H. Ghasemi, Student Member, C. Cañizares, Senior Member, G. Savage, Ieee Member
Abstract--In an open access power market, power tracing is a very important issue as it can help allocate the total cost of transmission system usage among market participants as well as provide...
1 On the Parameter Estimation of Linear Models of Aggregate Power System Loads (2009)
Valery Knyazkin, Student Member, Claudio Cañizares, Senior Member, Lennart Söder
Abstract — This paper addressed some theoretical and practical issues relevant to the problem of power system load modeling and identification. An identification method is developed in the...
1 Analysis of a Mixed Strategy for Multiple Relay Networks (2009)
Peter Rost, Student Member, Gerhard Fettweis, Senior Member
Abstract — Infrastructure based wireless communications systems as well as ad hoc networks experience a growing importance in present-day telecommunications. An increased density and popularity of...
Human-Centered Socially Assistive Robotics for Rehabilitation: is it Time for a Robot Coach? (2009)
UMAN-Robot Interaction (HRI) for socially assistive applications is a growing research area at the intersection of robotics, health science, psychology, social and cognitive science. Assistive...
A 1600-MIPS Parallel Processor IC for Job-Shop Scheduling (2009)
Kuan-hung Chen, Student Member, Tzi-dar Chiueh, Senior Member, Shi-chung Chang, Peter B. Luh
Abstract—A job shop is a typical environment for manufacturing low-volume and high-variety discrete parts, where parts are of various due dates, priorities, and sequences of production operations....
1 Tuning, Performance and Interactions of PSS and FACTS Controllers (2009)
N. Mithulananthan, Student Member, Claudio A Cañizares, Senior Member, John Reeve
Abstract⎯This paper discusses issues of tuning, performance and interactions of PSS and FACTS controllers in a test power system. The controllers are placed in the system to control...
Siew-chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, Chi K. Tse, Luis Martínez-salamero, Senior Member, Chi-kin Wu
Abstract—This paper proposes a fast-response sliding-mode controller for controlling boost-type converters requiring a fast dynamical response over a wide range of operating conditions. The various...
N. K. Poon, Senior Member, C. K. Tse
Abstract—A new converter topology is described for applications requiring very low output current ripple. The proposed converter consists of two asymmetric half-bridge converters whose output...
Dale E. Nelson, Janusz A. Starzyk, Senior Member, D. David Ensley
Abstract —This paper explores the use of wavelets to improve the selection of discriminant features in the target recognition problem using High Range Resolution (HRR) radar signals in an air to...
Optimization of Joint Replacement Policies for Multipart Systems by a Rollout Framework (2009)
Tao Sun, Student Member, Qianchuan Zhao, Peter B. Luh, Robert N. Tomastik, Senior Member
Abstract—Maintaining an asset with life-limited parts, e.g., a jet engine or an electric generator, may be costly. Certain costs, e.g., setup cost, can be shared if some parts of the asset are...
A Novel Low-Power Logic Circuit Design Scheme (2009)
Janusz A. Starzyk, Senior Member, Haibo He
Abstract—This brief proposes a novel low-power digital logic design scheme based on the energy exchange in the switched inductor–capacitor (SLC) circuit. It presents a design paradigm which in...
Multi-parameter Bifurcation Analysis of the South-Brazilian Power System (2009)
C. A. Cañizares, Senior Member
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Associative Learning in Hierarchical Self-Organizing Learning Arrays (2009)
Janusz A. Starzyk, Senior Member, Zhen Zhu, Student Member, Yue Li
Abstract—In this paper, we introduce feedback-based associative learning in self-organized learning arrays (SOLAR). SOLAR structures are hierarchically organized networks of sparsely connected...
Image Enhancement in the JPEG Domain for People With Vision Impairment (2009)
Jinshan Tang, Senior Member, Jeonghoon Kim, Eli Peli
Abstract—An image enhancement algorithm for low-vision patients was developed for images compressed using the JPEG standard. The proposed algorithm enhances the images in the discrete cosine...
