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A New Efficient Block Matching Data Hiding Method Based On Scanning Order Selection In Medical Images, Turgay Aydoğan, Cüneyt Bayilmiş Jan 2017

A New Efficient Block Matching Data Hiding Method Based On Scanning Order Selection In Medical Images, Turgay Aydoğan, Cüneyt Bayilmiş

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Digital technology and the widespread use of the Internet has increased the speeds at which digital data can be obtained and shared in daily life. In parallel to this, there are important concerns regarding the confidentiality of private data during data transmissions and the possibility that data might fall into the hands of third parties. Issues relating to data safety can also affect patients' medical images and other information relating to these images. In this study, we propose a new method based on block matching that can be used to hide the patient information in medical images. In this method, …


A Data-Aware Cognitive Engine For Scheduling Data Intensive Applications In A Grid, Vijaya Nagarajan, Maluk Mohamed Mulk Abdul Jan 2017

A Data-Aware Cognitive Engine For Scheduling Data Intensive Applications In A Grid, Vijaya Nagarajan, Maluk Mohamed Mulk Abdul

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Data-intensive applications produce huge amounts of data that need to be stored, analyzed, and interpreted. A data grid serves as a cost-effective infrastructure for solving these data-intensive applications. Existing scheduling strategies are best suited for handling compute-intensive applications, although they lack in performance while handling data-intensive applications. In this work, a novel mechanism of incorporating cognitive science in a data grid is proposed for scheduling data-intensive workflows. A unique model is derived in which a cognitive engine (CE) is built into the middleware of the data grid. The intelligent agents present in the CE handle the request for data sets …


Adaptive Control Of Pure-Feedback Systems In The Presence Of Parametric Uncertainties, Mehrnoosh Asadi, Heydar Toossian Shandiz Jan 2017

Adaptive Control Of Pure-Feedback Systems In The Presence Of Parametric Uncertainties, Mehrnoosh Asadi, Heydar Toossian Shandiz

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The purpose of this study is to investigate an adaptive control approach for completely nonaffine pure-feedback systems with linear/nonlinear parameterization. In this approach, the parameter separation technique and the idea of the positive function of linearly connected parameters are coupled effectively with the combination of backstepping and time-scale separation. Subsequently, a fast dynamical equation is derived from the original subsystem, where the solution is sought to approximate the corresponding ideal virtual/actual control inputs. Furthermore, the adaptation law of unknown parameters can be derived based on Lyapunov theory in the backstepping technique and there is no need to design a state …


Design Of A Three-Phase Multistage Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator For Wind Turbine Applications, Muhammad Mansoor Ashraf, Tahir Nadeem Malik Jan 2017

Design Of A Three-Phase Multistage Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator For Wind Turbine Applications, Muhammad Mansoor Ashraf, Tahir Nadeem Malik

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Presently, axial flux permanent magnet machines are becoming popular and are being deployed actively for low speed applications. This paper presents an improved model of a multistage axial flux permanent magnet generator (AFPMG). The multistage AFPMG consists of multiple stator and rotor discs. There are three identical 1-phase stator discs and four in-phase rotor discs in the proposed multistage AFPMG. In this research, 4 case studies were analyzed on the design of the multistage AFPMG. First, a phase shift model (PSM) positions the three 1-phase stator discs to behave as a 3-phase generator. Actually, the PSM computes phases for three …


A Computer-Based Modification Solution For Old Type Of Electro-Controlled Mechanical Jacquard Looms, Mahmut Aykaç, Ercan Yildiz, Abdurrahman Oğuz Jan 2017

A Computer-Based Modification Solution For Old Type Of Electro-Controlled Mechanical Jacquard Looms, Mahmut Aykaç, Ercan Yildiz, Abdurrahman Oğuz

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, we modified the old type of electro-controlled mechanical Jacquard looms for the carpet weaving industry by substituting a Jacquard controller with a modern computer running software called the "Weaving Control System", which has also been developed in the context of this study. By this modification, the Jacquard controller, which requires expensive electronic components and maintenance, has been discarded, and a contemporary computer-based solution that is easy to control and use, and cheap to install and maintain, has been employed in the place of the Jacquard controller. Even though the proposed solution has been tested on the Schleicher-type …


Adslanf: A Negotiation Framework For Cloud Management Systems Using A Bulk Negotiation Behavioral Learning Approach, Rajkumar Rajavel, Mala Thangarathinam Jan 2017

