International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science (IJITCS)

ISSN: 2074-9007 (Print)

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

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From Sybil to Zero-Knowledge: A Systematic Review of Blockchain Data Sharing Solutions

By Godwin Mandinyenya Vusumuzi Malele

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.04.01, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2026

Blockchain technology has emerged as a transformative tool for secure data sharing across decentralised systems, particularly in finance, healthcare, and governance. However, despite its promise, the widespread adoption of blockchain platforms remains constrained by unresolved security threats and architecture-specific vulnerabilities. This paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) that critically evaluates the security risks and countermeasures associated with blockchain-based data sharing models. The review focuses on three widely referenced platforms, Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, and MedRec, chosen for their relevance to public, permissioned, and healthcare-oriented blockchain deployments, respectively. The review analyzed 30 peer-reviewed publications from 2018 to 2025 sourced from IEEE Xplore, SpringerLink, ScienceDirect, and other digital libraries. Empirical insights from the reviewed literature indicate that Sybil attacks remain prevalent on public blockchains, although adaptive Proof-of-Stake protocols are reported to reduce their success rate considerably. Front-running and Miner Extractable Value–related behaviors are frequently observed in Ethereum-based decentralised finance ecosystems, often resulting in significant financial losses. Unauthorised access persists as a major concern, particularly for software wallets, which are commonly exposed to phishing and malware attacks. The findings underscore unique trade-offs across platforms: Ethereum supports transparency but is prone to transaction manipulation; Hyperledger ensures strong access control yet faces insider threat challenges; and MedRec enhances patient privacy but lacks robust mobile integration. This study provides a structured synthesis of existing threats, platform-level responses, and design trade-offs, offering guidance for stakeholders aiming to strengthen security in blockchain-based data-sharing infrastructures.

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Collecting Digital Data and Evidence with Zero Knowledge Based Smart Systems: Zk-CNNChain

By Remzi Gurfidan Bekir AKSOY Mevlut ERSOY

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.04.02, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2026

Large groups can make decisions via techniques like voting, referendums, and elections. During the realization and evaluation of these events, time cost, count honesty, and voting reliability are crucial activities. Users can create their own polls, votes, and surveys using the interfaces created in this study. On these designed election processes, they can cast an electronic ballot. The CNN machine learning system evaluates the votes, or the counting process, with great accuracy, preventing manipulation and bias errors. Blockchain and zero-knowledge proof-based infrastructures support evaluation processes concurrently, enhancing voting privacy, data security, and transparency procedures. Users can create their own polls, votes, and surveys using the interfaces created in this study. On these designed election processes, they can cast an electronic ballot. The CNN machine learning system evaluates the votes, or the counting process, with great accuracy, preventing manipulation and bias errors. Blockchain and zero-knowledge proof-based infrastructures support evaluation processes concurrently, enhancing voting privacy, data security, and transparency procedures. The values obtained from the results of the obtained CNN algorithm and data privacy criteria are quite satisfactory.

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AI-based Secure Cluster Formation and Reliable Data Transmission for Wireless Sensor Networks

By Srinivasamurthy. R. Prameela kumari. N. Nikhath Tabassum

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.04.03, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2026

Clustering in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) offers numerous desirable properties, including load balancing, energy conservation, and distributed key management. Secure Clustering requires it to detect compromised nodes and remove them from clusters during setup. Suppose some nodes are attacked and pass the filtering. In that case, they can modify some nodes to adopt a different clustering perspective, as well as initiate new clusters to degrade the overall cluster quality. To address these issues, a new method, Secretary Bird with Self-Organizing Maps (SBWSOM), has been designed to detect and eliminate malicious nodes while efficiently providing data. First, the appropriate sensor nodes were constructed in Python. Second, the malicious node was located and destroyed, and the Cluster Head (CH) was picked based on parameters such as remaining energy, network level, and base station (BS) location. Furthermore, the data rates of chosen CHs have been confirmed and sent to empty nodes. Lastly, the values compared and studied were Latency, throughput, packet delivery ratio (PDR), energy consumption, and transmission loss. The evaluation of this proposal demonstrated improved data transfer, with a throughput of 0.91, an energy consumption of 0.46 mJ, and a packet delivery ratio of 96.3%. Also, the transmit loss was 4.20%, and Latency was 6.04 ms. Overall, this method performed well, with significant improvement over previous models.

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Edge AI-Based Object Detection via Voice Recognition with an LLM-Based Emotional Assistant for Elderly Care Robots

By Sarra Ben Halima Faten Ben Abdallah Joseph Haggege

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.04.04, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2026

This paper presents a fully integrated, real-time assistive system that combines voice-based object recognition with a generative conversational interface, specifically designed to enhance elderly care through edge AI deployment. The proposed framework enables intuitive human–robot interaction in domestic environments by fusing natural language understanding, optimized visual detection, and local generative response. Voice commands are processed through a speech-to-text pipeline using the Google Web Speech API, with keyword extraction triggering object detection via a quantized YOLOv8n model accelerated through TensorRT with FP16 inference on an NVIDIA Jetson Nano. In parallel, a locally deployed generative AI assistant, executed entirely on-device, provides empathetic dialogue to support social engagement and emotional well-being. The proposed system adopts a hybrid edge architecture in which object detection, robot control, and LLM-based dialogue generation are executed on-device, while speech-to-text transcription relies on a cloud-based service. This generative interface is implemented as an LLM-based Emotional Assistant. The system achieves 13 FPS with an inference latency of 70 ms for object detection, 94.3% speech recognition accuracy, and an F1-score of 0.69 at a 0.5 confidence threshold. All AI components are executed on-board, preserving privacy for on- device processing while maintaining real-time responsiveness. Experimental validation confirms the effectiveness of deploying multimodal AI, including generative models, on resource-constrained hardware. This work lays the foundation for autonomous, voice-guided care robots that not only assist in locating objects but also engage users socially, promoting greater autonomy and quality of life for older adults.

