SIC 2018 – Page 2 – Studies in Informatics and Control

A Novel Rough Range of Value Method (R-ROV) for Selecting Automatically Guided Vehicles (AGVs)

Edmundas Kazimieras ZAVADSKAS1*, Zdravko NUNIĆ2, Željko STJEPANOVIĆ2, Olegas PRENTKOVSKIS3 1 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Institute of Sustainable Construction, Saulėtekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania edmundas.zavadskas@vgtu.lt (*Corresponding author) 2 University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Vojvode Mišića 52, 74000 Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina zdravko.nunic@sf.ues.rs.ba; zeljko.stjepanovic@sf.ues.rs.ba 3 Vilnius …

Resilience Informatics for Cyber-augmented Manufacturing Networks (CMN):
Centrality, Flow and Disruption

Win P. V. NGUYEN, Shimon Y. NOF* PRISM Center & School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, USA nguyen41@purdue.edu, nof@purdue.edu (*Corresponding author) ABSTRACT: Disruptive events during the past decade have inspired greater interest into the concept of resilience in manufacturing networks. In highly complex and interconnected manufacturing networks, disruptions are not …

Implementing an Integrated Information System Designed for Romanian Public Entities

Meda UDROIU1, Mihail DUMITRACHE1, Ionuț SANDU*1, Adrian BREZULIANU2 1 National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics, 8-10 Maresal Averescu Avenue, Bucharest, 01145, Romania meda.udroiu@rotld.ro, mihail.dumitrache@ici.ro, ionut.sandu@ici.ro (*Corresponding author) 2 Greensoft SRL, 8 Arcu Avenue, “Voința” Building, 1-st floor, Iasi, 700137, Romania adi.brezulianu@greensoft.com.ro ABSTRACT: This paper presents an integrated information …

Measures to Mitigate Cybersecurity Risks and Vulnerabilities in Service-Oriented Architecture

Carmen Elena CÎRNU, Carmen Ionela ROTUNĂ*, Adrian Victor VEVERA, Radu BONCEA National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics, 8-10 Averescu Avenue, Bucharest, 01145, Romania carmen.cirnu@ici.ro, carmen.rotuna@rotld.ro (*Corresponding author), victor.vevera@ici.ro, radu.boncea@rotld.ro ABSTRACT: Raising awareness of cybersecurity issues and improving the digital literacy and skills in terms of recognition and management …

An Optimized Artificial Neural Network Approach Based on Sperm Whale Optimization Algorithm for
Predicting Fertility Quality

Engy EL-SHAFEIY1*, Ali EL-DESOUKY1, Sally El-GHAMRAWY2 1 Computer and system Department, Faculty of Engineering Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt engy.elshafeiy@gmail.com (*Corresponding author), ali_i_eldesouky@yahoo.com 2 Computers Engineering Department, MISR Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology, Mansoura, Egypt saly_elghamrawy@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: This research introduces a new approach for predicting reproductive health by using the …

Colour Image Blind Watermarking Scheme Based on Fast Walsh Hadamard Transform and
Hessenberg Decomposition

Omar ABODENA*, Mary AGOYİ Cyprus International University, Lefkosa, KKTC, via Mersin 10, Turkey omdaina@gmail.com (*Corresponding author), magoyi@ciu.edu.tr ABSTRACT: Colour image watermarking has become one of the most important algorithms for copyright protection. The following paper will present an innovative scheme for watermarking blind colour images using the discrete wavelet transform …

Exploring Motives for Using Facebook: A Latent Profile Analysis

Irina CRISTESCU, Alexandru BALOG National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest, 8-10 Averescu Ave., Bucharest, 011455 Romania e-mail: irina.cristescu@ici.ro, alexandru.bolog@ici.ro (*Corresponding author) ABSTRACT: People use Facebook from a variety of motives and literature is dominated by descriptive statistics and variableoriented approaches (e.g., regression). The aim of …

Architecture for Highly Configurable Dashboards for Operations Monitoring and Support

André CARDOSO, Cláudio Jorge VIEIRA TEIXEIRA*, Joaquim SOUSA PINTO Instituto de Engenharia Electrónica e Telemática de Aveiro, Departamento de Engenharia Eletrónica, Telecomunicações e Informática, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal marquescardoso@ua.pt claudio@ua.pt (*Corresponding author) jsp@ua.pt ABSTRACT: Nowadays, information systems make use of a series of different …

A Mixed Approach for Modeling and Fault Diagnosis of Hybrid Dynamical Systems
with Unknown Disturbances

Bochra MAAREF1*, Jalel GHABI1, Zineb SIMEU-ABAZI2 1 LARATSI, National Engineering School of Monastir, Tunisia bochra.maaref.87@gmail.com (*Corresponding author), jalel.ghabi@gmail.com 2 Grenoble-INP / UJF-Grenoble 1 / CNRS, G-SCOP UMR5272 Grenoble, F-38031, France zineb.simeu-abazi@ grenoble-inp.fr ABSTRACT: A hybrid dynamical system (HDS) results from the interaction between a continuous and a discrete dynamics. …

Bio Inspired Modified Internal Model Control Approach for Improved Disturbance Rejection
of Piezo Micro Manipulator

Saikat Kumar SHOME1,2*, Sandip JANA2, Arpita MUKHERJEE1,2, Partha BHATTARCHARJEE2, Uma DATTA1,2 1 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR- Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI) Campus, Durgapur 713209, India 2 CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India, Durgapur 713209, India saikatkumarshome@gmail.com (*Corresponding author) …