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A Mathematical Model For The Biological Treatment Of Industrial Wastewaters In A Cascade Of Four Reactors, Annette L. Worthy, Mark I. Nelson, Rubayyi Turki Alqahtani
A Mathematical Model For The Biological Treatment Of Industrial Wastewaters In A Cascade Of Four Reactors, Annette L. Worthy, Mark I. Nelson, Rubayyi Turki Alqahtani
Associate Professor Annette Worthy
Many industrial processes, particularly in the food industry, produce slurriesor wastewaters containing high concentrations of biodegradable organicmaterials. Before these contaminated wastewaters can be dischargedthe concentration of these pollutants must be reduced. A method which has beenextensively employed to remove biodegradable organic matter is biologicaltreatment. In this process the wastewater (or slurry) is passed through abioreactor containing biomass which grows through consumption of thepollutants.The industrial treatment of wastewaters typically employs a reactor cascade.In a reactor cascade of n reactors the effluent stream from the ith reactor inthe cascade acts as the feed stream for the (i+1)th reactor, i.e. the nextreactor. The …
Data Security And Information Privacy For Pda Accessible Clinical-Log For Medical Education In Problem-Based Learning (Pbl) Approach, Rattiporn Luanrattana, Khin Than Win, John A. Fulcher
Data Security And Information Privacy For Pda Accessible Clinical-Log For Medical Education In Problem-Based Learning (Pbl) Approach, Rattiporn Luanrattana, Khin Than Win, John A. Fulcher
Dr Khin Win
Data security and information privacy are the important aspects to consider for the use of mobile technology for recording clinical experience and encounter in medical education. Objective: This study aims to address the qualitative findings of the appropriate data security and information privacy for PDA accessible clinical-log in problem-based learning (PBL) approach in medical education. Method: The semi-structured interviews were conducted with the medical faculty members, honorary clinical academics and medical education technology specialists. Results: Data security and information access plan were determined for managing clinical-log data. The results directed the guideline for the future development and implementation of clinical-log …
Strategies For Implementing A Converged Ict Regulator In Indonesia, Yudhistra Nughara, William Tibben
Strategies For Implementing A Converged Ict Regulator In Indonesia, Yudhistra Nughara, William Tibben
Dr William Tibben
This paper draws on a six month study that aimed to broadly clarify strategies for the IndonesianGovernment to address the issue of convergence. This paper reports on one aspect of this study thatmaps stakeholder policymaker opinions about a future converged regulator in Indonesia.Convergence refers to a trend in regulation that seeks to define a single regulatory structure fortelecommunications, broadcasting and information technology. In particular, the specific aims ofthis study were to examine regulatory structures with regard to two parameters derived from theInternational Telecommunications Union (ITU): the level of independence, and institutional design.Using benchmarking as a method, three case studies of …
Understanding The Conducting States Of Active And Passive Switches In An Inverter Circuit Used For Power System Applications, Danny Sutanto, B.P. Divakar, K.W.E. Cheng
Understanding The Conducting States Of Active And Passive Switches In An Inverter Circuit Used For Power System Applications, Danny Sutanto, B.P. Divakar, K.W.E. Cheng
Professor Darmawan Sutanto
Bi-directional inverter circuits are commonly used in many applications in power systems, such as in FACTS devices, energy storage systems and active power filters. Many power engineering students however find it difficult to understand the conducting states of the active switches (transistors, IGBTs) and the passive switches (the antiparallel diodes connected across the active switches). It seems a mystery to them that power can flow from a lower voltage ac system to a higher voltage dc system to charge the energy storage system. This paper proposes a simple chart that intuitively explains how to determine the states (either conducting or …
Finding Distinctive Facial Areas For Face Recognition, Ce Zhan, Wanqing Li, Philip O. Ogunbona
Finding Distinctive Facial Areas For Face Recognition, Ce Zhan, Wanqing Li, Philip O. Ogunbona
Associate Professor Wanqing Li
