Engineering Research & Development for Technology
3rd ERDT CONFERENCE
“Post Graduate Multidisciplinary Approach to Solving Philippine Problems”
September 11, 2009
EDSA SHANGRI-LA HOTEL

Conference Papers
Part II

Information and Communications Technology

AN ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR THE NETWORK INFERENCE AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION OF S-SYSTEMS
Philip Christian C. ZUNIGA(1), Maia MALONZO(1,2), Peter John FRANCISCO(1) and Dr. Prospero NAVAL(1)
(1)Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines
(2)Marine Science Institute, College of Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines

A SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF EMEGENCY DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS
Al Benjamin NGO and Dr. Jose Edgar MUTUC
Center for Operations Research and Management Science, Department of Industrial Engineering, De La Salle University – Manila

AUTOMATION OF PEDESTRIAN TRACKING IN A CROWDED SITUATION USING ANGLED UNCALIBRATED CAMERA
Saman SAADAT, Sovannarith HENG, Kardi TEKNOMO
Ateneo de Manil University, Manila, Philippines

COARSE-GRAINED DETECTION OF STUDENT FRUSTRATION IN AN INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING COURSE
Ma. Mercedes T. RODRIGO(1), Ryan S. BAKER(2)
(1)Department of Information Systems and Computer Science, Ateneo de Manila, Philippines
(2)Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORK
Yoshikazu MIYANAGA
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-814 Japan

GIS-AIDED STUDY OF INTEGRATED LIVESTOCK/POULTRY ABD AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION
A. N. ESPINO, M. M. CINENSE, J. ABUCAY, A. J. BARROGA, C. S. DOMINGO
Central Luzon State University, Science City of Munoz, Philippines

JOINT SOURCE-CHANNEL ERROR RESILIENT VIDEO CODING FOR WIRELESS VIDEO TRANSMISSION
Rhandley D. CAJOTE(1,2), and Supavadee ARAMVITH(2)
(1)University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
(2)Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

MILLED RICE CHARACTERIZATION BY COMPUTER VISION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUE
Ruel G. PENEYRA, Francisco D. CUARESMA
Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATION OF WIDEBAND LINEAR PREDICTION SPEECH CODER ON ADSP-21065L
Amadea Paula Q. UNISA, and Rowena Critina L. GUEVARA
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman

THE SSP-TRIE ALGORITHM FOR EFFICIENT STRONG SPANNED PATTERN SET GENERATION OF ACTSF
Jasmine A. MALINAO, Nestin Hope S. HERNANDEZ,and Henry N. ADORNA
Department of Computer Science, Algorithms and Complexity Laboratory, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines

USING DEA IN ASSESSING THE EFFICIENCY OF SELECTED FINE JEWELRY COMPANIES
Dennis BENG HUI, Emil Adrian FERNANDEZ, and Martha TAN
Center for Lean Systems and Management, Department of Industrial Engineering, De La Salle University-Manila

Semiconductors and Electronics

A BEAM-SPACE BEAMFORMING PLATFORM FOR RFID READ RANGE EXTENSION AND TAG LOCALIZATION
Roy R. FLORES, and Joel Joseph S. MARCIANO Jr.
University of the Philippines, Diliman Quezon City, Philippines

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DYNAMIC PARTITIONING SCHEMES IN A SHARED L2 CACHE IN CHIP MULTIPROCESSORS
Rosario M. REAS, Anastacia P. BALLESIL-ALVAREZ, and Joy Alinda P.REYES
Intel Microprocessors Laboratory and Microlab, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

A PROPOSED COST-DRIVEN, MULTI-STAGE SCHEDULING POLICY FOR REENTRANT LINES
Rhey David S. DAWAY
University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

DESIGN OF A LOW-COST ACOUSTIC SENSOR TO BE USED FOR REAL TIME TROPICAL RAIN MONITORING
Hansel DY, Andy GIMPAYA, Jan Reinhard SAN LUIS, Josef Carlo PUSTA,and Edgar Marko TRONO
Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines

TRACKING OF PASSIVE RFID TAG USING DOA ESTIMATION AND ADAPTIVE FILTERING
Neon S. DE JESUS, and Joel Joseph S. MARCIANO, Jr.
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines