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Tracking Moving Objects in Video Surveillance Systems with Kalman and Particle Filters – A Practical Approach
PublicationThis Chapter focuses on the first type of object tracking algorithms, namely on Kalman and particle filters. A theory of these algorithms may be found in many publications, there are also reports on implementation of these approaches to object tracking in video. However, developers of VCA systems still face two important problems. The first one is related to obtaining accurate measurements of positions and sizes of the tracked...
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Elimination of Impulsive Disturbances From Archive Audio Signals Using Bidirectional Processing
PublicationIn this application-oriented paper we consider the problem of elimination of impulsive disturbances, such as clicks, pops and record scratches, from archive audio recordings. The proposed approach is based on bidirectional processing—noise pulses are localized by combining the results of forward-time and backward-time signal analysis. Based on the results of specially designed empirical tests (rather than on the results of theoretical analysis),...
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The Influence of Selecting Regions from Endoscopic Video Frames on The Efficiency of Large Bowel Disease Recognition Algorithms
PublicationThe article presents our research in the field of the automatic diagnosis of large intestine diseases on endoscopic video. It focuses on the methods of selecting regions of interest from endoscopic video frames for further analysis by specialized disease recognition algorithms. Four methods of selecting regions of interest have been discussed: a. trivial, b. with the deletion of characteristic, endoscope specific additions to the...
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Testbed analysis of video and VoIP transsmission performance in IEEE 802.11 b/g/n networks
PublicationThe aim of the work is to analyze capabilities and limitations of different implementations of IEEE 802.11 technologies (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n), utilized for both video streaming and VoIP calls directed to mobile devices. Our preliminary research showed that results obtained with currently popular simulation tools can be drastically different than these possible in real-world environment, so, in order to correctly evaluate performance...
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Imidazolium ionic liquids in mineral processing
PublicationImidazoliowe ciecze jonowe (ILs) stanowią nową klasę związków o szerokich możliwościach przemysłowego zastosowania. Z przeglądu dostępnej literatury wynika, że ILs mogłyby zostać wykorzystane do odzysku i oczyszczania metali ze środowiska wodnego oraz rud w procesach ługowania, ekstarkcji rozpuszczalnikowej oraz w procesach elektrochemicznych. Pochodne imidazoliowe mogą być wykorzystywane zarówno jako rozpuszczalniki jak i aktywne...
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The OptD-multi method in LiDAR processing
PublicationNew and constantly developing technology for acquiring spatial data, such as LiDAR (light detection and ranging), is a source for large volume of data. However, such amount of data is not always needed for developing the most popular LiDAR products: digital terrain model (DTM) or digital surface model. Therefore, in many cases, the number of contained points are reduced in the pre-processing stage. The degree of reduction is determined...
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Impact of Shifting Time-Window Post-Processing on the Quality of Face Detection Algorithms
PublicationWe consider binary classification algorithms, which operate on single frames from video sequences. Such a class of algorithms is named OFA (One Frame Analyzed). Two such algorithms for facial detection are compared in terms of their susceptibility to the FSA (Frame Sequence Analysis) method. It introduces a shifting time-window improvement, which includes the temporal context of frames in a post-processing step that improves the...
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Scheduling for Industrial Control Traffic Using Massive MIMO and Large Intelligent Surfaces
PublicationIndustry 4.0, with its focus on flexibility and customizability, is pushing in the direction of wireless communication in future smart factories, in particular massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), and its future evolution Large Intelligent Surfaces (LIS), which provide more reliable channel quality than previous technologies. As such, there arises the need to perform efficient scheduling of industrial control traffic...
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A Knowledge base for intelligent information management
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono zasady modelowania służącego do budowy bazy wiedzy prydatnej w podejmowani decyzji w otoczeniu charakteryzujacym sie duzym natężeniem informacji. Omówiono miękkie oraz twarde podejscie do takiego modelowania.
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Intelligent information, knowledge, and technology management
PublicationW pracy omówiono najnowsze kierunki badań związanych z inteligentnym podejściem do zarządzania wiedzą i technologiami.