Adslanf: A Negotiation Framework For Cloud Management Systems Using A Bulk Negotiation Behavioral Learning Approach, Rajkumar Rajavel, Mala Thangarathinam

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

One of the major challenges in cloud computing is the development of a service-level agreement (SLA) negotiation framework using an intelligent third-party broker negotiation strategy. Current frameworks exploit various negotiation strategies using game theoretic, heuristic, and argumentation-based approaches for obtaining optimal negotiation with a better success rate (negotiation commitment). However, these approaches fail to optimize the negotiation round (NR), total negotiation time (TNT), and communication overhead (CO) involved in the negotiation strategy. To overcome these problems, certain researchers have exploited trade-off, concession, and behavioral learning strategies with varying degrees of sacrifices (reductions) in their concerned proposal generation. Such sacrifices can …


An Efficient Hybrid Data Gathering Algorithm Based On Multihop And Mobile Elements In Wsns, Mukhtar Ghaleb, Shamala Subramaniam, Mohamed Othman, Zuriati Zukarnain Jan 2017

An Efficient Hybrid Data Gathering Algorithm Based On Multihop And Mobile Elements In Wsns, Mukhtar Ghaleb, Shamala Subramaniam, Mohamed Othman, Zuriati Zukarnain

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Data gathering is a focal task in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) that expends most of the sensor nodes' energy. Two factors that are considered essential in data gathering are latency and power consumption. The multihop data gathering approach proves that latency is minimized due to the speed of forwarding data to the base station. However, this may lead to increased power consumption and increased possibility of an emerging hotspot area. In contrast, data gathering based on a mobile element (ME) proves that power consumption is minimized due to avoiding relay data in extreme schemes. However, this may increase the latency …


A Power Sharing Control For Microgrids Based On Extrapolation Of Injecting Power And Power-Angle Control, Suchart Janjornmanit, Suttichai Premrudeepreechacharn Jan 2017

A Power Sharing Control For Microgrids Based On Extrapolation Of Injecting Power And Power-Angle Control, Suchart Janjornmanit, Suttichai Premrudeepreechacharn

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Droop controlled power sharing with an assumption that the value of line impedance is unavailable has been proven to have limitations; the power sharing is problematic in systems with significantly resistive lines. Furthermore, when the droop is applied in the islanding mode of operation of a microgrid, the system is likely to become unstable. In this paper, the droop control is replaced by an analytical solution. The proposed approach of power sharing is power-angle control of distributed generators (DGs), such as voltage source converters, a type of DG with extrapolation of power injected to the connected bus. It is demonstrated …


Hadoop Framework Implementation And Performance Analysis On A Cloud, Göksu Zeki̇ye Özen, Mehmet Tekerek, Rayi̇mbek Sultanov Jan 2017

Hadoop Framework Implementation And Performance Analysis On A Cloud, Göksu Zeki̇ye Özen, Mehmet Tekerek, Rayi̇mbek Sultanov

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The Hadoop framework uses the MapReduce programming paradigm to process big data by distributing data across a cluster and aggregating. MapReduce is one of the methods used to process big data hosted on large clusters. In this method, jobs are processed by dividing into small pieces and distributing over nodes. Parameters such as distributing method over nodes, the number of jobs held in a parallel fashion, and the number of nodes in the cluster affect the execution time of jobs. The aim of this paper is to determine how the numbers of nodes, maps, and reduces affect the performance of …


Modeling Hybrid Modulation Strategy With Nearest Leveled Vector Switching Pattern In Space Vector Control Technique For Multilevel Inverters, Rohith Balaji Jonnala, Sai Babu Choppavarapu Jan 2017

Modeling Hybrid Modulation Strategy With Nearest Leveled Vector Switching Pattern In Space Vector Control Technique For Multilevel Inverters, Rohith Balaji Jonnala, Sai Babu Choppavarapu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The multilevel inverter's impact in the area of power electronics is augmented because of its nimble nature. This paper presents an efficient switching pattern for multilevel inverters using the nearest leveled vector (NLV) strategy through a space vector control (SVC) technique. The objective is to reduce the total harmonic distortions by generating an optimal switching sequence with the newly introduced NLV-SVC for multilevel inverters. The proposed NLV modulation is applied for an asymmetrical multilevel inverter, which has a high number of levels with reduced switch count, sources, and lower switching losses. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified on …