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An Improved Trust-based and Energy Efficient Secure Routing Protocol for 5g-Wsn

By Sachin B. M. Mrinal Sarvagya

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.04.05, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2026

The 5G-enabled Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) use the increased capabilities of 5G technology to represent the next version of conventional WSN environments. WSN performance may be affected by interference from high-density 5 G networks. The novel Hummingbird-based Graph Bernoulli Binomial Trust Management Network (HBbGBBTMN) proposed in this research is to enhance smart, secure, and energy-saving routing in 5G-enabled wireless networks. Python is initially used to simulate and model the network under consideration, accounting for fluctuating network conditions and dynamic node dynamics. An improved Hummingbird algorithm is used to detect and remove nodes with high energy consumption, thereby minimizing routing inefficiencies and avoiding suspicious behavior. To protect data integrity and prevent route disruption, malicious nodes are continuously detected and removed. The trust of the remaining nodes is calculated using the Bernoulli-Binomial distribution, which estimates each node's trust based on its previous packet-forwarding history. Such trust mechanisms are combined with node energy levels as well as network dynamics to form a fitness function that identifies optimal routing patterns. The suggested system is validated through extensive performance analysis, including measurements of packet delivery ratio, throughput, packet drop rate, delay, and malicious node prediction accuracy. The findings indicate that in decentralized wireless environments, HBbGBBTMN significantly enhances network efficiency, security, and dependability.

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An Optimized Graph-based Deep Learning Framework for Depression Detection Using EEG Signals

By Alphonsa Sini P. J. Sherly K. K.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.04.06, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2026

Depression is a serious psychiatric disorder that greatly impacts the quality of life and daily functioning of a person. Accurate diagnosis at the early stage is critical for success with intervention. Electroencephalography (EEG) offers a non-invasive technique to assess neurophysiological activity and is thus an important instrument for diagnosis of depression. Current EEG-based deep learning approaches are beset by high-dimensional data, poor feature selection, and poor classification performance owing to the nature of the EEG signal. To address these issues, we introduce EEGEffV2-SpikeNet a new framework for depression detection that combines statistical feature extraction with deep feature extraction through a Graph Convolutional Network (GCN) approach. The proposed model incorporates a new fusion of statistical feature extraction and GCN-based deep feature learning for the extraction of both spatial and temporal EEG features. The extracted features are then optimized by Modified Addax Optimization Algorithm (MAOA), which is a cutting-edge bio-inspired optimization algorithm for optimizing feature selection efficiency by discarding redundant information and improving classification accuracy. For depression classification, EfficientNetV2, Deep Belief Network (DBN) and a Spiking Neural Network (SNN) are utilized based on the computational efficiency of EfficientNetV2 and the biologically simulated processing of SNN for enhancing feature representation and decision-making. Experimental results on two standard EEG datasets validate the better performance of the model, achieving 98.74% accuracy on Dataset 1 and 97.88% accuracy on Dataset 2, outperforming baseline models like DBN, EfficientNet, and SNN. The results prove the framework's promise as a dependable tool for objective and early depression diagnosis, with clinical application and mental health monitoring implications.

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Federated Learning-Enabled Intrusion Detection with Bio-Inspired Feature Optimization and Hybrid Deep Neural Classifier

By S. Shiva Prakash M. Sunil Kumar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.04.07, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2026

The growth of Internet of Things (IoT) networks has drastically improved attack surface, requiring intrusion detection systems (IDS) to ensure accuracy and privacy protection. To overcome these obstacles, we introduce a federated learning (FL) based IDSW that incorporates state-of-the-art preprocessing, smart feature optimization, and a new classification paradigm. During preprocessing, raw traffic data is subject to scrubbing at a vigorous level, normalization through scaling, and label encoding to maintain consistency and reduce noise in heterogeneous local datasets. For feature selection, the Hybrid Emperor Penguin–Quokka Swarm Optimization (HEPQSO) approach is utilized which balances exploitation and exploration to find the most discriminative features while addressing the dimensionality problem. These features are then utilized by a deep hybrid classifier where the Spike Gated Linear Unit (SGLU) facilitates non-linear representation learning, and a Vision Transformer-Temporal Convolutional Network (ViT–TCN) hybrid discovers both global spatial relationships and local temporal dynamics of intrusion patterns. Experimental analyses performed using benchmark intrusion detection datasets show that the system has a high performance compared to baseline models at all times, with an accuracy of 97.88%, precision of 96.16%, recall of 97.54%, F1-score of 97.39%, specificity of 97.62%, and MCC of 97.04%, thus proving its efficiency for safe IoT settings. This combination of state-of-the-art preprocessing, hybrid feature selection, and deep federated classification forms a robust IDS that can tackle the changing landscape of cyber intrusions.