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Document Agents with the Intelligent Negotiations Capability
PublicationThe paper focus is on augmenting proactive document-agents with built -in intelligence to enable them to recognize execution context provided by devices visited durning the business process, and to reach collaboration agreement despite of their conflicting requirements. We propose a solution based on neural networks to improve simple multi-issue negotiation between the document and the device, practically with no excessive cost...
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Tribology of the cartilage cells in the intelligent bioreactor
PublicationW badaniach analityczno-numerycznych wyznaczone zostały pola prędkości przepływu lepkosprężystej, odżywczej nienewtonowskiej cieczy biologicznej, a także powstające siły tarcia w trakcie hodowli w warstwie granicznej wokoło powierzchni hodowanych komórek w bioreaktorach, stawach człowieka oraz w szczelinach mikrołożysk. Dodatkowo rozpatrywane będą przepływy potencjalne płynu stawowego z jamy stawowej, które odżywiają chrząstkę...
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Applications of soft modelling and intelligent techniques
PublicationW edytorialu omówiono szeroko obecne praktyczne zastosowania modelowania miękkiego oraz technik inteligentnych, rozumianych jako takie techniki, które potrafią wspomagać podejmowanie decyzji w zmiennych warunkach otoczenia.
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Intelligent Resources Search in Virtual Libraries.
PublicationZostała zaprezentowana koncepcja bibliotek cyfrowych oraz temat wyszukiwania zasobów. W celu poprawy jakości procesu wyszukiwania, zostało zaproponowane użycie koncepcji sieci semantycznej zamiast klasycznego sposóbu opisu zasobów bibliograficznych. Została opisana prosta ontologia oparta o Dublin Core meta-data. Zostało przedyskutowane zastosowanie algorytmu przetważania połączeń semantycznych w celu szukania. Zastosowany w Wirtualnej...
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Intelligent methods for musical rhythm retrieval.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono postać funkcji rankingujacej poszczególnych dźwięków frazy muzycznej. Opracowano metodę tworzenia wszystkich możliwych hierarchicznych struktur rytmicznych, zwanych hipotezami rytmicznymi. Otrzymane hipotezy są następnie porządkowane w kolejności malejącej wartości funkcji rankingującej, aby ustalić, która ze znalezionych hipotez będzie uznana za właściwą strukturę rytmiczną utworu muzycznego. Postać funkcji...
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Intelligent multimedia asplications - scanning the issue
PublicationCelem specjalnego wydania tego tomu czasopisma JIIS, zatytułowanego ''Inteligentne przetwarzanie multimediów'', było przedstawienie badań w tej dziedzinie, prowadzonych w różnych ośrodkach na świecie. Zawarte w tym tomie artykuły dotyczyły inteligentnego przetwarzania sygnałów fonicznych i wideo, jak również muzyki.
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Intelligent system for environmental noise monitoring.
PublicationW rozdziale przedstawiono projekt i realizację automatycznej stacji monitorowania hałasu środowiskowego. Stanowi ona jeden z elementów tworzonego w Katedrze Systemów Multimedialnych Politechniki Gdańskiej Multimedialnego Systemu Monitorowania Hałasu. Przedstawiono ogólną budowę stacji pomiarowej oraz omówiono jej podstawową funkcjonalność. Obszerniej opisano dodatkowe możliwości stacji, do których należą: komunikacja z wykorzystaniem...
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Multimodal human-computer interfaces based on advanced video and audio analysis
PublicationMultimodal interfaces development history is reviewed briefly in the introduction. Examples of applications of multimodal interfaces to education software and for the disabled people are presented, including interactive electronic whiteboard based on video image analysis, application for controlling computers with mouth gestures and the audio interface for speech stretching for hearing impaired and stuttering people. The Smart...
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Towards Cognitive and Perceptive Video Systems
PublicationIn this chapter we cover research and development issues related to smart cameras. We discuss challenges, new technologies and algorithms, applications and the evaluation of today’s technologies. We will cover problems related to software, hardware, communication, embedded and distributed systems, multi-modal sensors, privacy and security. We also discuss future trends and market expectations from the customer’s point of view.
