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ArticlesAN EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM FOR JOB-SHOP SCHEDULING
Adnan Tariq, Iftikhar Hussain, Abdul Ghafoor, Sahar Noor
It has been a general perception that the hardness level of job-shop scheduling problems is comparatively high and that is why effective, efficient and accurate procedures for scheduling are required to substantiate its usefulness. Therefore, in this…
15 Aug 2020- Articles
RELIABLE MULTICAST IMPLEMENTATION IN JAVA
S.W. Shah, M.I. Babar, L. Khan, M.N. Arbab, H. Ullah, R.A. Syed
This paper describes the implementation of reliable group communication in Java. The underlying delivery mechanism for multicast is presently based on User Datagram Protocol (UDP) that provides a “best effort” delivery service. Best effor…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
AN SVC BASED POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MODEL FOR CONSUMERS CONNECTED TO WEAK BUSSES IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
Faheem Ali, Muhammad Amir, Muhammad Iftikhar Khan, Muhammad Naeem Arbab, Abdul Basit, Muhammad Kashif Khan et al.
Power quality is a major concern considering weak bus systems. In order to improve power quality, residential consumers go with voltage stabilizers as a cheap solution consequently overstressing weak busses. Industrial consumers use other alternatives lik…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
A PARALLEL DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN CODE FOR COMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOWS ON UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS
Amjad Ali, Hong Luo, Khalid Saifullah Syed, Muhammad Ishaq
A parallel discontinuous Galerkin code based on a Taylor series basis for the compressible Euler equations on unstructured meshes is presented. The parallel numerical method is capable to efficiently simulate the flow physics of the problems consider…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
GENERATORS MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING USING HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHM
Laiq Khan, Sidra Mumtaz, Kamran Javed, S.W. Shah, M.I. Khan Babar, S.R. Akbar
Music-based harmony search algorithm is a relatively new meta-heuristic technique. It is used to solve multi-objective optimization problems. Generators maintenance schedules (GMS) play the most significant role for the economical and reliable operat…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
INTERNATIONALIZING MANUFACTURING SMEs IN A DEVELOPING REGION: AN EXHAUSTIVE CDA-BASED EXPLORATORY APPROACH
Rafi Javed Qureshi, Iftikhar Hussain
Internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in developing economies is a hybrid strategy where reactive remedies and proactive styles of inward/outward operations is sought by innovative and risk seeking entrepreneurs. Exporting remai…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
RECOVERY OF TALC FROM TALC- CARBONATE SCHIST OF SWAT EMERALD MINES, NWFP, PAKISTAN
Nisar Mohammad, Mohammad Mansoor Khan
In present research preliminary investigations like petrographic study, grain size evaluation and chemical analysis were undertaken on talc bearing rock of Swat emerald mines, aiming at finding some suitable processing technique to recover talc. A fe…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
MACROSCOPIC MODEL ON DRIVER PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR AT CHANGES IN TRAFFIC
Zawar Hussain Khan, T. Aaron Gulliver, Khizar Azam, Khurram Shehzad Khattak
A model is presented which can accurately characterize macroscopic traffic evolution. This model is based on analogies with the ideal gas law. A traffic constant is proposed which considers both physiological and psychological driver behavior. Physio…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
A REVIEW OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF FATIGUE
Riaz Sayed, Khizar Azam, Waqar Shah, Inayat Babar, Hamidullah, Sahar Noor
Driving under the influence of fatigue and drowsiness is one of the leading causes of accidents throughout the world. The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) estimates that every year driver fatigue causes close to 100,000 crashes in t…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
HAND-EYE COORDINATION FOR OBJECT GRASPING TASK OF HUMANOID ROBOT (BHR-02)
Altaf Hussain Rajpar, Abdul Hameed Memon, Mohammad Akram Shaikh, Weimin Zhang
Hand-eye coordination play vital role in object grasping task of humanoid robot. A method proposed for hand-eye coordination addresses four distinct problems i) Integration of vision control and motion control ii) hand-eye coordinate transformation i…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
