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Enhancing Sliding Mode Control With Proportional Feedback And Feedforward: An Experimental Investigation On Speed Sensorless Control Of Pm Dc Motor Drives, Mehmet Dal Jan 2015

Enhancing Sliding Mode Control With Proportional Feedback And Feedforward: An Experimental Investigation On Speed Sensorless Control Of Pm Dc Motor Drives, Mehmet Dal

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper investigates the enhancement of sliding mode control (SMC) with the combined use of feedforward torque compensation and proportional error feedback control. The proposed enhancement is adapted to the control of permanent magnet (PM) DC motor drives by synthesis of the equivalent control equation augmented as proportional feedback and feedforward terms. A novel sliding function, introduced by utilizing the estimated load torque and the estimated rotor current, is examined and compared with another known sliding function obtained by nonideal differentiation of the estimated rotor speed. The significance of the proposed enhancements to SMC consists of the elimination of disturbance, …


Designing And Implementing A Reliable Thermal Monitoring System Based On The 1-Wire Protocol On Fpga For A Leo Satellite, Reza Omidi Gosheblagh, Karim Mohammadi Jan 2015

Designing And Implementing A Reliable Thermal Monitoring System Based On The 1-Wire Protocol On Fpga For A Leo Satellite, Reza Omidi Gosheblagh, Karim Mohammadi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Thermal control and monitoring is one of the most important factors in the design of satellite systems. An appropriate thermal design should make sure that the satellite's sensitive components remain in their nominated range, even under the vacuum condition of outer space. To achieve this purpose, a reliable and stable monitoring system is required. This paper proposes a monitoring system based on the 1-wire protocol, which provides the reliability requirements in the sensor networking and bus controller sections. In the networking section, we outline some practical topologies and discuss on their complexity and reliability. Despite the fact that the point-to-point …


Discrete-Time Modeling Of Hamiltonian Systems, Yaprak Yalçin, Leyla Gören Sümer, Salman Kurtulan Jan 2015

Discrete-Time Modeling Of Hamiltonian Systems, Yaprak Yalçin, Leyla Gören Sümer, Salman Kurtulan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The problem of discrete-time modeling of the lumped-parameter Hamiltonian systems is considered for engineering applications. Hence, a novel gradient-based method is presented, exploiting the discrete gradient concept and the forward Euler discretization under the assumption of the continuous Hamiltonian model is known. It is proven that the proposed discrete-time model structure defines a symplectic difference system and has the energy-conserving property under some conditions. In order to provide alternate discrete-time models, 3 different discrete-gradient definitions are given. The proposed models are convenient for the design of sampled-data controllers. All of the models are considered for several well-known Hamiltonian systems and …


Short-Term Load Forecasting Using Mixed Lazy Learning Method, Seyed-Masoud Barakati, Ali Akbar Gharaveisi, Seyed-Mohammad Reza Rafiei Jan 2015

Short-Term Load Forecasting Using Mixed Lazy Learning Method, Seyed-Masoud Barakati, Ali Akbar Gharaveisi, Seyed-Mohammad Reza Rafiei

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A novel short-term load forecasting method based on the lazy learning (LL) algorithm is proposed. The LL algorithm's input data are electrical load information, daily electricity consumption patterns, and temperatures in a specified region. In order to verify the ability of the proposed method, a load forecasting problem, using the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection electrical load data, is carried out. Three LL models are proposed: constant, linear, and mixed models. First, the performances of the 3 developed models are compared using the root mean square error technique. The best technique is then selected to compete with the state-of-the-art neural network (NN) …


Temporal Logic Extension For Self-Referring, Nonexistence, Multiple Recurrence, And Anterior Past Events, Şadi̇ Evren Şeker Jan 2015

Temporal Logic Extension For Self-Referring, Nonexistence, Multiple Recurrence, And Anterior Past Events, Şadi̇ Evren Şeker

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This study focuses on the possible extensions of current temporal logics. In this study, 4 extensions are proposed: self-referring events, nonexisting events, multiple recurrence of events, and an improvement on anterior past events. Each of these extensions is on a different level of temporal logics. The main motivation behind the extensions is the temporal analysis of Turkish. Similar to temporal logic studies built on other natural languages, like French, Ukrainian, Italian, Korean, English, or Romanian, this is the first time that the Turkish language has been deeply questioned in the sense of computable temporal logic using the view of a …


Mersenne Twister-Based Rfid Authentication Protocol, Mehmet Hi̇lal Özcanhan, Gökhan Dalkiliç Jan 2015

