scholarly journals A Survey on Challenges and Progresses in Blockchain Technologies: A Performance and Security Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (22) ◽  
pp. 4731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoying Zheng ◽  
Yongxin Zhu ◽  
Xueming Si
Keyword(s):  
Performance Metrics ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Scientific Databases ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Industry Sectors ◽  
A Performance

Blockchain naturally fits multiple industry sectors due its characteristics of decentralization, enhanced security, tamper-proof, improved traceability and transparency. However, there is a significant concern of blockchain’s performance, since blockchain trades off its performance for a completely distributed feature, which enhances its security. In this paper, we investigate the state-of-the-art progress of blockchain, mainly from a performance and security perspective. We extracted 42 primary papers from major scientific databases and 34 online technical articles. The objective is to understand the current research trends, challenges and future directions. We briefly introduce the key technologies of blockchain including distributed ledger, cryptography, consensus, smart contracts and benchmarks. We next summarize the performance and security concerns raised in the investigation. We discuss the architectural choices, performance metrics, database management enhancements, and hybrid blockchains, and try to identify the effort that the state-of-the-art has made to balance between the performance and security. We also make experiments on Ethereum and survey other popular blockchain platforms on the scalability feature of blockchain. We later discuss the potential applications and present the lessons learned. Finally, we attempt to identify the open issues and possible research directions.

An experimental study on feature-based SLAM for multi-legged robots with RGB-D sensors

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał R. Nowicki ◽  
Dominik Belter ◽  
Aleksander Kostusiak ◽  
Petr Cížek ◽  
Jan Faigl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Metrics ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Bundle Adjustment ◽  
The State ◽  
Legged Robots ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
Walking Robots ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Feature Based

Purpose This paper aims to evaluate four different simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) systems in the context of localization of multi-legged walking robots equipped with compact RGB-D sensors. This paper identifies problems related to in-motion data acquisition in a legged robot and evaluates the particular building blocks and concepts applied in contemporary SLAM systems against these problems. The SLAM systems are evaluated on two independent experimental set-ups, applying a well-established methodology and performance metrics. Design/methodology/approach Four feature-based SLAM architectures are evaluated with respect to their suitability for localization of multi-legged walking robots. The evaluation methodology is based on the computation of the absolute trajectory error (ATE) and relative pose error (RPE), which are performance metrics well-established in the robotics community. Four sequences of RGB-D frames acquired in two independent experiments using two different six-legged walking robots are used in the evaluation process. Findings The experiments revealed that the predominant problem characteristics of the legged robots as platforms for SLAM are the abrupt and unpredictable sensor motions, as well as oscillations and vibrations, which corrupt the images captured in-motion. The tested adaptive gait allowed the evaluated SLAM systems to reconstruct proper trajectories. The bundle adjustment-based SLAM systems produced best results, thanks to the use of a map, which enables to establish a large number of constraints for the estimated trajectory. Research limitations/implications The evaluation was performed using indoor mockups of terrain. Experiments in more natural and challenging environments are envisioned as part of future research. Practical implications The lack of accurate self-localization methods is considered as one of the most important limitations of walking robots. Thus, the evaluation of the state-of-the-art SLAM methods on legged platforms may be useful for all researchers working on walking robots’ autonomy and their use in various applications, such as search, security, agriculture and mining. Originality/value The main contribution lies in the integration of the state-of-the-art SLAM methods on walking robots and their thorough experimental evaluation using a well-established methodology. Moreover, a SLAM system designed especially for RGB-D sensors and real-world applications is presented in details.

A Comprehensive Taxonomy of Dynamic Texture Representation

2023 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-39
Author(s):  
Thanh Tuan Nguyen ◽  
Thanh Phuong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Benchmark Datasets ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Made In

Representing dynamic textures (DTs) plays an important role in many real implementations in the computer vision community. Due to the turbulent and non-directional motions of DTs along with the negative impacts of different factors (e.g., environmental changes, noise, illumination, etc.), efficiently analyzing DTs has raised considerable challenges for the state-of-the-art approaches. For 20 years, many different techniques have been introduced to handle the above well-known issues for enhancing the performance. Those methods have shown valuable contributions, but the problems have been incompletely dealt with, particularly recognizing DTs on large-scale datasets. In this article, we present a comprehensive taxonomy of DT representation in order to purposefully give a thorough overview of the existing methods along with overall evaluations of their obtained performances. Accordingly, we arrange the methods into six canonical categories. Each of them is then taken in a brief presentation of its principal methodology stream and various related variants. The effectiveness levels of the state-of-the-art methods are then investigated and thoroughly discussed with respect to quantitative and qualitative evaluations in classifying DTs on benchmark datasets. Finally, we point out several potential applications and the remaining challenges that should be addressed in further directions. In comparison with two existing shallow DT surveys (i.e., the first one is out of date as it was made in 2005, while the newer one (published in 2016) is an inadequate overview), we believe that our proposed comprehensive taxonomy not only provides a better view of DT representation for the target readers but also stimulates future research activities.

Host–Based Intrusion Detection Systems

2014 ◽  
pp. 184-213
Author(s):  
Vít Bukač ◽  
Vashek Matyáš
Keyword(s):  
Intrusion Detection ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
The State ◽  
Intrusion Detection Systems ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Detection Systems ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Art Research

In this chapter, the reader explores both the founding ideas and the state-of-the-art research on host-based intrusion detection systems. HIDSs are categorized by their intrusion detection method. Each category is thoroughly investigated, and its limitations and benefits are discussed. Seminal research findings and ideas are presented and supplied with comments. Separate sections are devoted to the protection against tampering and to the HIDS evasion techniques that are employed by attackers. Existing research trends are highlighted, and possible future directions are suggested.

scholarly journals Disassembly line balancing problem: a review of the state of the art and future directions

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (15-16) ◽  
pp. 4805-4827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eren Özceylan ◽  
Can B. Kalayci ◽  
Aşkıner Güngör ◽  
Surendra M. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Line Balancing ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Disassembly Line Balancing ◽  
Disassembly Line

Web phishing detection techniques: a survey on the state-of-the-art, taxonomy and future directions

IET Networks ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 235-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Vijayalakshmi ◽  
S. Mercy Shalinie ◽  
Ming Hour Yang ◽  
Raja Meenakshi U.
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Phishing Detection

scholarly journals Nuclear Imaging of Bacterial Infection: The State of the Art and Future Directions

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 1708-1716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilona Polvoy ◽  
Robert R. Flavell ◽  
Oren S. Rosenberg ◽  
Michael A. Ohliger ◽  
David M. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Infection ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Nuclear Imaging ◽  
The State ◽  
Future Directions
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