scholarly journals Elephant Herding Optimization for Energy-Based Localization

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sérgio Correia ◽  
Marko Beko ◽  
Luís Cruz ◽  
Slavisa Tomic
Keyword(s):  
Source Localization ◽  
Wireless Sensors ◽  
Performance Comparison ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Convex Relaxations ◽  
Noisy Environments ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Metaheuristic Methods ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
First Time

This work addresses the energy-based source localization problem in wireless sensors networks. Instead of circumventing the maximum likelihood (ML) problem by applying convex relaxations and approximations (like all existing approaches do), we here tackle it directly by the use of metaheuristics. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that metaheuristics is applied to this type of problems. More specifically an elephant herding optimization (EHO) algorithm is applied. Through extensive simulations, the key parameters of the EHO algorithm are optimized such that they match the energy decay model between two sensor nodes. A detailed analysis of the computational complexity is presented, as well as performance comparison between the proposed algorithm and existing non-metaheuristic ones. Simulation results show that the new approach significantly outperforms the existing solutions in noisy environments, encouraging further improvement and testing of metaheuristic methods.

Maximizing the Lifetime of Sliding Wireless Sensors in Barrier Coverage

2012 ◽  
Vol 157-158 ◽  
pp. 503-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Yang ◽  
Pan Guo Fan ◽  
De Jun Mu
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Network Lifetime ◽  
Wireless Sensors ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Barrier Coverage ◽  
Coverage Ratio ◽  
Simulation Results

Wireless sensor network is always deployed in specific area for intrusion detection and environmental monitoring. The sensor nodes suffer mostly from their limited battery capacity.Maximizing the lifetime of the entire networks is mainly necessary considered in the design. Sliding the sensors in different barriers under the optimal barrier construction is a good solution for both maximizing network lifetime and providing predetermined coverage ratio. The simulation results demonstrate that the scheme can effectively reduce the energy consumption of the wireless sensor network and increase the network lifetime.

Adaptive source search in a gradient field

Robotica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (08) ◽  
pp. 1589-1608
Author(s):  
Xiaochen Zhang ◽  
Yi Sun ◽  
Jizhong Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Field Model ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Gradient Field ◽  
Gradient Search ◽  
Correlated Random Walk ◽  
Noisy Environments ◽  
Indoor Radio ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
First Time

SUMMARYMost existing source search algorithms suffer from a high travel cost, and few of them have been analyzed in performance in noisy environments where local basins are presented. In this paper, the theseus gradient search (TGS) is proposed to effectively overcome local basins in search. Analytical performances of TGS and the gradient ascend with correlated random walk (GACRW), which is a variant of correlated random walk, are derived and compared. A gradient field model is proposed as an analytical tool that makes it feasible to analyze the performances. The analytical average searching costs of GACRW and TGS are obtained for the first time for this class of algorithms in the environments with local basins. The costs, expressed as functions of searching space size, local basin size, and local basin number are confirmed by simulation results. The performances of GACRW, TGS, and two chemotaxis algorithms are compared in the gradient field and a scenario of indoor radio source search in a hallway driven by real data of signal strengths. The results illustrate that GACRW and TGS are robust to noisy gradients and are more competitive than the chemotaxis-based algorithms in real applications. Both analytical and simulation results indicate that in the presence of local basins, TGS almost always costs the lowest.

scholarly journals Performance Comparison between Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution Algorithms for Postman Delivery Routing Problem

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2703
Author(s):  
Warisa Wisittipanich ◽  
Khamphe Phoungthong ◽  
Chanin Srisuwannapa ◽  
Adirek Baisukhan ◽  
Nuttachat Wisittipanit
Keyword(s):  
Particle Swarm Optimization ◽  
Differential Evolution ◽  
Particle Swarm ◽  
Performance Comparison ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Routing Problem ◽  
Metaheuristic Methods ◽  
Evolution Algorithms ◽  
Differential Evolution Algorithms ◽  
Current Practices

Generally, transportation costs account for approximately half of the total operation expenses of a logistics firm. Therefore, any effort to optimize the planning of vehicle routing would be substantially beneficial to the company. This study focuses on a postman delivery routing problem of the Chiang Rai post office, located in the Chiang Rai province of Thailand. In this study, two metaheuristic methods—particle swarm optimization (PSO) and differential evolution (DE)—were applied with particular solution representation to find delivery routings with minimum travel distances. The performances of PSO and DE were compared along with those from current practices. The results showed that PSO and DE clearly outperformed the actual routing of the current practices in all the operational days examined. Moreover, DE performances were notably superior to those of PSO.