Multitier Decentralized Control Scheme Using Energy Storage Unit And Load Management In Inverter-Based Ac Microgrids, Sara Nourollah, Abolfazl Pirayesh, Matthias Fripp Jan 2017

Multitier Decentralized Control Scheme Using Energy Storage Unit And Load Management In Inverter-Based Ac Microgrids, Sara Nourollah, Abolfazl Pirayesh, Matthias Fripp

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The use of renewable energies, such as wind and solar, is rising in microgrids. However, because of their intermittent nature, achieving a stable system in spite of the fluctuations of generation and demand is very difficult. Aiming to increase the stability margin of AC islanded microgrids comprising nondeterministic resources, properly share real power (P), and keep the network frequency ($f)$ at nominal value, this study exploits the presence of energy storage units (ESUs) along with a load-shedding scheme. To this end, this study proposes a multitier decentralized control strategy that is based on frequency and includes three control schemes, distributed …


Turkish Synonym Identification From Multiple Resources: Monolingual Corpus, Mono/Bilingual Online Dictionaries, And Wordnet, Tuğba Yildiz, Banu Di̇ri̇, Savaş Yildirim Jan 2017

Turkish Synonym Identification From Multiple Resources: Monolingual Corpus, Mono/Bilingual Online Dictionaries, And Wordnet, Tuğba Yildiz, Banu Di̇ri̇, Savaş Yildirim

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, a model is proposed to determine synonymy by incorporating several resources. The model extracts the features from monolingual online dictionaries, a bilingual online dictionary, WordNet, and a monolingual Turkish corpus. Once it has built a candidate list, it determines the synonymy for a given word by means of those features. All these resources and the approaches are evaluated. Taking all features into account and applying machine learning algorithms, the model shows good performance of F-measure with 81.4%. The study contributes to the literature by integrating several resources and attempting the first corpus-driven synonym detection system for Turkish.


Design And Walking Pattern Generation Of A Biped Robot, Tolga Olcay, Ahmet Özkurt Jan 2017

Design And Walking Pattern Generation Of A Biped Robot, Tolga Olcay, Ahmet Özkurt

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper presents the design of a biped robot, the walking trajectory generation method, and experimental results about biped walking. Walking trajectory generation is one of the deterministic factors in walking robot applications. Different approaches for stable walking trajectory are worked on in robotic research. The linear inverted pendulum model (LIPM) is an effective method used with the zero moment point (ZMP) criteria. Biped robot trunk and feet moving patterns are generated depending on these fundamental methods. In this study, generated trajectories were tested by a 12 degree of freedom (DOF) biped robot RUBI built at Dokuz Eylül University. In …


A Novel Ddcc+ Based First-Order Current-Mode Active-C All-Pass Filter Using A Grounded Capacitor, Remzi̇ Arslanalp Jan 2017

A Novel Ddcc+ Based First-Order Current-Mode Active-C All-Pass Filter Using A Grounded Capacitor, Remzi̇ Arslanalp

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, a novel first-order current-mode active-C all-pass filter based on a companding idea is proposed. In the design of the filter, a state space method is used. The proposed structure consists of only two plus-type differential difference current conveyors, nine external MOSFETs, and a single grounded capacitor. The dominant advantages of the proposed filter are briefly described as follows: offering resistorless design, consuming low power, having an electronic tunability property of its pole frequency, and not suffering from the disadvantage of any passive component matching conditions. By cascading two all-pass filters in a closed negative feedback loop, a …


Full Occlusion Handling For Pedestrian Tracking Via Hybrid System, Xiaoyu Zhang, Shiqiang Hu, Huanlong Zhang, Xing Hu Jan 2017

Full Occlusion Handling For Pedestrian Tracking Via Hybrid System, Xiaoyu Zhang, Shiqiang Hu, Huanlong Zhang, Xing Hu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Occlusion and lack of visibility even in sparse crowd scenes make it difficult to track individual pedestrians correctly and consistently, particularly in a single view. We present a novel pedestrian tracking approach that connects tracking with reidentification to locate and maintain the identity of certain people who may be occluded for a long time. First, two models are constructed. One model tracks the pedestrian and trains a classifier, while the other model reidentifies the pedestrian of interest from detection results with the trained classifier. Secondly, we design a set of transition rules for model switching. Finally, the two models work …


An Optimized Buffer Insertion Algorithm With Delay-Power Constraints For Vlsi Layouts, Chessda Uttraphan, Nasir Shaikh-Husin, Mohamed Khalil Hani Jan 2017

