Meet the editor

Muhammad Sarfraz is Professor and Director of MSIT in the Department of Information Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait. His research interests include computer graphics, computer vision, image processing, machine learning, pattern recognition, soft computing, data science, intelligent systems, information technology, and information systems. Prof. Sarfraz has been a keynote/invited speaker at various platforms around the globe. He

has advised more than 85 students for their MSc and PhD theses. He has published more than 350 publications as books, journals, and conference papers. Prof. Sarfraz is a member of various professional societies. He is the chair and member of the international advisory committees and organizing committees of various international conferences. He is also editor-in-chief and editor of various international journals.

Contents

*by Muhammad Sarfraz*

Complexity

*by Riki Greenberg*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 29**

**Chapter 4 45**

**Chapter 5 63**

**Chapter 6 75**

Introductory Chapter: On Digital Image Processing

Fast Motion Estimation's Configuration Using Diamond Pattern and ECU, CFM, and ESD Modes for Reducing HEVC Computational

*Fatma Elzahra Sayadi, Mohamed Atri and Nouri Masmoudi*

Digital Image Processing Applied to Optical Measurements *by Alonso Saldaña-Heredia, Pedro Antonio Márquez-Aguilar,* 

*Álvaro Zamudio Lara and Arturo Molina-Ocampo*

*by Touhami Tahenni and Thibaut Lecompte*

Retrofitting Process of a Robotic Arm Industrial

*by Randa Khemiri, Nejmeddine Bahri, Fatma Belghith, Soulef Bouaafia,* 

Experimental and Theoretical Investigation on the Shear Behaviour of High Strength Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Digital Image Correlation

Implementation of an Artificial Vision System for Welding in the

EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) Usage in Israeli Academic Libraries

*by Yomin Estiven Jaramillo Munera, Jhon Edison Goez Mora, Juan Camilo Londoño Lopera and Edgar Mario Rico Mesa*
