International Journal of Education and Management Engineering (IJEME)

ISSN: 2305-3623 (Print)

ISSN: 2305-8463 (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme

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IJEME is committed to bridge the theory and practice of education and management engineering. From innovative ideas to specific algorithms and full system implementations, IJEME publishes original, peer-reviewed, and high quality articles in the areas of education and management engineering. IJEME is a well-indexed scholarly journal and is indispensable reading and references for people working at the cutting edge of education and management engineering applications.

 

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Adaptive AI-Driven Anomaly Detection Framework for Identity & Access Management in Financial Technology Systems

By Karimulla Syed Elijah Falode Adeel Shaik Muhammad

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2026.02.01, Pub. Date: 8 Apr. 2026

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is critical for securing digital assets, particularly in financial technology (FinTech) systems, where unauthorized access can lead to significant financial losses. Three formal research questions guide this work: (RQ1) Do AI-driven models statistically significantly outperform traditional rule-based IAM systems in anomaly detection accuracy? (RQ2) Which AI model best balances precision and recall for real-time insider-threat detection under class-imbalanced IAM log conditions? (RQ3) Are the observed performance gains robust and stable across cross-validated experimental folds? This study evaluates the performance of AI-driven anomaly detection models, including autoencoders, random forests, and support vector machines, in detecting unusual user activities and potential insider threats. The Autoencoder model achieved the highest overall accuracy of 94.2% (+/- 0.8% across five-fold cross-validation) with a precision of 92.8% and recall of 91.5%. The Random Forest attained a slightly lower accuracy (92.5%) but excelled in recall (93.2%), highlighting its strength in identifying actual malicious activities. Compared to traditional rule-based IAM methods, which achieved only 78.4% accuracy, AI models significantly improved anomaly detection, particularly for subtle or previously unseen threats. McNemar's tests confirm that all accuracy improvements over the baseline are statistically significant (p < 0.001). The Autoencoder also demonstrated the lowest latency (120 ms), making it suitable for real-time deployment. These results confirm that AI-enhanced IAM systems can effectively strengthen security and operational efficiency in FinTech environments, within the scope of the simulated and publicly available datasets employed in this study.

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Design and Development of a Web-Based Information System for Palm Oil Plantations: A Case Study of PT Kaltim Utama Plantation I

By Asep Nurhuda S.Kom. Agus Ganda Permana Reza Andrea Aulia Khoirunnita

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2026.02.02, Pub. Date: 8 Apr. 2026

This research aims to develop and assess an information system for managing daily operations in the palm oil plantation industry, specifically for PT Kaltim Utama Plantation I. As a crucial part of Indonesia's economy, the palm oil sector faces numerous operational challenges, such as tracking activities, monitoring resources, and generating accurate reports. The designed system focuses on enhancing processes like spraying, land clearing, fertilizing, and harvesting. The study utilizes the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology, following the waterfall model, which includes the stages of analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. In the analysis phase, system requirements were identified to meet operational demands. The design phase involved creating workflows and data
structures to represent plantation operations. The outcome is a web-based information system prototype that streamlines management processes, centralizes data, and improves reporting precision. The system is aimed at simplifying information retrieval, increasing operational efficiency, and aiding decision-making. The implementation is expected to address operational inefficiencies at PT Kaltim Utama Plantation I by reducing manual processes. Additionally, the system includes data visualization tools to quickly evaluate plantation performance and offers scalable features for future growth.