An Optimized Buffer Insertion Algorithm With Delay-Power Constraints For Vlsi Layouts, Chessda Uttraphan, Nasir Shaikh-Husin, Mohamed Khalil Hani

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

We propose a grid-graph algorithm for interconnect routing and buffer insertion in nanometer VLSI layout designs. The algorithm is designed to handle multiconstraint optimizations, namely timing performance and power dissipation. The proposed algorithm is called HRTB-LA, which stands for hybrid routing tree and buffer insertion with look-ahead. In recent VLSI designs, interconnect delay has become a dominant factor compared to gate delay. The well-known technique to minimize the interconnect delay is by inserting buffers along the interconnect wires. However, the buffer itself consumes power and it has been shown that power dissipation overhead due to buffer insertions is significantly high. …


A Combined Approach Based On Fuzzy Ahp And Fuzzy Inference System To Rank Reviewers In Online Communities, Hossein Abbasimehr, Mohammadjafar Tarokh Jan 2017

A Combined Approach Based On Fuzzy Ahp And Fuzzy Inference System To Rank Reviewers In Online Communities, Hossein Abbasimehr, Mohammadjafar Tarokh

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Online product review communities allow users to share their ideas and opinions about various products and services. Although online reviews as user-generated content can be considered as an invaluable source of information for both consumers and firms, these reviews tend to be of very different quality. To tackle the problem of low quality reviews, we address reviewer credibility and propose an innovative framework. The framework comprises five critical phases for ranking reviewers in terms of credibility using a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and fuzzy inference system. To determine the weights of the features, a fuzzy AHP method was applied. …


An Effective Empirical Approach To Voip Traffic Classification, Nazar Abbas Saqib, Yaqoot Shakeel, Moazzam Ali Khan, Hasan Mehmood, Muhammad Zia Jan 2017

An Effective Empirical Approach To Voip Traffic Classification, Nazar Abbas Saqib, Yaqoot Shakeel, Moazzam Ali Khan, Hasan Mehmood, Muhammad Zia

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

It is beneficial for telecommunication authorities and Internet service providers (ISPs) to classify and detect voice traffic. It can help them to block unsubscribed users from using their services, which saves them huge revenues. Voice packets can be detected easily, but it becomes complicated when the application or port information in the packet header is hidden due to some secure mechanism such as encryption. This work provides effective voice packet classification and detection based on behavioral and statistical analysis, which is independent of any application, security protocol, or encryption mechanism. First we have made initial assessments through packet feature analysis …


A Metaheuristic Based On The Tabu Search For Hardware-Software Partitioning, Mehdi Jemai, Sonia Dimassi, Bouraoui Ouni, Abdellatif Mtibaa Jan 2017

A Metaheuristic Based On The Tabu Search For Hardware-Software Partitioning, Mehdi Jemai, Sonia Dimassi, Bouraoui Ouni, Abdellatif Mtibaa

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Several metaheuristics have become increasingly interesting in solving combinatorial problems. In this paper, we present an algorithm involving a metaheuristic based on tabu search and binary search trees to address the problem of hardware-software partitioning. Metaheuristics do not guarantee an optimum solution, but they can produce acceptable solutions in a reasonable time. Our proposed algorithm seeks to find the efficient hardware-software partitioning that minimizes the logic area of a system on a programmable chip under the condition of time constraints. Our goal is to have a better trade-off between the logic area of the application and its execution time. Finally, …


A Self-Tuning Neurofuzzy Feedback Linearization-Based Damping Control Strategy For Multiple Hvdc Links, Saghir Ahmad, Laiq Khan Jan 2017

A Self-Tuning Neurofuzzy Feedback Linearization-Based Damping Control Strategy For Multiple Hvdc Links, Saghir Ahmad, Laiq Khan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This research work proposes a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) online adaptive feedback linearization NeuroFuzzy control (AFLNFC) scheme to improve the damping of low frequency oscillations (LFOs) in an AC/DC power system. Optimized NeuroFuzzy identification architecture online captures the oscillatory dynamics of the power system through wide area measurement system (WAMS)-based measured speed signals of machines. Based on the identified power system model, the appropriate control law is derived through feedback linearization control with a self-tuned coefficient vector. The generated control signal modulates the real power flow through a high voltage direct current (HVDC) link during perturbed operating conditions and enhances system …