Mersenne Twister-Based Rfid Authentication Protocol, Mehmet Hi̇lal Özcanhan, Gökhan Dalkiliç

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This work presents an ultra-lightweight, cryptographic, mutual authentication protocol for radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. The proposed scheme is more secure than its predecessors. The vulnerabilities of previous schemes based on triangular functions and rotation have been demonstrated in traditional and rotational cryptanalysis. In this paper, we summarize the successful attacks on previous schemes and demonstrate further attacks on 3 recent ultra-lightweight protocols. Next, we present a proposal that resists all of the known passive attacks. The proposal obeys the properties and rules of addition-rotation-XOR with constants systems. The proposed scheme inserts parts of advanced encryption standard S-boxes into the temperings …


Control Of Oxygen Excess Ratio In A Pem Fuel Cell System Using High-Order Sliding-Mode Controller And Observer, Seyed Mehdi Rakhtala, Abolfazl Ranjbar Noei, Reza Ghaderi, Elio Usai Jan 2015

Control Of Oxygen Excess Ratio In A Pem Fuel Cell System Using High-Order Sliding-Mode Controller And Observer, Seyed Mehdi Rakhtala, Abolfazl Ranjbar Noei, Reza Ghaderi, Elio Usai

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The main objective of this manuscript is to design a high-order sliding-mode observer to provide finite time estimation of unmeasurable states (x_4: oxygen mass, x_5: nitrogen mass) together with the oxygen excess ratio (ratio of the input oxygen flow to the reacted oxygen flow in the cathode). This is done by applying second-order sliding modes through either super twisting or suboptimal controllers to control the proton exchange membrane fuel cell's breathing. The estimated oxygen excess ratio is controlled in a closed-loop system using 2 distinct sliding-mode approaches: a cascaded super twisting controller and a single-loop suboptimal structure. Simulation results are …


A New Systematic And Flexible Method For Developing Hierarchical Decision-Making Models, Ulaş Beldek, Mehmet Kemal Leblebi̇ci̇oğlu Jan 2015

A New Systematic And Flexible Method For Developing Hierarchical Decision-Making Models, Ulaş Beldek, Mehmet Kemal Leblebi̇ci̇oğlu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The common practice in multilevel decision-making (DM) systems is to achieve the final decision by going through a finite number of DM levels. In this study, a new multilevel DM model is proposed. This model is called the hierarchical DM (HDM) model and it is supposed to provide a flexible way of interaction and information flow between the consecutive levels that allows policy changes in DM procedures if necessary. In the model, in the early levels, there are primary agents that perform DM tasks. As the levels increase, the information associated with these agents is combined through suitable processes and …


Short-Term Load Forecasting Without Meteorological Data Using Ai-Based Structures, İdi̇l Işikli Esener, Tolga Yüksel, Mehmet Kurban Jan 2015

Short-Term Load Forecasting Without Meteorological Data Using Ai-Based Structures, İdi̇l Işikli Esener, Tolga Yüksel, Mehmet Kurban

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

STLF is used in making decisions about economical power generation capacity, fuel purchasing, safety assessment, and power system planning in order to have economical power conditions. In this study, Turkey's 24-hour-ahead load forecasting without meteorological data is studied. ANN, wavelet transform and ANN, wavelet transform and RBF NN, and EMD and RBF NN structures are used in STLF procedures. Local holidays' historical load data are changed into data with normal day characteristics, and the estimation results of these days are not included in error computation. To obtain more accurate results, a regulation on forecasted loads is proposed. Regulated and unregulated …


Hybrid Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy B-Spline--Based Sssc Damping Control Paradigm Using Online System Identification, Laiq Khan, Rabiah Badar Jan 2015

Hybrid Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy B-Spline--Based Sssc Damping Control Paradigm Using Online System Identification, Laiq Khan, Rabiah Badar

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

B-spline membership functions have produced promising results in the field of signal processing and control due to their local control property. This work explores the potential of B-spline--based adaptive neuro-fuzzy wavelet control to damp low frequency power system oscillations using a static synchronous series compensator (SSSC). A comparison of direct and indirect adaptive control based on hybrid adaptive B-spline wavelet control (ABSWC) is presented by introducing the online identification block. ABSWC with identification (ABSWCI) provides the sensitivity information of the plant needed to control the system. The parameters of the control and identification block are updated online using a gradient …


