• Guest Editorial: Intelligent Decision Making and Consensus Under Uncertainty in Inconsistent and Dynamic Environments 

  Herrera-Viedma, Enrique ; Chiclana, Francisco ; Dong, Yucheng ; Loia, Vincenzo ; Kou, Gang ; Fujita, Hamido (Article)
• A Novel Algorithm for Course Learning Object Recommendation Based on Student Learning Styles 

  Siewe, Francois ; He, Ying ; Nafea, Shaimaa (Conference)

  Explosive growth of e-learning in the recent years has faced difficulty of locating appropriate learning resources to match the students learning styles. Recommender system is a promising technology in e-learning environments ...
• ULEARN: Personalized Course Learning Objects Based on Hybrid Recommendation Approach 

  Nafea, Shaimaa ; Siewe, Francois ; He, Ying (Article)

  The success of e-learning systems depends on their capability to automatically retrieve and recommend relevant learning content according to the preferences of specific learner profiles. Generally, e-learning systems ...
• Vulnerability Analysis of Network Scanning on SCADA Systems 

  Coffey, K. ; Smith, Richard ; Maglaras, Leandros ; Janicke, Helge (Article)

  Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems and Industrial Control Systems (ICSs) have controlled the regulation and management of Critical National Infrastructure environments for decades. With the demand for ...
• Matrix Factorization Techniques for Context-Aware Collaborative Filtering Recommender Systems: A Survey 

  Abdi, Mohamed Hussein ; Okeyo, George ; Mwangi, Ronald Waweru (Article)

  Collaborative Filtering Recommender Systems predict user preferences for online information, products or services by learning from past user-item relationships. A predominant approach to Collaborative Filtering ...
• Order-Preserving Encryption Using Approximate Integer Common Divisors 

  Dyer, James ; Dyer, Martin ; Xu, Jie (Conference)

  We present a new, but simple, randomised order-preserving encryption (OPE) scheme based on the general approximate common divisor problem (GACDP). This appears to be the first OPE scheme to be based on a computational ...
• A performance indicator for reference-point-based multiobjective evolutionary optimization 

  Hou, Zhanglu ; Yang, Shengxiang ; Zou, Juan ; Zheng, Jinhua ; Yu, Guo ; Ruan, Gan (Conference)

  Aiming at the difficulty in evaluating preference-based evolutionary multiobjective optimization, this paper proposes a new performance indicator. The main idea is to project the preferred solutions onto a constructed ...
• An evolutionary dynamic multi-objective optimization algorithm based on center-point prediction and sub-population autonomous guidance 

  Zhou, Jianwei ; Zou, Juan ; Yang, Shengxiang ; Ruan, Gan ; Ou, Junwei ; Zheng, Jinhua (Conference)

  Dynamic multi-objective optimization problems (DMOPs) provide a challenge in that objectives conflict each other and change over time. In this paper, a hybrid approach based on prediction and autonomous guidance is proposed, ...
• Practical Homomorphic Encryption Over the Integers for Secure Computation in the Cloud 

  Dyer, James ; Dyer, Martin ; Xu, Jie (Conference)

  We present novel homomorphic encryption schemes for integer arithmetic, intended primarily for use in secure single-party computation in the cloud. These schemes are capable of securely computing arbitrary degree polynomials ...
• A Multi-Layer Framework for Quality of Context in Ubiquitous Context-Aware Systems 

  Al-Shargabi, A. A. ; Siewe, Francois (Article)

  This paper proposes a novel framework for Quality of Context (QoC) in context-aware systems. The main innovative features include: (1) a new definition that generalizes the notion of QoC; (2) a novel multilayer context ...
• Comparing Local e-Government Websites in Canada and the UK 

  Brooks, L. ; Persaud, A. (Book chapter)

  This paper provides an evaluation of eight local e-Government websites in Canada and the United Kingdom, utilizing web diagnostic tools. The results of the diagnostic evaluation are synthesized for a comparative case ...
• Understanding the Introduction and Use of a Mobile Device-Supported Health Information System in Nigeria 

  Ezenwa, C. ; Brooks, L. (Article)

  This paper presents an in-depth analysis of efforts to introduce a mobile health information system in Nigeria as part of a development initiative aimed at improving maternal and child health. Specifically, ...
• A Pareto-based many-objective evolutionary algorithm using space partitioning selection and angle-based truncation 

  Bai, Hui ; Zheng, Jinhua ; Yu, Guo ; Yang, Shengxiang ; Zou, Juan (Article)

  Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) have shown to be efficient in dealing with many-objective optimization problems (MaOPs) due to their ability to obtain a set of compromising solutions which not only converge toward the Pareto ...
• Context, intelligence and interactions for personalized systems 

  Chen, Liming ; Fallman, S. ; Lopez-de-Ipina, Diego ; Pan, C. ; Ning, H. (Article)

  This special issue on Context, Intelligence and Interactions for Personalized Systems provides a snapshot of the latest research activities, results, and technologies and application developments focusing on the smart ...
• Situation, Activity and Goal Awareness in Cyber-physical Human-Machine Systems 

  Chen, Liming ; Cook, Diane J. ; Guo, Bin ; Leister, Wolfgang ; Chen, Liming (France) (Book)

  this is a special issue of IEEE THMS
• A Hybrid Intrusion Detection System for Virtual Jamming Attacks on Wireless Networks 

  Aparicio-Navarro, Francisco J. ; Kyriakopoulos, Konstantinos ; Escudero-Andreu, G. ; Santoro, D. ; Vadursi, M. ; Parish, D. J. (Article)

  Wireless communications are vulnerable to certain number of cyber-attacks and intrusion attempts due to the intrinsic openness of the communication channel. Virtual jamming attack stands out among other attacks. This type ...
• Consensus efficiency in group decision making: A comprehensive comparative study and its optimal design 

  Zhang, Hengjie ; Dong, Yucheng ; Chiclana, Francisco ; Yu, Shui (Article)

  Consensus reaching processes (CRPs) aim to help decision-makers achieve agreement regarding the solution to a common decision problem, and consequently play an increasingly important role in the resolution of group decision ...
• Fuzzy Group Decision Making for Influence-Aware Recommendations 

  Capuano, Nicola ; Chiclana, Francisco ; Herrera-Viedma, Enrique ; Fujita, Hamido ; Loia, Vincenzo (Article)

  Group Recommender Systems are special kinds of Recommender Systems aimed at suggesting items to groups rather than individuals taking into account, at the same time, the preferences of all (or the majority of) members. ...
• A review on trust propagation and opinion dynamics in social networks and group decision making frameworks 

  Urena, Raquel ; Kou, Gang ; Dong, Yucheng ; Chiclana, Francisco ; Herrera-Viedma, Enrique (Article)

  On-line platforms foster the communication capabilities of the Internet to develop large-scale influence networks in which the quality of the interactions can be evaluated based on trust and reputation. So far, this ...
• Manual and Automatic Assigned Thresholds in Multi-layer Data Fusion Intrusion Detection System for 802.11 Attacks 

  Kyriakopoulos, Konstantinos ; Aparicio-Navarro, Francisco J. ; Parish, D. J. (Article)

  Abuse attacks on wireless networks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Most of the recent research on intrusion detection systems for wireless attacks either focuses on just one layer of observation or uses a limited ...

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