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A hybrid GA–PS–SQP method to solve power system valve-point economic dispatch problems
This study presents a new approach based on a hybrid algorithm consisting of Genetic Algorithm (GA), Pattern Search (PS) and Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) techniques to solve the well-known power system Economic dispatch problem (ED). GA is the main optimizer of the algorithm, whereas PS and SQP are used to fine tune the results of GA to increase confidence in the solution. For illustrative purposes, the algorithm has been applied to various test systems to assess its effectiveness. Furthermore, convergence characteristics and robustness of the proposed method have been explored through comparison with results reported in literature. The outcome is very encouraging and suggests that the hybrid GA–PS–SQP algorithm is very efficient in solving power system economic dispatch problem
Potential dopant in photocatalysis process for wastewater treatment-a review
Nowadays, too much pollution has happened around us, and one of them is water
pollution, which each day has become more severe and worse. One of the sources of water
pollution comes from the industry that has used dyes either excessively or not. In case of that,
the wastewater needs to be treated before released to the river or environment. In this paper, a
review of the wastewater treatment using dopants such as nitrogen and magnesium, will be
discussed
Disaster Management in Malaysia: An Application Framework of Integrated Routing Application for Emergency Response Management System
Malaysia has experienced various disasters either natural or manmade disaster. One of the critical phases in Disaster Management System life cycle is response phase. In this phase, connectivity analysis such as a navigation service to
help emergency rescue (ER) units reach at disaster area on time is necessary. Nowadays, commercial navigation system
seems not appropriate to be used by ER units as they have
different preferences. In addition, location information that is vital was not fully utilized in disaster management, especially in doing multi-task analysis. Thus, the real potential of GIS technology in managing spatial data including real-time (moving objects) data of ER units may influence the quality of the service. However, the services should be supported by a good data model. In order to eliminate inappropriate information, incomplete data, and overloaded information from Database Management System (DBMS) sent to the user, this paper will present the framework of integrated routing application for emergency response units embedded with context-aware
The effect of network’s size on the performance of the gateway discovery and selection scheme for MANEMO
In the era of Internet technology, new applications are developed everyday requiring continuous
and seamless connections. This urges for access availability solutions to the new scenarios. One of the
critical architecture is the Mobile Ad-Hoc Network Mobility (MANEMO). However, the integration of Ad-hoc
and NEMO technologies came out with many complications like redundant tunnels and the existence of
multiple Exit Routers. This paper presents a scheme to discover and select the optimum gateway to
improve the robustness and the performance of the network irrespective of the used routing protocol. The
MANEMO Gateway discovery and selection scheme (MGDSS) extends the Tree Discovery Protocol and
the Neighborhood Discovery protocol used by NEMO and Ad-Hoc to carry the necessary gateway
selection parameters. To compare the effect of network’s size on the performance of the proposed
scheme, the standard NEMO BSP and the Multi-homed MANEMO (M-MANEMO) approaches OPNET
Modeler 14.5 was used. The results show that the average data packets dropped, the end-to-end delay
and the throughput of the proposed MGDSS outperform those for the standard M-MANEMO and standard
NEMO BSP.
Keywords: Gateway Selection, Mobile Ad Hoc NEMO, MANEMO, Network Mobility, MANE
Planning of Sustainable Industrial Zones and Means of Achieving them in Iraq
The development of industrial activity in cities and regions is one of the most distinctive features of postmodern urban planning. The industry in all its branches is considered one of the most important economic activities in cities, which is the main engine of economic life and the driving force of development at all levels. This development has been accompanied by the negative effects of this economic activity on ecosystems and on human life in its various aspects, namely, environmental pollution in various ways, depletion of renewable and depleted natural resources, and the serious consequences of climate change, environmental degradation and Collapse. Hence the need to find solutions that allow the continuation of industries because of the importance of human life and to overcome the problems resulting from them and reduce them as much as possible The emergence of the concept of sustainability as a solution to this problem. This paper discusses the theme of sustainable industry, sustainable industrial zone planning, global experiences and identification of deliberatestrategies for sustainability, As well as trends in Iraq towards the establishment of green industrial cities, And their analysis and knowledge of their shortcomings in comparison to international experiences. And recommend some policies to achieve sustainability
Black hole algorithm along edge detector and circular hough transform based iris projection with biometric identification systems
The circular parameters between the pupil and the iris are found using current iris identification techniques but the accuracy creates an issue for the detection process during image processing. The procedure of extracting the iris region from an eye image using circular parameters can be improved via approximately too many approaches in literature but remain some portions under slightly unconstrained circumstances. In this study, we presented a Black Hole Algorithm (BHA) along the Canny edge detector and circular Hough transform-based optimization technique for circular parameter identification of iris segmentation. The iris boundary is discovered using the suggested segmentation approach and a computational model of the pixel value. The BHA looks for the central radius of the iris and pupil. The system uses MATLAB to test the CASIA-V3 database. The segmented images exhibit 98.71% accuracy. For all future access control applications, the segmentation-based BHA is effective at identifying the iris. The integration of the BHA with the Hough transforms and Canny edge detector is the main method by which the iris segmentation is accomplished. This novel technique improves the accuracy and effectiveness of iris segmentation, with potential uses in image analysis and biometric identification
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