1 Wind Power Density Forecasting Using Ensemble Predictions and Time Series Models (2009)
J. W. Taylor, P. E. Mcsharry, Senior Member, R. Buizza
Abstract-- Wind power is an increasingly used form of renewable energy. The uncertainty in wind generation is very largely due to the inherent variability in wind speed, and this needs to be...
On the Risk of Using Rényi’s Entropy for Blind Source Separation (2009)
Dinh-tuan Pham, Frédéric Vrins, Graduate Student Member, Michel Verleysen, Senior Member
Abstract—Recently, some researchers have suggested Rényi’s entropy in its general form as a blind source separation (BSS) objective function. This was motivated by two arguments: 1) Shannon’s...
Adaptive Feedback Synchronization of a General Complex Dynamical Network With Delayed Nodes (2009)
Qunjiao Zhang, Junan Lu, Jinhu Lü, Senior Member, Chi K. Tse
Abstract—In the past decade, complex networks have attracted much attention from various fields of sciences and engineering. Synchronization is a typical collective behavior of complex networks...
Fundamental Considerations of Three-Level DC–DC Converters: Topologies, Analyses, and Control (2009)
Xinbo Ruan, Senior Member, Bin Li, Qianhong Chen, Siew-chong Tan, Chi K. Tse
Abstract—This paper discusses the basic family of three-level (TL) dc–dc converters. The origin of TL converters and their basic topological variations are described. Systematic procedures...
Jong-kook Kim, Howard Jay Siegel, Anthony A. Maciejewski, Rudolf Eigenmann, Senior Member
Abstract—An ad hoc grid is a wireless heterogeneous computing environment without a fixed infrastructure. This study considers wireless devices that have different capabilities, have limited...
IRGS: Image Segmentation Using Edge Penalties and Region Growing (2009)
Qiyao Yu, David A. Clausi, Senior Member
Abstract—This paper proposes an image segmentation method named iterative region growing using semantics (IRGS), which is characterized by two aspects. First, it uses graduated increased edge...
Optimized Approximation Algorithm in Neural Networks Without Overfitting (2009)
Yinyin Liu, Janusz A. Starzyk, Senior Member, Zhen Zhu
Abstract—In this paper, an optimized approximation algorithm (OAA) is proposed to address the overfitting problem in function approximation using neural networks (NNs). The optimized approximation...
Geometry-driven photorealistic facial expression synthesis (2009)
Qingshan Zhang, Zicheng Liu, Senior Member, Baining Guo, Senior Member, Demetri Terzopoulos, ...
Abstract—Expression mapping (also called performance driven animation) has been a popular method for generating facial animations. A shortcoming of this method is that it does not generate...
Fundamental Limitations on Designing Optimally Fault-Tolerant Redundant Manipulators (2009)
Rodney G. Roberts, Senior Member, Hyun Geun Yu, Anthony A. Maciejewski
Abstract—In this paper, the authors examine the problem of designing nominal manipulator Jacobians that are optimally fault tolerant to one or more joint failures. Optimality is defined here in...
Iterated wavelet transformation and signal discrimination for HRR radar target recognition (2009)
Dale E. Nelson, Senior Member, Janusz A. Starzyk, Senior Member, D. David Ensley
Abstract—This paper explores the use of wavelets to improve the selection of discriminant features in the target recognition problem using high range resolution (HRR) radar signals in an air to air...
A Surjective-Mapping Based Model for Optical Shared-Buffer Cross-Connect (2009)
Ayman G. Fayoumi, Anura P. Jayasumana, Senior Member
Abstract—A Surjective-Mapping based Model (SMM) is developed to evaluate the performance of a slotted optical shared-buffer cross-connect. The model is simple, accurate, and yet provides...
Feng Zhao, Student Member, Peter B. Luh, Joseph H. Yan, Senior Member, Gary A. Stern, ...
Abstract—Deregulated electricity markets in the U.S. currently use an auction mechanism that minimizes total supply bid costs to select bids and their levels. Payments are then settled based on...
Dynamic Probability Estimator for Machine Learning (2009)
Janusz A. Starzyk, Senior Member, Feng Wang
Abstract—An efficient algorithm for dynamic estimation of probabilities without division on unlimited number of input data is presented. The method estimates probabilities of the sampled data from...