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Data Management Techniques in Edge computing: Systematic Survey

By Chayalakshmi C. L. Sadashiv R. Badiger

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2026.02.03, Pub. Date: 8 Apr. 2026

Edge computing has emerged as a critical paradigm for enabling low-latency, bandwidth-efficient, and scalable data processing in distributed IoT environments. However, its effectiveness fundamentally depends on how data is cached, stored, aggregated, and fused across heterogeneous and resource-constrained edge nodes. To address this, the present survey conducts a comprehensive and methodologically rigorous examination of data-management techniques in edge computing. An initial corpus of 150 publications was collected from major scientific databases and processed through the PRISMA framework, resulting in 25 high-quality surveys that revealed data management as the most fragmented and underdeveloped component of the edge ecosystem. Building on these insights, we performed an in-depth analysis of 75 state-of-the-art research papers published between 2018 and 2025, covering four core data-management pillars: data caching, data storage, data aggregation, data validation and data fusion. For each area, we synthesize current design strategies, highlight measurable performance outcomes, and critically evaluate architectural, algorithmic, and system-level limitations. A unified cross-technique analysis further reveals unresolved challenges in scalable data placement, coded storage, privacy-preserving aggregation, multi-modal fusion, and the absence of integrated data pipelines. The survey concludes by outlining open research directions and proposing a consolidated roadmap toward intelligent, interoperable, and workload-aware data-management frameworks for next-generation edge computing systems.

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Impact of ICT Literacy on Technology Adoption in Nigerian Higher Education: An Empirical Study

By Saadatu Abdulkadir Yazid Ali Hassan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2026.02.04, Pub. Date: 8 Apr. 2026

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become central to teaching and learning in higher education, yet effective integration depends on users’ ICT competence and institutional implementation strategies. This study examines the role of ICT literacy in supporting teaching and learning and evaluates whether cultural perceptions significantly influence ICT adoption among undergraduate students at Kaduna State University, Nigeria. A quantitative survey design was employed, with data collected from 150 students and academic staff and analysed using descriptive statistics and the Mann–Whitney U test. The findings suggest that ICT literacy is perceived as positively supporting access to learning resources, communication, and classroom engagement. However, statistical tests did not reveal significant differences between respondent groups, indicating broadly similar perceptions among students and staff. While respondents acknowledged cultural considerations, these factors did not exert a substantial influence on ICT acceptance or use within the institutional context. The results suggest that ICT literacy and institutional support structures play a more immediate role in shaping technology adoption than general cultural perceptions. From a management engineering perspective, the study highlights the importance of ICT infrastructure planning, structured digital skills training, and policy-driven ICT integration in higher education. The findings provide practical guidance for university administrators and education managers seeking to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of ICT-enabled teaching and learning systems. 

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Enterprise Architecture Design of Station Information System Using TOGAF ADM Model: Case Study Bus Station Sungai Kunjang

By Alfry Aristo Jansen Sinlae Annafi Franz Andre Suryaningprang Kraugusteeliana Kraugusteeliana

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2026.02.05, Pub. Date: 8 Apr. 2026

Sungai Kunjang is one of the primary land transportation facilities in Samarinda City, East Kalimantan, located on Untung Suropati Street in the Karang Asam Ulu subdistrict. Officially inaugurated on June 24, 1989, by Mayor Waris Husain, it serves multiple transportation modes, including public passenger vehicles (PPV), pioneer services, and intercity routes. Although the station currently provides essential information services—such as departure schedules, route options, fare details, and a basic complaint system—these services are not yet supported by a structured Information Technology (IT) and Information System (IS) framework. The lack of integration hampers service efficiency and the optimization of business processes. This research aims to design an Enterprise Architecture (EA) for the station by applying The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) Architecture Development Method (ADM). The proposed design focuses on aligning business objectives with IT/IS strategies to improve the delivery of transport information and complaint management services. The resulting blueprint is expected to serve as a strategic reference for developing an integrated information system that enhances decision-making, streamlines operations, and improves service quality at Sungai Kunjang Station. By using selected phases of the TOGAF ADM, the study provides a practical foundation for digital transformation within public transport infrastructure in the region. 

