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Automated Module For Characterization Of Reference Standards Of Capacitance By Impedance-Matrix Method, Satish Singh, Thomas John Jan 2017

Automated Module For Characterization Of Reference Standards Of Capacitance By Impedance-Matrix Method, Satish Singh, Thomas John

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

An automated module has been developed, implemented, and validated for the characterization of four-terminal-pair capacitance standards using an impedance-matrix method. These air-dielectric capacitance standards are being used as reference or transfer standards of capacitance at high frequency across national metrology institutes worldwide. In the reported work, an automated characterization module performs the acquisition of reference capacitance and residual capacitive parameters from an ultraprecision capacitance bridge. It also acquires single-port reactances of the capacitance standard from an impedance analyzer at frequencies ranging from 40 MHz to 100 MHz. The acquired capacitive and reactance parameters are stored structurally in arrays from where …


Multiobjective Distributed Model Predictive Control Method For Facility Environment Control Based On Cooperative Game Theory, Huanliang Xu, Zhaoyu Zhai, Ke Wang, Shougang Ren, Haoyun Wang Jan 2017

Multiobjective Distributed Model Predictive Control Method For Facility Environment Control Based On Cooperative Game Theory, Huanliang Xu, Zhaoyu Zhai, Ke Wang, Shougang Ren, Haoyun Wang

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In order to achieve better control performance within the facility environment, this paper proposes a distributed model predictive control method, aiming at increasing the control precision of actuators, reducing energy consumption and equipment loss at the same time. Regarding optimizing this facility environment model, it could be treated as a multiobjective optimization problem. Referring to the cooperative game theory, each objective is regarded as a gamer. Each gamer considers both its own interests and other gamers' interests to achieve a balanced result when cooperation is achieved. The simulation experiments illustrate that the proposed control method is able to adjust the …


Developing A Model And Software For Energy Efficiency Optimization In The Building Design Process: A Case Study In Turkey, Özgür Bayata, İzzetti̇n Temi̇z Jan 2017

Developing A Model And Software For Energy Efficiency Optimization In The Building Design Process: A Case Study In Turkey, Özgür Bayata, İzzetti̇n Temi̇z

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Buildings are responsible for 40% of the primary energy consumption in the world. Recent studies have revealed that the energy efficiency and environmental impact of buildings are two very important criteria to consider during the process of building design for the future of our world. By considering the initial investment cost and its importance for investors, a problem with three objective functions has emerged with 16 building energy systems and 24 construction material alternatives. The aim of this work is to develop a methodology and software to solve multiobjective building optimization problems. Thus, two different software tools have been developed …


Multiverse Optimized Fuzzy-Pid Controller With A Derivative Filter For Load Frequency Control Of Multisource Hydrothermal Power System, Amit Kumar, Sathans Suhag Jan 2017

Multiverse Optimized Fuzzy-Pid Controller With A Derivative Filter For Load Frequency Control Of Multisource Hydrothermal Power System, Amit Kumar, Sathans Suhag

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, a multiverse optimized (MVO) fuzzy PID controller with a derivative filter (fuzzy-PIDF) is proposed for the load frequency control (LFC) of a two-area multisource hydrothermal power system. The superiority of the MVO algorithm is demonstrated by comparing the system LFC performance with integral and fuzzy-PIDF controllers, both optimized using MVO, as well as some of the recent heuristic optimization techniques such as the ant lion optimizer, gray wolf optimizer, differential evolution, bacterial foraging optimization algorithm, and particle swarm optimization. To the best of the knowledge of the authors, the use of the MVO technique has not yet …


Time-Jerk Optimal Trajectory Planning Of A 7-Dof Redundant Robot, Shaotian Lu, Jingdong Zhao, Li Jiang, Hong Liu Jan 2017

Time-Jerk Optimal Trajectory Planning Of A 7-Dof Redundant Robot, Shaotian Lu, Jingdong Zhao, Li Jiang, Hong Liu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In order to improve the efficiency and smoothness of a robot and reduce its vibration, an algorithm called the augmented Lagrange constrained particle swarm optimization (ALCPSO), which combines constrained particle swarm optimization with the augmented Lagrange multiplier method to realize time-jerk (defined as the derivative of the acceleration) optimal trajectory planning is proposed. Kinematic constraints such as joint velocities, accelerations, jerks, and traveling time are considered. The ALCPSO algorithm is used to avoid local optimization because a new particle swarm is newly produced at each initial time process. Additionally, the best value obtained from the former generation is saved and …