Nonlinear Acoustic Echo Cancellation Using An Adaptive Hammerstein Block Structure Based On A Generalized Basis Function, Tuğba Özge Onur, Rifat Hacioğlu Jan 2017

Nonlinear Acoustic Echo Cancellation Using An Adaptive Hammerstein Block Structure Based On A Generalized Basis Function, Tuğba Özge Onur, Rifat Hacioğlu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

We investigated adaptive algorithms for a Hammerstein block structure in which a static nonlinear block and dynamic linear block are cascaded. The approach considered here is to use generalized orthonormal basis functions in a Hammerstein block structure by using fixed pole filter banks. We applied the normalized least mean square approach to the developed adaptive algorithm in order to acquire Hammerstein block structure parameters. Performance comparison of the proposed approach was investigated considering convergence speed and parametric complexity for acoustic echo cancellation application. The results indicated that in the developed algorithm along with appropriate selection of fixed poles, the algorithm …


A Novel Wound Field Flux Switching Machine With Salient Pole Rotor And Nonoverlapping Windings, Faisal Khan, Erwan Sulaiman, Md Zarafi Ahmad Jan 2017

A Novel Wound Field Flux Switching Machine With Salient Pole Rotor And Nonoverlapping Windings, Faisal Khan, Erwan Sulaiman, Md Zarafi Ahmad

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A flux switching machine (FSM) with a segmented rotor and nonoverlapping windings is an attractive alternative for driving high torque density applications. However, a rotor with segments makes the motor less robust as well as difficult to be assembled, while a FSM with salient rotor and overlapping windings inherits high copper losses and less efficiency due to high coil volume. In this paper, a novel structure of FSM with nonoverlapping windings and salient rotor is proposed, making it different from the 10Slot-8Pole segmental and salient rotor FSM. Several design parameters defined in the rotor, armature coil, and field excitation coil …


Single Event Multiple Upset-Tolerant Sram Cell Designs For Nano-Scale Cmos Technology, Ramin Rajaei, Bahar Asgari, Mahmoud Tabandeh, Mahdi Fazeli Jan 2017

Single Event Multiple Upset-Tolerant Sram Cell Designs For Nano-Scale Cmos Technology, Ramin Rajaei, Bahar Asgari, Mahmoud Tabandeh, Mahdi Fazeli

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this article, two soft error tolerant SRAM cells, the so-called RATF1 and RATF2, are proposed and evaluated. The proposed radiation hardened SRAM cells are capable of fully tolerating single event upsets (SEUs). Moreover, they show a high degree of robustness against single event multiple upsets (SEMUs). Over the previous SRAM cells, RATF1 and RATF2 offer lower area and power overhead. The Hspice simulation results through comparison with some prominent and state-of-the-art soft error tolerant SRAM cells show that our proposed robust SRAM cells have smaller area overhead (RAFT1 offers 58% smaller area than DICE), lower power delay product (RATF1 …


Design And Analysis Of A Reduced Ultrawideband Band-Notched Band-Pass Filter, Navid Daryasafar, Mojtaba Tangaki, Mohammad Naser Moghaddasi, Ramezanali Sadeghzade Jan 2017

Design And Analysis Of A Reduced Ultrawideband Band-Notched Band-Pass Filter, Navid Daryasafar, Mojtaba Tangaki, Mohammad Naser Moghaddasi, Ramezanali Sadeghzade

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper we intend to design a reduced ultrawideband band-pass filter using new models of coupled transmission lines. In this paper, by providing a new model of resonators, the bandwidth of band-pass filters (which are among the most crucial elements in communication systems) will be moderately increased, while their size and volume decreases. According to the change of their equations and consequent changes in basic parameters of these models, optimization and dependency among these parameters and also the frequency response of these filters will be developed to utilize notches in the pass-band, and a reduced ultrawideband band-pass filter with …


On The Application Of The Spectral Element Method In Electromagnetic Problems Involving Domain Decomposition, Ibrahim Mahariq Jan 2017

On The Application Of The Spectral Element Method In Electromagnetic Problems Involving Domain Decomposition, Ibrahim Mahariq

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

One of the challenges in electromagnetics is to solve electromagnetic fields originated from a radiating source or a scattering object in distances that largely exceed the dimensions of the source or scatterer. In this paper, domain decomposition based on the application reasoning of the perfectly matched layer (PML) is studied by the spectral element method (SEM) for the first time in order to solve near and far electromagnetic fields without requiring substantially computational resources. Scattering from a loss-free dielectric cylinder and radiated fields from a line source are the problems utilized for the purpose of numerical demonstration in two dimensions …