Bandwidth Extension Of Narrowband Speech In Log Spectra Domain Using Neural Network, Sara Pourmohammadi, Mansour Vali, Mohsen Ghadyani Jan 2015

Bandwidth Extension Of Narrowband Speech In Log Spectra Domain Using Neural Network, Sara Pourmohammadi, Mansour Vali, Mohsen Ghadyani

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In recent years, there have been significant advances in communication technology, but speech signals still suffer from low perceived quality caused by bandwidth limitations of telephone networks. The bandwidth extension (BWE) approach adds high-frequency components of the speech signal to band-limited telephone speech and increases speech perception significantly. In this work, we develop a new method for representation of vocal tract filter coefficients using log of filter bank energy (LFBE) parameters as an alternative for mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCCs). This approach is based on a strong correlation between the spectral components of low- and high-band spectrums. Furthermore, the performances of …


Control Of Soil Moisture With Radio Frequency In A Photovoltaic-Powered Drip Irrigation System, Mahi̇r Dursun, Semi̇h Özden Jan 2015

Control Of Soil Moisture With Radio Frequency In A Photovoltaic-Powered Drip Irrigation System, Mahi̇r Dursun, Semi̇h Özden

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Solar-powered irrigation systems are becoming increasingly widespread. However, the initial setup costs of these systems are very high. To reduce these costs, both the energy usage and the prevention of losses from irrigation systems are very important. In this study, a drip irrigation control system of 1000 dwarf cherry trees was controlled using soil moisture sensors in order to prevent excessive water consumption and energy losses in a solar-powered irrigation system. The control system comprises units that are energized with solar panels, and the flow of information is implemented via radio frequency. Thus, by removing the cables that create difficulties …


Improving The Performance Of Primal--Dual Interior-Point Method In Inverse Conductivity Problems, Ashkan Javaherian, Amir Movafeghi, Reza Faghihi, Effat Yahaghi Jan 2015

Improving The Performance Of Primal--Dual Interior-Point Method In Inverse Conductivity Problems, Ashkan Javaherian, Amir Movafeghi, Reza Faghihi, Effat Yahaghi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This study improves the performance of primal--dual interior-point method in inverse conductivity problems via replacing the conventional, complicatedly calculated scalar regularization parameter with a diagonal matrix termed ``multi-regularization parameter matrix'' here. The solution of the PD--IPM depends considerably on the choice of the regularization parameter. Calculation of the optimal regularization parameter, which yields the most accurate solution, is not simple due to the long iterative nature of the algorithm. The objective optimization, which is implemented by minimizing error in the solutions over an extensive range of the regularization parameters, yields the most accurate solution that can be achieved, although this …


The Detailed Analysis Of Rate Equation Roots Of Bh-Laser Diode Using Volterra Series, Remzi̇ Yildirim, Ahmet Karaarslan Jan 2015

The Detailed Analysis Of Rate Equation Roots Of Bh-Laser Diode Using Volterra Series, Remzi̇ Yildirim, Ahmet Karaarslan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, the rate equation analysis of a BH-laser diode was performed for output carrier density (N_o) using the zero-degree solution of the Volterra series. The carrier rate equation of the laser diode was analyzed in terms of input carrier density (N_i) and output carrier density modeling (N_i-N_o), with respect to the DC current (I_o). The polynomial root, which is obtained from the zero-degree solution (N_o) and limit values of I_o, was found. For the linear operation of the laser diode, the range of I_o current was also determined using a linearization approach and the maximum value of N_o.


Quality Of Service Assessment: A Case Study On Performance Benchmarking Of Cellular Network Operators In Turkey, Rana Kadioğlu, Yaser Dalveren, Ali̇ Kara Jan 2015

Quality Of Service Assessment: A Case Study On Performance Benchmarking Of Cellular Network Operators In Turkey, Rana Kadioğlu, Yaser Dalveren, Ali̇ Kara

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper presents findings on performance benchmarking of cellular network operators in Turkey. Benchmarking is based on measurements of standard key performance indicators (KPIs) in one of the metropolitan cities of Turkey, Ankara. Performance benchmarking is formulated by incorporating customer perception by conducting surveys on how important KPIs are from the user's point of view. KPIs are measured, with standard test equipment, by drive test method on specified routes. According to the performance benchmarking results, the GSM and UMTS network operators achieving the best performance were determined in Ankara. Speech qualities of network operators, as the most popular service, were …