Modeling And Control Of A Permanent-Magnet Brushless Dc Motor Drive Using A Fractional Order Proportional-Integral-Derivative Controller, Swapnil Khubalkar, Anjali Junghare, Mohan Aware, Shantanu Das Jan 2017

Modeling And Control Of A Permanent-Magnet Brushless Dc Motor Drive Using A Fractional Order Proportional-Integral-Derivative Controller, Swapnil Khubalkar, Anjali Junghare, Mohan Aware, Shantanu Das

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper deals with the speed control of a permanent-magnet brushless direct current (PMBLDC) motor. A fractional order PID (FOPID) controller is used in place of the conventional PID controller. The FOPID controller is a generalized form of the PID controller in which the order of integration and differentiation is any real number. It is shown that the proposed controller provides a powerful framework to control the PMBLDC motor. Parameters of the controller are found by using a novel dynamic particle swarm optimization (dPSO) method. The frequency domain pole-zero (p-z) interlacing method is used to approximate the fractional order operator. …


Led Printers And Safe Fonts As Effective Protection Against The Formation Of Unwanted Emission, Ireneusz Kubiak Jan 2017

Led Printers And Safe Fonts As Effective Protection Against The Formation Of Unwanted Emission, Ireneusz Kubiak

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Due to the widespread use of computer equipment, electromagnetic protection of processed data is still an issue. Structurally modified commercial equipment is used to protect devices against this phenomenon. The acquisition costs of such modified devices are enormous. However, the market offers information devices with very low susceptibility to electromagnetic infiltration. Safe fonts are a new solution in the protection of sensitive information against electromagnetic infiltration processes. The use of safe fonts not only increases resistance to electromagnetic eavesdropping but also makes it impossible. These devices are computer printers that use a slat with hundreds of LEDs arranged in several …


Planar Inverted-F Antenna For Universal Serial Bus Dongle Applications, Hassan Tariq Chattha, Muhammad Nasir, Qamar Hussain Abbasi, Yi Huang, Saqer Saleh Aljaafreh Jan 2017

Planar Inverted-F Antenna For Universal Serial Bus Dongle Applications, Hassan Tariq Chattha, Muhammad Nasir, Qamar Hussain Abbasi, Yi Huang, Saqer Saleh Aljaafreh

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A simple planar inverted-f antenna for universal serial bus dongles covering the frequency from 1.6 GHz to more than 3.6 GHz in a single band is presented in this paper. The height of the planar inverted-f antenna is only 3 mm and the dimensions of the ground plane are set equal to the usual size of a universal serial bus dongle (20 mm $\times $ 55 mm). For further enhancement in impedance bandwidth, a rectangular strip is etched on the ground plane. The frequency bands covered by this antenna include LTE / AWS / UMTS (1700), DCS (1800), PCS / …


Cavitation Detection In Centrifugal Pumps Using Pressure Time-Domain Features, Pouya Samanipour, Javad Poshtan, Hamed Sadeghi Jan 2017

Cavitation Detection In Centrifugal Pumps Using Pressure Time-Domain Features, Pouya Samanipour, Javad Poshtan, Hamed Sadeghi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Condition monitoring of centrifugal pumps is vital due to their crucial role in industries. One of the most prevalent faults in pumps is cavitation, which can cause mechanical faults or even failure in the pump. In this paper, an approach is suggested to detect cavitation in a centrifugal pump using time-domain analysis of the pressure signal residual. First, pressure and torque signals are obtained using a model of the electro-pump, and then pressure deviation from the pump performance curve is defined as a residual. The residual time-domain features are extracted and applied as inputs to a self-organizing map (SOM) neural …


Fractional-Order Controller Design In Frequency Domain Using An Improved Nonlinear Adaptive Seeker Optimization Algorithm, Mano Ranjan Kumar, Vishwa Deepak, Subhojit Ghosh Jan 2017

Fractional-Order Controller Design In Frequency Domain Using An Improved Nonlinear Adaptive Seeker Optimization Algorithm, Mano Ranjan Kumar, Vishwa Deepak, Subhojit Ghosh

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Two nonlinear adaptive versions of the conventional seeker optimization algorithm (SOA) have been proposed for the design of fractional-order controllers using frequency domain specifications. The highly nonlinear and undetermined nature of equations resulting from controller design specifications rules out obtaining a closed-form solution. In this regard, the controller design task has been formulated as an optimization problem and solved using modified variants of the SOA. With the nonlinear adaptation of tuning parameters, the proposed variants of the SOA increase the probability of finding global optima along with improved convergence speed. This has been achieved by incorporating exponential weighting and chaotic …


