Publications

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Prostate contours delineation using interactive directional active contours model and parametric shape prior model

Foued Derraz, Gérard Forzy, Arnaud Delebarre, Abdelmalik Taleb-Ahmed, Mourad Oussalah, Laurent Peyrodie, Sebastien Verclytte

Prostate contours delineation on Magnetic Resonance (MR) images is a challenging and important task in medical imaging with applications of guiding biopsy, surgery and therapy. While a fully automated method is highly desired for this application, it can be a very difficult task due to the…

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 2015, 31 (11), pp.22. ⟨10.1002/cnm.2726⟩. ⟨hal-03428478⟩

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Experimental and theoretical investigation of Stirling engine heater: Parametrical optimization

Ramla Gheith, Houda Hachem, Fethi Aloui, Sassi Ben Nasrallah

The aim of this work is to optimize γ Stirling engine performances with a special care given to the heater. This latter consists of 20 tubes in order to increase the exchange area between the working gas and the hot source. Different parameters were chosen to evaluate numerically and experimentally…

Energy Conversion and Management, 2015, 105, pp.285-293. ⟨10.1016/j.enconman.2015.07.063⟩. ⟨hal-03448409⟩

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Study of the parameters and characteristics of flat heat pipe with nanofluids subjected to periodic heat load on its performance

Hamdy Hassan, Souad Harmand

A study is presented on the transient cooling of an electronic component by flat heat pipe (FHP) with nanofluid. The electronic component has periodic power output of maximum value 400 W and works for 12.8 s. The effects of Cu, CuO and Al2O3 nanoparticles on the heat pipe performance are…

International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2015, 97, pp.126-142. ⟨10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2015.06.009⟩. ⟨hal-03448546⟩

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Multi-objective variable neighborhood search: an application to combinatorial optimization problems

Abraham Duarte, Juan Pantrigo, Eduardo G Pardo, Nenad Mladenovic

Solutions to real-life optimization problems usually have to be evaluated con-sidering multiple conflicting objectives. These kind of problems, known as multi-objectiveoptimization problems, have been mainly solved in the past by using evolutionary algo-rithms. In this paper, we explore the…

Journal of Global Optimization, 2015, 63 (3), pp.515-536. ⟨10.1007/s10898-014-0213-z⟩. ⟨hal-03401593⟩

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Hardware resource utilization optimization in FPGA-based Heterogeneous MPSoC architectures

Bouthaina Dammak Masmoudi, Mouna Baklouti, Rachid Benmansour, Smail Niar, Mohamed Abid

Next generation FPGA circuits will allow the integration of dozens of hard and soft cores as well as dedicated accelerators in the same chip. These Heterogeneous Multiprocessor System-on-Chip (Ht-MPSoC) architectures will allow the design of very complex System-on-Chips (SoC) on a single FPGA chip…

Microprocessors and Microsystems: Embedded Hardware Design , 2015, 39 (8), pp.1108-1118. ⟨10.1016/j.micpro.2015.05.006⟩. ⟨hal-03401002⟩

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Customizing VLIW processors from dynamically profiled execution traces

Gorker Alp Malazgirt, Arda Yurdakul, Smail Niar

The design philosophy of VLIW processors is to maximize instruction level parallelism (ILP) starting from compiler and machine code level to all the way down to memory and computational blocks. For this purpose, VLIW tailoring has been an important research area, because non-tailored VLIWs cannot…

Microprocessors and Microsystems: Embedded Hardware Design , 2015, 39 (8), pp.656-673. ⟨10.1016/j.micpro.2015.09.005⟩. ⟨hal-03400990⟩

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Reactive control of overall power consumption in flexible manufacturing systems scheduling: A Potential Fields model

Cyrille Pach, Thierry Berger, Yves Sallez, Damien Trentesaux

In recent years, designing “energy-aware manufacturing scheduling and control systems” has become more and more complex due to the increasing volatility and unpredictability of energy availability, supply and cost, and thus requires the integration of highly reactive behavior in control laws. The…

Control Engineering Practice, 2015, 44, pp.193-208. ⟨10.1016/j.conengprac.2015.08.003⟩. ⟨hal-03428162⟩

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Enhanced precision of ankle torque measure with an open-unit dynamometer mounted with a 3D force-torque sensor

Anis Toumi, Sebastien Leteneur, Christophe Gillet, Jean-François Debril, Nicolas Decoufour, Franck Barbier, Jennifer Jakobi, Emilie Simoneau-Buessinger

Purpose: Many studies have focused on maximum torque exerted by ankle joint muscles during plantar flexion. While strength parameters are typically measured with isokinetic or isolated ankle dynamometers, these devices often present substantial limitations for the measurement of torque because they…

European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2015, 115 (11), pp.2303-2310. ⟨10.1007/s00421-015-3210-0⟩. ⟨hal-03520701⟩

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A survey on vision-based traffic accident detection techniques

Boutheina Maaloul, Abdelmalik Taleb-Ahmed, Carlos Valderrama, Smail Niar, Foued Derraz, Naim Harb

International Conference on Advanced Communication Systems and Signal Processing (ICOSIP 2015), Nov 2015, Tlemcen, Algeria. ⟨hal-03384622⟩

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Review on Numerical Modeling of Instrumented Indentation Tests for Elastoplastic Material Behavior Identification

Julie Marteau, Salima Bouvier, Maxence Bigerelle

The impacts of the parameters controlling the finite element simulation of instrumented indentation tests and their consequences on numerical results are reviewed in case of homogeneous materials and functionally graded ones. Through a comparative study of the results of different finite element…

Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 2015, 22 (4), pp.577-593. ⟨10.1007/s11831-014-9134-8⟩. ⟨hal-02909095⟩