One of the key issues for local appearance based face recognition methods is that how to find the most discriminative facial areas. Most of the existing methods take the assumption that anatomical facial components, such as the eyes, nose, and mouth, are the most useful areas for recognition. Other more elaborate methods locate the most salient parts within the face according to a pre-specified criterion. In this paper, a novel method is proposed to identify the discriminative facial areas for face recognition. Unlike the existing methods that only analyze the given face, the proposed method identifies the distinctive areas of …
On The Combination Of Local Texture And Global Structure For Food Classification, Zhimin Zong, Duc Thanh Nguyen, Philip O. Ogunbona, Wanqing Li
On The Combination Of Local Texture And Global Structure For Food Classification, Zhimin Zong, Duc Thanh Nguyen, Philip O. Ogunbona, Wanqing Li
Associate Professor Wanqing Li
This paper proposes a food image classification method using local textural patterns and their global structure to describe the food image. In this paper, a visual codebook of local textural patterns is created by employing Scale Invariant Feature Transformation (SIFT) interest point detector with the Local Binary Pattern (LBP) feature. In addition to describing the food image using local texture, the global structure of the food object is represented as the spatial distribution of the local textural structures and encoded using shape context. We evaluated the proposed method on the Pittsburgh Fast-Food Image (PFI) dataset. Experimental results showed that the …
Facial Expression Recognition For Multiplayer Online Games, Ce Zhan, Wanqing Li, Philip O. Ogunbona, Farzad Safaei
Facial Expression Recognition For Multiplayer Online Games, Ce Zhan, Wanqing Li, Philip O. Ogunbona, Farzad Safaei
Associate Professor Wanqing Li
The Multiplayer Online Game (MOG) becomes more popular than any other types of computer games for its collaboration, communication and interaction ability. However, compared with the ordinary human communication, the MOG still has many limitations, especially in communication using facial expressions. Although detailed facial animation has already been achieved in a number of MOGs, players have to use text commands to control avatars expressions. In this paper, we briefly review the state of the art in facial expression recognition and propose an automatic expression recognition system that can be integrated into a MOG to control the avatar’s facial expressions. We …
Dynamic Modelling Of Hydroelectric Turbine-Generator Unit Connected To A Hvdc System For Small Signal Stability Analysis, Yin Chin Choo, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar, Kashem Muttaqi, Sarath Perera, Michael Negnevitsky
Dynamic Modelling Of Hydroelectric Turbine-Generator Unit Connected To A Hvdc System For Small Signal Stability Analysis, Yin Chin Choo, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar, Kashem Muttaqi, Sarath Perera, Michael Negnevitsky
Dr Ashish Agalgaonkar
This paper presents the linearised small-signal dynamic modelling of hydroelectric turbine-generator (TG) unit with CIGRE first high-voltage direct current (HVDC) benchmark system in the synchronously rotating D-Q reference frame for small-signal stability analysis. The interaction behaviour between the hydroelectric unit and the dynamics and control of HVDC system is investigated utilising eigen-analysis,participation factor analysis and by conducting sensitivity studies. The computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors for small signal stability analysis provides an invaluable insight onto the power system dynamic behaviour by characterising the damping and frequency of the system oscillatory modes. Theconsequences of different operating conditions, such as active and …
Optimisation Of Distributed Generation Units And Shunt Capacitors For Economic Operation Of Distribution Systems, Kai Zou, Sarath Perera, Kashem Muttaqi, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar
Optimisation Of Distributed Generation Units And Shunt Capacitors For Economic Operation Of Distribution Systems, Kai Zou, Sarath Perera, Kashem Muttaqi, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar
Dr Ashish Agalgaonkar
The integration of Distributed Generation (DG) units and shunt capacitors can be considered as an alternative approach for distribution system expansion planning not only to improve power supply quality and reliability, but also to defer major system updates. In this paper, the techno-economic issues of distribution system expansion planning with optimal sizing and siting of DG units and shunt capacitors are addressed. The minimisation of overall investment cost with the integration of DG units and shunt capacitors is assessed with the consideration of supply quality, reliability and energy loss. A new planning methodology by using Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) is …