Regularized Estimation Of Hammerstein Systems Using A Decomposition-Based Iterative Instrumental Variable Method, Vikram Saini, Lillie Dewan Jan 2017

Regularized Estimation Of Hammerstein Systems Using A Decomposition-Based Iterative Instrumental Variable Method, Vikram Saini, Lillie Dewan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper presents a two-step instrumental variable (IV) method to obtain the regularized and consistent parameter estimates of the Hammerstein ARMAX model based on the bilinear parameterized form. The two-step identification method consists of estimating the bilinear parameters in the first step, followed by parameter reduction in the second step. An iterative identification method is proposed, based on the idea of separating the bilinear form in the two separable forms with partial parameters and solving the decomposed model forms iteratively. The IV-based estimation is integrated into the formulated decomposed structure by introducing the instruments constructed from the estimated auxiliary model …


Active-Only Variable-Gain Low-Pass Filter For Dual-Mode Multiphase Sinusoidal Oscillator Application, Pipat Prommee, Narongsak Manositthichai, Fabian Khateb Jan 2017

Active-Only Variable-Gain Low-Pass Filter For Dual-Mode Multiphase Sinusoidal Oscillator Application, Pipat Prommee, Narongsak Manositthichai, Fabian Khateb

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This research presents an active-only low-pass (LP) filter whose pole frequency and gain are independently tunable by means of bias current manipulation. The realization of the proposed LP filter required one operational amplifier, two operational transconductance amplifiers, and two MOS transistors. The multiphase sinusoidal oscillator (MSO) was subsequently realized by cascading $n$ LP filters ($n$ = 3) and loop-backing the output of the last LP filter to the input of the first LP filter. Simulations were carried out and the results revealed that the MSO could simultaneously achieve low impedance voltage and high impedance current outputs without the circuit topology …


Indirect Adaptive Neurofuzzy Hermite Wavelet Based Control Of Pv In A Grid-Connected Hybrid Power System, Sidra Mumtaz, Laiq Khan Jan 2017

Indirect Adaptive Neurofuzzy Hermite Wavelet Based Control Of Pv In A Grid-Connected Hybrid Power System, Sidra Mumtaz, Laiq Khan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Owing to the evolution of the smart grid, the emergence of hybrid power systems (HPSs), and the proliferation of plug-in-hybrid electric vehicles, the development of efficient and robust maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms for renewable energy sources due to their inherent intermittent nature has overwhelmed the power industry. In this paper, an incremental conductance (IC) based Hermite wavelet incorporated neurofuzzy indirect adaptive MPPT control paradigm for a photovoltaic (PV) system in a grid-connected HPS is proposed. The performance of the proposed adaptive Hermite wavelet incorporated neurofuzzy MPPT control paradigm is validated through a comprehensive grid-connected HPS test-bed developed in …


Sample Group And Misplaced Atom Dictionary Learning For Face Recognition, Meng Wang, Zhengping Hu, Zhe Sun, Mei Zhu, Mei Sun Jan 2017

Sample Group And Misplaced Atom Dictionary Learning For Face Recognition, Meng Wang, Zhengping Hu, Zhe Sun, Mei Zhu, Mei Sun

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Latest research results have demonstrated the effectiveness of both sparse (or collaborative) representation and dictionary learning for problem solving in face recognition and other signal classification. Considering the fact that an informative dictionary helps a lot in sparse coding, a novel model that consists of group dictionary learning and high-quality joint kernel collaborative representation was proposed in this paper, where rich information from original and virtual space was mined and constructed as a sample group space to improve classification accuracy. Meanwhile, joint kernel collaborative representation with an $\ell_{2}$-regularization-based classifier was used to capture more nonlinear structure and minimize the time …


A Simple Approach To Extract The Unknown Parameters Of Pv Modules, Ahmed Hussein Jan 2017

A Simple Approach To Extract The Unknown Parameters Of Pv Modules, Ahmed Hussein

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A simple and accurate technique to compute essential parameters needed for electrical characterization of photovoltaic (PV) modules is proposed. A single-diode model of PV modules, including those with series and shunt resistances, is considered accurate and simple. However, PV module datasheets provided by manufacturers provide current-voltage ($I$-$V)$ characteristics as well as the values of selected parameters at standard test conditions (STC), i.e. solar radiation of 1000 W/m$^{2}$, air temperature of 25 $^{\circ}$C, and air mass AM = 1.5. Consequently, important parameters such as series resistance ($R_{s})$, shunt resistance ($R_{sh})$, photocurrent ($I_{ph})$, and diode reverse-saturation current ($I_{o})$ are not provided by …