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A Hybrid 3D Gaussian Splatting and Photogrammetry Framework for Industrial Virtual Reality-Based Fire Safety Training

By Annanya Gali Sneha Thombre

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.04.08, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2026

In high-hazard workplaces like packaging facilities, effective fire safety is critical, but conventional practices fail to recognize actual hazards and are highly expensive to implement. This paper presents a hybrid reconstruction and artificial intelligence-driven framework that can potentially be applied to build interactive virtual reality environments. The objective of this study is to develop a scalable and cost-effective Virtual Reality based fire safety training system that balances realism and interactivity. To balance visual fidelity and interactivity, a hybrid reconstruction pipeline was developed. The complex background environment was reconstructed and rendered using 3D Gaussian Splatting, while for reconstructing key industrial objects as solid and interactive meshes, photogrammetry is used. An artificial intelligence-based system has been adopted for automatic object detection using You Only Look Once version 11 (YOLOv11) and material-based hazard classification using Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT). In addition, interaction options are generated using a text generation model Fine-tuned Language Net Text-to-Text Transfer Transformer (FLAN-T5). The results indicate that the proposed framework produces high rendering capabilities with high precision, enabling efficient and scalable development of industrial safety training modules.

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Digital Transformation of Credit Analysis at LPD Through Machine Learning Implementation

By I. Gede Made Karma I. Made Ariana Desak Putu Suciwati

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.04.09, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2026

The Village Credit Institution (LPD) is a microfinance institution that plays a vital role in the rural economy in Bali. LPDs provide credit through a manual and subjective analysis process conducted by loan officers. This often hinders the objectivity and consistency of credit analysis. Modernization is a strategic step to address this issue. This study aims to analyze the digital transformation process in the LPD credit analysis system through the implementation of machine learning. Initial analysis indicates that debtors with long tenors, high delinquency rates, and high debt-to-income ratios have a higher risk of default. This pattern serves as the basis for learning a machine learning model using Logistic Regression, Decision Tree, Random Forest, and XGBoost algorithms to classify creditworthiness. The XGBoost algorithm demonstrated the best performance with an accuracy of 93% and an AUC of 0.96. Regarding credit approval, this model was able to identify high-risk potential debtors with significantly better accuracy than conventional methods. With the ability to process thousands of historical data points in a relatively short time, thereby accelerating decision-making, the application of machine learning significantly improves the efficiency and objectivity of credit analysis. This supports the realization of digital transformation in credit analysis at LPDs.

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Driver Behavior–aware Fuel Optimization Using a Digital Twin and Reinforcement Learning Approach for Open-pit Haul Trucks

By Kusnawi A. Mochammad B. Agung Wibowo Ridwan C. Sanjaya

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.04.10, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2026

Driver behavior, vehicle dynamics, and operating conditions strongly influence fuel consumption in open-pit mining operations. This study proposes a driver behavior–aware fuel optimization framework that integrates a digital twin architecture with reinforcement learning to improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty haul trucks. The framework combines a data-driven vehicle dynamics surrogate, explicit modeling of driver behavior, and proximal policy optimization to enable safe and scalable policy learning within a realistic simulation environment. Historical telematics data were used to construct the digital twin and evaluate the learned policy under controlled operating conditions. Experimental results show that the reinforcement learning agent produces substantially smoother driving behavior, characterized by stable speed regulation and elimination of aggressive acceleration and braking events. Compared to historical operator driving, fuel consumption per kilometer, computed using rollout-level aggregation of cumulative fuel consumption and total traveled distance, was reduced from 4.45 L/km to 3.02 L/km, corresponding to a 32.05% improvement in fuel efficiency. The results demonstrate that explicitly modeling driver behavior within a digital twin-based reinforcement learning framework can yield significant fuel savings while maintaining realistic and interpretable driving strategies. The proposed approach provides a promising foundation for the development of decision-support and driver assistance systems aimed at improving energy efficiency in open-pit haulage operations.

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Adversarial Transferability in AI-based Network Intrusion Detection: A Comparative Study of ANN and CNN Models

By Aasim Zafar Shazra Wali Sheikh Burhan ul Haque

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.04.11, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2026

Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) play a vital role in modern cybersecurity by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) in particular deep learning (DL) and machine learning (ML) to detect and mitigate malicious activities. However, these AI-driven systems are highly vulnerable to adversarial attacks, where small, imperceptible perturbations in input data can deceive models and significantly reduce detection accuracy. This raises critical concerns about the security and reliability of intrusion detection, especially in real-world scenarios where attackers exploit adversarial transferability to bypass defenses. This research investigates the threat posed by black-box adversarial attacks via surrogate models, focusing on the ability of adversarial examples to transfer across different architectures. This study simulates real-world adversarial threats, demonstrating how attacks crafted on one model can effectively deceive another, compromising NIDS security.  A comparative study is conducted on two widely used AI models: an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), both trained on the CICIDS 2019 dataset. The study evaluates the robustness of these models against two gradient-based adversarial attack methods, Fast Gradient Sign Method (FGSM) and Projected Gradient Descent (PGD), to determine their susceptibility under black box adversarial conditions. Experimental results indicate that CNN-based NIDS are more vulnerable to adversarial attacks than ANN-based models, with adversarial examples successfully transferring across architectures. These findings highlight the critical risks associated with adversarial transferability, underscoring the need for enhanced security measures to strengthen AI-driven intrusion detection systems against evolving cyber threats.

