This paper introduces a new approach of hybrid meta-heuristics based optimization technique for decreasing the computation time of the shortest paths algorithm. The problem of finding the shortest paths is a combinatorial...
The current study aims to investigate students' attitudes towards the use of distance education during COVID-19 in Morocco. The first cases of COVID-19 starting from the first weeks of March 2020 has obliged educational...
Football fans are consumers with special relationship with their favourite teams. Consumer-brand relationship is unique and ultimate in football context. However, the absence of these relationships is mainly due to a lack of...
Social media data become an integral part in the business data and should be integrated into the decisional process for better decision making based on information which reflects better the true situation of business in any...
Assistance with the use of technical devices is required as soon as the tasks to be performed become complex. This assistance is also needed as soon as the authors provide assistance to users to find solutions to incidents that...
Using satellite imagery and remote sensing data for supervised and self-supervised learning problems can be quite challenging when parts of the underlying datasets are missing due to natural phenomena (clouds, fog, haze, mist...
The systems of eye classification in an image are indispensable in several domains. To better find the class of membership of the eye in a minimal time, the classic methods of detection are inadequate. Fuzzy logic is considered...
In this paper, a novel cascade control technique is proposed in order to identify the parameters of cascade controllers in a grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system. Here, tuning of the inner and outer loop controllers is done...
This article aims to study the strategic transformative value dimensions of cloud computing. Organizational requirements, managerial strategic objectives, and their attendant challenges are very specific indicators that enable...
The purpose of this study is to examine the effective use of interactive touchscreen technology by pilgrims and the Umrah performers during the Hajj and Umrah rituals. The study relied on a media survey methodology. A...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on the relationship between accounting information and market responses. We investigate the impact of the IFRS...
The research seeks to develop and test a theoretical model to explain the implementation and influences of human resource information systems (HRIS's) for a Malaysian higher education institution. Data was gathered from 103...
Because of the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets, the use of mobile applications has exploded recently. However, the variety of mobile platforms compels developers to create an app for each, making the process more...
This paper investigates the effect of preventive maintenance on the reliabilities of devices in a bottling plant. Six months of real-time maintenance data were analyzed quantitatively. Based on the breakdown events obtained for...
This work deals with Human Resource Scheduling Problem (HRSP) where fairness is a very important factor when assigning different shifts to the seafaring teams. This type of problem is part and partial of the NP-hard problems...
Universities use learning management systems (LMS) to support teaching practices and add value to the educational system. A leading university in the gulf region (XYZ) provides support for faculty members (FMs) through its...
Set intersection algorithms between sorted lists are important in triangles counting, community detection in graph analysis and in search engines where the intersection is computed between queries and inverted indexes. Many...
Context modeling is the keystone to enable the intelligent system to adapt its functionalities properly to different situations. As such, a representation mechanism that allows an adequate manipulation of this kind of...
Postcolonialism stands today in flagrant contradiction with its mission. This assertion should scarcely come as a surprise. Come to think of it: what has postcolonialism done to colonization in the past few decades, save...
In the medical field, the diagnostic phase is the most important, as the entire treatment process will be based on this step. Oncological diseases such as breast cancer require a precise anatomopathological study accompanied...
The purpose of this paper is to explore the theories pertaining to the dynamics of contextual factors, technology paradox, and job performance of employees so as to answer specific questions related to the theories’ progressive...
Open Domain Question Answering (ODQA) on a large-scale corpus of documents (e.g. Wikipedia) is a key challenge in computer science. Although Transformer-based language models such as Bert have shown an ability to outperform...
Using the theoretical lens of the contingency approach to leadership, this study explores the relationship between the information intensity of the organization’s value chains and IT leaders’ role and structural power. Based on...
The rising adoption of e-CRM strategies in marketing and customer relationship management has necessitated to more needs especially where a specific customer segment is targeted and the services are personalized. This paper...