This year's NCITE was held at Camiguin Island last October 24-26. The following
papers were awarded Best Paper for the conference.
Simulating the Effects of Various Road Infrastructure Improvements to Vehicular Traffic in a Busy Three-road Fork
by Marian Arada, Merly Tataro and Jaderick Pabico
Abstract
Using Microsimulations of vehicular dynamics, we studied the effects of
several proposed infrastructure developments to mean travel delay
time~$\Delta$ and mean speed~$\Sigma$ of vehicles passing a busy
three-road fork, particularly in the non-signalized roundabout junction
of Lower Bicutan, Taguig City, Metro Manila. We designed and implemented
multi-agent-based microsimulation models to mimic the autonomous
driving behavior of heterogeneous individuals and measured the effect of
various proposed infrastructure developments on~$\Delta$ and~$\Sigma$.
Our aim is to find out the best infrastructure development from among
three choices being considered by the local government for the purpose
of solving the traffic problems in the area. We created simulation
models of the current vehicular traffic situation in the area using the
mean travel times~$\tau$ of statistically sampled vehicles to show that
our model can simulate the real-world at a significance level of
$\alpha=0.05$. Based on these models, we then simulated the effect of
proposed infrastructure developments on~$\Delta$ and~$\Sigma$ and used
these metrics as our basis of comparison. We found out that the proposed
widening of one fork from two lanes to three lanes has the most
improved metrics at the same $\alpha=0.05$ compared to the metrics we
observed in the current situation. Under this infrastructure
development, the~$\Delta$ increases linearly ($R^2=0.98$) at the rate of
1.03~$s$, while the~$\Sigma$ decreases linearly ($R^2>0.99$) at the
rate of 0.14~$km/h$ per percent increase in the total vehicle
volume~$\mathcal{V}$.
LINK APP: Linked Independent Kiosks for Application Processing
by Juan Miguel Carlos Abriol-Santos
Abstract
LINK APP is a web application that uses HTML 5 and JavaScript to access
and record loan application details in a centralized server through a
local database. The local database uses localStorage and WebSQL to store
data. To protect the data stored in the LINK APP database, RSA and AES
encryption were used for transmitting and storing data. The end users
use the website of the office to generate application forms which
contain a QR code. LINK APP is used by the staff members of the office
to process the loan application forms. A downcast webcam is used to read
the data. LINK APP supports offline usage so the application works even
if Internet connection is intermittent. The University saves about 5000
sheets of paper every semester because of LINK APP.
WebGauge: An Agent-based Stress Testing Tool with Performance Data Visualization Targeted at Web Applications
by Michael De La Cruz, Dante Dinawanao and Jeyran Labrador
Abstract
WebGauge is an agent-based tool designed for stress-testing web
applications written in PHP and Erlang. It accepts a sequence of HTTP
requests, obtained from a recorded session of a user accessing a
particular web-based application, and then executes them in several
instances using software agents, as if they were executed concurrently
by real users. Also, the number of users to simulate, requests and
intervals can be configured according to your target end-user (e.g., a
company with 1000 employees). Once started, WebGauge monitors resource
utilization (e.g., memory, network, CPU) of the target application
server while at the same time, keeps track of each transaction performed
inside the target application itself, like the execution of an SQL
query or rendering a page. After which, WebGauge displays performance
data via tabular summaries and visually plotted in charts for analysis.
Acceptance Rate: 32/74 = 43.24%
The complete list of the accepted papers and abstracts is
here.