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Advanced Metaheuristic Algorithms for Text Document Clustering: A Comparative Study of CNGO, MOA, and MPSO with K-means

By Ratnam Dodda A. Sureshbabu

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.04.12, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2026

Text document clustering plays a pivotal role in organizing large-scale unstructured data, yet conventional clustering algorithms, such as k-means, often struggle with high-dimensional data, suboptimal initializations, and local minima issues. This paper introduces a novel comparative analysis of three advanced optimization techniques integrated with k-means: Chaotic Northern Goshawk Optimization (CNGO), Mayfly Optimization Algorithm (MOA), and Modified Particle Swarm Optimization (MPSO). This work is unique because it integrates these metaheuristic algorithms to improve clustering performance, targeting initialization challenges and increasing accuracy. Extensive experiments were conducted on benchmark datasets, including Reuters-21578, 20-Newsgroup, and BBC-Sport. All three models outper- form traditional k-means in terms of accuracy, Adjusted Rand Index (ARI), Normalized Mutual Information (NMI), and V-measure.This research offers new insights into optimizing clustering processes using metaheuristic algorithms and provides a foundation for future exploration in large-scale document clustering.
Our study is significant because it systematically overcomes key limitations of conventional k-means for high-dimensional text data poor centroid initialization, local minima, and reduced effectiveness on sparse corpora by integrating and comparatively evaluating three advanced metaheuristics (CNGO, MOA, MPSO) with k-means on standard benchmark datasets. The value of this work lies in the consistently improved clustering quality (Accuracy, ARI, NMI, V-measure) achieved by the proposed hybrids, and in showing that MOA–k-means in particular offers a robust, scalable solution for real-world text analytics applications such as information retrieval, recommendation, and topic discovery.

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Design and Implementation of a Web-based Document Management System

By Samuel M. Alade

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2023.02.04, Pub. Date: 8 Apr. 2023

One area that has seen rapid growth and differing perspectives from many developers in recent years is document management. This idea has advanced beyond some of the steps where developers have made it simple for anyone to access papers in a matter of seconds. It is impossible to overstate the importance of document management systems as a necessity in the workplace environment of an organization. Interviews, scenario creation using participants' and stakeholders' first-hand accounts, and examination of current procedures and structures were all used to collect data. The development approach followed a software development methodology called Object-Oriented Hypermedia Design Methodology. With the help of Unified Modeling Language (UML) tools, a web-based electronic document management system (WBEDMS) was created. Its database was created using MySQL, and the system was constructed using web technologies including XAMPP, HTML, and PHP Programming language. The results of the system evaluation showed a successful outcome. After using the system that was created, respondents' satisfaction with it was 96.60%. This shows that the document system was regarded as adequate and excellent enough to achieve or meet the specified requirement when users (secretaries and departmental personnel) used it. Result showed that the system developed yielded an accuracy of 95% and usability of 99.20%. The report came to the conclusion that a suggested electronic document management system would improve user happiness, boost productivity, and guarantee time and data efficiency. It follows that well-known document management systems undoubtedly assist in holding and managing a substantial portion of the knowledge assets, which include documents and other associated items, of Organizations.

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Advanced Applications of Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence: A Review

By Koushal Kumar Gour Sundar Mitra Thakur

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2012.06.08, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2012

Artificial Neural Network is a branch of Artificial intelligence and has been accepted as a new computing technology in computer science fields. This paper reviews the field of Artificial intelligence and focusing on recent applications which uses Artificial Neural Networks (ANN’s) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). It also considers the integration of neural networks with other computing methods Such as fuzzy logic to enhance the interpretation ability of data. Artificial Neural Networks is considers as major soft-computing technology and have been extensively studied and applied during the last two decades. The most general applications where neural networks are most widely used for problem solving are in pattern recognition, data analysis, control and clustering. Artificial Neural Networks have abundant features including high processing speeds and the ability to learn the solution to a problem from a set of examples. The main aim of this paper is to explore the recent applications of Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence and provides an overview of the field, where the AI & ANN’s are used and discusses the critical role of AI & NN played in different areas.

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Cardiotocography Data Analysis to Predict Fetal Health Risks with Tree-Based Ensemble Learning

By Pankaj Bhowmik Pulak Chandra Bhowmik U. A. Md. Ehsan Ali Md. Sohrawordi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2021.05.03, Pub. Date: 8 Oct. 2021

A sizeable number of women face difficulties during pregnancy, which eventually can lead the fetus towards serious health problems. However, early detection of these risks can save both the invaluable life of infants and mothers. Cardiotocography (CTG) data provides sophisticated information by monitoring the heart rate signal of the fetus, is used to predict the potential risks of fetal wellbeing and for making clinical conclusions. This paper proposed to analyze the antepartum CTG data (available on UCI Machine Learning Repository) and develop an efficient tree-based ensemble learning (EL) classifier model to predict fetal health status. In this study, EL considers the Stacking approach, and a concise overview of this approach is discussed and developed accordingly. The study also endeavors to apply distinct machine learning algorithmic techniques on the CTG dataset and determine their performances. The Stacking EL technique, in this paper, involves four tree-based machine learning algorithms, namely, Random Forest classifier, Decision Tree classifier, Extra Trees classifier, and Deep Forest classifier as base learners. The CTG dataset contains 21 features, but only 10 most important features are selected from the dataset with the Chi-square method for this experiment, and then the features are normalized with Min-Max scaling. Following that, Grid Search is applied for tuning the hyperparameters of the base algorithms. Subsequently, 10-folds cross validation is performed to select the meta learner of the EL classifier model. However, a comparative model assessment is made between the individual base learning algorithms and the EL classifier model; and the finding depicts EL classifiers’ superiority in fetal health risks prediction with securing the accuracy of about 96.05%. Eventually, this study concludes that the Stacking EL approach can be a substantial paradigm in machine learning studies to improve models’ accuracy and reduce the error rate.

