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A Model For Flipping Electrical Engineering With E-Learning Using A Multidimensional Approach, Dursun Akaslan, Effie Lai-Chong Law Jan 2016

A Model For Flipping Electrical Engineering With E-Learning Using A Multidimensional Approach, Dursun Akaslan, Effie Lai-Chong Law

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper proposes a model for supporting electrical engineering with e-learning. The model development is based on survey data collected from representative teachers and students studying in higher education institutions in Turkey. To develop the model, the study investigated the attitudes of the representative key stakeholders in the relevant higher education institutions towards e-learning by administrating questionnaires and interviews with teachers and students. The responses of the teachers and students were then compared. Based on the results, a model was proposed with a multidimensional approach to e-learning. The model flips electrical engineering to make sure that the students review, discuss, …


A Conceptual Implementation Of A Buck Converter For An Off-Grid Hybrid System Consisting Of Solar And Wind Turbine Sources, Ahmad Shukri Fazil Rahman, Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak, Syed Idris Syed Hassan Jan 2016

A Conceptual Implementation Of A Buck Converter For An Off-Grid Hybrid System Consisting Of Solar And Wind Turbine Sources, Ahmad Shukri Fazil Rahman, Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak, Syed Idris Syed Hassan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A hybrid renewable power generation system is proposed through parallel connection between two potential energy resources: photovoltaic (PV) and wind turbines. The method consists of incorporating a buck converter connected by a wind turbine to provide adjustment according to PV potential. Unlike the conventional buck-boost converter topology that is normally used, this research tries to emphasize the use of a buck converter as part of the system configuration. Design schemes were carefully performed and the postdesign system was tested through system simulation with MATLAB/Simulink software. The simulated system offers promising and significant results, thus making it suitable for hardware implementation.


Modeling And Simulation Of Sensorless Control Of Four-Leg Inverter Pmsm Drives In The Case Of A Single-Phase Open Circuit Fault, Kamel Saleh, Mark Sumner Jan 2016

Modeling And Simulation Of Sensorless Control Of Four-Leg Inverter Pmsm Drives In The Case Of A Single-Phase Open Circuit Fault, Kamel Saleh, Mark Sumner

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper introduces a new method to track the saliency of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) motor fed by a 4-leg inverter in the case of a single-phase open circuit fault through measuring the dynamic current response of the motor line currents due to the insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) switching actions. In the case of a single-phase open circuit fault, a fault-tolerant control strategy that includes taking appropriate actions to control the 2 remaining healthy currents results in minor system performance degradation. The new strategy introduced in this paper includes software modifications only to the saliency tracking algorithm used …


A Multiobjective Tuning Approach Of Power System Stabilizers Using Particle Swarm Optimization, Hilal Labdelaoui, Fares Boudjema, Djamel Boukhetala Jan 2016

A Multiobjective Tuning Approach Of Power System Stabilizers Using Particle Swarm Optimization, Hilal Labdelaoui, Fares Boudjema, Djamel Boukhetala

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This work presents an optimal tuning approach of power system stabilizers (PSSs) using multiobjective particle swarm optimization. Two types of PSSs are investigated, the conventional speed-based PSS type and a dual-input PSS type that uses the accelerating power as an additional input. The tuning problem of these PSSs is formulated as a minimization problem of a vector objective function characterizing the damping and the transient performance of the closed-loop system. A 3-machine 9-bus power system example is considered, and the speed-constrained multiobjective particle swarm optimization algorithm is used to solve the optimization problem. The results show that trade-offs exist between …


Optimization Of An Experimental Unsymmetrical-Unbalanced Two-Phase Induction Motor Using The Hgapso Hybrid Technique And The Finite Element Method For Increasing Efficiency And Reducing Torque Ripple, Navid Horiyat, Seyed Mohammad Shariatmadar, Vahid Amir Jan 2016

Optimization Of An Experimental Unsymmetrical-Unbalanced Two-Phase Induction Motor Using The Hgapso Hybrid Technique And The Finite Element Method For Increasing Efficiency And Reducing Torque Ripple, Navid Horiyat, Seyed Mohammad Shariatmadar, Vahid Amir

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Two-phase induction motors make an important contribution to social welfare. Accordingly, enhanced quality in such motors would benefit society. This study was done to test this type of motor to determine a nonlinear optimal point in the form of a multiobjective function between ripple of the torque and motor efficiency with consideration of a weighted coefficient in an unbalanced-unsymmetrical two-phase induction motor. Tests demonstrated that minimizing total harmonic distortion could reduce torque ripple. The optimal point was determined using optimization algorithms, and a hybrid of genetic and particle swarm optimization algorithms simultaneously in order to increase efficiency and to reduce …