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Stressors and Stress-Coping Mechanisms of Academic Scholars in HEIs: A Basis for Stress Management Plan Formulation

By Ruth G. Luciano Mickel John Salvatierra

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2022.03.01, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2022

This study aims to describe the stress coping mechanism of the academic scholars from the College of Education (COEd) in one of the private higher education institutions in Cabanatuan City, Philippines. This is an action research that focuses on the assessment of the academic scholars’ stressors and their correlates. It involves systematic observations and data collection that enables the researchers to reflect, decide and develop a training plan for stress management. The findings show that monthly family income and economic-related stressors were highly correlated. This further explains that students with high family income are less likely to experience frequent stress. In contrary, students who belong to low-income families are more prone to experience frequent stress. In other words, students who belong to poor families are more vulnerable to stress. Likewise, monthly family income and physiological responses to stress had high interdependence, which means that students with higher socio-economic status are less likely to experience severe anxiety, while students belonging to low-income families tend to experience severe anxiety. The results of this quantitative analysis served as basis in designing or preparing the stress management plan for these students. 

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Push Management Platform Based on Wechat Small Program and Cloud Development

By Yan Wu Fang Wang Yanying Zou Huaijin Zhang Bingsheng Chen Mengshan Li

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2020.01.03, Pub. Date: 8 Feb. 2020

On the Wechat platform, the current article push is mainly completed by the Wechat Public Account, but it is not perfect in the aspects of user information collection, user service, data storage and management. With economic development and progress of the times, people seek development in spiritual and cultural aspects. This program "One Thing One Story" uses Wechat Web Developer Tools as the medium and Wechat Small Program and Cloud Development as the platform. The purpose of push management platform is "use at any time". Small program cloud development has a relatively complete cloud background. It does not need to rebuild the server in the development cycle. Through the relevant interface, small program development can be started and time cost can be reduced. Using JavaScript, CSS style, JSON database and other technologies, we can realize user data collection, article push, push classification management, push data storage, user praise collection and other functions. This program is applied to article pushing, cultural dissemination and other aspects. Through the platform of Wechat applet, the dream of "accessible" can be realized. 

[...] Read more.
A Study on Malware and Malware Detection Techniques

By Rabia Tahir

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2018.02.03, Pub. Date: 8 Mar. 2018

The impact of malicious software are getting worse day by day. Malicious software or malwares are programs that are created to harm, interrupt or damage computers, networks and other resources associated with it. Malwares are transferred in computers without the knowledge of its owner. Mostly the medium used to spread malwares are networks and portable devices. Malwares are always been a threat to digital world but with a rapid increase in the use of internet, the impacts of the malwares become severe and cannot be ignored. A lot of malware detectors have been created, the effectiveness of these detectors depend upon the techniques being used. Although researchers are developing latest technologies for the timely detection of malwares but still malware creators always stay one step ahead. In this paper, a detailed review of malwares types are provided, malware analysis and detection techniques are studied and compared. Furthermore, malware obfuscation techniques have also been presented.

[...] Read more.
Classroom Management Strategies and Academic Performance of Junior High School Students

By Maxwell Kontor Owusu Bakari Yusuf Dramanu Mark Owusu Amponsah

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2021.06.04, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2021

The study examined the influence of classroom management strategies of Junior High School teachers on the academic performance of students in the Ashanti Akim North District. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. One hypothesis and two research questions were developed to guide the study. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 48 teachers and 297 year two students to respond to the Behaviour and Instructional Management Scale (BIMS). Test scores in English Language, Integrated Science, Mathematics and Social Studies were used to measure students’ academic performance. The statistical tools used to analyse the data collected were means, standard deviation, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) and Multiple Regression. The findings revealed that both students and teachers identified good relationship and reinforcement as the mostly used classroom management strategies. It was found that a significant positive relationship existed between reinforcement and antecedent as classroom management schemes and students’ academic performance. However, good relationship and punishment as classroom management strategies did not have a positive relationship with the academic performance of students. It is recommended that teachers should use reinforcement and antecedent strategies frequently in their classrooms since they play a dual role of managing behaviour and predicting the academic performance of students. Good relationship as a classroom management strategy should be cautiously used because it could potentially be misinterpreted or abused and can lead to low academic performance. Using punishment as a classroom management strategy should be avoided as its use hinders academic performance of students.