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Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms with Different K Values in K-fold Cross-Validation

By Isaac Kofi Nti Owusu Nyarko-Boateng Justice Aning

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2021.06.05, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2021

The numerical value of k in a k-fold cross-validation training technique of machine learning predictive models is an essential element that impacts the model’s performance. A right choice of k results in better accuracy, while a poorly chosen value for k might affect the model’s performance. In literature, the most commonly used values of k are five (5) or ten (10), as these two values are believed to give test error rate estimates that suffer neither from extremely high bias nor very high variance. However, there is no formal rule. To the best of our knowledge, few experimental studies attempted to investigate the effect of diverse k values in training different machine learning models. This paper empirically analyses the prevalence and effect of distinct k values (3, 5, 7, 10, 15 and 20) on the validation performance of four well-known machine learning algorithms (Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM), Logistic Regression (LR), Decision Tree (DT) and K-Nearest Neighbours (KNN)). It was observed that the value of k and model validation performance differ from one machine-learning algorithm to another for the same classification task. However, our empirical suggest that k = 7 offers a slight increase in validations accuracy and area under the curve measure with lesser computational complexity than k = 10 across most MLA. We discuss in detail the study outcomes and outline some guidelines for beginners in the machine learning field in selecting the best k value and machine learning algorithm for a given task.

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Machine Learning based Wildfire Area Estimation Leveraging Weather Forecast Data

By Saket Sultania Rohit Sonawane Prashasti Kanikar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2025.01.01, Pub. Date: 8 Feb. 2025

Wildfires are increasingly destructive natural disasters, annually consuming millions of acres of forests and vegetation globally. The complex interactions among fuels, topography, and meteorological factors, including temperature, precipitation, humidity, and wind, govern wildfire ignition and spread. This research presents a framework that integrates satellite remote sensing and numerical weather prediction model data to refine estimations of final wildfire sizes. A key strength of our approach is the use of comprehensive geospatial datasets from the IBM PAIRS platform, which provides a robust foundation for our predictions. We implement machine learning techniques through the AutoGluon automated machine learning toolkit to determine the optimal model for burned area prediction. AutoGluon automates the process of feature engineering, model selection, and hyperparameter tuning, evaluating a diverse range of algorithms, including neural networks, gradient boosting, and ensemble methods, to identify the most effective predictor for wildfire area estimation. The system features an intuitive interface developed in Gradio, which allows the incorporation of key input parameters, such as vegetation indices and weather variables, to customize wildfire projections. Interactive Plotly visualizations categorize the predicted fire severity levels across regions. This study demonstrates the value of synergizing Earth observations from spaceborne instruments and forecast data from numerical models to strengthen real-time wildfire monitoring and postfire impact assessment capabilities for improved disaster management. We optimize an ensemble model by comparing various algorithms to minimize the root mean squared error between the predicted and actual burned areas, achieving improved predictive performance over any individual model. The final metric reveals that our optimized WeightedEnsemble model achieved a root mean squared error (RMSE) of 1.564 km2 on the test data, indicating an average deviation of approximately 1.2 km2 in the predictions.

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PDF Marksheet Generator

By Srushti Shimpi Sanket Mandare Tyagraj Sonawane Aman Trivedi K. T. V. Reddy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2014.11.05, Pub. Date: 8 Oct. 2014

The Marksheet Generator is flexible for generating progress mark sheet of students. This system is mainly based in the database technology and the credit based grading system (CBGS). The system is targeted to small enterprises, schools, colleges and universities. It can produce sophisticated ready-to-use mark sheet, which could be created and will be ready to print. The development of a marksheet and gadget sheet is focusing at describing tables with columns/rows and sub-column sub-rows, rules of data selection and summarizing for report, particular table or column/row, and formatting the report in destination document. The adjustable data interface will be popular data sources (SQL Server) and report destinations (PDF file). Marksheet generation system can be used in universities to automate the distribution of digitally verifiable mark-sheets of students. The system accesses the students’ exam information from the university database and generates the gadget-sheet Gadget sheet keeps the track of student information in properly listed manner. The project aims at developing a marksheet generation system which can be used in universities to automate the distribution of digitally verifiable student result mark sheets. The system accesses the students’ results information from the institute student database and generates the mark sheets in Portable Document Format which is tamper proof which provides the authenticity of the document. Authenticity of the document can also be verified easily.

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Software Quality Attributes in Requirements Engineering

By Denys Gobov Oleksandra Zuieva

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2025.04.04, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2025

As software systems continue to grow more complex, evaluating software quality becomes increasingly critical. This study analyzes existing software quality models, including McCall, Boehm, FURPS, and ISO Systems and Software Engineering – Systems and Software Quality Requirements and Evaluation (SQuaRE), with a specific focus on the ISO/IEC 25010:2023 standard. The research aims to assess the completeness of these models and explore interdependencies among key quality attributes relevant to software requirements engineering. The paper identifies key characteristics and associated metrics based on ISO/IEC standards using comparative analysis and a literature review. Findings show that ISO/IEC 25010:2023 provides the most comprehensive structure, with Functional Suitability and Compatibility identified as essential due to their universally recommended metrics. Survey data from 328 practicing analysts in Ukraine and internationally demonstrate a gap between theoretical models and real-world requirements documentation practices, particularly for non-functional requirements. The identified dependencies between quality attributes enable a more integrated and structured approach to identifying and analyzing non-functional requirements in IT projects. The study emphasizes that software quality models must be tailored to project-specific goals and constraints, with attention to trade-offs and stakeholder needs during the requirements specification, prioritization, and validation processes. The findings support the adaptation of quality models to specific project constraints and emphasize the business analyst’s role in tailoring quality criteria for practical use in software development.

