Outputs (62)

An Overview of Smart Cities Key Components (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Izz, A., Kamil, M., Fathi, M. S., Aziz, Z., & Aigerim, K. (in press). An Overview of Smart Cities Key Components.

In response to the challenges of modern urbanisation, the smart city concept emerged as a promising approach to creating a sustainable and efficient urban environment. Smart cities using the latest technology and data-based solutions are aimed at opt... Read More about An Overview of Smart Cities Key Components.

An investigation of energy saving behaviour for residential buildings in Nigeria (2023)
Thesis
Tilde, A. (2023). An investigation of energy saving behaviour for residential buildings in Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

Threats of climate change, global warming and uncertainty about future energy prices have sparked a global discussion about energy efficiency, particularly energy saving behaviour in residential buildings. Numerous challenges have been faced in achie... Read More about An investigation of energy saving behaviour for residential buildings in Nigeria.

The role of machine learning and the internet of things in smart buildings for energy efficiency (2022)
Journal Article
Shah, S., Iqbal, M., Aziz, Z., Rana, T., Khalid, A., Cheah, Y., & Arif, A. (2022). The role of machine learning and the internet of things in smart buildings for energy efficiency. Applied Sciences, 12(15), 7882. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12157882

Machine learning can be used to automate a wide range of tasks. Smart buildings, which use the Internet of Things (IoT) to connect building operations, enable activities, such as monitoring temperature, safety, and maintenance, for easier controlling... Read More about The role of machine learning and the internet of things in smart buildings for energy efficiency.

Privacy shield: a system for edge computing using asynchronous federated learning (2022)
Journal Article
Khalid, A., Aziz, Z., & Fathi, M. (2022). Privacy shield: a system for edge computing using asynchronous federated learning. Scientific Programming, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7465640

Due to increase in IoT devices, the data produced every day are also increasing rapidly. The growth in data means more processing and more computations are required without delay. This introduced us to a new horizon of the computing infrastructure, i... Read More about Privacy shield: a system for edge computing using asynchronous federated learning.

Prioritisation of resilience criteria and performance indicators for road emergencies crisis response : an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach (2022)
Journal Article
Aziz, Z., Alzaabi, E., & Syazli Fathi, M. (2022). Prioritisation of resilience criteria and performance indicators for road emergencies crisis response : an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMPC-11-2021-0065

Purpose: This paper aims to develop a crisis readiness framework for road traffic crisis response for law enforcement agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach: A Delphi method was used that combined questionnaire-... Read More about Prioritisation of resilience criteria and performance indicators for road emergencies crisis response : an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach.

Exploring the role of E-learning practices in protecting secondary school education after violent conflict : case study - secondary school education in Libya (2021)
Thesis
Essadi, H. Exploring the role of E-learning practices in protecting secondary school education after violent conflict : case study - secondary school education in Libya. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background: It is reported that approximately 2,000 schools in Libya were damaged between 2011 and 2013, and that within the month of November 2016 a further 477 schools were damaged and another 30 schools were destroyed in Tripoli and Benghazi. This... Read More about Exploring the role of E-learning practices in protecting secondary school education after violent conflict : case study - secondary school education in Libya.

The development of a framework to improve materials management on Libyan construction sites (2021)
Thesis
Maauf, N. The development of a framework to improve materials management on Libyan construction sites. (Thesis). University of Salford

Materials management is crucial in construction projects specially in developing countries. It contributes very important role to the achievement of the project on time and, as such, affects the overall economy of any country. The research aims to de... Read More about The development of a framework to improve materials management on Libyan construction sites.

Developing an assessment framework to enhance community resilience to pluvial floods in the UAE (2021)
Thesis
Al nuaimi, M. (2021). Developing an assessment framework to enhance community resilience to pluvial floods in the UAE. (Thesis). University of Salford

Over the last two decades, the increase in natural disasters has affected communities around the world through significant loss of life and negative environmental and economic impacts. Although communities cannot always prevent these disasters, they... Read More about Developing an assessment framework to enhance community resilience to pluvial floods in the UAE.

Developing a strategic framework to enhance readiness of UAE law enforcement agencies to effectively respond to road traffic emergencies (2021)
Thesis
Alzaabi, E. Developing a strategic framework to enhance readiness of UAE law enforcement agencies to effectively respond to road traffic emergencies. (Thesis). University of Salford

The high number of road traffic accidents and increasing prevalence of road traffic crises around the world has brought to the fore the need for a higher level of crisis preparedness and response. In the UAE, crisis response times are significantly b... Read More about Developing a strategic framework to enhance readiness of UAE law enforcement agencies to effectively respond to road traffic emergencies.

QoS based optimal resource allocation and workload balancing for fog enabled IoT (2021)
Journal Article
Khalid, A., ul Ain, Q., Qasim, A., & Aziz, Z. (2021). QoS based optimal resource allocation and workload balancing for fog enabled IoT. Cellular Senescence and Therapy, 11(1), 262-274. https://doi.org/10.1515/comp-2020-0162

This paper is aimed at efficiently distributing workload between the Fog Layer and the Cloud Network and then optimizing resource allocation in cloud networks to ensure better utilization and quick response time of the resources available to the end... Read More about QoS based optimal resource allocation and workload balancing for fog enabled IoT.