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The Application of Computer Softwares in Chemistry Teaching

By Wei Yu Lifei Chen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2012.12.12, Pub. Date: 29 Dec. 2012

Chemistry is very interesting, but it is often regarded as a difficult subject. Computer software can make chemistry teaching easier, and keeps the students active. This paper seeks to introduce some implications of computer softwares in chemistry classroom teaching. These softwares include Powerpoint, Chemoffice, computer simulation softwares, LabVIEW software, some computational chemistry softwares, and other chemistry softwares, such as ACD/ChemSketch, ChemDB software, Chemical Reagent Calculator, Atom Builder and Atoms, Symbols and Equations. We gave the simple directions of these softwares and presented some applicable examples.

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Medicine Management System: Its Design and Development

By Ruth G. Luciano Rhoel Anthony G. Torres Edward B. Gomez Hardly Joy D. Nacino Rodmark D. Ramirez

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2023.03.02, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2023

The researchers conducted this study with the main purpose of helping the residents of the municipality to expedite the process of obtaining free medicine. In the current setup, an individual who needs to avail of free medicine from the barangay or municipal health center personally visits the place to request maintenance medicine. This motivated the researchers to make a research study focusing on converting the manual requisition system to something that people can access quickly and comfortably without necessarily going out of their households, especially during these challenging times – the pandemic. The researchers called it a “Medicine Management System”. The researchers aimed to speed up the requisition of medicine using this online system. The patients or qualified recipients need not consume time lining up to request medicine from the municipal health center. This system can be accessed over the internet anytime and anywhere. Users must register and upload a legit doctor’s prescription. Researchers have created this system using HTML for the system interface, XAMPP for maintaining database records, and PHP for other system functionalities.

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Machine Learning Applications in Algorithmic Trading: A Comprehensive Systematic Review

By Arash Salehpour Karim Samadzamini

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2023.06.05, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2023

This paper reviews recent advancements in machine learning (ML) driven automated trading systems (ATS). ATS has progressed from simple rule-based systems to sophisticated ML models like deep reinforcement learning, deep learning, and Q-learning that can adapt to evolving markets. These techniques have been successfully applied across various financial instruments to optimize trading strategies, forecast prices, and enhance profits. The literature indicates that ML improves ATS performance over conventional methods by identifying intricate patterns and relationships in data. However, risks like overfitting, instability, and low interpretability exist. Techniques to mitigate these limitations include cross-validation, careful model management, and utilizing more transparent algorithms. Although challenges remain, ML creates valuable opportunities for ATS via alternative data sources, advanced feature engineering, optimized adaptive strategies, and holistic market modelling. While research shows ML improves market quality through increased liquidity and efficiency, heightened volatility needs further analysis. Promising future research directions include leveraging innovations in deep learning, reinforcement learning, sentiment analysis, and hybrid systems. More work is also needed on evaluating different techniques systematically. Overall, the progress in ML-driven ATS contributes significantly to the field, but judicious application and balanced regulations are required to address risks. Further advancements in ML will enable more capable, nuanced, and profitable algorithmic trading.

[...] Read more.
The Effectiveness of the TaRL Approach on Moroccan Pupils’ Mathematics, Arabic, and French Reading Competencies

By Abdessamad Binaoui Mohammed Moubtassime Latifa Belfakir

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2023.03.01, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2023

Teaching at the Right Level (henceforth, TaRL) is a new trending remedial educational approach being piloted in many countries. It basically matches pedagogical content to pupils’ educational needs through various adapted activities after segmentation of pupils’ depending on their actual difficulties and needs. In this respect, Morocco has been piloting this relatively new approach during the beginning of the school year 2022-23. Therefore, this study aimed at measuring the effectiveness of the TaRL approach on Moroccan pupils’ mathematics, Arabic, and French reading competencies. An experimental study took place involving 106 pupils from 4th grade to 6th grade during a one-month remedial course (half an hour per day, one subject per day) based on TaRL guidelines. After carefully examining the data through the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test by comparing the baseline and endline results in all three subjects. The results showed statistically high improvements with large effect sizes in the levels of the three subjects suggesting that TaRL was effective in raising the levels of numeracy and literacy and may be, safely, further adopted throughout Moroccan primary schools.