Anticipation-Based Temporal Sequences Learning in Hierarchical Structure (2009)
Janusz A. Starzyk, Senior Member, Haibo He
Abstract—Temporal sequence learning is one of the most critical components for human intelligence. In this paper, a novel hierarchical structure for complex temporal sequence learning is proposed....
Haibo He, Student Member, Janusz A. Starzyk, Senior Member
Abstract—This paper proposed a novel approach for the Power Quality (PQ) disturbances classification based on the wavelet transform and self organizing learning array (SOLAR) system. Wavelet...
Claudio A. Cañizares, Senior Member, N. Mithulananthan, Student Member, Alberto Berizzi, John Reeve
Abstract — This paper analyzes the linear profiles presented by certain classes of bifurcation indices with respect to the variation of the loading parameter in power systems. The bifurcation...
GRACE-1: Cross-Layer Adaptation for Multimedia Quality and Battery Energy (2009)
Wanghong Yuan, Klara Nahrstedt, Senior Member, Sarita V. Adve, Douglas L. Jones, Robin H. Kravets
Abstract—Mobile devices primarily processing multimedia data need to support multimedia quality with limited battery energy. To address this challenging problem, researchers have introduced...
Detecting VoIP Floods Using the Hellinger Distance (2009)
Hemant Sengar, Student Member, Haining Wang, Duminda Wijesekera, Senior Member, Sushil Jajodia, ...
Abstract—Voice over IP (VoIP), also known as Internet telephony, is gaining market share rapidly and now competes favorably as one of the visible applications of the Internet. Nevertheless, being...
Heterogeneous Fusion of Omnidirectional and PTZ Cameras for Multiple Object Tracking (2009)
Chung-hao Chen, Yi Yao, Besma Abidi, Senior Member, Andreas Koschan, Mongi Abidi
Abstract—Dual-camera systems have been widely used in surveillance because of the ability to explore the wide field of view (FOV) of the omnidirectional camera and the wide zoom range of the PTZ...
HC-ACO: the hyper-cube framework for ant colony optimization (2009)
Christian Blum, Student Member, Marco Dorigo, Senior Member
Abstract—Ant colony optimization is a metaheuristic approach belonging to the class of model-based search algorithms. In this paper, we propose a new framework for implementing ant colony...
Local and Global Stability of Delayed Congestion Control Systems (2009)
Yueping Zhang, Dmitri Loguinov, Senior Member
Abstract—Stability proofs of nonlinear congestion control systems under heterogeneous feedback delays are usually difficult and involve a fair amount of effort. In this paper, we show that there...
Offline Loop Investigation for Handwriting Analysis (2009)
Tal Steinherz, David Doermann, Senior Member, Ehud Rivlin, Nathan Intrator
Abstract—Resolution of different types of loops in handwritten script presents a difficult task and is an important step in many classic word recognition systems, writer modeling, and signature...
Node Isolation Model and Age-Based Neighbor Selection in Unstructured P2P Networks (2009)
Zhongmei Yao, Student Member, Xiaoming Wang, Student Member, Derek Leonard, Student Member, ...
Abstract—Previous analytical studies of unstructured P2P resilience have assumed exponential user lifetimes and only considered age-independent neighbor replacement. In this paper, we overcome...
Search bias in ant colony optimization: on the role of competition-balanced systems (2009)
Christian Blum, Marco Dorigo, Senior Member
Abstract—One of the problems encountered when applying ant colony optimization (ACO) to combinatorial optimization problems is that the search process is sometimes biased by algorithm features such...
André T. Martins, Senior Member
Abstract — The problem of inferring 3D orientation of a camera from video sequences has been mostly addressed by first computing correspondences of image features. This intermediate step is now...
Efficient Residential Consumer Device Interaction With Network Services (2009)
Eric William Burger, Senior Member, Ophir Frieder
Abstract — Consumer access networks are low bandwidth, especially in the up-stream direction. This asymmetry is heightened for real-time multimedia applications. The web wait is not acceptable when...
