World Journal of Engineering: Volume 18 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Zain Anwar Ali

Comparative Analysis of Chopper-Inverter Performances for Wind Conversion System Connected to Grid

Houda Laabidi, Houda Jouini, Abdelkader Mami

The purpose of this paper is to propose an efficient current control technique based on model predictive control (MPC) for grid-connected wind conversion system. This nonlinear…

Hybrid intelligent vehicle system for managing construction supply chain in precast concrete building construction projects

Zul-Atfi Bin Ismail

While the adversarial nature of precast concrete (PC) building construction is frequently cited in the PC building construction press, only a few researchers have investigated…

Digital channel for interaction with citizens in public sector entities

Rodrigo Castilla, Alex Pacheco, Ivan Robles, Andy Reyes, Ricardo Inquilla

The use of information and communication technologies has become essential in organizations, as it is considered a key factor for modernization; however, many public or private…

Environment-friendly FSM design on ultra-scale architecture: energy-efficient green computing approach

Bishwajeet Pandey, Geetam Singh Tomar, Robin Singh Bhadoria, Dil Muhammad Akbar Hussain, Ciro Rodriguez Rodriguez

The Purpose of this research is to make an energy efficient finite state machine (FSM) in order to achieve the core objective of green computing because FSM is an indispensable…

Economic valuation of environmental attributes of the Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park via contingent valuation and choice experiment

Pedro Manuel Amaya, Doris Esenarro Vargas, Ciro Rodriguez Rodriguez, Violeta Vega, Jorge López Bulnes

The purpose of this paper is to present the first economic valuation of four environmental attributes of the Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park (PNYCH – Parque Nacional…

Augmented reality for the treatment of arachnophobia: exposure therapy

Julio Ore, Alex Pacheco, Edwin Roque, Andy Reyes, Liz Pacheco

People who suffer from phobias try to avoid a specific object or feared situation by creating a great obstacle that causes serious consequences in their daily life; the most…

Low planting densities for early maturation of Mauritia flexuosa for the sustainable management of plantations in Alto Huallaga, Peru

Ytavclerh Vargas, Ronald H. Puerta, Frits Palomino Vera, Doris Esenarro Vargas, Ciro Rodriguez Rodriguez, Bishwajeet Pandey

This paper aims to characterize the sexual maturation of M. flexuosa plantations in Tulumayo.

Advance control strategies using image processing, UAV and AI in agriculture: a review

Iqra Hassan Syeda, Mansoor Muhammad Alam, Usman Illahi, Mazliham Muhammad Su'ud

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of smart agriculture systems and monitor and identify the technologies which can be used for deriving traditional agriculture…

HSI-GCN: hyperspectral image classification algorithm based on Gabor convolutional networks

Houari Youcef Moudjib, Duan Haibin, Baochang Zhang, Mohammed Salah Ahmed Ghaleb

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) systems are becoming potent technologies for computer vision tasks due to the rich information they uncover, where each substance exhibits a distinct…

Customized reputation generation of entities using sentiment analysis

Arpita Gupta, Saloni Priyani, Ramadoss Balakrishnan

In this study, the authors have used the customer reviews of books and movies in natural language for the purpose of sentiment analysis and reputation generation on the reviews…

Critical analysis: bat algorithm-based investigation and application on several domains

Shahla U. Umar, Tarik A. Rashid

The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a full study of the bat algorithm, including its limitations, the fields that the algorithm has been applied, versatile…

Recommendation system for finding improved coworking area based on intelligent information technologies

Igor Yurievich Kotciuba, Alexey Nikolaevich Shikov, Yuri Voitekhovsky

The purpose of this study is to make the implementation of a recommended Web service that allows one to formalize the search for a suitable coworking according to individual…

A new K-means grey wolf algorithm for engineering problems

Hardi M. Mohammed, Zrar Kh. Abdul, Tarik A. Rashid, Abeer Alsadoon, Nebojsa Bacanin

This paper aims at studying meta-heuristic algorithms. One of the common meta-heuristic optimization algorithms is called grey wolf optimization (GWO). The key aim is to enhance…

Investigating thermal supplementation of an aquaponics system under severe climate conditions

Chris Van Beukering, Pierre Hertzog, Arthur James Swart

Climate change strains scarce water resources and food production infrastructure, necessitating establishment of sound scientific basis for operation of sustainable alternative…

Satellite magnetic/momentum wheel attitude control technology based on PIO cascade-saturation algorithm

Bing Hua, Nan Zhang, Mohong Zheng

Taking into account the factors of torque saturation and angular velocity limitation during the actual attitude maneuver of the satellite, as well as the difficulty of parameter…