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  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,690 Views
8 Pages

1 December 2003

A communication protocol designed for fault tolerance in distributed real time systems is implemented and a dynamic load balancing model is designed and implemented over this protocol. The protocol consists of cluster based, hierarchical rings which...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,996 Views
24 Pages

Load Balancing Scheme for Effectively Supporting Distributed In-Memory Based Computing

  • Kyoungsoo Bok,
  • Kitae Choi,
  • Dojin Choi,
  • Jongtae Lim and
  • Jaesoo Yoo

As digital data have increased exponentially due to an increasing number of information channels that create and distribute the data, distributed in-memory systems were introduced to process big data in real-time. However, when the load is concentrat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cloud Computing and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,777 Views
18 Pages

24 February 2019

With the dramatic expansion of large-scale videos, traditional centralized face recognition methods cannot meet the demands of time efficiency and expansibility, and thus distributed face recognition models were proposed. However, the number of tasks...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
219 Views
13 Pages

14 October 2026

Remote direct memory access (RDMA)-based distributed memory systems improve cluster-wide memory utilization by allowing for memory-constrained nodes to access unused memory on remote nodes. However, most existing systems adopt a memory-constrained-no...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computing)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,752 Views
10 Pages

21 January 2026

Load balancing is a widely adopted strategy in modern distributed systems because it distributes workloads across servers, mitigating overload and improving overall performance. However, the rapid growth of such systems has created a need for more ad...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 6th International Conference on Communications, Information, Electronic and Energy Systems)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
7 Citations
15,654 Views
12 Pages

20 September 2023

Electrical Power quality in distribution systems is crucial to both utility and consumers simultaneously. The main issue that affects the quality factor of electrical distribution systems is phase load imbalance. Phase imbalance is a major issue in d...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 8th International Electrical Engineering Conference)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,254 Views
18 Pages

9 April 2025

Numerous universities and national laboratories in the United States have collaboratively established a Common Component Architecture (CCA) forum to conduct research on parallel component technology. Given the overhead associated with component conne...

(This article belongs to the Section Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,541 Views
16 Pages

Distributed controllers in software-defined networking (SDN) become a promising approach because of their scalable and reliable deployments in current SDN environments. Since the network traffic varies with time and space, a static mapping between sw...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI Applications in IoT and Mobile Wireless Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,626 Views
20 Pages

17 December 2022

This work presents a comparison between several task distribution methods for load balancing with the help of an original implementation of a solution based on a multi-agent system. Among the original contributions, one can mention the design and imp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Information, Computation, and Control Systems for Distributed Environments)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,426 Views
30 Pages

A Dynamic Distributed Deterministic Load-Balancer for Decentralized Hierarchical Infrastructures

  • Spyros Sioutas,
  • Efrosini Sourla,
  • Kostas Tsichlas,
  • Gerasimos Vonitsanos and
  • Christos Zaroliagis

18 March 2022

In this work, we propose D3-Tree, a dynamic distributed deterministic structure for data management in decentralized networks, by engineering and extending an existing decentralized structure. Conducting an extensive experimental study, we verify tha...

(This article belongs to the Collection Parallel and Distributed Computing: Algorithms and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
703 Views
23 Pages

The integration of distributed energy resources into modern multi-energy distribution networks introduces complexity, necessitating effective coordinated control to maintain stability. This study proposes a hierarchical distributed control strategy c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Automatic Control Strategy and Technology in Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,945 Views
29 Pages

Optimal Phase Load Balancing in Low Voltage Distribution Networks Using a Smart Meter Data-Based Algorithm

  • Gheorghe Grigoraș,
  • Bogdan-Constantin Neagu,
  • Mihai Gavrilaș,
  • Ion Triștiu and
  • Constantin Bulac

8 April 2020

In the electric distribution systems, the “Smart Grid” concept is implemented to encourage energy savings and integration of the innovative technologies, helping the distribution network operators (DNOs) in choosing the investment plans w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Methods applied in Power Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,730 Views
24 Pages