Universal And Stable Medical Image Generation For Tissue Segmentation (The Unistable Method), Ihab Elaff, Ali El-Kemany, Mohammed Kholif Jan 2017

Universal And Stable Medical Image Generation For Tissue Segmentation (The Unistable Method), Ihab Elaff, Ali El-Kemany, Mohammed Kholif

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Segmentation of medical images has been one of the most important research areas because of its impact in modeling and diagnosing the structure and the functions of various organs. The lack of unique solution for the segmentation problem of medical images is caused by the wide range of selections among different medical imaging modalities and clustering methods where each setting has its own estimates for solving this problem. The unistable method is a novel method that generates enhanced images with high contrast, which can reduce boundary overlap between different tissues. This is accomplished by fusion of different clustering maps, which …


A Methodology To Include Real-Life Failure Data In The Failure Rate Estimation Of Power Distribution Systems, Mojtaba Gilvanejad, Hossein Askarian Abyaneh, Kazem Mazlumi Jan 2017

A Methodology To Include Real-Life Failure Data In The Failure Rate Estimation Of Power Distribution Systems, Mojtaba Gilvanejad, Hossein Askarian Abyaneh, Kazem Mazlumi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Random failure rates are usually assumed as constant values in reliability calculations. In this paper, this topic is investigated using stochastic models of uncertain phenomena like lightning, cold load pickup, and overloading, which result in random failures. An algorithm is developed to estimate the random failure rates in distribution networks during their lifetime. This algorithm stochastically generates the random failures as well as sustained failures as a result of equipment wear-out state due to the aging process and finally estimates the total number of temporary/sustained failures in a period of the network lifetime. The results of applying this algorithm to …


An Inductorless Wideband Lna With A New Noise Canceling Technique, Pouria Pazhouhesh Moghadam, Adib Abrishamifar Jan 2017

An Inductorless Wideband Lna With A New Noise Canceling Technique, Pouria Pazhouhesh Moghadam, Adib Abrishamifar

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

An inductorless wideband low-noise amplifier (LNA) employing a new noise canceling technique for multistandard applications is presented. The main amplifier has a cascode common gate structure, which provides good input impedance matching and isolation. The proposed noise canceling technique not only improves the noise figure and power gain but also embeds a g$_{m}$-boosting technique in itself, which reduces the power consumption of the main amplifier. Using current-steering and current-reuse techniques in the noise canceling branch makes the design realizable and low power. The proposed LNA is simulated and optimized in 0.13 $\mu $m CMOS technology. The LNA achieves a noise …


Advanced Probabilistic Power Flow Methodology For Power Systems With Renewable Resources, Dinh Duong Le, Nhi Thi Ai Nguyen, Van Duong Ngo, Alberto Berizzi Jan 2017

Advanced Probabilistic Power Flow Methodology For Power Systems With Renewable Resources, Dinh Duong Le, Nhi Thi Ai Nguyen, Van Duong Ngo, Alberto Berizzi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Renewable~resources have added additional uncertainty to power grids. Deterministic power flow does not provide sufficient information for power system calculation and analysis, since all sources of uncertainty are not taken into account. To handle uncertainties PPF has been introduced and used as an efficient tool. In this paper, we present a cumulant-based PPF approach that can account for various sources of uncertainty in power systems with renewable resources such as wind and photovoltaic energy. We also propose the use of a new methodology to estimate probability distribution for wind power output based on measured data. The proposed approach is carried …


Traffic Density Estimation Via Kde And Nonlinear Ls, Mi̇kai̇l Erdem, Mehmet Kemal Özdemi̇r Jan 2017

Traffic Density Estimation Via Kde And Nonlinear Ls, Mi̇kai̇l Erdem, Mehmet Kemal Özdemi̇r

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

With increasing population, the determination of traffic density becomes critical in managing urban city roads for safer driving and low carbon emissions. In this study, kernel density estimation is utilized in order to estimate traffic density more accurately when the speeds of vehicles are available for a given region. For the proposed approach, as a first step, the probability density function of the speed data is modeled by kernel density estimation. Then the speed centers from the density function are modeled as clusters. The cumulative distribution function of the speed data is then determined by Kolmogorov--Smirnov test, whose complexity is …