PSU Research Review: Volume 1 Issue 2 , Open Access

Editorial

Mohammad Nurunnabi

On properties of cyberattacks and their nuances

Jassim Happa, Michael Goldsmith

Several attack models attempt to describe behaviours of attacks with the intent to understand and combat them better. However, all models are to some degree incomplete. They may…

Measuring user’s influence in the Yelp recommender system

Andres Bejarano, Agrima Jindal, Bharat Bhargava

Recommender systems collect information about users and businesses and how they are related. Such relation is given in terms of reviews and votes on reviews. User reviews gather…

GrandBase: generating actionable knowledge from Big Data

Xiu Susie Fang, Quan Z. Sheng, Xianzhi Wang, Anne H.H. Ngu, Yihong Zhang

This paper aims to propose a system for generating actionable knowledge from Big Data and use this system to construct a comprehensive knowledge base (KB), called GrandBase.

New IoT proximity service based heterogeneous RFID readers collision control

Jose Ignacio Tamayo Segarra, Bilal Al Jammal, Hakima Chaouchi

Internet of Things’ (IoT’s) first wave started with tracking services for better inventory management mainly using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Later on…

Hierarchy grey relational analysis using DEA and AHP

Mohammad Sadegh Pakkar

This paper aims to apply an integrated data envelopment analysis (DEA) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach to a multi-hierarchy grey relational analysis (GRA) model…

Nano-beams under torsion: a stress-driven nonlocal approach

Raffaele Barretta, Luciano Feo, Raimondo Luciano, Francesco Marotti de Sciarra, Rosa Penna

This study aims to model scale effects in nano-beams under torsion.

Effect of local instability on fire response of steel beams

Venkatesh Kodur, Mohannad Z. Naser

This purpose of this paper is to quantify the effect of local instability arising from high shear loading on response of steel girders subjected to fire conditions.