Hardware Implementation Of A Scale And Rotation Invariant Object Detection Algorithm On Fpga For Real-Time Applications, Murat Peker, Hali̇s Altun, Fuat Karakaya Jan 2016

Hardware Implementation Of A Scale And Rotation Invariant Object Detection Algorithm On Fpga For Real-Time Applications, Murat Peker, Hali̇s Altun, Fuat Karakaya

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A hardware implementation of a computationally light, scale, and rotation invariant method for shape detection on FPGA is devised. The method is based on histogram of oriented gradients (HOG) and average magnitude difference function (AMDF). AMDF is used as a decision module that measures the similarity/dissimilarity between HOG vectors of an image in order to classify the object. In addition, a simulation environment implemented on MATLAB is developed in order to overcome the time-consuming and tedious process of hardware verification on the FPGA platform. The simulation environment provides specific tools to quickly implement the proposed methods. It is shown that …


A Monte Carlo-Based Poisson's Equation Solver Parallelized With Coarray Fortran, Nevsan Şengi̇l, Özgür Tümüklü, Mehmet Cevdet Çelenli̇gi̇l Jan 2016

A Monte Carlo-Based Poisson's Equation Solver Parallelized With Coarray Fortran, Nevsan Şengi̇l, Özgür Tümüklü, Mehmet Cevdet Çelenli̇gi̇l

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Poisson's equation is found in many scientific problems, such as heat transfer and electric field calculations. Although many different techniques are involved in solving Poisson's equation, we focused on the Monte Carlo method (MCM). We preferred the MCM not only because of its simple algorithm but also for its excellent parallel efficiency. Parallelization is one of the most effective techniques for reducing computation time. Among many parallelization paradigms, such as OpenMP (open multiprocessing), MPI (message passing interface), and PGAS (partitioned global address space), we adopted the PGAS-based Coarray Fortran (CAF). In this paper, we demonstrated that parallelization of Poisson's equation …


A Comprehensive Control Strategy Of Railway Power Quality Compensator For Ac Traction Power Supply Systems, Hamed Jafari Kaleybar, Siamak Farshad Jan 2016

A Comprehensive Control Strategy Of Railway Power Quality Compensator For Ac Traction Power Supply Systems, Hamed Jafari Kaleybar, Siamak Farshad

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The development of electrical railway systems leads to critical power quality problems in the power grid. This paper discusses a kind of half-bridge-based railway power quality compensator system (HBRPQC) that can compensate negative sequence currents, harmonics, and reactive power simultaneously. In order to keep the HBRPQC performance efficient for the different kinds of transformers used in traction power supply substations, a new multifunctional control strategy that performs better than previous methods is proposed. Due to the fast dynamicity of traction loads, a recessive self-tuning PI controller based on fuzzy logic is adopted in the current control system. The output control …


An Interval-Based Contingency Selection Approach Considering Uncertainty, Chao Xu, Wei Gu, Lizi Luo, Jianguo Yao, Shengchun Yang, Ke Wang, Dan Zeng, Miao Fan Jan 2016

An Interval-Based Contingency Selection Approach Considering Uncertainty, Chao Xu, Wei Gu, Lizi Luo, Jianguo Yao, Shengchun Yang, Ke Wang, Dan Zeng, Miao Fan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Static security assessment is affected by uncertainties of load flow distributions introduced by renewable sources. A fast contingency selection approach based on interval theory is proposed in this paper. Firstly, an interval line active flow calculation algorithm is developed to reduce conservation in application of interval mathematics in line flow calculation. Then a novel interval comparison method based on Bayesian probability theory is applied in interval index comparison to give the relative severity information of contingencies. Finally, an approximately consistent ranking method is utilized in contingency ranking to rank screened contingencies. Numerical studies on several IEEE standard test systems and …


Double Bow-Tie Fss For X-Band And K$_U$-Band Operations With Its Parametric Analyses, Selma Çi̇ğdem, Ci̇han Tunca, Sultan Can, Asim Egemen Yilmaz Jan 2016

Double Bow-Tie Fss For X-Band And K$_U$-Band Operations With Its Parametric Analyses, Selma Çi̇ğdem, Ci̇han Tunca, Sultan Can, Asim Egemen Yilmaz

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper demonstrates double bow-tie frequency selective surface (FSS) geometry for X-band applications with a bandwidth value of 1.82 GHz and K$_u$-band applications with a bandwidth value of 3.44 GHz. Throughout this study, parametric analyses of the proposed structure are also performed. Alterations in the reflection and transmission characteristics of this specially designed structure by virtue of defined variables are analyzed. Those variables are determined by considering the geometric and material properties of the proposed structure. To analyze the reflection and transmission coefficients, two different simulators, namely the High Frequency Structure Simulator (ANSYS HFSS), which is based on the finite …


A New Method For Active Power Factor Correction Using A Dual-Purpose Inverter In A Flyback Converter, Seyed Mohsen Hoseini, Seyed Mohammad Sadeghzadeh, Yousef Alinejad Beromi Jan 2016

A New Method For Active Power Factor Correction Using A Dual-Purpose Inverter In A Flyback Converter, Seyed Mohsen Hoseini, Seyed Mohammad Sadeghzadeh, Yousef Alinejad Beromi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, a new active method for power factor correction (PFC) is presented and applied to a single-stage AC/DC flyback converter to reduce the total harmonic distortion of the input current, achieve better power factor compensation, and improve converter reliability. The proposed circuit consists of a low-power portable dual-purpose inverter that can work in 2 main modes. In the normal mode of converter operation, the PFC circuit operates as an active harmonic filter compensator. In the second mode, which occurs in converter outage conditions, the inverter behaves as a sinusoidal backup voltage power supply for the converter by using …


Speech Recognition Using Ann And Predator-Influenced Civilized Swarm Optimization Algorithm, Teena Mittal, Rajendra Kumar Sharma Jan 2016

Speech Recognition Using Ann And Predator-Influenced Civilized Swarm Optimization Algorithm, Teena Mittal, Rajendra Kumar Sharma

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper proposes a hybrid optimization technique, predator-influenced civilized swarm optimization, by integrating civilized swarm optimization (CSO) and predator-prey optimization (PPO) techniques. CSO is the integration of the attributes of particle swarm optimization and a society civilization algorithm (SCA). In the SCA, the swarm is divided into a few societies, and each society has its own society leader (SL); other individuals of the society are termed society members. The combination of all such societies forms a civilization, and the best-performing SL becomes the civilization leader (CL). In CSO, SLs and members update their positions through the guidance of their own …


Power Quality Assessment In Different Wind Power Plant Models, Hamid Shariatpanah, Morteza Sabouri Kenari, Roohollah Fadaeinedjad Jan 2016

Power Quality Assessment In Different Wind Power Plant Models, Hamid Shariatpanah, Morteza Sabouri Kenari, Roohollah Fadaeinedjad

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In order to fully study the power quality of a grid-connected wind farm, a suitable model providing accurate output for wind farms is necessary. In this paper, different methods, which have been proposed in previous studies, are investigated with regard to the power quality problem using a squirrel-cage induction generator wind turbine. These models are different in terms of accuracy and simulation time. The question is: which method is more suitable for simulation of a wind farm? To answer this question, a criterion should be introduced to compare different modeling methods. Full turbine representation is introduced as the best criterion …


A Fast And Accurate Algorithm For Eye Opening Or Closing Detection Based On Local Maximum Vertical Derivative Pattern, Marzieh Tafreshi, Ali Mohammad Fotouhi Jan 2016

A Fast And Accurate Algorithm For Eye Opening Or Closing Detection Based On Local Maximum Vertical Derivative Pattern, Marzieh Tafreshi, Ali Mohammad Fotouhi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, a fast and accurate algorithm is proposed to recognize open and closed eye states. In the proposed algorithm, first a hierarchical preprocessing stage is used to detect eye areas. This stage employs Haar features to detect face area, color, and intensity mappings to extract eye candidate areas, and some simple geometrical relations for a final decision of the eye regions. In the second stage of the algorithm for detecting eye state, a new proposed descriptor based on a histogram of local maximum vertical derivative patterns in eye areas is extracted and applied to a support vector machine …


Energy-Efficient And Environmentally Friendly Power Dispatch By Trigeneration With Renewable Energy And Energy Storage, Faisal Pazheri, Mohd Fauzi Othman, Nazar H. Malik, Abdulrehman Ali Al-Arainy Jan 2016

Energy-Efficient And Environmentally Friendly Power Dispatch By Trigeneration With Renewable Energy And Energy Storage, Faisal Pazheri, Mohd Fauzi Othman, Nazar H. Malik, Abdulrehman Ali Al-Arainy