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A Critical Review by Teachers on the Online Teaching-Learning during the COVID-19

By Malik Mubasher Hassan Tabasum Mirza Mirza Waseem Hussain

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2020.05.03, Pub. Date: 8 Oct. 2020

The world has witnessed a sudden change in the teaching-learning processes due to the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19. The worldwide compulsive lockdown for ensuring the preventive measures to stop the spread of this infection has equally affected education sector as other business sectors. As all of us know that quality education is the only long-term rescue for all the challenges and therefore, the need to find out the alternative solution to the traditional classroom teaching-learning is the concern of all stakeholders and the only option found is online mode of teaching-learning, which was somehow already available and had attracted an intense attention during this period. The aim of the paper is to study the teacher’s perspective in India about this mode of learning, challenges and issues faced by them in migration to online platform, experience about online tools/platforms used for instructional delivery and their suggestions to improve the process for effective teaching. This study will help in gaining insight towards the possible improvements in the ongoing mode of online teaching and in future situations also. The results obtained based on sample collection through web based questionnaire clearly gives some information, which could be an eye opener for enhancing the implementation of the online teaching-learning among the learners especially teachers, who can further help in implementation of the large. Although, the online mode was already in place and was utilized in blended form to a substantial level in the developed countries, but in developing countries like India, where teachers are not familiar with online platforms/tools, lack of knowledge and skills to handle the online ICT infrastructure in a challenging situation. The results also give an impression about the need of professional development with special focus on digital literacy skills and awareness among the teacher community about the merits of online platforms for the teaching-learning process.

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The Digital Literacy in Teachers of the Schools of Rajouri (J&K)-India: Teachers Perspective

By M Mubasher Hassan Tabasum Mirza

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2021.01.04, Pub. Date: 8 Feb. 2021

The present age is the age of information. The globalization has affected every sphere of the life including education. In spite of availability of ICT infrastructure in schools, their potential is underutilized because of digital incompetence of the teachers.  New digital technologies are acting as a catalyst towards improvement of learning outcome and enhancing quality of education, but only introduction of such technologies in schools for producing change and innovation is not enough, it requires digitally competent teachers to facilitate the use of ICT in education. These teachers will act as facilitators and mentors to students to lead them towards problem solving and innovation to meet the new challenges of globalization. Teachers must be able to create learning environments which are student centric and foster creativity, Meta cognition, meta-literacy, collaboration and communication in learners. Mere superficial use of ICT in teaching will not yield the required learning outcome, but the integration of ICT in pedagogy is important to enhance teaching, learning process. This can be done only when teachers are competent enough to use ICT tools and facilitate ICT integrated education. In this paper, we tried to assess the teacher’s perspective about the ICT and investigate the factors responsible for resistance of teachers in using ICT in schools and suggestive measures for successful integration of ICT in the teaching process by the teachers of Rajouri district (J&K, India). The ICT skills are very important for teachers to support alternative modes of teaching, learning, i.e. e-learning, mobile learning in the present outbreak of pandemic disease caused by Coronavirus-COVID19. 

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Push Management Platform Based on Wechat Small Program and Cloud Development

By Yan Wu Fang Wang Yanying Zou Huaijin Zhang Bingsheng Chen Mengshan Li

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2020.01.03, Pub. Date: 8 Feb. 2020

On the Wechat platform, the current article push is mainly completed by the Wechat Public Account, but it is not perfect in the aspects of user information collection, user service, data storage and management. With economic development and progress of the times, people seek development in spiritual and cultural aspects. This program "One Thing One Story" uses Wechat Web Developer Tools as the medium and Wechat Small Program and Cloud Development as the platform. The purpose of push management platform is "use at any time". Small program cloud development has a relatively complete cloud background. It does not need to rebuild the server in the development cycle. Through the relevant interface, small program development can be started and time cost can be reduced. Using JavaScript, CSS style, JSON database and other technologies, we can realize user data collection, article push, push classification management, push data storage, user praise collection and other functions. This program is applied to article pushing, cultural dissemination and other aspects. Through the platform of Wechat applet, the dream of "accessible" can be realized. 

