1. THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FM RADIO TRANSMITTER

ABSTRACT: An FM transmitter is an electronic device which, with the aid of an antenna, produces radio waves. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the antenna. When excited by this alternating current, the antenna radiates radio waves. Frequency modulation (FM) transmitter generates the radio waves by varying the radio signal's frequency slightly. FM transmitter is basically a VHF colipits oscillator capable of tr...

2. THE CONTRIBUTION OF MARBLE MINING COMPANY TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF IGBETI COMMUNITY FROM 1969 TO PRESENT

Synopsis: The method adopted for this research include both primary and secondary sources primary sources include interview with some staff of marble Mining company which enabled the researcher to have face to face discussion with people and to clarify issues. The secondary sources include text books, the company’s annual reports and accounts and some documents that are valuable information on the company, research into activities of marble mining company, is not w...

3. A FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR ATM SECURITY

Abstract: The study looked into the assessment of fingerprint authentication system for ATM security. Specifically, the study aim to  provide a platform that will allow the bankers to collect customers’ finger print,  provide a platform that will allow the bankers to collect customers’ phone number and store them in a centralized database,  build a system that will forward 4-digit number to the customers’ mobile phone when the finger print rea...

4. AN ASSESSMENT INTO THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ONLINE RADIO STREAMING APPLICATION

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: A radio streamer is a piece of software or an entire system that, in order to listen to streaming audio from a radio station, first collects (accepts) as an input the URL of the station's stream, verifies the URL's legitimacy, and then connects to it over the internet using the assistance of a computer. It provides a more computerized approach to the way and manner in which we appreciate the use of technology by listening to r...

5. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF 5KVA INVERTER

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The unreliability of the nation's electrical power supply is a well-established truth in today's society. There is now a substantial disruption in the provision of electrical power over the whole planet. As a consequence of the disruption in the supply of electrical power, a great deal of electrical apparatus has either begun to have issues or has completely ceased functioning (Buckey, 2022). As a result, numerous businesses have been ren...

6. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN NIGERIAN COURTS: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

ABSTRACT: The  topic “ Administration  of  justice  in  Nigerian  courts,  challenges and  prospects”  seems  to attract  to  itself  the  attention  and  inquisitiveness  on  the  part  of  the  common  man  or  every believer  in   the  Rule  of  law  of  what  ...

7. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECT OF PURE WATER MANUFACTURING ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA

Background to the Study:There has been a lot of emphasis placed on the significance of water to human existence due to the fact that it is necessary for survival. Water that is consistently pure and nutritious must be available to the people who live in a specific geographic region if they are to continue to enjoy a high standard of physical well-being (Abati, 2022). It has been estimated that over 1.2 billion people throughout the globe do not have access to...

8. ANALYTICAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC SOLAR STREET LIGHT

INTRODUCTION: Since the discovery of electrical energy for illumination, it is evident that human interaction is required to operate the switch, either off when not in use or ONM when needed. Because of this reason, as well as a lack of electricity supply, there has been a pressing need to develop a highly efficient and effective method of generating electricity for the purpose of illumination known as solar energy (Craig, 2016). According to Oke, Adigun, and Fenwa (2017...

9. CONSTRUCTION OF CAR TOUCH INTRUDER ALARM

ABSTRACT: The main objective of this project was to ensure a proper security to car being parked in garage against theft or an intruder. The circuit uses three NE555 timers; one of the NE555 was wired as a monostable oscillator and remaining two were wired as tone generator and amplified to obtain a maximum audible sound. However, pin 2 of the first NE555 was used as sensor part .When pin 2 has contact with human body or hand it will activate the IC1 which will also bias tran...

10. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ATTENDANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ABSTRACT: In this project, the development of an attendance management system using biometrics is proposed. Managing student attendance during lecture periods has become a difficult challenge. The ability to compute the attendance percentage becomes a major task as manual computation produces errors, and also wastes a lot of time. For the stated reason, an efficient attendance management system using biometrics is designed. This system takes attendance electronically with the...

11. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION COMPUTERIZED POWER MONITORING SYSTEM

Introduction: In a world like ours today there is every need to manage funds in every activity being carried out. It is the concern of every firm to control its finances to ensure that unnecessary expenses are avoided. Financial management in a company has proved to be a great task involving the monitor of almost all departments of the company. As such, companies tend to be severe about the tools being used to manage these resources of theirs. This is because financial resour...

12. THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTER-BASED HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM

ABSTRACT: The overall success and sustainability of an organisation are mostly contingent upon the operational and strategic management of its human resources component. Enhanced productivity in various aspects, such as profitability and organisational efficiency and effectiveness, is contingent upon the management of human resources and the strategies employed in this regard. The field of human resources management plays a crucial role in su...

13. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NYSC ORIENTATION CAMP INFORMATION SYSTEM

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The national youth service corps (NYSC) is an organization set by the Nigerian government to involve the country’s graduates in the development of the country. There is no military conscription in Nigeria, but since 1973 graduates of universities and later polytechnics have been required to take part in the national youth service corps (NYSC) program for one year. This is known as national service year, corps members are posted to cities far fro...

14. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ONLINE TUTORIAL ON FISH FARMING AND PRODUCTION

ABSTRACT: The tremendous impact of electronic technology (like computer and computer embedded devices, computer networking, artificial intelligence, multimedia among others) on the human psychological capabilities productivity, intellectuality and other human related activities are very obvious. The quest and virtual implementation of computer in all the fields of human endeavor increases with its inevitable impact, these impacts are on its increase due to the need for high q...

15. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RESULT PROCESSING SYSTEM

INTRODUCTION: A student’s result is the criteria for the measurement of the student’s capability in terms of academic work in the school. It is also used to measure a student’s capability in each subject offered by the student. Without an adequate results processing system, the aim for which results are produced may not be achieved, because of slightest mistake made during the process might lead to a very big problem, which may reduce or eradicate the abilit...

16. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF USERS APPLICATION SOFTWARE FOR ESTATE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE

ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to appraise the role of design and implementation of users application software for estate management or real estate practice, it is obvious that the society cannot exist without land, which is the bases for estate practice, and among the four factors of production, land is the most important, because every other factors exist on land. In chapter one of this study, we are going to look at the introduction of estate management or real...

17. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WIRELESS VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL

ABSTRACT: Voice over internet protocol (Vo/P) is a form of voice communication that uses audio data to transmit voice signals to the end user Vo/P is one of the most important technologies in the world of communication. Around, 20 years of research on Vo/P, some problems of Vo/P are still remaining. During the past decade and with growing wireless technologies we have seen that many project turn their concentration from wired – LAN to wireless LAN. Vo/P over wirele...

18. DESIGN AND OPERATION OF A SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER

INTRODUCTION: The most common type of heat exchanger used in industry contains a number of parallel tubes enclosed in a shell and is thus called a shell and tube heat exchanger.  These heat exchangers are employed when a process required large quantities of fluid to be heated or cooled.  Due to their compact design, these heat exchangers contain a large amount of heat transfer area and also provide a high degree of heat transfer efficiency.

19. DESIGN OF A COMPUTER ASSISTED MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAMINATION SYSTEM

ABSTRACT: With the thoughtful application of emerging technologies and in a bid to improve on the effort towards the  conduction of the multiple choice assessments, this project is designed to automate all multiple choice assessments and examinations in the department of computer science, Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri with the aim of cushioning the effects of the existing manual, system but most importantly, to encourage and implement a faster a...

20. DESIGN OF INTRUSION DETECTION, AND PREVENTION SYSTEM

Introduction: An intrusion detection system (IDS) analyses network traffic for unusual behaviour and alerts the system or network administrator if it detects it. In some situations, the IDS may respond to suspicious or malicious activity by prohibiting the user or source IP address from accessing the network. IDS exist in a number of "flavours" and use different approaches to identifying suspicious traffic. There are network-based (NIDS) and host-based (HIDS) intrus...

21. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSETS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ABSTRACT: Asset management is crucial in order for it to realize its goals and objectives. There are challenges facing many company such as uncoordinated asset declaration processes that lead to duplication of records and data redundancy, delays in serving the company, too much paper work that consumes a lot of space, poor decision making on restocking assets declared, and inability to track assets already declared. The goal of this study is to address the above problems by d...

22. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EXAMINATION TIMETABLING SOFTWARE USING GENERIC ALGORITHMS AND SIMULATED ANNEALING

General Overview: The difficulties of developing appropriate examination time table for institutions and tertiary is increasing. Institutions are enrolling more students into wider variety of courses in many different fields. For example, at Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, approximately 14,000 students have to be filled into about 150 exams over two and a half week’s period.

The examination timetable problem regards the scheduling for the exams of a set of polyt...

23. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A WEB BASED PRESENTATION SYSTEM THAT WOULD ENLIGHTEN USERS ON HOW TO MAKE CREAM, SOAP, PERFUME, BAKE AND CHEMICALS (INSECTICIDE)

ABSTRACT: There is a mentality among the fresh graduates in Nigeria where they always fantasize about getting white collar jobs and having an office work. Over the years, the Nigeria graduates are faced with unemployment, a lot of frustrations from not getting the proposed white collar job. This research outlines the design and implementation of a web based system that will enlighten young people on how to make creams, soaps, perfume, and bake with chemicals (insecticide). Fo...

24. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A VARIABLE- LENGTH SUBNET MASKS SIMULATOR

Abstract

Variable- Length Subnet Masks (VLSM), often referred to as " subnetting a subnet", is used to maximize addressing efficiency. The network administrator is able to use a long mask on networks with few hosts, and a short mask on subnets with many hosts. This addressing scheme allows growth and does not involve wasting addresses. VLSM gives a way of subnetting a network with

minimal loses of IP addresses for a specific rang...

25. DESIGN AND FPGA IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPENSATOR FOR SHARPENING CIC FILTER

Abstract. This paper presents a novel compensator design for sharpened CIC (cascade-integrator-comb) proposed in the literature. Sharpened CIC provides higher aliasing attenuation than the CIC filter. However, its passband droop is higher than the corresponding CIC filter and must be compensated. Our motivation was to design a decimator with better compensation than the one p...

26. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DSP-BASED THREE-LEVEL SIMPLIFIED SPWM MODULATION METHOD

Abstract: The traditional three-level sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) requires two carriers to be compared with the modulating waveform to get the duty cycle, which can not be realized in a single-core DSP chip with high requirements. This paper proposes a three-level single-carrier SPWM waveform implementation method that does not increase the hardware cost. The scheme is based on the DSP28335 chip, using the DSP chip’s increment/decrement cou...

27. Design and Implementation of Research Incentive Mechanisms in Private Universities based on Performance Assessment

Abstract: This study explores the design, implementation, and evaluation of a research incentive mechanism in private universities. Private higher education institutions often face unique challenges in promoting research and innovation due to resource constraints and competition with public counterparts. The research incentive mechanism is designed to enhance research productivity, motivate faculty members, and cultivate a vibrant research culture. The i...

28. Design and Implementation of Speech Signal Feature Extraction Algorithm Based on MATLAB

Abstract. Speech signal is a widely-used type of information, with the development of artificial intelligence, the processing algorithms of speech signals is also rapidly evolving. The key to speech signal processing is to extract the feature information of speech signals. This paper extracts the fundamental period and LPC parameters of speech, and detects the resonance peak information of speech signals by focusing on real-time collected speech signals and r...

29. THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONICS SEQUENTIAL SIGN PATTER DISPLAY

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction

​​​​​​​CHAPTER TWO

Literature review

​​​​​​​CHAPTER THREE

Methodology

​​​​​​​CHAPTER FOUR

Power supply

Rectification

Filtration

CHAPTER ​​​​​​​FIVE

Design of sequential Counter ​​​​​​​

30. THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MICROCONTROLLER BASED DOT MATRIX ADVERT DISPLAY

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this project is to produce a narrative description of the design and construction of a microcontroller based dot matrix advert display. Firstly computer aided design is the modeling of physical system on Computers allowing both interactive and automatic analysis of design variant and the expression of design in a form suitable for manufacturing. This follows by explaining the microcontroller based do...

31. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Background to the Study

For the production process, the market, and the distribution network to function, inventories are crucial. They act as lubricants and spring for an organization's production and distribution processes. By separating different parts of the overall operation, inventories allow manufacturing firms to operate smoothly and efficiently. portion purchases Inventory enables staff in the purchasing and supply departments to plan, manage, and wrap up activities in...