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The importance of energy-efficient power generation that effectively utilizes the available fossil fuels is increasing due to the gradual decline in fossil fuel reserves. Furthermore, concern about global warming has led to rapid growth in renewable energy and energy storage technologies. This trend is encouraging power utilities to effectively exploit the use of renewable energy resources (RESs) and energy storage facilities (ESFs) for power supply systems. In this regards, trigeneration in the presence of RESs and ESFs can play an important role for efficient and clean power dispatch. This paper discusses the optimum power dispatch using a hybrid power plant …


Real-Time Motorized Electrical Hospital Bed Control With Eye-Gaze Tracking, Nesri̇n Aydin Atasoy, Abdullah Çavuşoğlu, Ferhat Atasoy Jan 2016

Real-Time Motorized Electrical Hospital Bed Control With Eye-Gaze Tracking, Nesri̇n Aydin Atasoy, Abdullah Çavuşoğlu, Ferhat Atasoy

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Patients with motor neuron disease and most terminal patients cannot use their hands or arms, and so they need another person for their all needs. However, the mental functions and memories of such patients are generally sound, and they can control their eyes. Using an eye-gaze tracking technique, we have realized a real-time system for such patients. The system controls a motorized electrical hospital bed (EHB) by eye gaze with 4 degrees of freedom, using a low-cost webcam. Contactless systems that require calibration cannot be used for EHB control. The system developed in this work does not require any calibration …


Effect Of Load Increase And Power System Stabilizer On Stability Delay Margin Of A Generator Excitation Control System, Şahi̇n Sönmez, Saffet Ayasun Jan 2016

Effect Of Load Increase And Power System Stabilizer On Stability Delay Margin Of A Generator Excitation Control System, Şahi̇n Sönmez, Saffet Ayasun

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper studies the impact of load increase and a power system stabilizer (PSS) on the stability delay margin of a single-machine-infinite-bus system including an automatic voltage regulator. An analytical method is proposed to determine the stability delay margin of the excitation control system. The proposed method first eliminates transcendental terms in the characteristic equation of the excitation system without making any approximation and transforms the transcendental characteristic equation into a regular polynomial. The key result of the elimination process is that the real roots of the new polynomial correspond to the imaginary roots of the transcendental characteristic equation. With …


Research On Switched Reluctance Machine Drive Topology And Control Strategies For Electric Vehicles, He Cheng, Hao Chen, Lei Ma, Guojun Yu Jan 2016

Research On Switched Reluctance Machine Drive Topology And Control Strategies For Electric Vehicles, He Cheng, Hao Chen, Lei Ma, Guojun Yu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The electric drive system is one of the key technologies for electric vehicles. First, the energy flow of an electric vehicle is analyzed in the driving, braking, and charging working states. After that, a drive topology that can achieve 3 working states is proposed based on the driving characteristics of a switched reluctance machine. In the driving state, the boost mode of a front-end converter is used to achieve different operating conditions, including low speed with a light load or high speed with a heavy load. In the braking state, the front-end converter is used to implement smooth switching between …


Towards A Semantic-Based Information Extraction System For Matching Résumés To Job Openings, Duygu Çeli̇k Jan 2016

Towards A Semantic-Based Information Extraction System For Matching Résumés To Job Openings, Duygu Çeli̇k

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A curriculum vitae or a résumé, in general, consists of personal details, education, work experience, qualifications, and references. The overall objective of this study was to extract such data as experience, features, and business and education information from résumés stored in human resources repositories. In this article, we propose an ontology-driven information extraction system that is planned to operate on several million free-format textual résumés to convert them to a structured and semantically enriched version for use in semantic data mining of data essential in human resources processes. The architecture and working mechanism of the system, similarity of the concept …


Lifetime Maximization Of Wireless Sensor Networks Using Particle Swarm Optimization, Aleem Kabeer Mir, Muhammad Zubair, Ijaz Mansoor Qureshi Jan 2016

Lifetime Maximization Of Wireless Sensor Networks Using Particle Swarm Optimization, Aleem Kabeer Mir, Muhammad Zubair, Ijaz Mansoor Qureshi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Wireless sensor networks have multiple applications in intelligent environment and structural monitoring. The major challenge in wireless sensor networks is the power constraint. This paper deals with minimizing the energy utilization of wireless sensor nodes and maximizing their overall life span. The objective of our proposed scheme is to find a method for grouping sensors into the maximum number of distinct sensor cover sets to totally monitor the required area. This problem can be solved by using the disjoint cover set problem. Present optimization techniques take much time and deliver unsatisfactory results in large-scale networks. This paper proposes a technique …