Pbtrust: A Priority-Based Trust Model For Service Selection In General Service-Oriented Environments, Xing Su, Minjie Zhang, Yi Mu, Kwang Mong Sim
Pbtrust: A Priority-Based Trust Model For Service Selection In General Service-Oriented Environments, Xing Su, Minjie Zhang, Yi Mu, Kwang Mong Sim
Associate Professor Minjie Zhang
How to choose the best service provider (agent), which a service consumer can trust in terms of the quality and success rate of the service in an open and dynamic environment, is a challenging problem in many service-oriented applications such as Internet-based grid systems, e-trading systems, as well as service-oriented computing systems. This paper presents a Priority-Based Trust (PBTrust) model for service selection in general service-oriented environments. The PBTrust is robust and novel from several perspectives. (1) The reputation of a service provider is derived from referees who are third parties and had interactions with the provider in a rich …
Ontology-Based Knowledge Representation For A P2p Multi-Agent Distributed Intrusion Detection System, Dayong Ye, Quan Bai, Minjie Zhang
Ontology-Based Knowledge Representation For A P2p Multi-Agent Distributed Intrusion Detection System, Dayong Ye, Quan Bai, Minjie Zhang
Associate Professor Minjie Zhang
Many research efforts on application of ontology in network security have been done in the past decade. However, they mostly stop at initial proposal or focus on framework design without detailed representation of intrusion or attack and relevant detection knowledge with ontology. In this paper, the design and implementation of ontology-based knowledge representation for a peer-to-peer multi-agent distributed intrusion detection system (ontology-based MADIDS) are introduced. An example which demonstrates the representation of an attack with ontology and the relevant detection process is also presented. In ontology-Based MADIDS, ontology technique enables peers in the system and agents in one peer to …
An Ontology-Based Approach For Expert And Knowledge Mining In Complex Multi-Agent Systems, Minjie Zhang, Xijin Tang, Quan Bai, Jifa Gu
An Ontology-Based Approach For Expert And Knowledge Mining In Complex Multi-Agent Systems, Minjie Zhang, Xijin Tang, Quan Bai, Jifa Gu
Associate Professor Minjie Zhang
Complex problems require diverse expertise and multiple techniques to solve. In order to solve such problems, complex multi-agent systems include numbers of heterogeneous agents, which may include both of human experts and autonomous agents, to work together toward some complex problems. Most complex multi-agent systems are working in open domains. Due to heterogeneities and dynamic working environments, expertise and capabilities of agents might not be well estimated and presented in the system. Therefore, how to discover useful knowledge from human and autonomous experts, make more accurate estimation for experts' capabilities and to find out suitable expert(s) to solve incoming problems …
An Energy-Aware Multilevel Clustering Algorithm For Wireless Sensor Networks, Xinfang Yan, Jiangtao Xi, Joe F. Chicharo, Yanguang Yu
An Energy-Aware Multilevel Clustering Algorithm For Wireless Sensor Networks, Xinfang Yan, Jiangtao Xi, Joe F. Chicharo, Yanguang Yu
Dr Yanguang Yu
Clustering sensors nodes as the basic of routing is an efficient mechanism for prolonging the lifetime of wireless sensor networks. In this paper, the high-efficient multilevel clustering is abstracted as a root tree which has the performances of the minimal relay set and the maximal weight according to graph theory. A mathematical model for the clustering virtual backbone is built. Based on the model, an algorithm called energy-aware multilevel clustering (EAMC) is proposed. The EAMC can reduce the number of relays used for data transmission by minimizing the amount of the nodes in the root tree (that is cluster-head). Furthermore, …
An Estimation Method For Feedback Level Factor C Of A Self-Mixing Interferometry System, Yuanlong Fan, Yanguang Yu, Jiangtao Xi, Joe F. Chicharo
An Estimation Method For Feedback Level Factor C Of A Self-Mixing Interferometry System, Yuanlong Fan, Yanguang Yu, Jiangtao Xi, Joe F. Chicharo
Dr Yanguang Yu
This paper presents a fast estimation method for feedback level factor C of a self-mixing interferometry (SMI) system. The reconstruction of a displacement waveform using a SMI signal needs to know a C value. However, it is difficult to maintain a constant C value during the reconstruction process. We study the features of the reconstructed displacement waveforms incorporating different pre-set C values and classify waveforms into two types. Bisection method is introduced in our method for fast estimating C value. The effectiveness of our proposed method has been verified by both simulation and experimental data.
