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SPEED routing algorithm is a service quality based algorithm in which data aggregation dose not happen. In this article, data aggregation has been added to the conventional technique in SPEED algorithm. The idea involves virtual configuration of sensors and specification of an individual ID to the created data by the sensors in each region, then data aggregation in relay node is done by this ID, resulting in less energy consumption, lower traffic and repeated data, an increase in network lifetime and better quality of service. © 2009 IEEE  

Node cooperation approaches improve physical layer security in wireless networks without applying data encryption. Selecting the appropriate nodes to cooperate as relays or friendly jammers, to degrade eavesdropper's link, is a challenging problem which has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Various approaches, based on conventional exhaustive search, have been suggested for optimal relay-jammer selection and power allocation in the literature. The complexity of these methods is proportional to the number of intermediate nodes. As the number of intermediate nodes exceeds a specific bound, conventional exhaustive search appears infeasible due to high computational complexity. In... 

As the electricity market undergoes continuous evolutions, along with the widely-recognized outdated nature of the grid, system operators would have to be able to more effectively manage the system operation expenses since waves of maintenance costs and equipment investments would be anticipated in a few years to come. Strategic implementation of cost-effective reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) approaches seems to be a key solution. This paper proposes an efficient method to assess the component criticality for system overall reliability and further maintenance focuses. A solution concept of game theory, called shapely value, is proposed that is able to fairly identify the contribution... 

The problem of designing UWB pulses which meet specific spectrum requirements is usually treated by filtering common pulses such as Gaussian doublets, modified Hermite polynomials and wavelets. When there is the need to have a number of orthogonal pulses (e.g., in a multiuser scenario), a naive approach is to filter all the members of an orthogonal set, which is likely to destroy their orthogonality property. In this paper, we study the design of a set of pulses that simultaneously satisfy the orthogonality property and spectrum requirements. Our design is based on the eigenfunctions of Sturm–Liouville boundary value problems. Indeed, we introduce Sturm–Liouville differential equations for... 

Three novel methods, named α, ζ and ϵ, are suggested in this paper to recover the performance loss during switching in the gas turbine control systems. The Minimum Command Selection (MCS) in the gas turbine control systems prompts this performance loss. Any step towards more productivity with less aging factors have a great impact on the gas turbine's lifetime profit and vice versa. Although many hardware upgrades have been studied and applied to accomplish this, in many cases a low-risk manipulation in the software may yield equivalent achievement. State of the art gas turbine control systems are supposed to handle various forms of disturbances, several operation modes and relatively high... 

Three novel methods, named α, ζ and ϵ, are suggested in this paper to recover the performance loss during switching in the gas turbine control systems. The Minimum Command Selection (MCS) in the gas turbine control systems prompts this performance loss. Any step towards more productivity with less aging factors have a great impact on the gas turbine's lifetime profit and vice versa. Although many hardware upgrades have been studied and applied to accomplish this, in many cases a low-risk manipulation in the software may yield equivalent achievement. State of the art gas turbine control systems are supposed to handle various forms of disturbances, several operation modes and relatively high... 

The transformer-feedback (TRFB) interstage bandwidth enhancement technique for broadband multistage amplifiers is presented. Theory of the TRFB bandwidth enhancement and the design conditions for maximum bandwidth, maximally flat gain, and maximally flat group delay are provided. It is shown that the TRFB bandwidth enhancement can provide higher bandwidth compared to the conventional techniques based on reactive impedance matching networks. A three-stage low-noise amplifier (LNA) monolithic microwave integrated circuit with the TRFB between its consecutive stages is designed and implemented in a 0.1-μ m GaAs pHEMT process. The TRFB is realized by coupling between the drain bias lines of... 

Random pulse width modulation (RPWM) technique has been employed to generate the control signals of Vienna-type rectifier. This technique is compared to two conventional techniques (Hysteresis-band and ramp comparison with fix frequency carrier signal). Simulation results are illustrated for three approaches. The results verify significantly reduction of high frequency harmonics magnitude; and consequently overcome electromagnetic interference (EMI) problem in this active type of rectifier. ©2009 IEEE  

This paper proposes a novel combinational Adaptive Noise Canceller (ANC), which is suitable for non stationary noise environments. Pre-filter bank structure improves the convergence rate leading to less error in real-time applications. During our investigations, we have found out adaptive algorithms have better performance for low frequency subbands. Thus, by using Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) in each subband, a simplified version of variable step-size algorithms has been employed in low frequency subbands; while for high frequency subbands, some conventional techniques have been used. Simulation results show that combination of adaptive and conventional methods have better performance... 

This paper presents a novel automatic debugging algorithm for a postsynthesis combinational arithmetic circuit. The approach is robust under wide varieties of arithmetic circuit architectures and design optimizations. The debugging algorithm in this paper consists of three phases of partial product initialization, XOR extraction, and carry-signalmapping. The run-time complexity of conventional carry-signal-mapping algorithms, such as the approach described by Stoffel and Kunz, is exponential. However, in the proposed algorithm, by making use of some important design issues, we categorize the extracted XORs into half/full-adders to make a very fast debugging algorithm. This approach is robust... 

This paper presents a novel automatic debugging algorithm for a postsynthesis combinational arithmetic circuit. The approach is robust under wide varieties of arithmetic circuit architectures and design optimizations. The debugging algorithm in this paper consists of three phases of partial product initialization, xor extraction, and carry-signal mapping. The run-time complexity of conventional carry-signal-mapping algorithms, such as the approach described by Stoffel and Kunz, is exponential. However, in the proposed algorithm, by making use of some important design issues, we categorize the extracted xors into half/full-adders to make a very fast debugging algorithm. This approach is... 

Reservoir fluid modelling is one of the most important steps in reservoir simulation and modelling of flow lines as well as surface facilities. One of the most uncertain parameters of the reservoir fluids is the plus fraction. An accurate and consistent splitting scheme can reduce this uncertainty and as a result, enhance the modelling of reservoir fluids. The existing schemes for splitting plus fractions are all based on assuming a specific mole fraction-molecular weight distribution with predefined constant values that may yield inaccurate and inconsistent results. In this study, an optimization-based algorithm was developed to determine the aforementioned controlling parameters of the...