32. MACHINE LEARNING-BASED DECISION SUPPORT FOR DETECTING MAIZE PLANT DISEASE

1.1 Background to the study

Maize is a part of the vital crops in the globe following rice and wheat (IITA, 2005). The crop remains one of the principal grains farmed in the sub-savanna region of Nigeria (Fatima & Adbul, 2005). For several million people in Africa, maize has become one of the main sources of carbohydrates and is a component of animal feed (Romney, Thorne, Lukuyu, & Thornton, 2003). Since it is always one of the first crops gathered for food during a time of...

33. 3D First Person Shooter PC Game

ABSTRACT

Monsters Within is a fun 3D FPS horror survival game on the Windows platform that demands its players to have fast reflexes, quick thinking and deductive skills to survive in the game environment they have been thrust into; distorted humanoid creatures have overrun the city and continue to rapidly multiply. The player&r...

34. A FAST QUASI-STATIC TIME SERIES SIMULATION METHOD USING SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE DISTRIBUTED PV IMPACTS

SUMMARY

The desire to reduce carbon footprint coupled with government incentives has led to a massive deployment of renewable energy resources, solar photovoltaics (PV) in particular. Electric utilities in the United States face the challenge of numerous solar PV interconnec- tion requests filed by customers, which seems to increase every day. The approval process for an interconnection request often requires a detailed impact analysis to ensure that the installed resource will not...

35. APPLICATION OF BAT ALGORITHM-BASED METHOD FOR MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMAL NETWORK RECONFIGURATION AND DISTRIBUTED GENERATION PLACEMENT IN RADIAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

ABSTRACT

This dissertation presents an Application of Bat Algorithm-Based Method (BA) forMulti- Objective Optimal Network Reconfiguration andDistributed Generation placement in Radial Distribution Network. The BA approach presented in this work enables the reconfiguration of the network as well as the optimal distributed generation(DG) placement in one seamless algorithm. This would minimize errors encountered in using analytical approaches and also improve on the accuracy of the re...

36. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERISED BILL OF MATERIAL PROCESSING PROJECT

1.0NTRODUCTION

Material Procurement can be defined as the purchase of goods or services at a total cost of the optimum possible in the correct amount and quality of procurement. These goods and services are also purchased at the right time and location to express profit or the use of Government, business, business, or individuals by signing a contract.

The process of acquisition of goods or services that are required as a raw material (direct procurement) or for operating...

37. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF GRID – CONNECTED PV RENEWABLE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM FOR IGBINEDION UNIVERSITY OKADA CROWN ESTATE OKADA

ABSTRACT

Renewable energy has given institutions and individuals the opportunity to generate and manage their own energy consumption without much interference from power utility companies. This dissertation focused on design and analysis of Grid – connected PV Renewable

Solar energy system for Igbinedion Crown estate Okada. Nigeria Solar Market study was

carried out to know the available grid PV components in Nigeria, their qualities, suitability,

38. DEVELOPMENT OF A DEEP LEARNING BASED VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE DETECTION SCHEME

ABSTRACT

This research developed a license plate and classification scheme using deep learning architecture which utilized transfer learning using pre-trained Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). The developed scheme used images obtained from Caltech dataset, Peking University VehicleID (PKU VehicleID) dataset and a developed dataset of vehicle licence plates from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria called the ABU dataset. De-noising, downscaling operation and grayscale conversion was app...

39. DEVELOPMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED BIG DATA FUSION ARCHITECTURE FOR MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATION USING ENSEMBLE LEARNING

ABSTRACT

This research developed a distributed big data fusion architecture for machine to machine communication using ensemble learning. This is implemented to mitigate the challenges that characterize centralized big data fusion architecture commonly adopted through the use of Hadoop MapReduce platform. These challenges include bandwidth consumption, latency, and high computational cost. Fog computing technique approach was adopted through the implementation of ensemble learning;...

