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Mostafa Ezziyyani

Faculty of Sciences and Technologies

Tangier

Morocco

Mohamed Bahaj

Faculty of Sciences and Technologies

University Hassan 1st

Settat

Morocco

Faddoul Khoukhi

Faculty of Sciences and Technologies

Mohammedia

Morocco

ISSN 2367-3370 ISSN 2367-3389 (electronic)

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Preface

This book provides an interdisciplinary collaboration in which scientists and pro￾fessionals can share their research results. It brings also new challenges of insights

into the fields of Modern Information Engineering Concepts and Communication

Systems.

The selected papers involve great efforts to develop efficient techniques and tools

for emerging areas related to Modern Information Engineering and Communication

Systems. It also report new solutions for deployment, manipulation and exploitation

of the advanced systems in Information Technology.

This book brings together the investigation result of researchers and practitioners

from academia and industry to share novel ideas, results, experiences and

work-in-process for establishing new collaborations in these areas.

It can be categorized by the involvement of five domains of treatment and

management of information technology:

Advances in Software Engineering. The objective of this part is to communicate

recent and projected advances in computer-based engineering techniques. This part

cover the development and maintenance of software engineering to satisfy customer

requirements on reliably and efficiently.

Advances in Web Technologies, Semantics, and Future Internet. This includes

semantic Web and big data, semantic Web and conceptual knowledge representa￾tion, Web semantics and conceptual modeling, ontology engineering, learning

and ontology evolution, semantic Web, information extraction, automatic, and

semiautomatic generation of metadata, semantics for ubiquitous and cloud

computing.

Advances Networking and Sensor Networks. This part is intended to discuss

recent advances in the broad and quickly evolving fields of communication net￾works, and to highlight key issues and develop visions for networks of the future

comprising sensors, actuators, mobile systems, and communicating objects.

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Cloud, Parallel, Distributed, and High-Performance Computing. This part

presents the latest fundamental advanced research result of cloud computing and

identifies the emerging research topics related to distributed system and

high-performance computing.

IR, Big Data, Business Intelligence, and Knowledge Management. This includes

domain-driven data mining, postprocessing rules for actions, domain-driven cus￾tomer analytics, big data, information retrieval, roles of human intelligence in AKD,

maximal pattern-based cluster, and ontology mining.

We would like to thank the staff at Springer for their enthusiastic support and

guidance during the preparation of the book. In particular, our special thanks to

Dr. Thomas Ditzinger for kind support.

Mostafa Ezziyyani

Mohamed Bahaj

Faddoul Khoukhi

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Contents

Advances in Software Engineering

Factors Influencing the Adoption of Ambient Assisted Living

Technologies by Healthcare Providers in the Kingdom

of Saudi Arabia ........................................... 3

Majid H. Alsulami, Anthony S. Atkins, and Russell J. Campion

Continuous Improvement of Strategic Alignment Model ............ 12

Akazzou Salaheddine and Cherti Ilias

A Comparative Simulation Study on the Performance of LDPC

Codes and 3Dimensional Turbo Codes.......................... 21

Mensouri Mohammed, Aaroud Abdessadek, and El Hore Ali

Energy Efficiency Approach for Smart Building in Islanding

Mode Based on Distributed Energy Resources .................... 36

Youssef Hamdaoui and Abdelilah Maach

Genetic Algorithm for Reusable Containers Management Problem .... 50

Mohammed Rida Ech-Charrat, Khalid Amechnoue, and Tarik Zouadi

Multi-agent Modeling of Resource Allocation Under Competence

and Emergency Constraints in the Hospital Environment ........... 59

M. El Hankouri, M. Kharbach, and M. Ouardouz

Context Awareness-Based Ontology Using Internet of Things

for Multimedia Documents Adaptation ......................... 69

Hajar Khallouki and Mohamed Bahaj

Face Recognition Using Deep Features.......................... 78

Hamid Ouanan, Mohammed Ouanan, and Brahim Aksasse

Myface: Unconstrained Face Recognition ........................ 86

Hamid Ouanan, Mohammed Ouanan, and Brahim Aksasse

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Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Gabor Filters

and 2-D ESPRIT Method .................................... 95

Youness Chawki, Khalid El Asnaoui, Mohammed Ouanan,

and Brahim Aksasse

A Retirement Pension from a Supply Chain Side:

Case of the Moroccan Retirement Pension ....................... 103

Houda Mezouar and Abdellatif El Afia

Advances in Web Technologies, Semantics and Future Internet

Creating Multidimensional Views from RDF Sources .............. 119

Yassine Laadidi and Mohamed Bahaj

An Ontology Based Approach to Organize Supplier

and Transportation Provider Selection Negotiation

in Multi-agent System Model ................................. 129

Iman Achatbi, Khalid Amechnoue, and Saloua Aoulad Allouch

Deep Neural Networks Features for Arabic Handwriting Recognition ... 138

Mustapha Amrouch and Mouhcine Rabi

SCH-WSD: A Semantic-Conceptual Hybrid Approach for Web

Services Discovery ......................................... 150

Hicham Laabira, Khalid El Fazazy, and Redouane Ezzahir

Optimal Regulation of Energy Delivery for Community Microgrids

Based on Constraint Satisfaction and Multi-agent System ........... 162

Mostafa Ezziyyani and Loubna Cherrat

Using Image Segmentation in Content Based Image

Retrieval Method .......................................... 179

Mohamed Ouhda, Khalid El Asnaoui, Mohammed Ouanan,

and Brahim Aksasse

Alignment of IT Frameworks for Corporate Governance ........... 196

Hajar Ben Laadar, Ilias Cherti, and Mohamed Bahaj

A Design Requirements Framework for Mobile

Learning Environment ...................................... 208

Abdel Karim Aziz and Faddoul Khoukhi

Knowledge Management in Business, A Multi-desciplinar Science

and A State of Mind........................................ 216

Ben Laadar Hajar and Cherti Ilias

Advances Networking and Sensor Networks

Survey of Security in Software-Defined Network .................. 227

Nadya El Moussaid, Ahmed Toumanari, and Maryam El Azhari

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Weakness in Zhang et al.’s Authentication Protocol for Session

Initiation Protocol ......................................... 239

Mourade Azrour, Yousef Farhaoui, and Mohammed Ouanan

How Mobile Nodes Influence Wireless Sensor Networks Security

and Lifetime .............................................. 252

Mohammed Saïd Salah, Abderrahim Maizate, Mohamed Ouzzif,

and Mohamed Toumi

A Novel Smart Distribution System for an Islanded Region ......... 269

Youssef Hamdaoui and Abdelilah Maach

Taxonomy of Routing Protocols in MANETs ..................... 280

Younes Ben Chigra, Abderrahim Ghadi, and Mohamed Bouhorma

Cloud, Parallel, Distributed and High Performance Computing

Allocation Strategy for Cloud Datacenter Based on Multi Agent

and CP Approach ......................................... 291

Merzoug Soltane, Kazar Okba, Ezziyyani Mostafa,

and Dardour Makhlouf

A Trusted Way for Encryption Key Management

in Cloud Computing ........................................ 302

Saad Fehis, Omar Nouali, and Mohand-Tahar Kechadi

Use of Cloud Computing Technologies for Geographic

Information Systems........................................ 315

Ahmed Ziani and Abdellatif Medouri

New Real Time Cloud Telemedicine Using Digital Signature

Algorithm on Elliptic Curves ................................. 324

Asma Jebrane, Naima Meddah, Ahmed Toumanari,

and Mohamed Bousseta

Scalable Lightweight ABAC Scheme for Secure Sharing PHR

in Cloud Computing ........................................ 333

Naima Meddah, Asma Jebrane, and Ahmed Toumanari

IR, Big Data, Business Intelligence, and Knowledge Management

Arabic Stemming Techniques as Feature Extraction Applied

in Arabic Text Classification ................................. 349

Samir Boukil, Fatiha El Adnani, Abd Elmajid El Moutaouakkil,

Loubna Cherrat, and Mostafa Ezziyyani

A Comparative Study of the Four Well-Known Classification

Algorithms in Data Mining .................................. 362

Safae Sossi Alaoui, Yousef Farhaoui, and Brahim Aksasse

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Advanced SQL-to-SPARQL Query Transformation Approach ....... 374

Nassima Soussi and Mohamed Bahaj

Migration from Relational Databases to HBase:

A Feasibility Assessment .................................... 383

Zakaria Bousalem, Ilias Cherti, and Gansen Zhao

Big Data and IoT: A Prime Opportunity for Banking Industry ....... 396

Abdeljalil Boumlik and Mohamed Bahaj

Big Data Analytics Applied for Control Systems .................. 408

Yousef Farhaoui

Detecting Network Intrusions Using Multi-class Logistic Regression

and Correlation-Based Feature Selection ........................ 416

Taha Ait tchakoucht and Mostafa Ezziyyani

The Optimization of Search Engines to Improve the Ranking

to Detect User’s Intent ...................................... 427

Salma Gaou and Aissam Bekkari

Hybrid HMM/MLP Models for Recognizing Unconstrained

Cursive Arabic Handwritten Text ............................. 438

Mouhcine Rabi, Mustapha Amrouch, and Zouhir Mahani

Reducing Crowding in Hospital Inpatient Unit

Using Queuing Theory ...................................... 449

Sara Jebbor, Abdellatif El Afia, and Raddouane Chiheb

Hybrid Penguins Search Optimization Algorithm and Genetic

Algorithm Solving Traveling Salesman Problem .................. 461

Ilyass Mzili, Mohammed Essaid Riffi, and Fatiha Benzekri

The Particularities of the Counter Propagation Neural Network

Application in Pattern Recognition Tasks ....................... 474

Khatir El Haimoudi, Ikram Issati, and Ali Daanoun

Converting Temporal Relational Database into Temporal Object

Relational Database ........................................ 488

Soumiya Ain El Hayat and Mohamed Bahaj

Implementing of a Binary Data Generator on a FPGA Card......... 496

M. Benzaima, Mensouri Mohammed,

Aaroud Abdessadek, and Ali El Hore

Towards a Hybrid Method of Construction of a Normalized

Domain Ontology Used by Machine Teaching PERO2 .............. 503

Mostafa Chahbar, Ali Elhore, and Younes Askane

Author Index................................................ 517

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Advances in Software Engineering

Factors Influencing the Adoption of Ambient Assisted

Living Technologies by Healthcare Providers in the

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Majid H. Alsulami1,2(✉)

, Anthony S. Atkins2

, and Russell J. Campion2

1 College of Community, Shaqra University, Shaqra, Saudi Arabia

[email protected] 2 School of Computing and Digital Technologies, Staffordshire University,

Stoke on Trent, ST24DE, UK

{a.s.atkins,r.j.campion}@staffs.ac.uk

Abstract. The ageing population is considered to be a global challenge because

of the reduction in fertility and the increase of life expectancy. In Saudi Arabia,

the ageing population continues to age (>60 years of age) currently (5%)

compared to other age groups. In 2050, it will rise rapidly to 20.9% of the Saudi

population. Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technology plays an important role

in assisting elderly people to live in their home independently, longer, and

improve their quality of life and health and in supporting their daily activities etc.

The current research aims at examining the barriers that healthcare providers in

the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are experiencing in the adoption of AAL technol‐

ogies among the elderly. The study identified some of the challenging issues with

the increasing number of elderly people among the population in the country,

which has highlighted the need to use AAL technologies to improve the quality

of life among the elderly. The research involved a Community of Practice (CoP)

study as a method of data collection where data collected was presented and

discussed in line with the existing literature review findings. A lack of training,

the high cost of AAL devices and the associated Management Information Deci‐

sion Control System and cultural barriers were the main challenges identified in

the research. The research suggests that awareness is important to encourage the

elderly to accept the new technology and its potential in improving their quality

of life. Training on the usage of these AAL devices should also be offered to

ensure that self-care services are encouraged among the elderly who, in some

cases, live away from their relatives.

Keywords: Quality of care · AAL · Healthcare · Community of practice ·

Effectiveness and efficiency · KSA

1 Introduction

In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, there are several barriers and challenges that affect

healthcare systems. These can be identified as the health of the workforce, finance issues

and expenditure, varying patterns of diseases, accessibility to healthcare services, the

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health insurance system, deployment of electronic health (E-health) strategies and the

development of a national system for healthcare information [1].

In particular, a study conducted by [2] stated the barriers that face adoption of E￾Health in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) from professionals’ perspective. The

most important barriers outlined were connectivity of information systems, culture,

security and privacy, and financial issues.

Another study illustrated the barriers facing health information system as follows:

ICT Infrastructure, cost and time, national policies, social and cultural, educational,

organisational and ethical barriers [3].