A multi-manned assembly line balancing problem with classified teams: a new approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Yilmaz ◽  
Mustafa Yilmaz
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Assembly Line ◽  
Assembly Line Balancing ◽  
Line Balancing ◽  
Test Problems ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Line Test ◽  
Assembly Line Balancing Problem ◽  
First Time

Purpose – Within team-oriented approaches, tasks are assigned to teams before being assigned to workstations as a reality of industry. So it becomes clear, which workers assemble which tasks. Design/methodology/approach – Team numbers of the assembly line can increase with the number of tasks, but at the same time, due to physical situations of the stations, there will be limitations of maximum working team numbers in a station. For this purpose, heuristic assembly line balancing (ALB) procedure is used and mathematical model is developed for the problem. Findings – Well-known assembly line test problems widely used in the literature are solved to indicate the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed approach in practice. Originality/value – This paper draws attention to ALB problem in which workers have been assigned to teams in advance due to the need for specialized skills or equipment on the line for the first time.

Decoding Digital Information from the Cascaded Heterogeneous Chaotic Systems

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (06) ◽  
pp. 1599-1608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Tao ◽  
Gonghuan Du ◽  
Yu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Communication System ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Chaotic Systems ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Chaotic Communication ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Communication Scheme ◽  
Simulation Results

In this paper, we propose a new approach to breaking down chaotic communication scheme by attacking its encryption keys. A remarkable advancement is that it can decode the hidden message exactly. This makes it become possible to break down some cascaded chaotic communication systems. We also decode digital information from the cascaded heterogeneous chaotic communication system and give the simulation results.

A New Approach for the Fabrication of Tetragonal BaTiO3 Nanoparticles

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 2692-2701
Author(s):  
Vu T. Tan ◽  
La The Vinh ◽  
Vu Minh Khoi ◽  
Huynh Dang Chinh ◽  
Pham Van Tuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ferroelectric Properties ◽  
Particle Size Effect ◽  
Ferroelectric Material ◽  
Tem Analysis ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Xrd Pattern ◽  
Munk Function ◽  
Oxide Nanoparticle ◽  
First Time ◽  
Batio3 Nanoparticles

For the first time, the BaTiO3 nano-sized particles were obtained through solid-state reaction by employing the titanium oxide nanoparticle. Meanwhile, by using TiO2 with micro-sized particles, the synthesized BaTiO3 shows the micro-sized. The XRD pattern confirms that both BaTiO3 nano-sized and micro-sized particles display the tetragonal structure. Both SEM and TEM analysis revealed that the size of the nano-sized material is in the range of 30–50 nm; in the meantime, the microsized material shows a size of 500 nm. The Eg of both BaTiO3 micro-sized and nano-sized were calculated by using the Kubelka-Munk function. The shifted bandgap of BaTiO3 nano-sized particle is nearly 0.24 eV larger than that of BaTiO3 miro-sized particle due to the particle size effect. The P-E measurement of n-BaTiO3 proved that the obtained BaTiO3 nano-sized is ferroelectric material. The result may provide a new route for the fabrication of barium titanate nanoparticle with ferroelectric properties.

