Browsing School of Mechatronic Engineering (Articles) by Title
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An Electronic Nose system for aromatic rice classification
(American Scientific Publishers, 2011-04)Aromatic rice is a variety of rice with good cooking qualities such as nice aroma and flavour. It is pricier because it is only suitable to be cultivated in regions with specific climatic and soil conditions. Presently, ... -
Emergence of discrete and abstract state representation through reinforcement learning in a continuous input task
(Springer-Verlag, 2013)"Concept" is a kind of discrete and abstract state representation, and is considered useful for efficient action planning. However, it is supposed to emerge in our brain as a parallel processing and learning system through ... -
Emergence of multi-step discrete state transition through reinforcement learning with a recurrent neural network
(Springer-Verlag, 2012)For developing a robot that learns long and complicated action sequences in the real-world, autonomous learning of multi-step discrete state transition is significant. To realize the multi-step discrete state transition ... -
Emotion recognition from facial EMG signals using higher order statistics and principal component analysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-04)Higher order statistics (HOS) is an efficient feature extraction method used in diverse applications such as bio signal processing, seismic data processing, image processing, sonar, and radar. In this work, we have ... -
Erratum: Adaptive boosting with SVM classifier for moving vehicle classification
(Elsevier Ltd, 2013)Profoundly hearing impaired community (PHIC) cannot moderate wisely an acoustic noise ema- nated from moving vehicle in outdoor. They are not able to distinguish either type or distance of moving vehicle approaching from ... -
Estimation of apparent elastic moduli of trabecular bone considering biological apatite (BAp) crystallite orientation in tissue modulus
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014-02)This study presents a prediction of apparent elastic moduli of vertebral trabecular bone using the homogenization method. A micro-finite element (FE) model of trabecular bone was reconstructed from a sequential of cross-section ... -
Estimation of carrageenan concentration by using ultra sonic waves and back propagation neural networks
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2010)The application of Artificial Neural Networks in chemical engineering field is being under immense research. One of the physical properties of every material has its own intensity to absorb the sound waves. Carrageenans ... -
Evaluate the effects of various surface roughness on the tribological characteristics under dry and lubricated conditions for Al-Si alloy
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc. All rights reserved., 2012-07)The effect of surface roughness average of hypereutectic aluminum silicon alloys (with 16 wt% Si) on the friction and wear was investigated. Various surface roughness average (Ra) of different degrees was verified as well ... -
Experimental determination of the performance of rice husk-carbon nanotube composites for absorbing microwave signals in the frequency range of 12.4-18 GHz
(EMW Publishing, 2013)Composites of rice husks and carbon nanotubes (RHC-NTs) are an innovation in improving the absorption of microwave signals. Rice husks, which are an agricultural waste material, have been found to possess a significant ... -
An experimental investigation of palm pressed fibre waste as lubricant in strip drawing
(Penerbit UTM Press, 2014)The abundance of palm pressed fibre (PPF) biomass waste generates greenhouse gases. Therefore, an experimental study on catalytic pyrolysis technology using a tubular reactor on PPF oil was performed at temperature of 450 ... -
Experimental investigation of PCM spheres in thermal energy storage system
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)This paper presents the experimental result of a small scale packed bed of random spheres with encapsulated PCM being charged and discharged. A vapor compression refrigerator and heated room with fan heater were used to ... -
Exudates segmentation using inverse surface adaptive thresholding
(Elsevier B.V., 2012-07)This paper presents a new approach to detect exudates and optic disc from color fundus images based on inverse surface thresholding. The strategy involves the applications of fuzzy c-means clustering, edge detection, otsu ... -
Face recognition using eigenfaces and neural networks
(Science Publications, 2006)In this study, we develop a computational model to identify the face of an unknown person’s by applying eigenfaces. The eigenfaces has been applied to extract the basic face of the human face images. The eigenfaces is ... -
Fast background subtraction for real time monitoring
(International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED)/ACTA Press, 2007)We present an implementation for fast detection of moving objects in real time monitoring applications. We apply a common technique known as background subtraction for this purpose. Background subtraction can be defined ... -
Fast transient solution of a two-layered counter-flow microchannel heat sink
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited., 2009)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to apply asymptotic waveform evaluation (AWE) to the transient analysis of a two-layered counter-flow microchannel heat sink. Design/methodology/approach: A two-layered counter-flow ... -
Fast transient thermal analysis of Fourier and non-Fourier heat conduction
(Elsevier Ltd., 2007-10)In this paper, asymptotic waveform evaluation (AWE) has been successfully used for fast transient characterization of Fourier and non-Fourier heat conduction. The Fourier and non-Fourier equations are reduced to a system ... -
Fatigue crack initiation and growth of aluminum alloy with stress ratio effects
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014)Fatigue crack initiation and growth of aluminum alloys with stress ratio were investigated due to it was widely used in aircraft production parts. Various types of aluminium alloy have been selected (6063-T6, 7075-T6, and ... -
Fatigue failure analysis using the theory of critical distance
(Trans Tech Publications, 2011)This paper explores the initial potential of theory of critical distance (TCD) which offers essential fatigue failure prediction in engineering components. The intention is to find the most appropriate TCD approach for a ... -
Fine needle aspiration cytology evaluation for classifying breast cancer using artificial neural network
(Science Publications, 2007)Thirteen cytology of fine needle aspiration image (i.e. cellularity, background information, cohesiveness, significant stromal component, clump thickness, nuclear membrane, bare nuclei, normal nuclei, mitosis, nucleus ... -
Flow behavior characteristic for injection process using nano-yttria stabilized zirconia for micro metal injection molding (μMIM)
(Trans Tech Publications, 2011)Micro metal injection molding (μMIM) prior to conventional plastic injection molding (PIM) has become widely demanding due to its smaller size, more complex geometric surface and time consuming on its product. Metal and ...