16 July 2019

Various resource description framework (RDF) partitioning methods have been studied for the efficient distributed processing of a large RDF graph. The RDF graph has symmetrical characteristics because subject and object can be used interchangeably if...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,527 Views
28 Pages

8 November 2025

With regard to low-voltage (LV) distribution networks, the quality of distributed electricity can be compromised by the level of phase load imbalance. Consequently, numerous phase load balancing (PLB) algorithms have been proposed in the specialized...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Innovations in Electrical Engineering: Theory, Methods and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,762 Views
29 Pages

Coordinated Control of Single-Phase End-Users for Phase Load Balancing in Active Electric Distribution Networks

  • Gheorghe Grigoraș,
  • Livia Noroc,
  • Ecaterina Chelaru,
  • Florina Scarlatache and ,
  • Bogdan-Constantin Neagu,
  • Ovidiu Ivanov and
  • Mihai Gavrilaș
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

21 October 2021

In the paper, a coordinated control methodology of single-phase (1-P) end-users switching operations on the phases of an active electric distribution network (AEDN) has been proposed to obtain a minimum unbalance degree at the coupling common point (...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,789 Views
18 Pages

12 November 2024

In contemporary times, a significant portion of the population experiences symptoms of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of a single-session TMJ soft tissue therapy on the TMJ and cervi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Science and Health Technology for Health Promotion with a Focus on Applied Health Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,580 Views
23 Pages

21 August 2024

The unique combination of the high data rates, ultra-low latency, and massive machine communication capability of 5G networks has facilitated the development of a diverse range of applications distinguished by varying connectivity needs. This has led...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Future Wireless Communication Networks (Volume II))
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,835 Views
36 Pages

4 March 2021

In the last years, the distribution network operators (DNOs) assumed transition strategies of the electric distribution networks (EDNs) towards the active areas of the microgrids where, regardless of the operating regimes, flexibility, economic effic...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,459 Views
22 Pages

12 December 2023

With the expansion of user scale in LEO satellite networks, unbalanced regional load and bursty network traffic lead to the problem of load disequilibrium. A distributed hops-based back-pressure (DHBP) routing is proposed. DHBP theoretically derives...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integration of Satellite-Aerial-Terrestrial Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,875 Views
18 Pages

Two-Way Power Flow Balancing in Three-Phase Three-Wire Networks by Unbalanced Capacitive Shunt Compensation

  • Adrian Pană,
  • Alexandru Băloi,
  • Florin Molnar-Matei,
  • Cristian Stănese and ,
  • Andrei Jorza and
  • David Stoica
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

27 April 2024

Developed to achieve the balancing of three-phase loads and improve their power factor, the BCC (Balancing Capacitive Compensator) is presented in this paper as having a broader capability, namely that of balancing the two-way power flow. BCCs are be...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,405 Views
18 Pages

16 November 2021

Many computer problems that arise from real-world circumstances are NP-hard, while, in the worst case, these problems are generally assumed to be intractable. Existing distributed computing systems are commonly used for a range of large-scale complex...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,293 Views
22 Pages

In a sustainable energy system, managing the charging demand of electric vehicles (EVs) becomes increasingly critical. Uncontrolled charging behaviors of large-scale EV fleets will exacerbate loads imbalanced in a multi-microgrid (MMG). At the same t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Vehicles and Smart Grid Interaction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,054 Views
17 Pages

Optimal Scheduling of AC–DC Hybrid Distribution Network Considering the Control Mode of a Converter Station

  • Xu Tang,
  • Liang Qin,
  • Zhichun Yang,
  • Xiangling He and ,
  • Huaidong Min,
  • Sihan Zhou and
  • Kaipei Liu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

28 May 2023

Due to the difference in types of loads between regions and the increasing integration of random elements such as electric vehicles (EVs) and distributed generations (DGs), distribution station areas (DSAs) are facing challenges such as unbalanced lo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Grid Technologies and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
905 Views
16 Pages