[...] Read more.
Stressors and Stress-Coping Mechanisms of Academic Scholars in HEIs: A Basis for Stress Management Plan Formulation

By Ruth G. Luciano Mickel John Salvatierra

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2022.03.01, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2022

This study aims to describe the stress coping mechanism of the academic scholars from the College of Education (COEd) in one of the private higher education institutions in Cabanatuan City, Philippines. This is an action research that focuses on the assessment of the academic scholars’ stressors and their correlates. It involves systematic observations and data collection that enables the researchers to reflect, decide and develop a training plan for stress management. The findings show that monthly family income and economic-related stressors were highly correlated. This further explains that students with high family income are less likely to experience frequent stress. In contrary, students who belong to low-income families are more prone to experience frequent stress. In other words, students who belong to poor families are more vulnerable to stress. Likewise, monthly family income and physiological responses to stress had high interdependence, which means that students with higher socio-economic status are less likely to experience severe anxiety, while students belonging to low-income families tend to experience severe anxiety. The results of this quantitative analysis served as basis in designing or preparing the stress management plan for these students. 

[...] Read more.
Medicine Management System: Its Design and Development

By Ruth G. Luciano Rhoel Anthony G. Torres Edward B. Gomez Hardly Joy D. Nacino Rodmark D. Ramirez

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2023.03.02, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2023

The researchers conducted this study with the main purpose of helping the residents of the municipality to expedite the process of obtaining free medicine. In the current setup, an individual who needs to avail of free medicine from the barangay or municipal health center personally visits the place to request maintenance medicine. This motivated the researchers to make a research study focusing on converting the manual requisition system to something that people can access quickly and comfortably without necessarily going out of their households, especially during these challenging times – the pandemic. The researchers called it a “Medicine Management System”. The researchers aimed to speed up the requisition of medicine using this online system. The patients or qualified recipients need not consume time lining up to request medicine from the municipal health center. This system can be accessed over the internet anytime and anywhere. Users must register and upload a legit doctor’s prescription. Researchers have created this system using HTML for the system interface, XAMPP for maintaining database records, and PHP for other system functionalities.

[...] Read more.
A Study on Malware and Malware Detection Techniques

By Rabia Tahir

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2018.02.03, Pub. Date: 8 Mar. 2018

The impact of malicious software are getting worse day by day. Malicious software or malwares are programs that are created to harm, interrupt or damage computers, networks and other resources associated with it. Malwares are transferred in computers without the knowledge of its owner. Mostly the medium used to spread malwares are networks and portable devices. Malwares are always been a threat to digital world but with a rapid increase in the use of internet, the impacts of the malwares become severe and cannot be ignored. A lot of malware detectors have been created, the effectiveness of these detectors depend upon the techniques being used. Although researchers are developing latest technologies for the timely detection of malwares but still malware creators always stay one step ahead. In this paper, a detailed review of malwares types are provided, malware analysis and detection techniques are studied and compared. Furthermore, malware obfuscation techniques have also been presented.

[...] Read more.
Machine Learning Applications in Algorithmic Trading: A Comprehensive Systematic Review

By Arash Salehpour Karim Samadzamini

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2023.06.05, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2023