Fast And De-Noise Support Vector Machine Training Method Based On Fuzzy Clustering Method For Large Real World Datasets, Omid Naghash Almasi, Modjtaba Rouhani Jan 2016

Fast And De-Noise Support Vector Machine Training Method Based On Fuzzy Clustering Method For Large Real World Datasets, Omid Naghash Almasi, Modjtaba Rouhani

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Classifying large and real-world datasets is a challenging problem in machine learning algorithms. Among the machine learning methods, the support vector machine (SVM) is a well-known approach with high generalization ability. Unfortunately, while the number of training data increases and the data contain noise, the performance of SVM significantly decreases. In this paper, a fast and de-noise two-stage method for training SVMs to deal with large, real-world datasets is proposed. In the first stage, data that contain noises or are suspected to be noisy are identified and eliminated from the genuine training dataset. The process of elimination and identification is …


Analysis Of Active Power Control Algorithms Of Variable Speed Wind Generators For Power System Frequency Stabilization, Jakub Osmic, Mirza Kusljugic, Elvisa Becirovic, Daniel Toal Jan 2016

Analysis Of Active Power Control Algorithms Of Variable Speed Wind Generators For Power System Frequency Stabilization, Jakub Osmic, Mirza Kusljugic, Elvisa Becirovic, Daniel Toal

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A modified control algorithm of a variable speed wind generator (VSWG) for supporting power system frequency stabilization is presented in this paper. A comparison of the performance of this algorithm with active power control algorithms of VSWGs for supporting power system frequency stabilization, as published in the scientific literature, is also presented. A systematic method of analysis of the modified control algorithm is described in detail. It has been shown that by using the modified control algorithm, the VSWG ''truly'' emulates the inertial response of a conventional steam-generating unit with synchronous generators during the initial/inertial phase of primary frequency control, …


A New Algorithm Of Parameter Estimation Of A Photovoltaic Solar Panel, Mustapha Belarbi, Kamel Haddouche, El-Habib Belarbi, Amine Boudghene-Stambouli Jan 2016

A New Algorithm Of Parameter Estimation Of A Photovoltaic Solar Panel, Mustapha Belarbi, Kamel Haddouche, El-Habib Belarbi, Amine Boudghene-Stambouli

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, we present a new approach for estimating the one-diode model parameters of a photovoltaic solar panel according to the irradiance and temperature. These parameters are given, at a known irradiance and temperature, from the knowledge of three operating points: short circuit, open circuit, and maximum power. In the first step, the adopted approach concerns the resolution of the system of equations constituting the three operating points to write all the model parameters according to series resistance. Secondly, we make an iterative resolution at the optimal operating point by using the Newton--Raphson method to calculate the series resistance …


Heuristic Sample Reduction Method For Support Vector Data Description, Wenzhu Sun, Jianling Qu, Yang Chen, Yazhou Di, Feng Gao Jan 2016

Heuristic Sample Reduction Method For Support Vector Data Description, Wenzhu Sun, Jianling Qu, Yang Chen, Yazhou Di, Feng Gao

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Support vector data description (SVDD) has become one of the most promising methods for one-class classification for finding the boundary of the training set. However, SVDD has a time complexity of $O\;(N^{3})$ and a space complexity of $O\;(N^{2})$. When dealing with very large sizes of training sets, e.g., a training set of the aeroengine gas path parameters with the size of $N>10^{6}$ sampled from several months of flight data, SVDD fails. To solve this problem, a method called heuristic sample reduction (HSR) is proposed for obtaining a reduced training set that is manageable for SVDD. HSR maintains the classification …


Optimal Power Flow With Svc Devices By Using The Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm, Kadi̇r Abaci, Volkan Yamaçli, Ali̇ Akdağli Jan 2016

Optimal Power Flow With Svc Devices By Using The Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm, Kadi̇r Abaci, Volkan Yamaçli, Ali̇ Akdağli

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper a simple and efficient heuristic search method based on the artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm is presented and used for the optimal power flow (OPF) problem in power systems with static VAR compensator (SVC) devices. The total generation cost of a power system with SVC devices (which improve the voltage stability at load buses) is optimally minimized with the use of ABC. The ABC, which is based on the foraging behavior of honey bees searching for the best food source, is a recently proposed optimization algorithm. The performance of the presented ABC algorithm was tested and verified …


