The design and use of houses reflect cultural values and ideas, house buyers may have certain housing preferences according to their cultural background. Malaysia is a country of multi ethnic groups. Each of the ethnic groups might have its preferences on houses. It has been observed that there is a gap of understanding on the preferences of differ

ABSTRAK Dapat diperhatikan bahawa kata putus dalam masalah multi-kriterium yang dibuat secara linguistik kabur adalah lebih mudah serta ‘mesra pengguna’ berbanding dengan menggunakan nilai skala yang kuantitatif. Dalam kajian ini diusulkan pendekatan pemboleh ubah linguistik kabur untuk dimanfaat dalam kaedah ubah suaian perluasan-TOPSIS (Techn

As robotic technology matures and more platforms are fielded in unstructured real-world situations, the more new areas of applications are being thought for robotic deployment. After successes in industrial robots, researchers are now trying to explore new robots with biological features of different biological creatures like, snake, bird, and spid

In this paper, a preference relations based on the conflicting bifuzzy set, namely equilibrium linguistic preference relation was introduced. The concept and some relations were studied briefly which emphasis on the new approach to group decision making process. Then, the negation operator, fuzzy arithmetic averaging operator and balancing coeffici

Many emerging web based applications and technologies are increasingly being implemented in learning institutions to enhance students’ learning experience in recent year. This paper aims to provide an overall picture of the level of usage as well as the different in pattern of educational related Web 2.0 by Quantity Surveying (QS) undergraduates

Nowaday s security and authentication are the major part s of our daily life. Iris is one of the most reliable organ or part of human body which can be used for identification and authentication purpose. To develop an iris authentication algorithm for personal identification, this paper examines two edge detection techniques for iris recognition sy

This research project was conducted in conjunction with the IIUM;s Knowledge Virtue Camp (KVC) in 2011. The objective of the project was to publish an edited book entitled research in Quantity Surveying. The research grant was to help the funding of the publication of the book. The process of the research included reviewing, editing and formatting

Despite the efforts expended by the governments of Malaysia and Saudi Arabia to promote science teachers’ use of ICT in the classroom, the ICT uptake among these teachers remains slow and dismal. This article reports on a study undertaken to explore and understand the barriers that prevented science teachers in both countries from using ICT in th

Solid/liquid separation (filtration, sedimentation, expression and centrifugation) is accompanied by liquid flow through particulate layer. Permeability data (the relationship between local specific flow resistance α and void ratio e of particulate layer) are the most important information for the analysis of a solid/liquid separation; i.e. the ac

While the world market for international students in higher education is dominated by traditional major players such as the US, UK and Australia, Malaysia has emerged as a recent contender with a market share of 2%. There is a gap in the literature in assessing the contributions of policy initiatives, including trade agreements, towards attracting