An Accelerated And Accurate Three-Dimensional Ray Tracing Using Red-Black Tree With Facet Mining And Object Bouncing Techniques, Mohammad Jakirul Islam, Ahmed Wasif Reza, Kamarul Ariffin Noordin, Kaharudin Dimyati, Abu Sulaiman Mohammad Zahid Kausar Jan 2015

An Accelerated And Accurate Three-Dimensional Ray Tracing Using Red-Black Tree With Facet Mining And Object Bouncing Techniques, Mohammad Jakirul Islam, Ahmed Wasif Reza, Kamarul Ariffin Noordin, Kaharudin Dimyati, Abu Sulaiman Mohammad Zahid Kausar

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Recent trends show that it is a major challenge to predict the exact propagation path accurately and efficiently for three-dimensional (3D) indoor environments. Therefore, this study introduces a new 3D ray tracing algorithm based on a red-black tree with facet mining and object bouncing techniques. The red-black tree data structure offers a faster object searching operation while repeatedly performing intersection tests. On the other hand, extensive ray-facet intersection tests can be eliminated by using object and facet bouncing techniques, whereas the facet mining makes it easier to trace the transmitted ray paths accurately. The proposed method is compared with ray …


A New Feature Selection Model Based On Id3 And Bees Algorithm For Intrusion Detection System, Adel Sabry Eesa, Zeynep Orman, Adnan Mohsin Abdulazeez Brifcani Jan 2015

A New Feature Selection Model Based On Id3 And Bees Algorithm For Intrusion Detection System, Adel Sabry Eesa, Zeynep Orman, Adnan Mohsin Abdulazeez Brifcani

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Intrusion detection systems (IDSs) have become a necessary component of computers and information security framework. IDSs commonly deal with a large amount of data traffic and these data may contain redundant and unimportant features. Choosing the best quality of features that represent all of the data and exclude the redundant features is a crucial topic in IDSs. In this paper, a new combination approach based on the ID3 algorithm and the bees algorithm (BA) is proposed to select the optimal subset of features for an IDS. The BA is used to generate a subset of features, and the ID3 algorithm …


Model-Based Test Case Prioritization Using Cluster Analysis: A Soft-Computing Approach, Ni̇da Gökçe, Fevzi̇ Belli̇, Mübari̇z Emi̇nli̇, Beki̇r Taner Di̇nçer Jan 2015

Model-Based Test Case Prioritization Using Cluster Analysis: A Soft-Computing Approach, Ni̇da Gökçe, Fevzi̇ Belli̇, Mübari̇z Emi̇nli̇, Beki̇r Taner Di̇nçer

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Model-based testing is related to the particular relevant features of the software under test (SUT) and its environment. Real-life systems often require a large number of tests, which cannot exhaustively be run due to time and cost constraints. Thus, it is necessary to prioritize the test cases in accordance with their importance as the tester perceives it, usually given by several attributes of relevant events entailed. Based on event-oriented graph models, this paper proposes an approach to ranking test cases in accordance with their preference degrees. For forming preference groups, events are clustered using an unsupervised neural network and fuzzy …


A New Hysteresis Band Current Control Technique For A Shunt Active Filter, Murat Kale, Engi̇n Özdemi̇r Jan 2015

A New Hysteresis Band Current Control Technique For A Shunt Active Filter, Murat Kale, Engi̇n Özdemi̇r

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper proposes a hysteresis band (HB) current control technique to reduce the power losses in a shunt active filter. During a switching period in the zero-crossing region, the inverter output current flows through a transistor. By changing the direction, it flows through the free-wheeling diode of the same switch in an inverter leg, or vice versa. The shunt active filter current typically has 6 zero-crossing regions during a fundamental frequency cycle. This paper presents a HB current control technique where there is not any switching in these 6 zero-crossing regions per period, which results in reducing the power losses. …


Dwmt Transceiver Equalization Using Overlap Fde For Downlink Adsl, Arsla Khan, Sobia Baig, Tabassum Nawaz Jan 2015

Dwmt Transceiver Equalization Using Overlap Fde For Downlink Adsl, Arsla Khan, Sobia Baig, Tabassum Nawaz

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Discrete wavelet multitone (DWMT) modulation is a wavelet transform based technique implemented using perfect reconstruction filter banks. It has been recently proposed for various wireline channels such as digital subscriber loops (DSLs) as a solution to the problems posed by a discrete multitone (DMT) transceiver including interblock interference (IBI) and lower spectral efficiency due to the employment of a cyclic prefix (CP) in the guard interval (GI) for DMT symbols. The greater side lobe attenuation offered by wavelet filter banks results in improved spectral containment and lower IBI in DWMT transceivers. However, no standard equalization technique exists for a DWMT …