A Novel Microstrip Diplexer Design With Tunable Bandwidths And Switchable Channels For 4.5g Applications, Ali̇ Kürşad Görür, Pinar Öztürk Özdemi̇r, Eli̇f Güntürkün Şahi̇n, Ceyhun Karpuz Jan 2017

A Novel Microstrip Diplexer Design With Tunable Bandwidths And Switchable Channels For 4.5g Applications, Ali̇ Kürşad Görür, Pinar Öztürk Özdemi̇r, Eli̇f Güntürkün Şahi̇n, Ceyhun Karpuz

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, a novel microstrip diplexer with tunable bandwidths and switchable channels is presented by using dual-mode square loop resonators (DMSLRs). Two resonators at different electrical lengths are coupled to input and output ports with lumped capacitors, and the isolation between the output ports is optimized by means of these capacitors. In order to obtain tunable bandwidth in each channel, varactor diodes are located at the orthogonal corners of the proposed resonators. In addition, the proposed resonators have reference patch elements at the lateral arms to provide convenience of varactor diode capacitances, such as perturbation elements. Depending on the …


Koch Fractal-Based Hexagonal Patch Antenna For Circular Polarization, Manisha Gupta, Vinita Mathur Jan 2017

Koch Fractal-Based Hexagonal Patch Antenna For Circular Polarization, Manisha Gupta, Vinita Mathur

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The design and performance of an inset feed modified hexagonal patch antenna for possible applications in ultrawideband communication systems is reported. The inset feed hexagonal patch antenna is modified by introducing a fractal up to the second iteration. A right-angled isosceles triangular microstrip antenna is used in the Koch fractal structure on the edges. The proposed antenna is a combination of two standard fractal structures, i.e. Sierpinski and Koch. A rectangular defect in the ground has also been done. The antenna is simulated by applying CST Microwave Studio simulation software. The results are verified by fabricating the antenna and tested …


Analysis And Design Of An Invisibility Cloak Based On Transformation Optics At Microwave Frequencies, Maryam Bayati, Masood Omoomi Jan 2017

Analysis And Design Of An Invisibility Cloak Based On Transformation Optics At Microwave Frequencies, Maryam Bayati, Masood Omoomi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Invisibility cloaks can be constructed with electromagnetic metamaterials. In this paper, structural metamaterials are used to design an invisibility cloak. To this end, transformation optics is used to design electromagnetic parameters. These parameters are selected so that when we excite the cloak its presence does not perturb radiated fields. Therefore, we formulate the electric field both at the inner and outer parts of the cloak, when the excitation source is placed both inside and outside, and we show that the scattered fields will be suppressed due to its presence. Finally, simulation results verify that the invisibility cloak is well designed …


Development And Experimental Evaluation Of A 3d Ultra-Wideband Localization System, Ali Muqaibel Jan 2017

Development And Experimental Evaluation Of A 3d Ultra-Wideband Localization System, Ali Muqaibel

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, an ultra-wideband (UWB) synthetic aperture radar system that can perform 3D localization of objects is implemented. The system consists of a moving platform that positions two UWB horn antennas. The 3D image construction is performed using the delay-sum beamforming algorithm. Experiments were performed using two data acquisition techniques, namely, background measurements technique and change detection. The former can be used for imaging stationary targets while the latter is applicable for moving objects. At different distances and orientations from the antennas, various targets were imaged. Through-wall imaging was also considered. The system is augmented with a graphical user …


Data Clustering Using Seed Disperser Ant Algorithm, Wen Liang Chang, Jeevan Kanesan, Anand Jayant Kulkarni, Harikrishnan Ramiah Jan 2017

Data Clustering Using Seed Disperser Ant Algorithm, Wen Liang Chang, Jeevan Kanesan, Anand Jayant Kulkarni, Harikrishnan Ramiah

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Nature-inspired optimization algorithms have become popular in the past decade. They have been applied to solve various kinds of problems. Among these would be data clustering, which has become popular in data mining in recent times due to the data explosion. In the last decade, many metaheuristic algorithms have been used to obtain improved data clustering optimization for solving data mining problems. In this paper, we applied the seed disperser ant algorithm (SDAA), which mimics the evolution of an Aphaenogaster senilis ant colony, and we introduced a modified SDAA that is a hybrid of K-means and SDAA for solving data …


