, reducing storm water runoff, and meeting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) storm water laws. this technique has been counseled by independent agency and geotechnical engineers as a Best Management Practices (BMPs) for the management of storm water runoff. This pavement technology creates additional economical land use by eliminating the necessity for retention ponds, swales, and alternative storm water management devices. receptive surface treatments retain the water sub-surface because it bit by bit infiltrates into the soil; holding the storm water in multiple air voids or cells conjointly aiding in water quality through degradation of hydrocarbons into greenhouse emission and water, and retentive metals within the structure keeps them from the groundwater table Despite the employment of receptive systems for nearly thirty years within the USA, not tons of analysis has been performed on the long run absorption of contaminants within the concrete microstructure. many studies showcase the removal potency of those pavements within the 1st few years of service, stating it's shown higher than seventy five p.c potency in removal of contaminants, this investigation targeted on varied receptive concrete treatments decisive optimum strength, voids, infiltration and voids. in addition geochemical work on trace metal sorption, major component adverse effects and water quality edges was performed on existing tons on MTSU field.

Keywords:

concrete pavemen, water runoff,optimum strength,

Refference:

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III.Hydraulic Performance Assessment of Pervious Concrete Pavements for Storm water Management Credit, RMC Foundation,

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This paper presents an inventory model for deteriorating items with a constant rate of deterioration and the demand rate is flexible which depends on the price, stock as well as the reliability of the products. This model allowing the shortage under inflation, and delay in payment is also taken into account. We consider situation of the credit period is less than or greater than the cycle time for settling the account. Numerical example is given for different cases and sensitivity analysis is carried out to analyze the effect of the parameters on the optimal solution.

Keywords:

Deterioration,Reliability,Credit period,Inflation,Delay payment,

Refference:

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VII.G.A. Widyadana and H.M. Wee, “Optimal deteriorating items production inventory models with random machine breakdown and stochastic repair time”,Applied Mathematical Modelling, 35, 3495-3508, 2011.

VIII.G.S. Mahapatra, T.K. Mandal and G.P. Samanta, “A production inventory model with fuzzy coefficients using parametric geometric programming approach”, International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2(2), 99-105, 2011.

IX.G.S. Mahapatra, T.K. Mandal and G.P. Samanta, “Fuzzy parametric geometric programming with application in fuzzy EPQ model under flexibility and reliability consideration”, Journal of Information and Computing Science, 7(3), 223-234, 2012.

X.G.S. Mahapatra, T.K. Mandal and G.P. Samanta, “An EPQ model with imprecise space constraint based on intuitionistic fuzzy optimization technique”, Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, 19(5-6), 409-423, 2012.

XI.G.S. Mahapatra, T.K. Mandal and G.P. Samanta, “EPQ model with fuzzy coefficient of objective and constraint via parametric geometric programming”, International Journal of Operational Research, 17(4), 436-448, 2013.

XII.G.S. Mahapatra, S. Adak, T.K. Mandal and S. Pal, “Inventory model for deteriorating items with time and reliability dependent demand and partial backorder”, International Journal of Operational Research, 29 (3), 344-359, 2017.

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XIV.H.J. Chang and C.Y. Dye, “An EOQ model for deteriorating items with time vary demand and partial backlogging”, Journal of Operational Research Society, 50, 1176-1182, 2001.

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XIX.K.L. Hou, “An inventory model for deteriorating items with stock-dependent consumption rate and shortage under inflation and time discounting”,European Journal of Operational research, 168, 463-474, 2006.

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XXVIII.S. Pal, G.S. Mahapatra and G.P. Samanta, “An EPQ model of ramp type demand withWeibull deterioration under inflation and finite horizon in crisp and fuzzy environment”, International Journal of Production Economics, 156, 159-166, 2014.

XXIX.S. Pal, G.S. Mahapatra and G.P. Samanta, “An Inventory Model of Price and Stock dependent Demand Rate with Deterioration under Inflation and Delay in payment”, International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, 5(4), 591-601, 2014.

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XXXI.S. Pal, G.S. Mahapatra, G.P. Samanta, “A Three-Layer Supply Chain EPQ Model for Price-and Stock-Dependent Stochastic Demand with Imperfect Item Under Rework”, Journal of Uncertainty Analysis and Applications, 4 (1), 10, 2016.

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There are different classes of the graph generation. Node is one of the important parts in graph which is associated with the metric space. The elements of the set are placed very close to each other. These elements are similar to each other having minor or unobservable difference. Hence, it is difficult to find them in a given set in several of applications. The application area finds at many branches like multimedia, computer science and pattern reorganization. Here, we are focused on metric space and its prediction. Also, we have discussed some methods with some examples and the view of all known proposals to organize metric spaces. There are a large number of solutions are available. The notations of a random metric space and tried to prove that space was isometric. The study is focused on universal and random distance matrices. The properties of universal metric space with the properties of distance metric were correlated. Latent metric was also considered. This review includes the different scenarios of metric space with the basic concepts and mathematical formulae.