EVALUATING THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION FOR PAKISTAN VIA ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS
Sikandar Bilal Khattak, Iftikhar Hussain, Rashid Nawaz
Sustainable Development, sustainability and sustainable construction are not synonymous to each other. In the past decade researchers have presented models for sustainability and identified factors for different countries. Most of the definitio…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENT CONSCIENCE CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES IN PAKISTAN USING SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO
Sikandar Bilal Khattak, Iftikhar Hussain
Construction sector contribution to global and national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is significant. However, it is a source of carbon emissions and solid waste as well. The positive impact is more of a community or region based, whereas its co…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
HCDP: HEPATITIS C DATA BANK OF PAKISTAN
Muhammad Shahzad, Arif Iqbal Umar, Syed Hamad Shirazi, Muhammad Tariq Pervez, Zakir Khan, Waqas Yousaf
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a blood born, positive, single stranded RNA strand and circular in shape. The hepatitis C virus is substantial threat to the public health and its frequency is increasing rapidly all over the world. Approximately 5 online…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
MATERIAL HANDLING COST CONSIDERATION IN PROCESS PLAN SELECTION FOR RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
Sajid Ullah Butt, Aamer Ahmed Baqai, Syeda Naela Fatima, Hasan Aftab Saeed
In today’s market, ever-changing products and demands are major concerns for every manufacturer. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS) are so designed as to have customized flexibility and cost-effective reconfiguration whenever a design change in p…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
EFFICIENT ROUTING SCHEME FOR UNIDIRECTIONAL LINKS IN MULTI-HOP NETWORKS
Majid Ashraf, Mohammad Haseeb Zafar, Tariqullah Jan
This paper presents an efficient routing scheme for Multi-hop Network in the presence of unidirectional links. The distinct feature of this routing scheme is the capability to actively provide routing paths even though a large number of unidirection…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
AN EFFICIENT PATCH ANTENNA WITH IMPROVED BANDWIDTH FOR FUTURE APPLICATIONS
Gulzar Ahmad, M. Inayatullah Babar
In this article the inherent demerits of the patch antenna like low bandwidth and low efficiency have been addressed. A wideband and efficient microstrip patch antenna of 9×18mm2 size has been proposed for satellite and other fields of co…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION AND INTERNET OF THINGS IN MOBILE NETWORKS
Ahmad Khan, Yasir Mehmood
Due to the paramount importance of Machine Type Communication (MTC) in many fields, massive increase in (MTC) data traffic is anticipated in future. Different wireless communication technologies can be used for interconnecting MTC devices (MTCDs), bu…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
MITIGATING CO2 EMISSIONS OF ACADEMIC BUILDINGS IN PAKISTAN USING ENERGY CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES
Shakil Rehman Sheikh, Zafar Ullah Koreshi, Nouman Ghafoor, Muhammad Shahid Khalil, Muzzamil Ghaffar
Energy use data of the sample school was gathered from available records as well as measured using an in-house developed metering device that recorded the electric consumption data on hourly bases. Building energy simulations were also carried out using T…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
HYBRID PARTICLE SWARM ALGORITHM FOR SCHEDULING IN CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM- A CASE STUDY
Qazi Salman Khalid, Muhammad Abas, Mudassar Rauf, Mirza Jahanzaib, Shahid Maqsood
Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS) lies in the heart of lean manufacturing with goal of producing the wide variety of products as efficiently as possible. Increase in customer demand for more customized products had forced industries to shift to CMS. On…
15 Aug 2020 - Articles
KNOWLEDGE BASE TECHNOLOGIES AS A NEW PARADIGM IN DATA DRIVEN MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
Abdul Shakoor, R.A. Sayed, Khizar Azam
The maximization of prospects for substantial benefits and projecting the industry to fulfill the competitive needs in globally oriented business environment requires wide-ranging information based decision support system. The knowledge sharing frame…
15 Aug 2020