• 2018 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon) [Pre Text] 

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• Q-learning approach for load-balancing in software defined networks 

  Tennakoon, D; Karunarathna, S; Udugama, B [Conference-Full-text]

  In this paper, we propose a Q-Learning approach for load balancing in Software Defined Networks to reduce the number of Unsatisfied Users in a 5G network. This solution integrates Q-Learning techniques with a fairness ...
• Non-invasive blood glucose monitoring using a hybrid technique 

  Nanayakkara, ND; Munasingha, SC; Ruwanpathirana, GP [Conference-Full-text]

  Diabetes needs regular blood glucose monitoring to control it. Invasive blood glucose measuring is the current gold standard. It causes discomfort for the patient and sometimes even infections. Researchers around the ...
• Distinguishing real web crawlers from fakes: googlebot example 

  Algiryage, N; Dias, G; Jayasena, S [Conference-Full-text]

  Web crawlers are programs or automated scripts that scan web pages methodically to create indexes. Search engines such as Google, Bing use crawlers in order to provide web surfers with relevant information. Today there ...
• Total quality management implementation in Sri Lankan construction industry 

  Wickramarachchi, HR; Sandanayake, YG; Ekanayake, BJ [Conference-Full-text]

  Achieving quality in construction projects is vital for construction organisations. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) require vigorous quality achieving techniques to compete with large scale competitors. ...
• A modified test statistic for maximum-minimum eigenvalue detection based on asymptotic distribution thresholds 

  Kartchner, DR; Jayaweera, SK [Conference-Full-text]

  The ratio of the maximum and minimum eigenvalues of the sample covariance matrix has been suggested as a test statistic for signal detection in low-SNR regimes. The threshold required to implement a Neyman-Pearson test ...
• Simulation of online human arm inertia estimation for robot-aided rehabilitation 

  Harischandra, PAD; Harsha, AM; Abeykoon, S [Conference-Full-text]

  Most of the studies on rehabilitation robots consider the human arm inertia and the gravity torque as system disturbances. Individual anthropometry varies from patient to patient, and therefore human limbs are not ...
• Topological structure of the road traffic network in the western regional Megapolis, Sri Lanka 

  Perera, S; Perera, HN; Perera, K [Conference-Full-text]

  Recent advances in network science have encouraged researchers to adopt a topological perspective in network assessment. This represents a paradigm shift from traditional network analyses for which the primary focus was ...
• Embodied carbon and cost analysis to identify the most appropriate wall materials for buildings: whole life cycle approach 

  Anuradha, IGN; Perera, BAKS; Mallawarachchi, H [Conference-Full-text]

  Construction industry is one of the main exploiters of natural resources. During building construction, a large amount of Embodied Carbon is released to the atmosphere. Thus, this research was aimed to determine the ...
• Dangers of component trapping in distillation: an industrial methanol distillation case study 

  Udugama, IA; Mansouri, SS; Kirkpatrick, R; Young, B; Taube, MA [Conference-Full-text]

  The formation of organic acids due to secondary reactions is an issue in industrial methanol synthesis. As such, to avoid the formation of acidic regions in the units downstream of the methanol synthesis loop, caustic ...
• Impact analysis of us dollar index volatility on imports and import categories of Sri Lanka 

  Sahabandu, RV; Asanka, PPGD [Conference-Full-text]

  The economic liberation in 1977 resulted in drastic changes in many aspects of Sri Lanka. Considering about 1978- 2015, the country yearly import demand represents over 30% share of the gross domestic product (GDP) ...
• An in-depth study of ssvep signals against stimulus frequency and distance to the stimulus 

  Pathiranage, S; Paranawithana, I; Perera, M; De Silva, AC [Conference-Full-text]

  In recent times, Steady State Visually Evoked Potentials (SSVEP) based BCI have gained popularity over different types of brain signals as they prove to demonstrate interesting results. It is important to understand the ...
• Beyond site material handling and transportation in large-scale construction projects 

  Abeysinghe, AMGP; Waidyasekara, KGAS; Melagoda, DG [Conference-Full-text]

  There is a significant contribution of materials to be handled, transferred, and used; further, large logistics operations are related to transporting, storing, moving, and reloading in large scale construction projects. ...
• Development of a quad-rotor fixed-wing hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle 

  Gunarathna, JK; Munasinghe, R [Conference-Full-text]

  This paper describes the development of a quadrotor fixed-wing hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). By combining the flying qualities of quadrotor UAV and that of fixed-wing UAVs it is possible to achieve superior flying ...
• Feature oriented software development framework for stock exchange systems 

  Konara, L; Perera, I; Gunewardhane, S [Conference-Full-text]

  Many software companies use the popular method of layered architecture to develop their software products resulting in code to be more generic. This generalization introduces a lot of unnecessary elements which make the ...
• A study on natural rain surface erosion of different walling materials in tropics 

  Udawattha, CD; Galkanda, GAHH; Halwatura, RU [Conference-Full-text]

  This study presents most common phenomena observed on wall facades due to excessive rain in tropical climatic condition in Sri Lanka. The objective of this study is to understand the effect surface decay of walling ...
• Analysis of the dimensional change of woven fabrics from loom state to finished state 

  Kandemulla, KASM; Maduwantha, ARL; Fernando, EASK; Niles, SN; Jayawardana, TSS [Conference-Full-text]

  Dimensional change of a woven fabric is a challenge in woven fabric production. The phenomenon originates from the dimensional instability of the fabric. Shrinkage is a combined result of numerous factors such as relaxation, ...
• Evaluation of different classifiers for sinhala pos tagging 

  Fernando, S; Ranathunga, S [Conference-Full-text]

  This paper presents a comparative evaluation of three state-of-the-art classifiers for Sinhala Parts-of-Speech (POS) tagging. Support Vector Machines (SVM), Hidden Markov Models (HMM) and Conditional Random Fields (CRF) ...
• Development and characterization of a soft tactile sensor array used for parallel grippers 

  Weerasinghe, L; Chathuranga, DS [Conference-Full-text]

  Tactile Sensors play a crucial role in developing robots with human like grasping and manipulation capabilities. Localization, dynamic sensing and good force recognition characteristics are major goals when designing a ...
• Development of driving cycles for Galle 

  Rupasinghe, H; Rengarasu, TM [Conference-Full-text]

  Driving cycle construction has become more popular around the world to estimate pollution emission and traffic analysis. This paper presents the traffic based analysis related to performance of B128 and B130 route in ...

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