An Alternative Carry-Save Arithmetic For New Generation Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Uğur Çi̇ni̇, Mustafa Aktan, Avni̇ Morgül Jan 2016

An Alternative Carry-Save Arithmetic For New Generation Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Uğur Çi̇ni̇, Mustafa Aktan, Avni̇ Morgül

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this work, a double carry-save addition operation is proposed, which is efficiently synthesized for 6-input LUT-based field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The proposed arithmetic operation is based on redundant number representation and provides carry propagation-free addition. Using the proposed arithmetic operation, a compact and fast multiply and accumulate unit is designed. To our knowledge, the proposed design provides the fastest multiply-add operation for 6-input LUT-based FPGA systems. A finite impulse response filter implementation is given to show the performance of the proposed structure. The proposed implementation provides a dramatic performance increase, which is at least 2 times faster than …


Small Signal Analysis For Dc Bus Voltage Disturbance Resistance Of Voltage Source Converter, Yingjie Wang, Xiaojie Wu, Ping Lu, Yonglei Zhang Jan 2016

Small Signal Analysis For Dc Bus Voltage Disturbance Resistance Of Voltage Source Converter, Yingjie Wang, Xiaojie Wu, Ping Lu, Yonglei Zhang

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The DC bus voltage of the voltage source converter (VSC) is prone to large fluctuation and even to losing its stability for the large mutation of grid voltage or DC-link loads. First the characteristics of two-step transmission to power in the VSC are analyzed, proving that it is inevitable for DC bus voltage fluctuation to occur when grid voltage or DC-link loads mutate. A new two-step feedforward control strategy is then put forward for curbing the fluctuation, which overcomes the shortcoming by which the traditional feedforward control strategy is affected for the performance of current control. The small signal models …


Behavior-Based Detection Of Application Layer Distributed Denial Of Service Attacks During Flash Events, Renukadevi Saravanan, Saraswathi Shanmuganathan, Yogesh Palanichamy Jan 2016

Behavior-Based Detection Of Application Layer Distributed Denial Of Service Attacks During Flash Events, Renukadevi Saravanan, Saraswathi Shanmuganathan, Yogesh Palanichamy

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are ever threatening to the developers and users of the Internet. DDoS attacks targeted at the application layer are especially difficult to be detected since they mimic the legitimate users' requests. The situation becomes more serious when they occur during flash events. A more sophisticated algorithm is required to detect such attacks during a flash crowd. A few existing works make use of flow similarity for differentiating flash crowds and DDoS, but flow characteristics alone cannot be used for effective detection. In this paper, we propose a novel mechanism for discriminating DDoS and flash …


Feature Selection For Movie Recommendation, Zehra Çataltepe, Mahi̇ye Uluyağmur, Esengül Tayfur Jan 2016

Feature Selection For Movie Recommendation, Zehra Çataltepe, Mahi̇ye Uluyağmur, Esengül Tayfur

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

TV users have an abundance of different movies they could choose from, and with the quantity and quality of data available both on user behavior and content, better recommenders are possible. In this paper, we evaluate and combine different content-based and collaborative recommendation methods for a Turkish movie recommendation system. Our recommendation methods can make use of user behavior, different types of content features, and other users' behavior to predict movie ratings. We gather different types of data on movies, such as the description, actors, directors, year, and genre. We use natural language processing methods to convert the Turkish movie …


Design And Implementation Of A Man-Overboard Emergency Discovery System Based On Wireless Sensor Networks, Abdullah Sevi̇n, Cüneyt Bayilmiş, İsmai̇l Ertürk, Hüseyi̇n Eki̇z, Ahmet Karaca Jan 2016

Design And Implementation Of A Man-Overboard Emergency Discovery System Based On Wireless Sensor Networks, Abdullah Sevi̇n, Cüneyt Bayilmiş, İsmai̇l Ertürk, Hüseyi̇n Eki̇z, Ahmet Karaca

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Recently, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been widely employed in many different fields such as military, surveillance, health, agricultural, automation, and environmental monitoring. This paper presents a designed and implemented WSN-based man-overboard emergency discovery system, abbreviated as W-MEDS, that discovers the location of a person in emergency circumstances and runs an alarm system on a ship. The developed W-MEDS carries out a fast man-overboard (MOB) discovery and initiates the vital rescue procedure. It mainly consists of a WSN and a control and discovery system. When a MOB accident occurs, this situation is easily detected through the WSN nodes capable of …