This paper reviews recent advancements in machine learning (ML) driven automated trading systems (ATS). ATS has progressed from simple rule-based systems to sophisticated ML models like deep reinforcement learning, deep learning, and Q-learning that can adapt to evolving markets. These techniques have been successfully applied across various financial instruments to optimize trading strategies, forecast prices, and enhance profits. The literature indicates that ML improves ATS performance over conventional methods by identifying intricate patterns and relationships in data. However, risks like overfitting, instability, and low interpretability exist. Techniques to mitigate these limitations include cross-validation, careful model management, and utilizing more transparent algorithms. Although challenges remain, ML creates valuable opportunities for ATS via alternative data sources, advanced feature engineering, optimized adaptive strategies, and holistic market modelling. While research shows ML improves market quality through increased liquidity and efficiency, heightened volatility needs further analysis. Promising future research directions include leveraging innovations in deep learning, reinforcement learning, sentiment analysis, and hybrid systems. More work is also needed on evaluating different techniques systematically. Overall, the progress in ML-driven ATS contributes significantly to the field, but judicious application and balanced regulations are required to address risks. Further advancements in ML will enable more capable, nuanced, and profitable algorithmic trading.

[...] Read more.
The Effectiveness of the TaRL Approach on Moroccan Pupils’ Mathematics, Arabic, and French Reading Competencies

By Abdessamad Binaoui Mohammed Moubtassime Latifa Belfakir

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2023.03.01, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2023

Teaching at the Right Level (henceforth, TaRL) is a new trending remedial educational approach being piloted in many countries. It basically matches pedagogical content to pupils’ educational needs through various adapted activities after segmentation of pupils’ depending on their actual difficulties and needs. In this respect, Morocco has been piloting this relatively new approach during the beginning of the school year 2022-23. Therefore, this study aimed at measuring the effectiveness of the TaRL approach on Moroccan pupils’ mathematics, Arabic, and French reading competencies. An experimental study took place involving 106 pupils from 4th grade to 6th grade during a one-month remedial course (half an hour per day, one subject per day) based on TaRL guidelines. After carefully examining the data through the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test by comparing the baseline and endline results in all three subjects. The results showed statistically high improvements with large effect sizes in the levels of the three subjects suggesting that TaRL was effective in raising the levels of numeracy and literacy and may be, safely, further adopted throughout Moroccan primary schools.

[...] Read more.
Classroom Management Strategies and Academic Performance of Junior High School Students

By Maxwell Kontor Owusu Bakari Yusuf Dramanu Mark Owusu Amponsah

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2021.06.04, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2021

The study examined the influence of classroom management strategies of Junior High School teachers on the academic performance of students in the Ashanti Akim North District. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. One hypothesis and two research questions were developed to guide the study. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 48 teachers and 297 year two students to respond to the Behaviour and Instructional Management Scale (BIMS). Test scores in English Language, Integrated Science, Mathematics and Social Studies were used to measure students’ academic performance. The statistical tools used to analyse the data collected were means, standard deviation, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) and Multiple Regression. The findings revealed that both students and teachers identified good relationship and reinforcement as the mostly used classroom management strategies. It was found that a significant positive relationship existed between reinforcement and antecedent as classroom management schemes and students’ academic performance. However, good relationship and punishment as classroom management strategies did not have a positive relationship with the academic performance of students. It is recommended that teachers should use reinforcement and antecedent strategies frequently in their classrooms since they play a dual role of managing behaviour and predicting the academic performance of students. Good relationship as a classroom management strategy should be cautiously used because it could potentially be misinterpreted or abused and can lead to low academic performance. Using punishment as a classroom management strategy should be avoided as its use hinders academic performance of students.

[...] Read more.
An Internet of Thing based Agribot (IOT- Agribot) for Precision Agriculture and Farm Monitoring

By Kakelli Anil Kumar Aju. D.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2020.04.04, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2020

Developing nations like India have a huge potential for agricultural business and better cultivation. Because of the large size of cultivation land, improper water supply systems and lack of technology-based agricultural practices, there is a huge gap among expected and actual quantity and quality of agricultural products. Hence there is a need for significant revival in agribusiness using emerging technologies. The article proposes an intelligent water framework device called Agribot designed for the agricultural industry to minimize the water wastage and a better supply of cultivating materials using the Internet of Things (IoT). Our proposed IOT- Agribot will energize the water framework, improve the cost-effective water usage and reduce the labor force to achieve precision agriculture. The proposed IOT- Agribot has performed well for variable weather conditions, soli type, moisture content and crops.

