Lost... now found! My Master Thesis...

Alhamdulillah... and I thought it was lost forever when I discovered that the CD that I backed up all my Master Thesis materials got corrupted and unreadable.... so here is the preliminary pages for your pleasure! :D

REAL-TIME DATA CAPTURING FOR

RESERVOIR SPILLWAY GATE OPERATION

VIA MOBILE DEVICE

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Information Technology in partial

fulfillment of the requirement for the degree

Master of Science (Information Technology)

Universiti Utara Malaysia

By

FAISAL ZULHUMADI

© Faisal Zulhumadi, 2006.

All Rights Reserved.

ABSTRACT

The operation of reservoir spillway gates at Timah Tasoh dam is based on a decision-making process that relies on experience and an accurate data capturing method. Gate operation reliability is of utmost importance in order to deal with highly critical events such as excessive water flow or spill over. However, the current data capturing method is error prone and subjected to massive time delays. In times of emergency, such as flooding or critically high water levels, such deficiencies could lead to disastrous results. With the rapid advancement in the fields of Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and mobile computing, many tools can be used to support the already existing system. Furthermore, there are a number of Java compliant phones that are readily available and, chances are, these devices are already owned by these individuals. This project had adopted the Design Research (DR) methodology that involved a Real-Time Data Capture (RTDC) component coupled with a Temporal Data Mining (TDM) engine, packaged in a mobile application. Java Micro Edition (JME, formerly known as J2ME) was used as the programming language, and a mobile phone emulator was used to demonstrate the application. The results of this project had revealed that for a mobile application to be successfully implemented, factors such as the Graphical User Interface (GUI), persistent record maintenance, and the Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) platform versions must be considered and evaluated. There were also restrictions which have to be overcome in order to produce a fully fledged decision support system in a Java compliant mobile device, like the mobile phone.

ABSTRAK

Operasi get melimpah takungan di empangan Timah Tasoh adalah berasaskan proses pembuatan keputusan yang bergantung kepada pengalaman dan kaedah penangkapan maklumat yang tepat/jitu. Kebolehpercayaan operasi get adalah paling penting bagi menangani kejadian yang amat kritikal seperti aliran atau limpahan air yang keterlaluan. Tetapi, kaedah penangkapan maklumat yang ada sekarang adalah tidak tepat (sering salah) dan mengalami masa menuggu yang agak keterlaluan (“excessive time delays”). Dalam keadaan kecemasan seperti banjir dan paras air yang berada di tahap kritikal, kelemahan begini boleh membawa kepada akibat yang dasyat. Dengan kemajuan dalam bidang sistem sokongan keputusan (“Decision Support System” - DSS) dan komputeran mudah alih (“mobile computing”), berbagai alat boleh digunakan untuk menyokng sistem yang sedia ada. Tambahan pula, terdapat beberapa jenis telefon yang patuh-Java yang mudah diperolehi, dan yang kemungkinan besar telahpun dipunyai oleh mereka yang berkenaan. Projek ini telah menggunakan Metodologi Rekabentuk Penyelidikan (“Design Research” - DR) yang melibatkan komponen tangkapan maklumat masa sebenar (“Real-Time Data Capture” - RTDC) yang digandingkan dengan enjin perlombongan maklumat temporal (“Temporal Data Mining” - TDM), yang dimuatkan dalam pakej aplikasi telefon bimbit. Edisi Mikro Java (“Java Micro Edition” - JME, dulunya dikenali sebagai J2ME) digunakan sebagai bahasa pengaturcaraan, dan pengemulasi telefon bimbit telah digunakan untuk menunjukkan cara penggunaan prototaip yang telah dikemukakan. Hasil projek ini menunjukkan bahawa, untuk membolehkan aplikasi mudah alih dilaksanakan dengan jayanya, perkara seperti antaramuka pengguna grafik (“Graphical User Interface” - GUI), penyenggaraan rekod yang berkekalan (“persistent record maintenance”), dan versi CLDC (“Connected Limited Device Configuration”) and MIDP (“Mobile Information Device Profile”) mesti dipertimbang dan dinilai. Terdapat juga sekatan yang perlu diatasi untuk menghasilkan sistem sokongan keputusan yang penuh dalam alat mudah alih yang patuh-Java, seperti telefon bimbit.

Interested? You may download the entire report below:

Subject code: TIZ6996(Student Id: 85242)

If you are unsure on how to download, please view a brief how-to description here:

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If you need a printable version, please email me at:

faisal(AT)uum(DOT)edu(DOT)my

Looking forward to hearing from you soon :-D