Body Weight Distribution and Balance in Patients with Valgus or Varus Knee Deformity Treated with Hemiepiphysiodesis

  • Paweł Leyko,
  • Monika Zaborska,
  • Agnieszka Walczak,
  • Łukasz Tomczyk and ,
  • Marcin Pelc,
  • Aleksander Mnich,
  • Igor Kowal and
  • Piotr Morasiewicz
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

4 December 2025

Background: Biomechanical disorders may result from joint deformities. The purpose of this prospective research was to assess total load distribution over the lower limbs and balance in individuals before and after an hemiepiphysiodesis procedure per...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Current Measures for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Outcome Assessment in Orthopedics, Traumatology, and Hand Surgery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,167 Views
16 Pages

7 September 2022

As natural disasters become extensive, due to various environmental problems, such as the global warming, it is difficult for the disaster management systems to rapidly provide disaster prediction services, due to complex natural phenomena. Digital t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Parallel and Edge Computing with Artificial Intelligence for Sensor Network)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,440 Views
14 Pages

Assessment of Biomechanics Following Calcaneal Fracture Treatment with Internal Plate Fixation or Ilizarov External Fixation: A Retrospective, Two-Center Study

  • Igor Kowal,
  • Marcin Pelc,
  • Daniele Pili,
  • Łukasz Tomczyk and ,
  • Radosław Operacz and
  • Piotr Morasiewicz
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 September 2025

Background: There is no consensus on the best treatment method for calcaneal fractures. The topic of lower limb biomechanics following calcaneal fracture treatment with various fixation methods has not been fully explored. The aim of the study was to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Total Joint Arthroplasty: Innovations, Outcomes and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,490 Views
29 Pages

In the context of global energy conservation and emission reduction, electric vehicles (EVs) are essential for low-carbon transport. However, their rapid growth challenges power grids with load imbalances across networks and increases user charging c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids: Integration, Optimization, and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
9,105 Views
18 Pages

24 March 2011

This paper is focused on the study of the energy hole problem in the Progressive Multi-hop Rotational Clustered (PMRC)-structure, a highly scalable wireless sensor network (WSN) architecture. Based on an analysis on the traffic load distribution in P...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,920 Views
25 Pages

Optimizing Routing Protocol Design for Long-Range Distributed Multi-Hop Networks

  • Shengli Pang,
  • Jing Lu,
  • Ruoyu Pan,
  • Honggang Wang and ,
  • Xute Wang,
  • Zhifan Ye and
  • Jingyi Feng
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

8 October 2024

The advancement of communication technologies has facilitated the deployment of numerous sensors, terminal human–machine interfaces, and smart devices in various complex environments for data collection and analysis, providing automated and int...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,431 Views
19 Pages

2 July 2025

The technological growth in the automation of manufacturing processes, as seen in Industry 4.0, is characterized by a constant revolution and evolution in small- and medium-sized factories. As basic and advanced technologies from the pillars of Indus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,607 Views
20 Pages

5 March 2022

This work aims to identify techniques leading to a highly available request processing service by using the natural decentralization and the dispersion power of the hash function involved in a Distributed Hash Table (DHT). High availability is presen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Automatic Control and Soft Computing in Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,336 Views
13 Pages

SLLB-DEVS: An Approach for DEVS Based Modeling of Semiconductor Lithography Load Balance

  • Young Shin Han,
  • Bo Seung Kwon,
  • Choon Sung Nam and
  • Jong Sik Lee

7 May 2021

In industrial applications, software related to computational lithography using a DP system method, which refers to how efficiently hardware resources are used, has a significant impact on performance. Because the amount of data to be processed per u...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,396 Views
24 Pages

Load Balancing of Two-Sided Assembly Line Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning

  • Guangpeng Jia,
  • Yahui Zhang,
  • Shuqi Shen,
  • Bozu Liu and ,
  • Xiaofeng Hu and
  • Chuanxun Wu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 June 2023