Towards Dynamic Formation Of Temporal Constraints For The Service Level Agreements Negotiation, Azlan Ismail, Jun Yan, Jun Shen
Towards Dynamic Formation Of Temporal Constraints For The Service Level Agreements Negotiation, Azlan Ismail, Jun Yan, Jun Shen
Dr Jun Yan
SLAs play an important role for the QoS-driven service composition. Meanwhile, the temporal constraints are one of the main elements in the management of SLA especially in specifying the validity period of the QoS offers. In practice, the temporal constraints should be generated dynamically by taking the resource capability of the provider into account. The generation should consider various parameters that influence the resource capability such as the expected duration of the required Web service, the amount of current utilization, the amount of available resources, the number of required time slots, etc. Therefore, this paper aims to elaborate this issue …
Dynamic Trust Model For Federated Identity Management, Hao Gao, Jun Yan, Yi Mu
Dynamic Trust Model For Federated Identity Management, Hao Gao, Jun Yan, Yi Mu
Dr Jun Yan
The goal of federated identity management is to allow principals, such as identities and attributes, to be shared across trust boundaries based on established policies. Since current Single Sign-On (SSO) mechanism excessively relies on the specifications of Circle of Trust (CoT), the need for service collaboration from different domains is being addressed on CoT. For the motivating issue of the cross-domain SSO mechanism, we need an emergent dynamic trust list for calculating the trust parties, thus, the CoT specifications require an initial effort on enrolling members automatically to adapt to the dynamic open environment. In this paper, we propose a …
Wfms-Based Data Integration For E-Learning, Jianming Yong, Jun Yan, Xiaodi Huang
Wfms-Based Data Integration For E-Learning, Jianming Yong, Jun Yan, Xiaodi Huang
Dr Jun Yan
As more and more organisations and institutions are moving towards the e-learning strategy, more and more disparate data are distributed by different e-learning systems. How to effectively use this vast amount of distributed data becomes a big challenge. This paper addresses this challenge and works out a new mechanism to implement data integration for e-learning. A workflow management system based (WFMS-based) data integration model is contributed to the e-learning.
Building A System For Managing Clinical Pathways Using Digital Pens, Linda L. Dawson, Virginia Plummer, Stephen Weeding, Terri Harlem, Bob Ribbons, David Waterhouse
Building A System For Managing Clinical Pathways Using Digital Pens, Linda L. Dawson, Virginia Plummer, Stephen Weeding, Terri Harlem, Bob Ribbons, David Waterhouse
Associate Professor Linda Dawson
Background: A research team from Monash University and Peninsula Health, Victoria is undertaking a trial of digital pen and paper technology for clinical pathway management. Digital pen and paper allows for the capture of images of handwritten documents using an embedded camera in the pen which is matched with special patterns of dots on the paper. These digitised images can be uploaded to a database for analysis. Objectives: Clinical pathways have been adopted in most Australian hospitals to document and manage multidisciplinary care across a variety of acute care environments. Analysis of the information collected in paper-based clinical pathway documents …
Continuum Modelling For Carbon And Boron Nitride Nanostructures, James M. Hill, Ngamta Thamwattana
Continuum Modelling For Carbon And Boron Nitride Nanostructures, James M. Hill, Ngamta Thamwattana
Dr Ngamta Thamwattana
Continmuum based models are presented here for certain boron nitride and carbon nanostructures.