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Cloud Computing: A review of the Concepts and Deployment Models

By Tinankoria Diaby Babak Bashari Rad

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2017.06.07, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2017

This paper presents a selected short review on Cloud Computing by explaining its evolution, history, and definition of cloud computing. Cloud computing is not a brand-new technology, but today it is one of the most emerging technology due to its powerful and important force of change the manner data and services are managed. This paper does not only contain the evolution, history, and definition of cloud computing, but it also presents the characteristics, the service models, deployment models and roots of the cloud.

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Markov Models Applications in Natural Language Processing: A Survey

By Talal Almutiri Farrukh Nadeem

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2022.02.01, Pub. Date: 8 Apr. 2022

Markov models are one of the widely used techniques in machine learning to process natural language. Markov Chains and Hidden Markov Models are stochastic techniques employed for modeling systems that are dynamic and where the future state relies on the current state.  The Markov chain, which generates a sequence of words to create a complete sentence, is frequently used in generating natural language. The hidden Markov model is employed in named-entity recognition and the tagging of parts of speech, which tries to predict hidden tags based on observed words. This paper reviews Markov models' use in three applications of natural language processing (NLP): natural language generation, named-entity recognition, and parts of speech tagging. Nowadays, researchers try to reduce dependence on lexicon or annotation tasks in NLP. In this paper, we have focused on Markov Models as a stochastic approach to process NLP. A literature review was conducted to summarize research attempts with focusing on methods/techniques that used Markov Models to process NLP, their advantages, and disadvantages. Most NLP research studies apply supervised models with the improvement of using Markov models to decrease the dependency on annotation tasks. Some others employed unsupervised solutions for reducing dependence on a lexicon or labeled datasets.

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A Systematic Review of Natural Language Processing in Healthcare

By Olaronke G. Iroju Janet O. Olaleke

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2015.08.07, Pub. Date: 8 Jul. 2015

The healthcare system is a knowledge driven industry which consists of vast and growing volumes of narrative information obtained from discharge summaries/reports, physicians case notes, pathologists as well as radiologists reports. This information is usually stored in unstructured and non-standardized formats in electronic healthcare systems which make it difficult for the systems to understand the information contents of the narrative information. Thus, the access to valuable and meaningful healthcare information for decision making is a challenge. Nevertheless, Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques have been used to structure narrative information in healthcare. Thus, NLP techniques have the capability to capture unstructured healthcare information, analyze its grammatical structure, determine the meaning of the information and translate the information so that it can be easily understood by the electronic healthcare systems. Consequently, NLP techniques reduce cost as well as improve the quality of healthcare. It is therefore against this background that this paper reviews the NLP techniques used in healthcare, their applications as well as their limitations.

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Design and Implementation of a Web-based Document Management System

By Samuel M. Alade

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2023.02.04, Pub. Date: 8 Apr. 2023

One area that has seen rapid growth and differing perspectives from many developers in recent years is document management. This idea has advanced beyond some of the steps where developers have made it simple for anyone to access papers in a matter of seconds. It is impossible to overstate the importance of document management systems as a necessity in the workplace environment of an organization. Interviews, scenario creation using participants' and stakeholders' first-hand accounts, and examination of current procedures and structures were all used to collect data. The development approach followed a software development methodology called Object-Oriented Hypermedia Design Methodology. With the help of Unified Modeling Language (UML) tools, a web-based electronic document management system (WBEDMS) was created. Its database was created using MySQL, and the system was constructed using web technologies including XAMPP, HTML, and PHP Programming language. The results of the system evaluation showed a successful outcome. After using the system that was created, respondents' satisfaction with it was 96.60%. This shows that the document system was regarded as adequate and excellent enough to achieve or meet the specified requirement when users (secretaries and departmental personnel) used it. Result showed that the system developed yielded an accuracy of 95% and usability of 99.20%. The report came to the conclusion that a suggested electronic document management system would improve user happiness, boost productivity, and guarantee time and data efficiency. It follows that well-known document management systems undoubtedly assist in holding and managing a substantial portion of the knowledge assets, which include documents and other associated items, of Organizations.

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Cardiotocography Data Analysis to Predict Fetal Health Risks with Tree-Based Ensemble Learning

By Pankaj Bhowmik Pulak Chandra Bhowmik U. A. Md. Ehsan Ali Md. Sohrawordi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2021.05.03, Pub. Date: 8 Oct. 2021

A sizeable number of women face difficulties during pregnancy, which eventually can lead the fetus towards serious health problems. However, early detection of these risks can save both the invaluable life of infants and mothers. Cardiotocography (CTG) data provides sophisticated information by monitoring the heart rate signal of the fetus, is used to predict the potential risks of fetal wellbeing and for making clinical conclusions. This paper proposed to analyze the antepartum CTG data (available on UCI Machine Learning Repository) and develop an efficient tree-based ensemble learning (EL) classifier model to predict fetal health status. In this study, EL considers the Stacking approach, and a concise overview of this approach is discussed and developed accordingly. The study also endeavors to apply distinct machine learning algorithmic techniques on the CTG dataset and determine their performances. The Stacking EL technique, in this paper, involves four tree-based machine learning algorithms, namely, Random Forest classifier, Decision Tree classifier, Extra Trees classifier, and Deep Forest classifier as base learners. The CTG dataset contains 21 features, but only 10 most important features are selected from the dataset with the Chi-square method for this experiment, and then the features are normalized with Min-Max scaling. Following that, Grid Search is applied for tuning the hyperparameters of the base algorithms. Subsequently, 10-folds cross validation is performed to select the meta learner of the EL classifier model. However, a comparative model assessment is made between the individual base learning algorithms and the EL classifier model; and the finding depicts EL classifiers’ superiority in fetal health risks prediction with securing the accuracy of about 96.05%. Eventually, this study concludes that the Stacking EL approach can be a substantial paradigm in machine learning studies to improve models’ accuracy and reduce the error rate.