Keywords:

Random objects,Random prediction,Metric space,Space theory,

Refference:

I.A. M. Vershik. “Random metric spaces and universality”.math. Rt,St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics (2004).

II.Arzhantseva G., Delzant T.,“Examples Of Random Groups”. 1-30 (2008).

III.Bartini P. O. di “Consider some total and hence unique copy of A.” Soviet Math. Dokl., vol. 163, no. 4, p. 861–864 (1965).

IV.Biau G and Scornet E, “A Random Forest Guided Tour”arXiv: 1511. 0574 [math.ST] (2015).

V.Caruana R, Niculescu-Mizil A, “Data Mining in Metric Space: An Empirical Analysis ofSupervised Learning Performance Criteria” KDD; DOI:10.1145/1014052-1014063,(2004).

VI.Edgar Chavez, Gonzalo Navarro, Recardo and Josh ,“Searching in metric spaces”Journal of Experimental Algorithmics (JEA), 16, Article No. 1.1 (2011).

VII.Sarkar P,Chakrabarti D, Moore AW,“Theoretical Justification of Popular Link Prediction Heuristics”IJCAI 201, Proceedings of the 22ndInternational Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp 2722-2727, Barcelona,Catalonia,Spain 16-22 (2011).

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Induction training program plays vital role for all new mathematics teachers who are recruited. It helps them to increase efficacy level to adhere to the educational life and facilitate the organization with effective performance. This study is the part of wider research to help to investigate evaluation of induction training program for mathematics teachers with the main objective of predicting future modality of professional development on the bases of induction training process. 150 participants, who experienced for induction training program, were selected for this study. These 150 teachers were having vast experience and background in mathematics and statistics. The data were gathered through questionnaire and observation to explore the approaches of induction program for development and its effectiveness. Data were analyzed through statistical techniques of t-test, correlation, ANOVA and regression. The analysis showed significant effect of induction training program on teachers’ development as whole. Induction training program found positive relation with professionalism and strongly predict the professional development of educational organization.

Keywords:

Induction Program,Professional Development,Training of Teachers,Future Modality,

Refference:

I. Bush, T. &Middlewood, D., (2005), “Leading and Managing People in Education”. Great Britain: SAGE Publications.

II. Chidambaram, V., Ramachandran, A., Thevar, S.S., (2013), “Study On Efficacy Of Induction Training Programme In Indian Railways Using Factor Analysis”, Verslas: Teorijairpraktika Business: Theory and Practice, Issn 1648-0627 print / Issn 1822-4202.

III. Davey, G., (2004), “Complete Psychology”,Dubai: Book Point Ltd. Hyman, Flanagan, & Smith. (1982). The Hand Book of SchoolPsychology. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

IV. Fideler, E., &Haselkorn, D., (1999), “Learning The Rope: Urban Teachers Induction Program And Practices In The United States”, Belmont, MA: Recruiting New teachersV. Golrick, L., (2002), “Issue Brief: Improving Teacher Evaluation To Improve Teacher Quality”. New York: NGA Center for Best Practices.

V. Hassel, E., (1999), “ProfessionalDevelopment: Learning From The Best”, Oak Brook, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.

VII. Hendricks, K., &Potgieter, J. L., (2012), “A Theory Evaluation Of An Induction Programme”,SA Journal Of Human Resource Management/SA TydskrifVirMenslikehulpbronbestuur, 10(3), Art. #421, 9 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ sajhrm.v10i3.421.

VIII. Ingersoll, R., & Strong, M., (2011), “The Impact Of Induction And Mentoring Programs Fro Beginning Teachers: A Critical Review Of The Research.”Review of Education Research. Vol. 81(2), 201-233. doi: 10.3102/0034654311403323.

IX. Klein, H.J., & Weaver, N.A., (2000), “The Effectiveness Of An Organizational Level Orientation Training Program In The Socialization Of New Hires”. JournalOf Personnel Psychology, 53, 47–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2000.tb00193.x.

X. Lisa, A., Lim, Y.L, Lew,M.D.N., & Chew, A., (2013), “Impact Of An Intensive Professional Induction Programme OnTeacher Self-Efficacy & Approach To Teaching”,Joint 7th SELF Biennial International Conference and ERAS Conference, Singapore 2013.

XI. Marriam, S.B., (2001), “Andragogy And Self‐Directed Learning: Pillars Of Adult Learning Theory”. New Directions For Adult And Continuing Education, 2001 (89), 3-14.

XII. Moscato, D., (2005), “Using Technology To Get Employees Onboard. Human Resources” Magazine, April, 107–109.

XIII. Olivia, P.F., and Pawlas, G.E., (1997), “Supervision for Today’sSchools”, 5th ed., Longman, New York, NY.

XIV. Peterson, D.A., (1990), “A History Of The Education Of Older Learners. Introduction To Educational”, Gerontology, 1-21.