An Adaptive Clustering Segmentation Algorithm Based On Fcm, Jun Yang, Yun-Sheng Ke, Mao-Zheng Wang Jan 2017

An Adaptive Clustering Segmentation Algorithm Based On Fcm, Jun Yang, Yun-Sheng Ke, Mao-Zheng Wang

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The cluster number and the initial clustering centers must be reasonably set before the analysis of clustering in most cases. Traditional clustering segmentation algorithms have many shortcomings, such as high reliance on the specially established initial clustering center, tendency to fall into the local maximum point, and poor performance with multithreshold values. To overcome these defects, an adaptive fuzzy C-means segmentation algorithm based on a histogram (AFCMH), which synthesizes both main peaks of the histogram and optimized Otsu criterion, is proposed. First, the main peaks of the histogram are chosen by operations like histogram smoothing, merging of adjacent peaks, and …


A New Video Forgery Detection Approach Based On Forgery Line, Işilay Bozkurt, Mustafa Hakan Bozkurt, Güzi̇n Ulutaş Jan 2017

A New Video Forgery Detection Approach Based On Forgery Line, Işilay Bozkurt, Mustafa Hakan Bozkurt, Güzi̇n Ulutaş

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In recent years, we have continually encountered multimedia files in daily life, as evidence in courts, medical records in hospitals, etc. Many multimedia-editing software tools have been developed in parallel to the widespread usage of multimedia files. Thus, forgery operations can be committed by anyone with this software, even if s/he does not have any skill in this field. Authentication of the originality of multimedia files has recently become a popular topic. In this work, we propose a new video forgery detection approach to detect forged frames with better execution and detection capability. Features are extracted from the frames and …


Breast-Region Segmentation In Mri Using Chest Region Atlas And Svm, Aida Fooladivanda, Shahriar Baradaran Shokouhi, Nasrin Ahmadinejad Jan 2017

Breast-Region Segmentation In Mri Using Chest Region Atlas And Svm, Aida Fooladivanda, Shahriar Baradaran Shokouhi, Nasrin Ahmadinejad

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

An important step for computerized analysis of breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is segmentation of the breast region. Due to the similar signal intensity of fibroglandular tissue and the chest wall, the segmentation process is difficult for breasts with fibroglandular tissue connected to the chest wall. In order to overcome this challenge, a new framework is presented that relies on a chest region atlas. The proposed method first detects the approximated breast-chest wall boundary using an intensity-based operation. A support vector machine (SVM) then determines the connectivity of fibroglandular tissue to the chest wall by the extracted features from the …


Two-Bit Transform Using Local Binary Pattern Method For Low-Complexity Block Motion Estimation, Aysun Taşyapi Çelebi̇ Jan 2017

Two-Bit Transform Using Local Binary Pattern Method For Low-Complexity Block Motion Estimation, Aysun Taşyapi Çelebi̇

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Low bit-depth representation-based motion estimation approaches have been drawing considerable attention recently, mainly because of their small hardware footprint. In this paper, a new two-bit transform using a local binary pattern (LBP) for low-complexity motion estimation is proposed. The proposed approach utilizes the LBP method to obtain two-bit representations of video frames in the binarization process. Video frames are transformed into their low bit-depth representations by the LBP and then a motion estimation process is carried out using these binary frames. A Boolean exclusive-OR operation is used to calculate the number of nonmatching points metric instead of the conventional sum …


Reactive Power Optimization In A Power System Network Through Metaheuristic Algorithms, Chandragupta Mauryan Kuppamuthu Sivalingam, Subramanian Ramachandran, Purrnimaa Shiva Sakthi Rajamani Jan 2017

Reactive Power Optimization In A Power System Network Through Metaheuristic Algorithms, Chandragupta Mauryan Kuppamuthu Sivalingam, Subramanian Ramachandran, Purrnimaa Shiva Sakthi Rajamani

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Reactive power optimization (RPO) in a power system is a rudimentary necessity for the reduction of the loss of power. For the requirement of a unity power factor in the RPO system, the reduction of the system losses is ensured. The pivotal requirements of a power system are inclusive of a perfect compensation technique and methodology for stable reactive power compensation. The proposed concept in this paper utilizes the different reactive power optimization algorithms and performs a comparison. The process is accomplished by the use of IEEE 6-bus, 14-bus, and 30-bus systems to test the optimization technique. The conclusive information …


