In method comparison experiments with replications, two measurement procedures (test method and comparative method) are compared using regression analysis. The ordinary linear regression approach often yields biased estimates of regression coefficients because the predictor (measurements of comparative method) contains random error. Instead, a linear error-in-variables regression model should b...

Today, freight volumes on roads have gone up to a level that there is a need for alternative transport modes. Short Sea Shipping (SSS) is one alternative with a potential that can help reduce the high traffic on roads. Most SSS systems use vessels whereby cargo is rolled on and off using a ramp with very small capacities usually less than 500 TEU, but with increasing cargo traffic, it is not cl...

The separation of user interfaces from the underlying application logic is a constant research topic. The misuse of Reenskaug’s Model View Controller as a system architecture provides only modular separation on source code level, while UI and application logic remain in tight sematic coupling. To break this coupling, we will present an approach, which applies the highly efficient and scalable t...

Today’s software companies face the challenges of highly distributed development projects and constant changing requirements. To be competitive, the software time to market has to be reduced as much as possible while keeping the expected quality. Development methodologies try to address this challenges by introducing new practices, techniques and methods for communication, requirements manageme...

ion for IBs because if it is not defined clearly which leads to ambiguity in discussions and publications. In TALL, the agent-role diagram and the role-interaction diagram have been used to model agents, roles, and the (dynamic) interactions between them. However, the choice to draw the agent-role diagram at the instance level and to draw the role-interaction diagram at the type level is not sc...

Research in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) is emerging, motivated by the need for improved road safety and environmental concerns. In Europe, many traffic fatalities occur each year and the transportation industry is one of the largest emitting industry of greenhouse gases. These problems can be mitigated by the use of vehicular networks, safety applications can directly affec...

In this thesis, we answer several questions about the behaviour of prover-verifier interactions under parallel repetition when quantum information is allowed, and the verifier acts independently in them. We first consider the case in which a value is associated with each of the possible outcomes of an interaction. We prove that it is not possible for the prover to improve on the optimum average...

Biometric authentication is a promising solution for secure authentication. However, the storage of biometric data may lead to security and privacy problems. A Helper Data System (HDS) is introduced to solve these problems. HDS offers the capability to extract information from noisy data while maintaining the confidentiality. There are two types of HDS, which are Fuzzy Extractor (FE) and Secure...

Acknowledgements I thank my supervisor, Doc. RNDr. Roman Barták, Ph.D., for his patient guidance and for his critical comments that helped me make this thesis better. I thank my parents for their continuous support through the work on this thesis and through all my studies. I hereby declare that I have written this diploma thesis on my own and solely with the use of cited references. I agree wi...

Electric vehicles introduce new problems in vehicle route planning. Due to limited battery capacity the fastest route from origin to destination is not always feasible. Existing techniques compute the energy optimal route, however this route is often too conservative in terms of travel time. Optimizing both energy consumption and travel time may allow us to identify routes which are both fast a...