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Essential and New Maintenance KPIs Explained

By Fatima Zohra Berrabah Chahira Belkacemi Leila Zemmouchi-Ghomari

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2022.06.02, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2022

Maintenance in any manufacturing organization is critical, given its significant role in ensuring business continuity. Maintenance plays a crucial role and has a significant impact on the results of industrial companies. Therefore, it is essential to manage maintenance, observe, understand, and improve actions by adopting well-chosen performance indicators according to the company's needs. These indicators are known as Maintenance KPIs or Key Performance Indicators, which allow for gathering knowledge and exploring the best means to achieve the organization's goals. Maintenance KPIs are critical to keeping track of the function, monitoring performance, and ensuring fulfillment of business expectations. In addition, KPIs drive reliability growth while guiding decisions to improve maintenance efficiency and performance. A helpful maintenance KPIs help to identify the problems causing the maintenance effect and help to select the right strategy to support or correct the actions that produced the results. They also allow to identify the causes of equipment failures (measure the influence of life cycle factors), direct what maintenance does with its time and resources (measure the efficiency and effectiveness of the maintenance group) and identify if maintenance removes failure causes ( measure the improved reliability and operational risk reduction results of maintenance effort) and help drive the business benefits provided by maintenance (measure the contribution to the business value of maintenance).

Essential maintenance KPIs are the most commonly used for maintenance management and are adopted by most industries; among these primary KPIs which are essential for maintenance management, we cite Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), and Overall Equipment (OEE). Nevertheless, it is crucial to continuously redefine and update KPIs to ensure they are appropriate for the organization's current environment, significantly when the constant market or research methodologies change. Hence, researchers and the industry propose several other maintenance KPIs outside the essential ones used in the industry according to the needs and within the performance improvement framework. These proposed KPIs aim to compensate for the lack of maintenance data, the absence of decision support, and the problems related to specific equipment, also in the context of improving the management strategy, the application of predictive maintenance, and the quality control of a maintenance process or the monitoring of systems reviews. Unfortunately, these indicators are not sufficiently known and are, therefore, not used by the industry. However, we believe that some of them should gain maturity and reach the status of widely used traditional indicators, such as the KPI of obsolescence management in maintenance operations and schedule compliance KPIs that aim to link maintenance planning with production. In addition, although not all proposed KPIs in the literature are generalizable, it has been identified that they can sometimes be specific to problematic situations, equipment categories, and even sectors of industry activity. Therefore, this work aims to inventory the most widely used maintenance KPIs and some of the KPIs proposed by researchers and the industry. In addition, we study the trends and challenges of selecting these KPIs and for what purposes they are used to help their understanding and usability. Indeed, Maintenance managers need to select relevant KPIs aligned with the maintenance strategy and the company objectives. 

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An Empirical Study on Make-or-buy Decision Making

By Monika Arora Anand Kumar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2022.01.03, Pub. Date: 8 Feb. 2022

Every enterprise will be based on the other enterprise to manufacture, product items/parts, for make or buy. The make-buy decision is based on the assessment whether it should be manufactured or buy it from an outside supplier to produce a component internally or to buy it from the outside. It depends on cost and profitability. The cost for both the alternatives may be calculated and the alternative with less cost is to be chosen. The aim of any enterprise is to improve its performance that is measured in terms of profitability. There is some research that has been carried out to make the decision based on profitability of the enterprise for make or buy decision.  The strategy is based on cost, flexibility and responsiveness of work to be carried out. However, some of the research is required to maintain the relationship between profitability and make or buy decision.

The reports of this paper attempt made on how buying decision influences the performances of an enterprise. The different sectors were chosen for the study such as Manufacturing, Automobile, Food, Textile and Hospitality. The focus of the study was based on three theories such as operational control, performance management and decision. The paper reveals the current trends and make or buy decision of the components and its relationship in taking decisions. It also discusses the two techniques break even analysis and economic analysis for decision making in make or buy decision. The study discusses the advantage of outsourcing and discusses the four theories in the study for make and buys decision

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