Control of inverters in standalone andgrid-connected microgrid using different control strategies

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikash Gurugubelli ◽  
Arnab Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Transient Response ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Power Balance ◽  
Droop Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Simulink Simulation ◽  
Time Simulation ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
First Time

Purpose The share of renewable energy sources (RESs) in the power system is increasing day by day. The RESs are intermittent, therefore maintaining the grid stability and power balance is very difficult. The purpose of this paper is to control the inverters in microgrid using different control strategies to maintain the system stability and power balance. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, different control strategies are implemented to the voltage source converter (VSC) to get the desired performance. The DQ control is a basic control strategy that is inherently present in the droop and virtual synchronous machine (VSM) control strategies. The droop and VSM control strategies are inspired by the conventional synchronous machine (SM). The main objective of this work is to design and implement the three aforementioned control strategies in microgrid. Findings The significant contributions of this work are: the detailed implementation of DQ control, droop control and VSM control strategies for VSC in both grid-connected mode and standalone mode is presented; the MATLAB/Simulink simulation results and comparative studies of the three aforementioned controllers are introduced first time in the proposed work; and the opal-RT digital real-time simulation results of the proposed VSM control show the superiority in transient response compared to the droop control strategy. Research limitations/implications In the power system, the power electronic-based power allowed by VSM is dominated by the conventional power which is generated from the traditional SM, and then the issues related to stability still need advance study. There are some differences between the SM and VSM characteristics, so the integration of VSM with the existing system still needs further study. Economical operation of VSM with hybrid storage is also one of the future scopes of this work. Originality/value The significant contributions of this work are: the detailed implementation of DQ control, droop control and VSM control strategies for VSC in both grid-connected mode and standalone mode is presented; the MATLAB/Simulink simulation results and comparative studies of the three aforementioned controllers are introduced first time in the proposed work; and the opal-RT digital real-time simulation results of the proposed VSM control show the superiority in transient response compared to the droop control strategy.

SET STABILIZATION OF A MODIFIED CHUA'S CIRCUIT

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 567-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHIHUA LI ◽  
YU-PING TIAN
Keyword(s):  
Equilibrium Point ◽  
Lyapunov Stability ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Invariant Set ◽  
Linear Feedback ◽  
Chua’S Circuit ◽  
Chua's Circuit ◽  
Linear Feedback Controller ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
First Time

In this paper, we develop a simple linear feedback controller, which employs only one of the states of the system, to stabilize the modified Chua's circuit to an invariant set which consists of its nontrivial equilibria. Moreover, we show for the first time that the closed loop modified Chua's circuit satisfies set stability which can be considered as a generalization of common Lyapunov stability of an equilibrium point. Simulation results are presented to verify our method.

Simulation and Research of Dynamic Voltage Detection and Regulator Based on MATLAB

2014 ◽  
Vol 536-537 ◽  
pp. 1527-1531
Author(s):  
Ya Feng Li ◽  
Zi Wei Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Voltage Regulator ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Dynamic Voltage ◽  
Harmonic Voltage ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Harmonic Source ◽  
Detecting Method ◽  
Dynamic Voltage Regulator

The Series Dynamic Voltage Regulator can compensate the harmonics distortion caused by voltage type harmonic source This paper presents a new approach of detecting harmonic voltage in dq0 coordinates, based on the generalized instantaneous reactive power ,and used in the series dynamic voltage regulator successfully. It is demonstrated by theoretical analysis and simulation results that the proposed detecting method of harmonic voltage is correct and valid.

scholarly journals Optimized Gateway Placement for Interference Cancellation in Transmit-Only LPWA Networks

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 3884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongxian Tian ◽  
Mary Weitnauer ◽  
Gedeon Nyengele
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Interference Cancellation ◽  
Greedy Algorithms ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wide Area ◽  
Delivery Ratio ◽  
Large Network ◽  
Packet Delivery ◽  
Simulation Results

We study the placement of gateways in a low-power wide-area sensor network, when the gateways perform interference cancellation and when the model of the residual error of interference cancellation is proportional to the power of the packet being canceled. For the case of two sensor nodes sending packets that collide, by which we mean overlap in time, we deduce a symmetric two-crescent region wherein a gateway can decode both collided packets. For a large network of many sensors and multiple gateways, we propose two greedy algorithms to optimize the locations of the gateways. Simulation results show that the gateway placements by our algorithms achieve lower average contention, which means higher packet delivery ratio in the same conditions, than when gateways are naively placed, for several area distributions of sensors.

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