Contextual Effects In Modeling For Small Domain Estimation, Mohammad-Reza Namazi-Rad, David G. Steel
Contextual Effects In Modeling For Small Domain Estimation, Mohammad-Reza Namazi-Rad, David G. Steel
Professor David Steel
Many different Small Area Estimation (SAE) methods have been proposed to overcome the challenge of findingreliable estimates for small domains. Often, the required data for various research purposes are available at differentlevels of aggregation. Based on the available data, individual-level or aggregated-level models are used in SAE.However, parameter estimates obtained from individual and aggregated level analysis may be different, in practice.This may happen due to some substantial contextual or area-level effects in the covariates which may be misspecifiedin individual-level analysis. If small area models are going to be interpretable in practice, possible contextualeffects should be included. Ignoring these effects leads …
A Pragmatic Gis-Oriented Ontology For Location Based Services, Jun Shen, Aneesh Krishna, Shuai Yuan, Ke Cai, Yuemin Qin
A Pragmatic Gis-Oriented Ontology For Location Based Services, Jun Shen, Aneesh Krishna, Shuai Yuan, Ke Cai, Yuemin Qin
Dr Jun Shen
With advances in automatic position sensing and wireless connectivity, location-based services (LBS) are rapidly developing, particularly in fields of geographic, tourism and logistic information systems. Currently, Web service has been viewed as one of most significant innovations in business industry, and designed on demand to provide spatial related information for LBS consumption. However, the traditional Web Service Description Language (WSDL) cannot meet those requirements, as WSDL is not able to support semantic content and information. In recent years, Ontology came up with an effective approach to enhance service description, automated discovery, dynamic composition, enactment, and other tasks such as managing …
Towards Dynamic Formation Of Temporal Constraints For The Service Level Agreements Negotiation, Azlan Ismail, Jun Yan, Jun Shen
Towards Dynamic Formation Of Temporal Constraints For The Service Level Agreements Negotiation, Azlan Ismail, Jun Yan, Jun Shen
Dr Jun Shen
SLAs play an important role for the QoS-driven service composition. Meanwhile, the temporal constraints are one of the main elements in the management of SLA especially in specifying the validity period of the QoS offers. In practice, the temporal constraints should be generated dynamically by taking the resource capability of the provider into account. The generation should consider various parameters that influence the resource capability such as the expected duration of the required Web service, the amount of current utilization, the amount of available resources, the number of required time slots, etc. Therefore, this paper aims to elaborate this issue …
Adaptive Task Allocation For P2p-Based E-Services Composition, Jun Shen, Shuai Yuan
Adaptive Task Allocation For P2p-Based E-Services Composition, Jun Shen, Shuai Yuan
Dr Jun Shen
To effectively manage the task allocation, especially when handling with numerous different peers’ qualities, is one of the greatest challenges to be faced in order to guarantee the success of P2P-based e-services composition. In this context, various QoS descriptive frameworks and Web services technologies (such as WSDL and BPEL) are being considered as the most affordable solutions to promote the performance of decentralized e-services, through applying strategies like QoS ontologies and related optimization algorithms globally or locally. Nonetheless, most P2P-based service selection and composition approaches applied nowadays lack dynamism and autonomy. In this paper, we first propose an extension of …
Voltage Unbalance Emission Limits For Installations: General Guidelines And System Specific Considerations, Robert Koch, Alexander Baitch, Sarath Perera, Prabodha Paranavithana
Voltage Unbalance Emission Limits For Installations: General Guidelines And System Specific Considerations, Robert Koch, Alexander Baitch, Sarath Perera, Prabodha Paranavithana
Associate Professor Sarath Perera
Guidelines for developing voltage unbalance emission limits for installations connected to EHV, HV, and MV power systems have recently been published as a technical report by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). These guidelines, based on the work of Joint Working Group CIGRE/CIRED C4.103, are intended to provide a common basis for the development of similar guidelines or standards in specific countries. This paper reviews these international guidelines and the background to the development of specific recommendations made in the technical report. It also considers elements of these guidelines that may relate to specific network considerations, and therefore may be of …
Dynamic Modelling Of Hydroelectric Turbine-Generator Unit Connected To A Hvdc System For Small Signal Stability Analysis, Yin Chin Choo, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar, Kashem Muttaqi, Sarath Perera, Michael Negnevitsky
Dynamic Modelling Of Hydroelectric Turbine-Generator Unit Connected To A Hvdc System For Small Signal Stability Analysis, Yin Chin Choo, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar, Kashem Muttaqi, Sarath Perera, Michael Negnevitsky
Associate Professor Sarath Perera