Using The Finite Element Method To Calculate Parameters For A Detailed Model Of Transformer Winding For Partial Discharge Research, Seyed Mohammad Hassan Hosseini, Seyed Mohsen Enjavi Madar, Mehdi Vakilian Jan 2015

Using The Finite Element Method To Calculate Parameters For A Detailed Model Of Transformer Winding For Partial Discharge Research, Seyed Mohammad Hassan Hosseini, Seyed Mohsen Enjavi Madar, Mehdi Vakilian

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Power transformers are considered to be one of the most essential and costly pieces of equipment in a power system. Identifying insulation faults in the shortest possible time prevents the occurrence of irreparable damage. Partial discharge (PD) is one of the most significant insulation faults. The first step in the study of PD is the precise modeling of transformer winding at high frequencies. In this paper, the finite element method is used to calculate the parameters for a detailed model of transformer winding. For this reason, a detailed model of transformer winding and the analytic formulations are first presented for …


An E-Nose-Based Indoor Air Quality Monitoring System: Prediction Of Combustible And Toxic Gas Concentrations, Beki̇r Mumyakmaz, Keri̇m Karabacak Jan 2015

An E-Nose-Based Indoor Air Quality Monitoring System: Prediction Of Combustible And Toxic Gas Concentrations, Beki̇r Mumyakmaz, Keri̇m Karabacak

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A system for monitoring and predicting indoor air quality level is proposed in this paper. The system comprises a computer with a monitoring program and a sensor cell, which has an array of metal oxide gas sensors along with a temperature and humidity sensor. The gas sensors in the cell have been chosen to detect only hydrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide gases. Methane was selected as a representative for indoor combustible gases, and carbon monoxide was used to represent indoor toxic gases. Hydrogen was used as an interfering (and also combustible) gas in the study. A number of experiments were …


A Comparative Performance Evaluation Of Various Approaches For Liver Segmentation From Spir Images, Evgi̇n Göçeri̇, Mehmet Zübeyi̇r Ünlü, Oğuz Di̇cle Jan 2015

A Comparative Performance Evaluation Of Various Approaches For Liver Segmentation From Spir Images, Evgi̇n Göçeri̇, Mehmet Zübeyi̇r Ünlü, Oğuz Di̇cle

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Developing a robust method for liver segmentation from magnetic resonance images is a challenging task because of the similar intensity values between adjacent organs, the geometrically complex liver structure, and injection of contrast media. Most importantly, a high anatomical variability of a healthy or diseased liver is a major challenge in defining the exact boundaries of the liver. Several artifacts of pulsation, motion, and partial volume effects are also among the variety of factors that make automatic liver segmentation difficult. In this paper, we present an overview of liver segmentation methods in magnetic resonance images and show comparative results of …


Moving As A Whole: Multirobot Traveling Problem Constrained By Connectivity, Yun Wang, Cheng Hu Jan 2015

Moving As A Whole: Multirobot Traveling Problem Constrained By Connectivity, Yun Wang, Cheng Hu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A multirobot system provides many advantages over a single robot. In certain situations, robots need to maintain global connectivity while proceeding through tasks such as traveling to spots of interest in an area. This paper formulates the problem of multiple robots traveling while constrained by connectivity and analyzes the limits of increase in total traveling distance (TTD) caused by connectivity constraints. A connection condition is proposed and proven, which can be used to direct the design of solutions. Two algorithms satisfying the connection condition, connected nearest neighbor (CNN) and bold Lin-Kernighan heuristic (B-LKH), are proposed to solve this problem, which …


Novel Congestion Control Algorithms For A Class Of Delayed Networks, Shoorangiz Shams Shamsabad Farahani, Mohammad Reza Jahed Motlagh, Mohammad Ali Nekoui Jan 2015

Novel Congestion Control Algorithms For A Class Of Delayed Networks, Shoorangiz Shams Shamsabad Farahani, Mohammad Reza Jahed Motlagh, Mohammad Ali Nekoui

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Time delays are often instability sources and give rise to undesired oscillation and performance degradation, so it is necessary to consider delay in general congestion control schemes. In this paper, a new system model for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is established in discrete time, subsystems including delay are presented, and the overall model is achieved by blending these subsystems. For controller synthesis, common quadratic Lyapunov functions and a new approach based on nonquadratic Lyapunov functions are utilized, and a controller is designed to stabilize each subsystem. The controller synthesis results are expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Moreover, the …


