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Randomblocks: A transparent, verifiable blockchain-based system for random numbers
(Old City Publishing, Inc, 2019)
Games-of-chance require high-levels of trust between participants that is often uncertain and difficult to enforce. The unique characteristics introduced by the blockchain technology can be leveraged to inform a verifiable ...
Composite description based on Salient Contours and Color information for CBIR tasks
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)
This paper introduces a novel image descriptor for content based image retrieval tasks that integrates contour and color information into a compact vector. Loosely inspired by the human visual system and its mechanisms in ...
A distributed, plug-n-play algorithm formulti-robot applications with a priorinon-computable objective functions
(Sage, 2019-05)
This paper presents a distributed algorithm applicable to a wide range of practical multi-robot applications. In such multi-robot applications, the user-defined objectives of the mission can be cast as a general optimization ...
Studying Affective Tutoring Systems for Mathematical Concepts
(Sage, 2019-07-02)
Students face difficulties in learning mathematical processes. As a result, they have
negative emotions toward mathematics. The use of technology is employed to
change the student’s attitude toward mathematics. Some ...
Enabling Responsible Online Gambling by Real-time Persuasive Technologies
(RTU Press, 2019-01)
Online gambling, unlike other offline addiction forms, provides unprecedented opportunities for monitoring users’ behaviour in real-time, along with the ability to adapt persuasive interactions and messages that would match ...
A Blockchain-Based Platform for Consent Management of Personal Data Processing in the IoT Ecosystem
(Wiley, 2019-10-17)
A signifcant proportion of Internet of Tings (IoT) devices, which according to published reports will be more than 75 billion by 2025 [1], will soon surround users and will collect data that are likely to threaten users’ ...
A probabilistic semantic analysis of eHealth scientific literature
(Sage Journals, 2019-05-12)
Introduction: eHealth emerged as an interdisciplinary research area about 70 years ago. This study employs probabilistic techniques to semantically analyse scientific literature related to the field of eHealth in order to ...
Blockchain Applications in the Biomedical Domain: A Scoping Review
(Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2019)
Blockchain is a distributed, immutable ledger technology introduced as the enabling mechanism to support cryptocurrencies. Blockchain solutions are currently being proposed to address diverse problems in different domains. ...