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Multi-Stage Video Analysis Framework
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Improving methods for detecting people in video recordings using shifting time-windows
PublicationWe propose a novel method for improving algorithms which detect the presence of people in video sequences. Our focus is on algorithms for applications which require reporting and analyzing all scenes with detected people in long recordings. Therefore one of the target qualities of the classification result is its stability, understood as a low number of invalid scene boundaries. Many existing methods process images in the recording...
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Overhead wires detection by FPGA real-time image processing
PublicationThe paper presents design and hardware implementation of real-time image filtering for overhead wires detection divided on image processing and results presentation blocks. The image processing block was separated from the whole implementation, and its delay and hardware complexity was analysed. Also the maximum frequency of image processing of the proposed implementation was estimated.
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Automated Classifier Development Process for Recognizing Book Pages from Video Frames
PublicationOne of the latest developments made by publishing companies is introducing mixed and augmented reality to their printed media (e.g. to produce augmented books). An important computer vision problem that they are facing is classification of book pages from video frames. The problem is non-trivial, especially considering that typical training data is limited to only one digital original per book page, while the trained classifier...
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Emerging Processes for Sustainable Processing of Food Ingredients and Products
PublicationIn recent decades, traditional food processing processes, such as homogenization, pasteurization, canning, drying, and smoking, among others, have been successfully applied to obtain, to some extent, acceptable food items. However, with the increasing food demand, as a consequence of the growing population worldwide, new, tunable, and enriched food products are demanded, requiring the implementation of emerging technologies in...
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Automatic Watercraft Recognition and Identification on Water Areas Covered by Video Monitoring as Extension for Sea and River Traffic Supervision Systems
PublicationThe article presents the watercraft recognition and identification system as an extension for the presently used visual water area monitoring systems, such as VTS (Vessel Traffic Service) or RIS (River Information Service). The watercraft identification systems (AIS - Automatic Identification Systems) which are presently used in both sea and inland navigation require purchase and installation of relatively expensive transceivers...
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Review of intelligent software architectures for the development of an intelligent decision support system for design process planning in concurrent engineering
PublicationW artykule poddano dogłębnej analizie szereg inteligentnych technik miękkie-go modelowania pod katem ich przydatności w obszarze wspomagania procesówplanowania dla inżynierii współzadaniowej. Skoncentrowano się na wspomaganiujednego z najważniejszych obszarów inżynierii współzadaniowej, a mianowicieprocesu projektowania. W wyniku analizy zaproponowano architekturę wspomaga-nia opartą na tablicowej bazie wiedzy modelującej wnioskowanie...
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GIS for processing multidimensional marine data in SAAS model
PublicationGeographic Information Systems (GIS) have always been a useful tool for visualization and processing of geospatial data. However, their capabilities of analysis non-standard information such as hydroacoustic soundings has thus far been very limited. This paper proposes a general-purpose GIS which uses techniques such as OLAP, WCS and WCPS for processing of multidimensional spatio-temporal data. The versatility of the GIS is exemplified...
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An optimized system for sensor ontology meta-matching using swarm intelligent algorithm
PublicationIt is beneficial to annotate sensor data with distinct sensor ontologies in order to facilitate interoperability among different sensor systems. However, for this interoperability to be possible, comparable sensor ontologies are required since it is essential to make meaningful links between relevant sensor data. Swarm Intelligent Algorithms (SIAs), namely the Beetle Swarm Optimisation Algorithm (BSO), present a possible answer...
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Detection and segmentation of moving vehicles and trains using Gaussian mixtures, shadow detection and morphological processing
PublicationSolution presented in this paper combines background modelling, shadow detection and morphological and temporal processing into one system responsible for detection and segmentation of moving objects recorded with a static camera. Vehicles and trains are detected based on their pixellevel difference from the continually updated background model utilizing a Gaussian mixture calculated separately for every pixel. The shadow detection...
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Software Modeling from the Perspective of Intuitive Information Processing
PublicationThere is psychological evidence that humans process information not only consciously but also intuitively. Intuitive information processing is present also during the activities related to software modeling. The goal of this paper is to analyze software modeling from the perspective of theories which describe intuitive (nonconscious, implicit) information processing. The paper includes presentation of relevant psychological theories,...