Estimating Facial Angles Using Radon Transform, Mohamad Amin Bakhshali, Mousa Shamsi Jan 2015

Estimating Facial Angles Using Radon Transform, Mohamad Amin Bakhshali, Mousa Shamsi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Analysis of human facial images has become increasingly important due to its numerous applications. In this regard, extracting facial parameters is vital and various studies have been done in this field. Using these methods, different facial parameters such as the location of eyebrows, eye length, and nose angles are extracted. In this article, a robust and automatic method is introduced for determining facial angles from profile view images using the Radon transform. The Radon transform is a type of linear integration along a specific direction and angles play an important role in its performance. The proposed algorithm not only has …


Conceptual Design Of A Low-Cost Real-Time Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulator For Satellite Attitude Control System, Farhad Bayat Jan 2015

Conceptual Design Of A Low-Cost Real-Time Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulator For Satellite Attitude Control System, Farhad Bayat

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Integration of flight hardware with real-time simulation increases satellite attitude control system (ACS) reliability by providing greater test coverage through end-to-end testing in a realistic test environment. In this paper, a compound hardware and software simulator has been designed for evaluation and testing of the spacecraft ACS, placing emphasis on the real-time hardware-in-loop (RTHIL) architecture. The environment comprises both real-time control and data acquisition applications on a network of ACS hardware, the MATLAB Real-Time Workshop, and a PCI device to join the hardware and software units. Moreover, a graphical 3D simulator has been designed, enabling the designers and researchers to …


Detection Of Microcalcification In Digitized Mammograms With Multistable Cellular Neural Networks Using A New Image Enhancement Method: Automated Lesion Intensity Enhancer (Alie), Levent Ci̇vci̇k, Burak Yilmaz, Yüksel Özbay, Gani̇me Di̇lek Emli̇k Jan 2015

Detection Of Microcalcification In Digitized Mammograms With Multistable Cellular Neural Networks Using A New Image Enhancement Method: Automated Lesion Intensity Enhancer (Alie), Levent Ci̇vci̇k, Burak Yilmaz, Yüksel Özbay, Gani̇me Di̇lek Emli̇k

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Microcalcification detection is a very important issue in early diagnosis of breast cancer. Generally physicians use mammogram images for this task; however, sometimes analyzing these images become a hard task because of problems in images such as high brightness values, dense tissues, noise, and insufficient contrast level. In this paper, we present a novel technique for the task of microcalcification detection. This technique consists of three steps. The first step is focused on removing pectoral muscle and unnecessary parts from the mammogram images by using cellular neural networks (CNNs), which makes this a novel process. In the second step, we …


Emg Classification In Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome And Periodic Limb Movement Syndrome Patients By Using Wavelet Packet Transform And Extreme Learning Machine, Necmetti̇n Sezgi̇n Jan 2015

Emg Classification In Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome And Periodic Limb Movement Syndrome Patients By Using Wavelet Packet Transform And Extreme Learning Machine, Necmetti̇n Sezgi̇n

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Electromyogram (EMG) signals, measured at the skin surface, provide crucial access to the muscle tones of a body. Some diseases, such as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and periodic limb movement syndrome (PLMS), are closely associated with the electrical activity of muscle tones. In this paper, a hybrid model containing wavelet packet transform (WPT) plus an extreme learning machine (ELM) was proposed to classify EMG signals in OSAS and PLMS patients. At first, the WPT was used to extract the features of the EMG signal, and then these features were fed to the ELM classifier. The mean classification accuracy of …


A Mobile And Web Application-Based Recommendation System Using Color Quantization And Collaborative Filtering, Fi̇dan Kaya, Gürel Yildiz, Adnan Kavak Jan 2015

A Mobile And Web Application-Based Recommendation System Using Color Quantization And Collaborative Filtering, Fi̇dan Kaya, Gürel Yildiz, Adnan Kavak

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, a recommendation system based on a mobile and web application is proposed for indoor decoration. The main contribution of this work is to apply two-stage filtering using linear matching and collaborative filtering to make recommendations. In the mobile application part, the image of the medium captured by a mobile phone is analyzed using color quantization methods, and these color analysis results along with other user-defined parameters such as height, width, and type of the product are sent to the web server. In the web application part, a large data set is first filtered via linear matching in …