A Novel System for Remote Control of Household Devices Using Digital IP Phones (2009)
Eric William Burger, Senior Member, Ophir Frieder
Abstract — The idea of using a phone as a remote control for household devices is not new. However, new digital technologies such as Voice-over-IP and signaling protocols such as SIP enable new...
A comparison of algorithms for inference and learning in probabilistic graphical models (2009)
Brendan J. Frey, Senior Member, Nebojsa Jojic
Abstract—Research into methods for reasoning under uncertainty is currently one of the most exciting areas of artificial intelligence, largely because it has recently become possible to record,...
TransientMeter: A Distributed Measurement System for Power Quality Monitoring (2009)
P. Daponte, Senior Member, M. Di Penta, Associate Member, G. Mercurio
Abstract—This paper describes the design and the implementation of TransientMeter, a monitoring system for the detection, classification, and measurement of transient disturbances on electrical...
Maximum likelihood sound source localization for multiple directional microphones (2007)
Cha Zhang, Dinei Florêncio, Senior Member, Demba E. Ba, Zhengyou Zhang
Abstract—In distributed meeting applications, microphone arrays have been widely used to capture superior speech sound and perform speaker localization through sound source localization (SSL) and...
Minimizing Recovery State in Geographic Ad-Hoc Routing,” master’s thesis (2007)
Noa Arad, Yuval Shavitt, Senior Member
Abstract—Geographic ad hoc networks use position information for routing. They often utilize stateless greedy forwarding and require the use of recovery algorithms when the greedy approach fails....
Incremental Evaluation of Sliding-Window Queries over Data Streams (2006)
Thanaa M. Ghanem, Moustafa A. Hammad, Mohamed F. Mokbel, Walid G. Aref, Senior Member, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, ...
Abstract—Two research efforts have been conducted to realize sliding-window queries in data stream management systems, namely, query reevaluation and incremental evaluation. In the query...
Workload-aware load balancing for clustered web servers (2005)
Qi Zhang, Alma Riska, Wei Sun, Evgenia Smirni, Gianfranco Ciardo, Senior Member
Abstract—We focus on load balancing policies for homogeneous clustered Web servers that tune their parameters on-the-fly to adapt to changes in the arrival rates and service times of incoming...
Self-organizing learning array (2005)
Janusz A. Starzyk, Senior Member, Zhen Zhu, Tsun-ho Liu
Abstract—A new machine learning concept—self-organizing learning array (SOLAR)—is presented. It is a sparsely connected, information theory-based learning machine, with a multilayer structure....
On Static and Dynamic Partitioning Behavior of Large-Scale Networks (2005)
Derek Leonard, Student Member, Zhongmei Yao, Student Member, Xiaoming Wang, Student Member, ...
Abstract—In this paper, we analyze the problem of network disconnection in the context of large-scale P2P networks and understand how both static and dynamic patterns of node failure affect the...
Paolo Terenziani, Richard T. Snodgrass, Senior Member
Abstract—The analysis of the semantics of temporal data and queries plays a central role in the area of temporal databases. Although many different algebræ and models have been proposed, almost...
A short convergence proof for a class of Ant Colony Optimization algorithms (2002)
Thomas Stützle, Marco Dorigo, Senior Member
Abstract—In this paper, we prove some convergence properties for a class of ant colony optimization algorithms. In particular, we prove that for any small constant 0 and for a sufficiently large...
P. E. Mckenney, Senior Member, J. D. Slingwine
Abstract—The problems of synchronization overhead, contention, and deadlock can pose serious challenges to those designing and implementing parallel programs. Therefore, many researchers have...
Ant Colony System: A cooperative learning approach to the traveling salesman problem (1997)
Marco Dorigo, Senior Member, Luca Maria Gambardella
Abstract—This paper introduces the ant colony system (ACS), a distributed algorithm that is applied to the traveling salesman problem (TSP). In the ACS, a set of cooperating agents called ants...
Nonblocking Copy Networks in MultiChannel Switching (1995)
Paul S. Min, Senior Member, Manjunath V. Hegde, Hossein Saidi, Alex Ch
Absfract-This paper develops a copy network architecture that ean maintain the cell sequence integrity in muki-channel ATM switching. The arebiteeture is internally nonbloeking in the sense that the...