In this research, barriers in the healthcare sector in KSA will be reviewed. Although,

healthcare is prioritised in KSA, there are gaps that should be addressed to improve its

effectiveness and efficiency. Given the high commitment by the KSA government to

both the quality of care and quantity of health facilities, barriers to efficient healthcare

systems prevent the realisation of the strategic goals by the KSA Ministry of Educa‐

tion [4].

The current research will focus on the identification of these barriers, with emphasis

on the quality of care, efficiency of healthcare services and performance indicators. The

research will address the main barriers that prevent successful achievement of strategic

measures to address the gaps in healthcare provision. Although, the country is improving

its health services, there remain gaps in its performance due to the barriers that the

research aims to understand, particularly with regards to elderly people. Identifying the

barriers preventing effectiveness and efficiency in the healthcare sector in KSA will

require assessment of cultural issues, distance to the nearest health facility, quality of

care and competence and skill in the workforce.

This paper is structured as follows: Sect. 2 provides and examines a literature review

and Sect. 3 describes the Community of Practice (CoP). Section 4 analyses the results

conducted through the Community of Practice. The discussion is outlined in Sect. 5.

The conclusion and future work are presented in Sect. 6.

2 Literature Review

2.1 Healthcare in KSA

According to the Saudi Ministry of Health (2015), KSA has experienced expansive

growth in its healthcare system through an improvement in staff training, quality of care

and integration of modern technology in the healthcare sector. From 1970 to 2015, KSA

has been able to increase the number of hospitals from 74 to 462 with the number of

beds correspondingly from 9,039 to 69,394 in the same period. There was an allocation

of SR 62 billion ($16.5 billion) in 2015 for an improvement in healthcare services [5].

The Ministry of Health report in 2015 indicated that there are 41,297 beds in 274

hospitals, which account for 58.5% of hospital beds in MOH, and the remainders are in

the private and governmental sectors. In KSA, the total number of:

• Physicians was 86,756 (26% Saudi)

• Nursing staff was 172,483 (38.3% Saudi)

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• Pharmacists was 23,626 (21% Saudi)

• Primary Health Care (PHC) centres were 2,282

After a World Health Organisation (WHO) assessment and review of global health‐

care provision internationally, the KSA healthcare sector was ranked 26th out of 190

countries that were assessed, higher than Canada (30th), New Zealand (41) and Australia

(32).

2.2 Ageing Population in KSA

The ageing population is a concern of the KSA government, especially in terms of access

to healthcare services. As the country is experiencing a growth in economic and health

sectors, the aged (> 60) are still at risk of health challenges if measures to address the

situation are not considered [6, 7].

Ageing has recently become a phenomenon of population trends in KSA with

improved healthcare conditions and standard of living. Research has identified those

who are 60 years old or above are defined by the United Nation as elderly people.

In 2015, the life expectancy was 74.3 years, which is above the regional average by

6 years and by 4 years globally. The proportion of age group under 5 years was 10.06%,

and the proportion of age group under 15 years was 29.12%, which is higher than the

global rate (27%). The total fertility rate was 2.69 children per woman [5].

From the projections by the United Nations Department of Population, it is estimated

that the population of the aged in KSA is expected to increase. In their estimates, the

UN proposes that the aged population (60 years and above) will be 4.3 million people

in Saudi Arabia by 2030. In addition, the number of elderly people is expected to increase

to 20.9% in 2050, which will be translated as an increase from 5% to 20.9% of the total

population [8].

The projections by the United Nations (2015) are determined through the consider‐

ation of both demographic and socioeconomic factors. Demographic factors illustrate

that the fertility rate will decrease in KSA from 5.5 children per woman in 1990–1995

to an expected 1.8 in 2045 – 2050. On the other hand, life expectancy has also changed

from 70 years in 1990–1995 to be estimated 78.4 years in 2045 – 2050 [8].

2.3 Ambient Assisted Living Technologies

Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is a technological innovation that is intended to improve

the life quality among the elderly and has the capability to support their requirements

in their later years through the application of technology [9]. It is developed through the

consideration of automation of their homes and through assistive domesticity. It provides

people in this age group (elderly) with assistance in carrying out their daily activities,

prolonging their life expectancy, and improves their social life and communication

(Blasco, et al., 2014). In addition, research has shown that AAL tends to improve self￾care for patients with lifelong illnesses and conditions.

According to [6, 7], given the projected increase in the elder population, AAL is

becoming an important health consideration for KSA. In addition, the high elderly

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