This paper presents the linearised small-signal dynamic modelling of hydroelectric turbine-generator (TG) unit with CIGRE first high-voltage direct current (HVDC) benchmark system in the synchronously rotating D-Q reference frame for small-signal stability analysis. The interaction behaviour between the hydroelectric unit and the dynamics and control of HVDC system is investigated utilising eigen-analysis,participation factor analysis and by conducting sensitivity studies. The computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors for small signal stability analysis provides an invaluable insight onto the power system dynamic behaviour by characterising the damping and frequency of the system oscillatory modes. Theconsequences of different operating conditions, such as active and …
Optimisation Of Distributed Generation Units And Shunt Capacitors For Economic Operation Of Distribution Systems, Kai Zou, Sarath Perera, Kashem Muttaqi, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar
Optimisation Of Distributed Generation Units And Shunt Capacitors For Economic Operation Of Distribution Systems, Kai Zou, Sarath Perera, Kashem Muttaqi, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar
Associate Professor Sarath Perera
The integration of Distributed Generation (DG) units and shunt capacitors can be considered as an alternative approach for distribution system expansion planning not only to improve power supply quality and reliability, but also to defer major system updates. In this paper, the techno-economic issues of distribution system expansion planning with optimal sizing and siting of DG units and shunt capacitors are addressed. The minimisation of overall investment cost with the integration of DG units and shunt capacitors is assessed with the consideration of supply quality, reliability and energy loss. A new planning methodology by using Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) is …
Conditions For The Assessment Of The Harmonic Compliance Of An Installation, Timothy J. Browne, Sarath Perera, Victor J. Gosbell
Conditions For The Assessment Of The Harmonic Compliance Of An Installation, Timothy J. Browne, Sarath Perera, Victor J. Gosbell
Associate Professor Sarath Perera
Methods of allocating harmonic emission limits to customer installations have evolved considerably, as evidenced by the development of harmonic guides such as IEEE-519 and IEC/TR 61000-3-6. However, there is only limited consensus on appropriate techniques validating compliance of installations with those limits. Existing techniques are reviewed and related problems are examined. Conditions which acceptable tests of compliance should meet are proposed.
Control Of Energy Storage Interface With A Bidirectional Converter For Photovoltaic Systems, K.N Hasan, M.E Haque, Michael Negnevitsky, Kashem Muttaqi
Control Of Energy Storage Interface With A Bidirectional Converter For Photovoltaic Systems, K.N Hasan, M.E Haque, Michael Negnevitsky, Kashem Muttaqi
Associate Professor Kashem Muttaqi
Efficient energy storage is one of the greatest concerns for renewable power generation. This paper focuses on the control of a battery management system (BMS) for photovoltaic (PV) applications with a high efficiency bidirectional converter. The proposed BMS control strategy utilizes the dc bus power and battery state of charge (SOC) for the charging and discharging of the battery with a bidirectional converter. The bidirectional converter includes fewer components and switches, has less switching losses with zero voltage switching, and has high gain buck-boost operations. A new control algorithm of charging-discharging control for the battery storage system is proposed. The …
Optimisation Of Component Sizes For A Hybrid Remote Area Power Supply System, Saad M. Sayeef, Nishad Mendis, Kashem Muttaqi
Optimisation Of Component Sizes For A Hybrid Remote Area Power Supply System, Saad M. Sayeef, Nishad Mendis, Kashem Muttaqi
Associate Professor Kashem Muttaqi
In this paper, an optimisation model for determination of the optimal sizes of various system components, including wind, diesel and energy storage, has been developed to obtain a reliable and cost-effective wind-diesel hybrid remote area power supply (RAPS) system. A linear programming based cost minimisation algorithm has been formulated for determination of optimal sizes of various components in a RAPS system with consideration of continually varying wind and system load. The system constraints, including power balance for both under-generation and over-generation scenarios, have been considered in the optimisation formulation. Optimisation model to minimize the total cost of the system based …
Optimisation Of Distributed Generation Units And Shunt Capacitors For Economic Operation Of Distribution Systems, Kai Zou, Sarath Perera, Kashem Muttaqi, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar
Optimisation Of Distributed Generation Units And Shunt Capacitors For Economic Operation Of Distribution Systems, Kai Zou, Sarath Perera, Kashem Muttaqi, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar
Associate Professor Kashem Muttaqi
The integration of Distributed Generation (DG) units and shunt capacitors can be considered as an alternative approach for distribution system expansion planning not only to improve power supply quality and reliability, but also to defer major system updates. In this paper, the techno-economic issues of distribution system expansion planning with optimal sizing and siting of DG units and shunt capacitors are addressed. The minimisation of overall investment cost with the integration of DG units and shunt capacitors is assessed with the consideration of supply quality, reliability and energy loss. A new planning methodology by using Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) is …