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Machine Learning based Wildfire Area Estimation Leveraging Weather Forecast Data

By Saket Sultania Rohit Sonawane Prashasti Kanikar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2025.01.01, Pub. Date: 8 Feb. 2025

Wildfires are increasingly destructive natural disasters, annually consuming millions of acres of forests and vegetation globally. The complex interactions among fuels, topography, and meteorological factors, including temperature, precipitation, humidity, and wind, govern wildfire ignition and spread. This research presents a framework that integrates satellite remote sensing and numerical weather prediction model data to refine estimations of final wildfire sizes. A key strength of our approach is the use of comprehensive geospatial datasets from the IBM PAIRS platform, which provides a robust foundation for our predictions. We implement machine learning techniques through the AutoGluon automated machine learning toolkit to determine the optimal model for burned area prediction. AutoGluon automates the process of feature engineering, model selection, and hyperparameter tuning, evaluating a diverse range of algorithms, including neural networks, gradient boosting, and ensemble methods, to identify the most effective predictor for wildfire area estimation. The system features an intuitive interface developed in Gradio, which allows the incorporation of key input parameters, such as vegetation indices and weather variables, to customize wildfire projections. Interactive Plotly visualizations categorize the predicted fire severity levels across regions. This study demonstrates the value of synergizing Earth observations from spaceborne instruments and forecast data from numerical models to strengthen real-time wildfire monitoring and postfire impact assessment capabilities for improved disaster management. We optimize an ensemble model by comparing various algorithms to minimize the root mean squared error between the predicted and actual burned areas, achieving improved predictive performance over any individual model. The final metric reveals that our optimized WeightedEnsemble model achieved a root mean squared error (RMSE) of 1.564 km2 on the test data, indicating an average deviation of approximately 1.2 km2 in the predictions.

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Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms with Different K Values in K-fold Cross-Validation

By Isaac Kofi Nti Owusu Nyarko-Boateng Justice Aning

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2021.06.05, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2021

The numerical value of k in a k-fold cross-validation training technique of machine learning predictive models is an essential element that impacts the model’s performance. A right choice of k results in better accuracy, while a poorly chosen value for k might affect the model’s performance. In literature, the most commonly used values of k are five (5) or ten (10), as these two values are believed to give test error rate estimates that suffer neither from extremely high bias nor very high variance. However, there is no formal rule. To the best of our knowledge, few experimental studies attempted to investigate the effect of diverse k values in training different machine learning models. This paper empirically analyses the prevalence and effect of distinct k values (3, 5, 7, 10, 15 and 20) on the validation performance of four well-known machine learning algorithms (Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM), Logistic Regression (LR), Decision Tree (DT) and K-Nearest Neighbours (KNN)). It was observed that the value of k and model validation performance differ from one machine-learning algorithm to another for the same classification task. However, our empirical suggest that k = 7 offers a slight increase in validations accuracy and area under the curve measure with lesser computational complexity than k = 10 across most MLA. We discuss in detail the study outcomes and outline some guidelines for beginners in the machine learning field in selecting the best k value and machine learning algorithm for a given task.

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Advanced Applications of Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence: A Review

By Koushal Kumar Gour Sundar Mitra Thakur

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2012.06.08, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2012

Artificial Neural Network is a branch of Artificial intelligence and has been accepted as a new computing technology in computer science fields. This paper reviews the field of Artificial intelligence and focusing on recent applications which uses Artificial Neural Networks (ANN’s) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). It also considers the integration of neural networks with other computing methods Such as fuzzy logic to enhance the interpretation ability of data. Artificial Neural Networks is considers as major soft-computing technology and have been extensively studied and applied during the last two decades. The most general applications where neural networks are most widely used for problem solving are in pattern recognition, data analysis, control and clustering. Artificial Neural Networks have abundant features including high processing speeds and the ability to learn the solution to a problem from a set of examples. The main aim of this paper is to explore the recent applications of Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence and provides an overview of the field, where the AI & ANN’s are used and discusses the critical role of AI & NN played in different areas.

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Multi-Factor Authentication for Improved Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Security

By Carolyne Kimani James I. Obuhuma Emily Roche

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2023.03.04, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2023

Universities across the globe have increasingly adopted Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, a software that provides integrated management of processes and transactions in real-time. These systems contain lots of information hence require secure authentication. Authentication in this case refers to the process of verifying an entity’s or device’s identity, to allow them access to specific resources upon request. However, there have been security and privacy concerns around ERP systems, where only the traditional authentication method of a username and password is commonly used. A password-based authentication approach has weaknesses that can be easily compromised. Cyber-attacks to access these ERP systems have become common to institutions of higher learning and cannot be underestimated as they evolve with emerging technologies. Some universities worldwide have been victims of cyber-attacks which targeted authentication vulnerabilities resulting in damages to the institutions reputations and credibilities. Thus, this research aimed at establishing authentication methods used for ERPs in Kenyan universities, their vulnerabilities, and proposing a solution to improve on ERP system authentication. The study aimed at developing and validating a multi-factor authentication prototype to improve ERP systems security. Multi-factor authentication which combines several authentication factors such as: something the user has, knows, or is, is a new state-of-the-art technology that is being adopted to strengthen systems’ authentication security. This research used an exploratory sequential design that involved a survey of chartered Kenyan Universities, where questionnaires were used to collect data that was later analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Stratified, random and purposive sampling techniques were used to establish the sample size and the target group. The dependent variable for the study was limited to security rating with respect to realization of confidentiality, integrity, availability, and usability while the independent variables were limited to adequacy of security, authentication mechanisms, infrastructure, information security policies, vulnerabilities, and user training. Correlation and regression analysis established vulnerabilities, information security policies, and user training to be having a higher impact on system security. The three variables hence acted as the basis for the proposed multi-factor authentication framework for improve ERP systems security.