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Spatial Calibration of a Dual PTZ-Fixed Camera System for Tracking Moving Objects in Video
PublicationA dual camera setup is proposed, consisting of a fixed (stationary) camera and a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera, employed in an automatic video surveillance system. The PTZ camera is zoomed in on a selected point in the fixed camera view and it may automatically track a moving object. For this purpose, two camera spatial calibration procedures are proposed. The PTZ camera is calibrated in relation to the fixed camera image, using interpolated...
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Radar and Sonar Imaging and Processing (2nd Edition)
PublicationThe 14 papers (from 29 submitted) published in the Special Issue “Radar and Sonar Imaging Processing (2nd Edition)” highlight a variety of topics related to remote sensing with radar and sonar sensors. The sequence of articles included in the SI deal with a broad profile of aspects of the use of radar and sonar images in line with the latest scientific trends, in which the latest developments in science, including artificial intelligence,...
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Development of Intelligent Control for Annealing Unit to Ensure the Minimization of Retroactive Effects on the Supply Network
PublicationResearch conducted by our team focused on the development of a complete annealing unit, using modern technologies and components, such as a programmable logic controller, an industrial computer and microcontrollers, ensuring an intelligent way to control power semiconductor elements (SSR relays), with regard to minimizing retroactive effects on the supply network. This modern configuration offers a number of new possibilities of...
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Multi-core processing system for real-time image processing in embedded computer vision applications
PublicationW artykule opisano architekturę wielordzeniowego programowalnego systemu do przetwarzania obrazów w czasie rzeczywistym. Dane obrazu są przetwarzane równocześnie przez wszystkie procesory. System umożliwia niskopoziomowe przetwarzanie obrazów,np. odejmowanie tła, wykrywanie obiektów ruchomych, transformacje geometryczne, indeksowanie wykrytych obiektów, ocena ich kształtu oraz podstawowa analiza trajektorii ruchu. Ang:This paper...
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Predicting emotion from color present in images and video excerpts by machine learning
PublicationThis work aims at predicting emotion based on the colors present in images and video excerpts using a machine-learning approach. The purpose of this paper is threefold: (a) to develop a machine-learning algorithm that classifies emotions based on the color present in an image, (b) to select the best-performing algorithm from the first phase and apply it to film excerpt emotion analysis based on colors, (c) to design an online survey...
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An Intelligent Approach to Short-Term Wind Power Prediction Using Deep Neural Networks
PublicationIn this paper, an intelligent approach to the Short-Term Wind Power Prediction (STWPP) problem is considered, with the use of various types of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). The impact of the prediction time horizon length on accuracy, and the influence of temperature on prediction effectiveness have been analyzed. Three types of DNNs have been implemented and tested, including: CNN (Convolutional Neural Networks), GRU (Gated Recurrent...
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Material Flow Analysis in a cooked mussel processing industry
PublicationGalicia (NW Spain) is an ideal environment for mussel culture owing to its excellent natural conditions. It is the first Spanish and European mussel producer and the second worldwide after China. More than 50% of the mussel collected in Galicia is used in the processing industry, which produces different products, as cooked mussel that is canned, frozen or used in the food industry. In this paper a methodology based on Life Cycle...
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Digital Processing of Frequency–Pulse Signal in Measurement System
PublicationThe work presents the issue of the use of multichannel measurement systems of sensors processing input value to impulse signal frequency. The frequency impulse signal obtained from such sensors is often required to be processed at the same time with a voltage signal which is obtained from other sensors used in the same measurement system. In such case, it is usually necessary to sample the output signals from all sensors in the...
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Digital structures for high-speed signal processing
PublicationThe work covers several issues of realization of digital structures for pipelined processing of real and complex signals with the use of binary arithmetic and residue arithmetic. Basic rules of performing operations in residue arithmetic are presented along with selected residue number systems for processing of complex signals and computation of convolution. Subsequently, methods of conversion of numbers from weighted systems to...