XV. Rossi, P., Lipsey, M.W., & Freeman, H.E., (2004), “Evaluation.A Systematic Approach”.(7th edn.). Thousand Oaks: Sage.

XVI. Ruhela S.P.,and Singh R.P., (1990), “Trends in Modern IndianEducation”, Uppal Publishing House: New Delhi 395–(1990)XVII. Shulman, L.S., (1987), “Knowledge and teaching: Foundationsof theNew Reform”. Harvard Educational Review. 57(1), 1-22.

XVIII. Smaldino, Sharon E., Lowther, Deborah L., Russel, James D. (2008),“Instructional Technology and Media for Learning”.Pearson Merrill/Prentice Hall.

XIX. Smith Thomas, M., & Ingersoll Richard, M., (2004), “What Are TheEffects Of Induction And Mentoring On Beginning TeachersTurnover?”, American Educational Research Journal. Fall 2004, Vol41, No.3, pp. 681-714.

XX. Wesson, M.J., &Gogus, C.I., (2005), “Shaking Hands With AComputer: An Examination Of Two Methods Of OrganizationalNewcomer Orientation”. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90(5), 10181026. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.90.5.1018, PMid:16162074.

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Data plays a major role in today's Internet world.Analyzing historical data became easy due to advancement of analytical tools. Gathering data from social networking websites is a great challenge for today's data scientists. Many advancements and research has been conducted to gather streaming data(data generated every second) .Hadoop has provided acomponent called Apache Flume to ingest data into HDFS for processing using MapReduce. It has its own benefits,which made many analysis easy for social networking data,but Apache Flume requires a depthknowledge on configuration files and administration. Our work proposes a framework for real-time data streaming of Twitter data. Apache spark which is an enhancement of Hadoop in terms of speed and faster processing provides much more insight than Apache flume.Spark is an in-memory distributed computing engine to increase processing speed over MapReduce, Spark is considered one of the most advanced ecosystem component for Batch and near-real time processing. We in our paper are explaining in detail about data ingestion using Apache Spark and Scala IDE. In our work the data will be directly ingested from Twitter website through tokens and access keys provided,which will be explained in chapter 3,4. Our GUI can also help a user to tweet into Twitter directly without moving on to Twitter website. We have also provided an option to categorize tweet of specific persons using '#' tags.The data thus obtained can be used for statistical analysis and generating reports.

Keywords:

Apache Spark,Big Data,Flume,Hadoop,Map Reduce,Twitter data ingestion,

Refference:

I.Altti Ilari Maarala, Mika Rautiainen, Miikka Salmi, Susanna Pirttikangas and Jukka Riekki”, Low latency analytics for streaming traffic data with Apache Spark” IEEE InternationalConference on Big Data (2015).

II.Anand Gupta, Hardeo Kumar Thakur ” A Big Data Analysis Framework Using Apache Spark and Deep Learning”, IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops (2017).

III.Babak Yadranjiaghdam, Seyedfaraz Yasrobi, Nasseh Tabrizi “Developing a Real-time Data Analytics Framework For Twitter Streaming Data”,IEEE 6th International Congress on Big Data (2017).

IV.Hassan Nazeer, Waheed Iqbal, Fawaz Bokhari, Shuja Ur Rehman Baig ” Real-time Text Analytics Pipeline UsingOpen-source Big Data Tools”,arXiv:1712.04344, Dec(2017).

V.Marouane Birjalia, Abderrahim Beni-Hssane, Mohammed Erritali “Analyzing Social Media through Big Data using InfoSphere BigInsights and Apache Flume “, The 8th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks Elsevier (2017).

VI.Ramkrushna C. Maheshwar, D. Haritha “Survey on High Performance Analytics ofBigdata with Apache Spark”,International Conference on Advanced Communication Control and Computing Technologies (ICACCCT) (2016).VII.Sangeeta “Twitter Data Analysis Using FLUME & HIVE on Hadoop Framework”,Special Issue on International Journal of Recent Advances in Engineering & Technology (IJRAET) V-4 I-2February (2016).

VIII.S. Cha and M. Wachowicz. “Developing a real-time data analytics framework using Hadoop”,IEEE International Congress on Big Data June (2015)

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The Blindness is frequently used to describe severe visual deterioration with or without residual vision. According to WHO (World Health Organisation) 30Million people are blind. In India only 6.8 Million people are blind, 46.2 Million people have low vision and 5.3Million people are visually diminished. There is a great dependency for any type of movement or walking within area or out of the particular area, they use only their natural senses such as touch or sound for identification. To gift a simplified and independent life for blind person, this project proposed which is light weight , compact , cost efficient and easy to handle.

Keywords:

ArduinoUNO,Ultrasonic sensor,Fire sensor,Rain sensor, Blind Stick,

Refference:

I.AlbertoRodriguez, et al., “Obstacle avoidance system for assisting visually impaired people”, in proceeding IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium Workshop, 2012.

II.Alshbatat, Abdel Ilah Nour.”Auto1nated Mobility and Orientation System for Blind or Partially.”INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON SMART SENSING AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, 568-582, 2013.

III.C.S. Kher, Y.A. Dabhade, S.K Kadam., S.D. Dhamdhere and A.V. Deshpande “An Intelligent Walking Stick for the Blind.” International Journal of Engineering Research and General Science, vol. 3, number 1, pp. 1057-1062, 2015.

IV.Dambhara, S. & Sakhara, A., 2011. Smart stick for Blind: Obstacle Detection, Artificial vision and Real-time assistance via GPS. International Journal of Computer Applications® (IJCA).

V.Mahdi Safaa A , Muhsin Asaad H. and Al-Mosawi Ali I.”Using Ultrasonic Sensor fo Blind and Deaf persons combines Voice.”International Science Congress Association, 50-52,2012.

VI.Mohammad Hazzaz, et al., “Smart Walking Stick-an electronic approach to assist visually disable persons”, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research vol. 4, No. 10, 2013.

VII.Nandhini. N, Vinoth Chakkaravarthy.G , G.Deepa Priya,”Talking Assistance about Location Finding”, International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 3, Issue 2, February 2014.

VIII.Shinohara, K. ―Designing assistive technology for blind users‖ In Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility, ACM, 293–294, 2006.

IX.S.Sai Santhosh,T. Sasiprabha,R.Jeberson,.”BLI-NAV 1Emmbedded Navigation System for Blind People.”IEEE,277-282,2010.

X.Sung Jae Kang, et al.” Development of an Intelligent Guide-Stick for the Blind”, Proceeding of the IEEE international Conference on Robotics & Automation, 2001.

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Grid stations get generated power from power stations that are ordinarily far; continuous consumption or use of electric power has expanded in most recent couple of years. Transmission system is the system by methods for which power is transmitted from place of generation to the consumers. Overhead wires or conductors are the medium used for transmission of power. These wires are visible to wind, heat and ice. The efficiency of the power system increases if the losses of these overhead wires are minimal. These losses are based on the resistive, magnetic and capacitive nature of the conductor. It is necessary to create or make proper design of these conductors accompanied by proper installation. To balance the working and strength of overhead transmission line and to minimize its capacitive effect the conductors must be installed in catenary shape. The sag is required in transmission line for conductor suspension. The conductors are appended between two overhead towers with ideal estimation of sag. It is because of keeping conductor safety from inordinate tension. To permit safe tension in the conductor, conductors are not completely extended; rather they are allowed to have sag. For equal level supports this paper provides sag and tension estimation with two different cases under maximum operating temperature 45 °C. To calculate sag-tension estimation of ACSR (Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced) overhead lines twoe different cases are provided with no and high wind speed effects. Four different span lengths are taken for same level supports. ETAP (Electrical Transient and Analysis Program) is used for simulation setup. The results shows that wind effect has great impact upon line tension and with addition of wind speed the sag of line remains same while tension altered.

Keywords:

ACSR,Span,Sag,Tension,

Refference:

I.Oluwajobi F. I., Ale O. S. and Ariyanninuola A (2012). Effect of Sag on Transmission Line. Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering and Applied Sciences (JETEAS) 3 (4): 627-630 © Scholar link Research Institute Journals, (ISSN: 2141-7016).

II.Sag-Tension Calculation Methods for Overhead Lines (2007). CIGRE B2-12 Brochure (Ref. No. 324) pp. 31-43.

III.T. O. Seppa,“Factors influencing the accuracy of high temperature sag calculations,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 9, no. 2, pp.1079-1089, April 2003.

IV.V.K. Mehta and Rohit Mehta (2014). Principles Power System. S. Chand and Company Pvt. Ltd. Ram Nagar New Delhi.

V.Kopsidas, Konstantinos and Simon M. Rowland, “A Performance Analysis of Reconductoring an Overhead Line Structure,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2009.

VI.Chaudhari Tushar, Jaynarayan Maheshwari and Co. „Design and Reconductoring of A 400 K.V Transmission Line And Analysis on ETAP‟. International Journal of Engineering Research and Development (IJERD) ISSN: 2278-067X Recent trends in Electrical and Electronics & Communication Engineering (RTEECE 17th –18th April 2015).

VII.I. Albizu, A. J. Mazon, and E. Fernandez (2011). “A method for the Sag-tension, calculation in electrical overhead lines. International Review of Electrical Engineering, volume 6, No. 3 pp. 1380-1389.

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