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Early Formalization of AI-tools Usage in Software Engineering in Europe: Study of 2023

By Denis S. Pashchenko

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2023.06.03, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2023

This scientific article presents the results of a study focused on the current practices and future prospects of AI-tools usage, specifically large language models (LLMs), in software development (SD) processes within European IT companies. The Pan-European study covers 35 SD teams from all regions of Europe and consists of three sections: the first section explores the current adoption of AI-tools in software production, the second section addresses common challenges in LLMs implementation, and the third section provides a forecast of the tech future in AI-tools development for SD.
The study reveals that AI-tools, particularly LLMs, have gained popularity and approbation in European IT companies for tasks related to software design and construction, coding, and software documentation. However, their usage for business and system analysis remains limited. Nevertheless, challenges such as resource constraints and organizational resistance are evident.
The article also highlights the potential of AI-tools in the software development process, such as automating routine operations, speeding up work processes, and enhancing software product excellence. Moreover, the research examines the transformation of IT paradigms driven by AI-tools, leading to changes in the skill sets of software developers. Although the impact of LLMs on the software development industry is perceived as modest, experts anticipate significant changes in the next 10 years, including AI-tools integration into advanced IDEs, software project management systems, and product management tools.
Ethical concerns about data ownership, information security and legal aspects of AI-tools usage are also discussed, with experts emphasizing the need for legal formalization and regulation in the AI domain. Overall, the study highlights the growing importance and potential of AI-tools in software development, as well as the need for careful consideration of challenges and ethical implications to fully leverage their benefits.

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Accident Response Time Enhancement Using Drones: A Case Study in Najm for Insurance Services

By Salma M. Elhag Ghadi H. Shaheen Fatmah H. Alahmadi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2023.06.01, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2023

One of the main reasons for mortality among people is traffic accidents. The percentage of traffic accidents in the world has increased to become the third in the expected causes of death in 2020. In Saudi Arabia, there are more than 460,000 car accidents every year. The number of car accidents in Saudi Arabia is rising, especially during busy periods such as Ramadan and the Hajj season. The Saudi Arabia’s government is making the required efforts to lower the nations of car accident rate. This paper suggests a business process improvement for car accident reports handled by Najm in accordance with the Saudi Vision 2030. According to drone success in many fields (e.g., entertainment, monitoring, and photography), the paper proposes using drones to respond to accident reports, which will help to expedite the process and minimize turnaround time. In addition, the drone provides quick accident response and recording scenes with accurate results. The Business Process Management (BPM) methodology is followed in this proposal. The model was validated by comparing before and after simulation results which shows a significant impact on performance about 40% regarding turnaround time. Therefore, using drones can enhance the process of accident response with Najm in Saudi Arabia.

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Detecting and Preventing Common Web Application Vulnerabilities: A Comprehensive Approach

By Najla Odeh Sherin Hijazi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2023.03.03, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2023

Web applications are becoming very important in our lives as many sensitive processes depend on them. Therefore, it is critical for safety and invulnerability against malicious attacks. Most studies focus on ways to detect these attacks individually. In this study, we develop a new vulnerability system to detect and prevent vulnerabilities in web applications. It has multiple functions to deal with some recurring vulnerabilities. The proposed system provided the detection and prevention of four types of vulnerabilities, including SQL injection, cross-site scripting attacks, remote code execution, and fingerprinting of backend technologies. We investigated the way worked for every type of vulnerability; then the process of detecting each type of vulnerability; finally, we provided prevention for each type of vulnerability. Which achieved three goals: reduce testing costs, increase efficiency, and safety. The proposed system has been validated through a practical application on a website, and experimental results demonstrate its effectiveness in detecting and preventing security threats. Our study contributes to the field of security by presenting an innovative approach to addressing security concerns, and our results highlight the importance of implementing advanced detection and prevention methods to protect against potential cyberattacks. The significance and research value of this survey lies in its potential to enhance the security of online systems and reduce the risk of data breaches.

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A Systematic Literature Review of Studies Comparing Process Mining Tools

By Cuma Ali Kesici Necmettin Ozkan Sedat Taskesenlioglu Tugba Gurgen Erdogan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2022.05.01, Pub. Date: 8 Oct. 2022

Process Mining (PM) and PM tool abilities play a significant role in meeting the needs of organizations in terms of getting benefits from their processes and event data, especially in this digital era. The success of PM initiatives in producing effective and efficient outputs and outcomes that organizations desire is largely dependent on the capabilities of the PM tools. This importance of the tools makes the selection of them for a specific context critical. In the selection process of appropriate tools, a comparison of them can lead organizations to an effective result. In order to meet this need and to give insight to both practitioners and researchers, in our study, we systematically reviewed the literature and elicited the papers that compare PM tools, yielding comprehensive results through a comparison of available PM tools. It specifically delivers tools’ comparison frequency, methods and criteria used to compare them, strengths and weaknesses of the compared tools for the selection of appropriate PM tools, and findings related to the identified papers' trends and demographics. Although some articles conduct a comparison for the PM tools, there is a lack of literature reviews on the studies that compare PM tools in the market. As far as we know, this paper presents the first example of a review in literature in this regard.

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