A Modified Two-Degree Of Freedom-Internal Model Control Configuration For Load Frequency Control Of A Single Area Power System, Bheem Sonker, Deepak Kumar, Paulson Samuel Jan 2017

A Modified Two-Degree Of Freedom-Internal Model Control Configuration For Load Frequency Control Of A Single Area Power System, Bheem Sonker, Deepak Kumar, Paulson Samuel

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, we propose a modified two degree-of-freedom internal model control structure, with dual feedback loop configuration for the load frequency control problem of a single-area power system. Our main objective is to achieve better transient and steady state performance. The predictive model of the proposed configuration is derived through the stability equation method, which preserves the stability of the model. The proposed scheme is simulated for a single-area power system with nonreheated turbine and 50% parametric uncertainty. It is observed from the responses and the performance indices that the proposed control configuration gives better results compared to well-known …


Power Search Algorithm (Psa) For Combined Economic-Emission Dispatch Problems Considering Valve Point Effects In Economic Load Dispatch, Prakash Arumugam, Ravichandran Coimbatore Subramanian Jan 2017

Power Search Algorithm (Psa) For Combined Economic-Emission Dispatch Problems Considering Valve Point Effects In Economic Load Dispatch, Prakash Arumugam, Ravichandran Coimbatore Subramanian

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Economic load dispatch has become the prime and major concern in power system networks. Use of nonrenewable fuels as an input to power systems results in toxic gas emission and depletion of resources for future generations. Allocation of optimal power to generators serves as a solution to this issue. The suggested power search algorithm (PSA) is a novel solution for the reduction of the fuel cost, emissions, and power loss. This algorithm searches its solution inside the search space from minimum to maximum in case of forward search. The global optimum solution is obtained with much less execution time compared …


Design Optimization Of Distribution Transformers With Nature-Inspired Metaheuristics: A Comparative Analysis, Levent Alhan, Nejat Yumuşak Jan 2017

Design Optimization Of Distribution Transformers With Nature-Inspired Metaheuristics: A Comparative Analysis, Levent Alhan, Nejat Yumuşak

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Many economies in the world have adopted energy-efficiency requirements or incentive programs mandating or promoting the use of energy-efficient transformers. On the other hand, increases in transformer efficiency are subject to increases in transformer weight and size, sometimes as much as 50% or more. The transformer manufacturing industry is therefore faced with the challenge to develop truly optimum designs. Transformer design optimization (TDO) is a mixed-integer nonlinear programming problem having a complex and discontinuous objective function and constraints, with the objective of detailed calculation of the characteristics of a transformer based on national and/or international standards and transformer user requirements, …


On The Performance Of Newsworthy Meta-Heuristic Algorithms Based On Point Of View Fuzzy Modelling, Ci̇han Karakuzu Jan 2017

On The Performance Of Newsworthy Meta-Heuristic Algorithms Based On Point Of View Fuzzy Modelling, Ci̇han Karakuzu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Heuristic algorithms are used for optimizing a large diversity of engineering problems. In this study, the performance of six commonly used and cited meta-heuristic algorithms (MhAs) is compared based on point of view fuzzy modelling. In this study, the simplest version of MhAs is specifically used to observe and evaluate their natural optimization performances. For the comparisons, dynamic system modelling using a neuro-fuzzy system (NFS) was studied. Obtained results were evaluated based on commonly used statistical metrics, and then each algorithm was ranked according to these metrics. Based on the computed average ranks, the best MhA among the six MhAs …


Neoteric Chaff Generation Method Of Fingerprint Fuzzy Vault, Nancy Singla, Sanjeev Sofat, Manvjeet Kaur Jan 2017

Neoteric Chaff Generation Method Of Fingerprint Fuzzy Vault, Nancy Singla, Sanjeev Sofat, Manvjeet Kaur

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Authentication using biometrics has an edge over traditional authentication mechanisms. Fuzzy vault is an eminent biometric cryptosystem technique that aims to protect a secret using a biometric template. Authorized users can, however, access the secret by providing the valid biometric. In a fuzzy vault, noise is incorporated in the form of chaff points in order to increase the security. While implementing fuzzy vault schemes in real scenarios, the most critical but computing-intensive and time-consuming task is chaff generation. In this paper, a neoteric method for chaff generation is proposed, which is less time-consuming in generating large numbers of chaff points.