40. DEVELOPMENT OF A DISCRETE-FIREFLY ALGORITHM BASED FEATURE SELECTION SCHEME FOR IMPROVED FACE RECOGNITION

ABSTRACT

This research presents the development of a Discrete Firefly Algorithm (DFA) based feature selection scheme for improved face recognition. Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and Haar wavelet based Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) were used for feature extraction, and Nearest Neighbour Classifier (NNC) was used as classifier. Extracted features are mostly discrete in nature and most of the optimization techniques used in feature selection are continuous so DFA is employed for f...

41. DEVELOPMENT OF A DYNAMIC OUTPUT-FEEDBACK REGULATOR FOR STABILIZATION AND TRACKING OF NON-SQUARE MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT SYSTEMS

ABSTRACT

This research work is aimed at the development of an observer-based dynamic output feed- back controller for stabilization and tracking of nonlinear systems. The developed controller is designed after the immersion-invariance and internal model principle (IMP) frameworks and tar- gets non-square systems such as rotational-translational actuator (RTAC), cart-driven inverted pen- dulum (CIP) and quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). However non-square multiple-input multip...

42. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODIFIED TOKEN BASED CONGESTION CONTROL SCHEME WITH ADAPTIVE FORWARDING FOR OPPORTUNISTIC NETWORK

ABSTRACT

This research presents the development of a modified token-based congestion control scheme with adaptive forwarding mechanism (mTBCC) algorithm for addressing congestion problems in opportunistic networks (OppNets). The algorithm addresses the limitations associated with the standard token –based congestion control (TBCC) in terms of its ability to redirect the traffic from more congested nodes of OppNet to congestion-free nodes without necessarily compromising comput...

43. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODIFIED EAST-WEST INTERFACE FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL PLANE IN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK FOR WIDE AREA NETWORKS

ABSTRACT

This research is aimed at the development of a modified East-West Interface for distributed control plane in Software Defined Network (SDN) for Wide Area Network (WAN). The East-West Interface is important in achieving communication across a Software Defined WAN, to enable scalability and distribution of the control plane. The Communication Interface for Distributed Control Plane (CIDC) was developed to ensure communication in WANs. However, the interface does not address t...

44. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODIFIED FRUIT FLY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM BASED LINEAR QUADRATIC REGULATOR CONTROLLER FOR AIRCRAFT PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

This research is aimed at the development of a modified fruit fly optimization algorithm (mFFOA) for the determination of optimized weighting matrices (Q which is a positive definite matrix that penalizes the states and R which is also a positive definite matrix that penalizes the control inputs) of the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) to be used for the aircraft pitch control system (PCS).The standard fruit fly optimization algorithm (FFOA) is an optimization algorithm ins...

45. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODIFIED REAL-TIME FAULT-TOLERANT TASK ALLOCATION SCHEME FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

ABSTRACT

This research aimed at the development of a modified real-time fault-tolerant task allocation scheme (mRFTAS) for wireless sensor networks (WSNs), using active replication backup techniques. In WSNs, the sensor nodes are at risk of failure and malicious attacks (selective forwarding) and this can have a profoundly negative effect on real-time WSNs. The real-time fault-tolerant task allocation scheme (RFTAS) was developed to address these issues, however, it has the problem...

46. DEVELOPMENT OF A FUZZY TIME SERIES MODEL USING CAT SWARM OPTIMIZATION CLUSTERING AND OPTIMIZED WEIGHTS OF FUZZY RELATIONS

ABSTRACT

This research developed a hybrid forecasting technique that integrates Cat Swarm Optimization Clustering (CSO-C) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithms with Fuzzy Time Series (FTS) forecasting model. Cat Swarm Optimization Clustering (CSO-C) which is an algorithm for data classification is adopted at the fuzzification stage to objectively partition the universe of discourse into unequal intervals. Then, disambiguated fuzzy relationships are obtained using Fuzzy Se...

47. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF HEATING VENTILLATION AIR CONDITION INSTALLATIONS OF HOTELS IN OWERRI,IMO STATE NIGERIA

1.1Background to the Study

Buildings contributes a very high energy consumption percentage compared to other economic sectors. Although these percentages vary from country to country, buildings are accounts  for  about  30±45%  of  the  global  energy  demand.  With  increasing  urbanization (higher in developing countries), the number and size of buildings in urban areas will increase, resulting in an increased demand fo...

48. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODIFIED ARTIFICIAL FISH SWARM ALGORITHM- PARTIAL TRANSMIT SEQUENCE TECHNIQUE FOR PEAK TO AVERAGE POWER RATIO REDUCTION IN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING

ABSTRACT

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a multi-carrier frequency multiplexing scheme used in broadband wireless communication systems and has advantages such as high spectral efficiency, simple channel equalization and flexibility.One of its major challenges is the high Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) of the signal which can cause a nonlinear signal distortion and reduction in power efficiency. One of the techniques used to reduce PAPR is the Partial Transm...

49. DEVELOPMENT OF A ROBUST DIGITAL IMAGE WATERMARKING TECHNIQUE IN DISCRETE ORTHONORMAL STOCKWELL TRANSFORM DOMAIN BASED ON PHOTON POLARIZATION

ABSTRACT

This thesis presents the development of novel digital image watermarking technique for the shielding of intellectual property rights of digital images. Because of their digital nature, multimedia data can be duplicated, modified, and transformed. In this context, it is essential to develop a watermarking –based technique for copyright protection and authentication of digital images. The major problem of watermarking technique is how to achieve an optimal- tradeoff bet...

50. DEVELOPMENT OF A PRIVACY AIDED TRUST ROUTING ALGORITHM BASED ON SOCIAL SIMILARITY IN OPPORTUNISTIC NETWORK

ABSTRACT

This research work presents the development of a privacy aided trust routing model using social similarity in an Opportunistic Network (OppNet). OppNet is a delay tolerant network where link is highly unpredictable. It is an ideal solution in situations where the deployment of wired and conventional wireless networks is difficult or practically impossible. However, OppNet is faced with several challenges. Most of these challenges are related to routing, buffer management or...

51. DEVELOPMENT OF A ROBUST DIGITAL IMAGE WATERMARKING TECHNIQUE IN DISCRETE ORTHONORMAL STOCKWELL TRANSFORM DOMAIN BASED ON PHOTON POLARIZATION

ABSTRACT

This thesis presents the development of novel digital image watermarking technique for the shielding of intellectual property rights of digital images. Because of their digital nature, multimedia data can be duplicated, modified, and transformed. In this context, it is essential to develop a watermarking –based technique for copyright protection and authentication of digital images. The major problem of watermarking technique is how to achieve an optimal- tradeoff bet...

52. DEVELOPMENT OF A SMELL AGENT OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS

ABSTRACT

This thesis presents the development of smell agent optimization (SAO) algorithm. The developed algorithm consists of three modes (sniffing, trailing and random modes). The evaporation of smell molecules from the smell source is modelled into sniffing mode using the concept of the hydrostatic pressure of gas and positions of molecules. The fitness of the sniffing mode is evaluated and the molecule with the most favourable fitness is taken as the agent. The olfaction capacit...

53. DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED ALGORITHM FOR POWER LINE DETECTION IN OPTICAL IMAGES USING FRANGI FILTER AND FIRST ORDER DERIVATIVE OF GAUSSIAN

ABSTRACT

This research presents the development of a Frangi filter and first-order derivative of Gaussian (FF-FDOG) based power line detection (PLD) algorithm as an improvement to the standard PLD algorithm. Vision-based PLD is important in obstacle avoidance in low-altitude flight and also in the surveillance and maintenance of electrical infrastructure. The need for high and real-time detection rates as well as low false alarm in noisy and cluttered images makes it a challenging t...

54. DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED KEYFRAME EXTRACTION SCHEME FOR VIDEO SUMMARIZATION BASED ON HISTOGRAM DIFFERENCE AND K-MEANS CLUSTERING

ABSTRACT

The rate of increase in multimedia data necessitated the need for a large number of storage devices. Nonetheless, the stored multimedia data has a lot of redundant video frames. These redundant frames make video browsing and retrieval difficult as well as time-consuming for the user; hence, negatively affecting bandwidth utilization and storage capacity. In order to improve the bandwidth utilization and storage capacity, keyframe extraction algorithms were developed. These...

55. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ETHNOSCIENCE DATABASE AND ITS IMPACTS ON STUDENTS LEARNING OUTCOMES IN BASIC SCIENCE IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA

1.1Background to the Problem

Science serves as a veritable tool for the sustainable growth and development of a nation. Indeed the strength of a nation and the respect she commands from other nations are functions of her level of scientific and technological development. Science and Mathematics are the keys to innovation and power in today‟s world (Friedman, 2005). However, the increasing complexity of the world today imposes new and changing workforce requirements. This means that...

56. DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED EXTENDED DIJKSTRA ALGORITHM FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS

ABSTRACT

This research presents the development of an improved Extended Dijkstra Algorithm (mED-SDN) for Software Defined Networks (SDN) using Representational State Transfer (REST). The original Extended Dijkstra Algorithm for SDN (ED-SDN) cannot handle shortcomings associated with the traditional shortest path routing used in SDN. The traditional shortest path routing does not take knowledge of the topology into consideration and may result in sub-optimal performance of applicatio...

57. DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMAL EXTRACTED FEATURE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME IN VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING DYNAMIC CUCKOO SEARCH ALGORITHM

ABSTRACT

This research work is aimed at the development of an optimal extracted feature classification scheme in a voice recognition system using dynamic cuckoo search algorithm. This minimized error mismatch in the recognition process and increased accuracy of recognition. Standard voice dataset was obtained from English Language Speech Database for Speaker Recognition (ELSDSR) of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), processed and key features of these voice data were extract...

58. DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TRACEBACK SCHEME FOR DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK SOURCE DETECTION

ABSTRACT

This dissertation presents the development of an Internet Protocol (IP) traceback scheme for the detection of a denial of service (DoS) attack source base on shark smell optimization algorithm (SSOA). Detection of the source of DoS attack is very important due to the serious damages the attack do cause and the need to bring the perpetrators to justice to stop the menace. DoS attack is a major threat to the security of network systems and consists of attacks that exploit the...

59. DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMIZED ROUTING SCHEME FOR A CAPACITATED VEHICLE MODEL

ABSTRACT

This dissertation presents the development of an optimized routing scheme for a capacitated vehicle model using Firefly Algorithm (FFA). The conventional model is a formal description involving mathematical equations formulated to simplify a more complex structure of logistic problems. The logistic problems are generalized as the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP). When the capacity of the vehicle is considered, the resulting formulation is termed the Capacitated Vehicle Routing...

60. DEVELOPMENT OF THREE DEGREE OF FREEDOM CONTROLLER FOR SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER USING NON-DOMINATED SORTING GENETIC ALGORITHM II

ABSTRACT

This thesis presents the development of a Three Degree of Freedom (3DoF) based outlet fluid temperature controller for Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger (STHX). Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers are classes of heat exchangers being used in industries for heat transfer between fluids. Tracking a setpoint by the STHX is usually a challenging problem, especially when subjected to noise and disturbance. Addressing this challenge, an existing STHX experimental data was employed to deve...

61. Driving Manoeuvre Recognition using Mobile Sensors

Abstract

Automobiles are integral in today’s society as they are used for transportation, com- merce, and public services. The ubiquity of automotive transportation creates a demand for active safety technologies for the consumer. Recently, the widespread use and improved sensing and computing capabilities of mobile platforms have enabled the development of systems that can measure, detect, and analyze driver behaviour. Most systems performing driver behaviour analysis depend...

62. FACTORS AFFECTING THE ACCEPTANCE OF ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY OF THE E-BALLOT SYSTEM AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA (AUN)

ABSTRACT

Using electronic voting systems is divisive as some countries used such systems and others did not. This thesis discusses countries that have accepted voting electronically and the challenges faced. This study suggests factors that have led to the acceptance of electronic voting systems to tackle some of the challenges faced in electoral processes. Survey questions in the form of a questionnaire was responded to by 227 undergraduates’ students in American University o...

63. Game-Theoretic Relay Selection and Power Control in Fading Wireless Body Area Networks

ABSTRACT

The trend towards personalized ubiquitous computing has led to the advent of a new gener- ation of wireless technologies, namely wireless body area networks (WBANs), which connect the wearable devices into the Internet-of-Things.

This thesis considers the problems of relay selection and power control in fading WBANs with energy-efficiency and security considerations.

The main body of the thesis is formed by two papers. Ideas from probabi...