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Video Cloud Services for Hospitals: Designing an End-to-End Cloud Service Platform for Medical Video Storage and Secure Access
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Intelligent algorithms for movie sound track restoration
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono dwa algorytmy do rekonstruowania optycznych ścieżek dźwiękowych. Pierwszy z nich jest zastosowaniem miary nieprzewidywalności do obliczeń parametrów modelu psychoakustycznego stosowanego do redukowania szumów. Drugi stanowi precyzyjną procedurę oceny pasożytniczej modulacji częstotliwości, opartej na analizie składowych harmonicznych. Wyniki zastosowania obu wymienionych algorytmów są zawarte w artykule.
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Intelligent system for editing and analysis of examination documents
PublicationOpisano ogólną koncepcję systemu IATE - systemu do edycji i automatycznej analizy testów egzaminacyjnych. Edytor systemu umożliwia generację 4 typów testów o dowolnej liczbie pytań (do 8 stron tekstu), różnej formie udzielania odpowiedzi oraz możliwością tworzenia wariantów testu. Bardziej szczegółowo opisano wybrane fragmenty systemu: analizę nagłówka testu, edycję i organizację segmentu tworzenia wariantów testu oraz organizację...
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Ontology Engineering Aspects in the Intelligent Systems Development
PublicationThe ontology engineering encompasses both, artificial intelligence methods and software engineering discipline. The paper tries to address a selection of aspects pertaining to development activities such as choice of the environmental framework, functionality description, specification methods and roles definition. Authors refer to the ontology development projects they were involved in.
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Intelligent thermal imaging camera with network interface
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Sediment-quality assessment by intelligent data analysis
PublicationCoraz powszechniej do oceny jakości próbek środowiskowych osadów wykorzystuje się analizy chemometryczne. Ich głównym zadaniem jest znalezienie zależności pomiędzy wynikami analiz chemicznych oraz oszacowanymi parametrami toksyczności.Zastosowanie chemometrii w ocenie jakości próbek środowiskowych umożliwiłoby zredukowanie kosztów biomonitoringu prowadzonego na badanym obszarze poprzez optymalizację procedury badawczej.
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Intelligent decision-making system for autonomous robots
PublicationAdaptacja może być oparta na różnych koncepcjach cybernetycznych (takich jak algorytmy genetyczne, rojowe, sieci neuronowe, itp.). Główna myśl opisywanej pracy opiera się na wykorzystaniu modeli psychologii żywych istot (człowieka) w konstrukcji systemów sterowania jednostek autonomicznych w celu adaptacji jednostki do zmiennego środowiska (kluczowe dla projektu jest traktowanie elementów motywacyjnych jako problemu osobowości)....
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Intelligent system supporting diagnosis of malignant melanoma
PublicationMalignant melanomas are the most deadly type of skin cancers. Early diagnosis is a key for successful treatment and survival. The paper presents the system for supporting the process of diagnosis of skin lesions in order to detect a malignant melanoma. The paper describes the development process of an intel-ligent system purposed for the diagnosis of malignant melanoma. Presented sys-tem can be used as a decision support system...
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Intelligent algorithms for optical track audio restoration
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono dwa algorytmy dedykowane redukcji pasożytniczych zniekształceń dźwięku spotykanych w optycznych ścieżkach dźwiękowych. Pierwszy algorytm umożliwia redukcję szerokopasmowego szumu w nagraniach fonicznych. Wykorzystano w nim psycho-akustyczny model słuchu oparty o miarę nieprzewidywalność sygnału (ang. Unpredictability Measure). Ocena jakości redukcji szumu została wykonana z wykorzystaniem metod inteligentnych....
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JamesBot - an intelligent agent playing StarCraft II
PublicationThe most popular method for optimizing a certain strategy based on a reward is Reinforcement Learning (RL). Lately, a big challenge for this technique are computer games such as StarCraft II which is a real-time strategy game, created by Blizzard. The main idea of this game is to fight between agents and control objects on the battlefield in order to defeat the enemy. This work concerns creating an autonomous bot using reinforced...
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Call processing performance in multidomain IMS/NGN architecture
PublicationThe Next Generation Network (NGN) architecture, which bases on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) concept, is a proposition of a telecommunication network dedicated to the needs of the modern information society. The main goal of NGN is to provide Quality of Service (QoS), for which proper network design and dimensioning are necessary. This also requires appropriate traffic models, which should be efficient and not excessively complicated...