In the complex and ever-changing manufacturing environment, maintaining the long-term steady and efficient work of the assembly line is the ultimate goal pursued by relevant enterprises, the foundation of which is a balanced load. Therefore, this pap...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,551 Views
15 Pages

18 August 2021

To improve the resource efficiency of multi-access edge computing (MEC) systems, it is important to distribute the imposed workload evenly among MEC servers (MECSs). To address this issue, we propose a task redirection method to balance loads among M...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,301 Views
24 Pages

This paper discusses the operation and control of a low-voltage DC (LVDC) isolated distribution network powered by distributed generation (DG) from a variable-speed wind turbine induction generator (WTIG) to supply unbalanced AC loads. The system inc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,370 Views
12 Pages

8 July 2022

The low voltage (LV) distribution systems are extended year by year due to the increase in energy demand. To overcome this issue, distribution system utilities have been focusing on designing and operating an appropriate distribution system with mini...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Planning, Operation and Control of Power Grids with Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,069 Views
28 Pages

System for Evaluation and Compensation of Leg Length Discrepancy for Human Body Balancing

  • Zoran Vrhovski,
  • Karlo Obrovac,
  • Josip Nižetić,
  • Alan Mutka and ,
  • Hrvoje Klobučar and
  • Stjepan Bogdan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 June 2019

Leg Length Discrepancy (LLD) causes a shift of the Center of Mass (CoM) of the human body, as well as an asymmetry in load distribution on the lower extremities. Existing LLD evaluation methods do not take into account this shift in the human body&rs...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,811 Views
17 Pages

Renewable-Aware Geographical Load Balancing Using Option Pricing for Energy Cost Minimization in Data Centers

  • Muhammad Imran Khan Khalil,
  • Syed Adeel Ali Shah,
  • Amer Taj,
  • Muhammad Shiraz and ,
  • Basem Alamri,
  • Sadia Murawwat and
  • Ghulam Hafeez
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

1 October 2022

It is becoming increasingly difficult to properly control the power consumption of widely dispersed data centers. Energy consumption is high because of the need to run these data centers (DCs) that handle incoming user requests. The rising cost of el...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling and Operation of Renewable Energy System)
  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
10,091 Views
27 Pages

Storing, collecting and querying data across miniaturized battery powered Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is a key research focus today. Distributed Data-Centric Storage (DCS), an alternate to External Storage (ES) and Local Storage (LS), is thought t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
105 Citations
9,701 Views
21 Pages

3 July 2017

Due to the high-energy efficiency and scalability, the clustering routing algorithm has been widely used in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In order to gather information more efficiently, each sensor node transmits data to its Cluster Head (CH) to...

(This article belongs to the Collection Smart Communication Protocols and Algorithms for Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,109 Views
26 Pages

Reactive Load Balancing for Sentient Spaces in Absence of Cloud and Fog

  • Giacomo Valente,
  • Federica Caruso,
  • Luigi Pomante and
  • Tania Di Mascio

29 August 2025

The use of commercial off-the-shelf smart devices in digital signage for sentient spaces is emerging as a promising solution within smart city environments. In such scenarios, these devices are often required to execute resource-intensive application...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances in Embedded Software and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,379 Views
30 Pages

21 June 2023

We present a novel nonparametric adaptive partitioning and stitching (NAPS) algorithm to estimate a probability density function (PDF) of a single variable. Sampled data is partitioned into blocks using a branching tree algorithm that minimizes devia...

(This article belongs to the Collection Parallel and Distributed Computing: Algorithms and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,911 Views
19 Pages

28 April 2023

Quantum key distribution (QKD) has great potential in ensuring data security. Deploying QKD-related devices in existing optical fiber networks is a cost-effective way to practically implement QKD. However, QKD optical networks (QKDON) have a low quan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Communication and Quantum Key Distribution)
  • Article
  • Open Access
96 Citations
7,323 Views
31 Pages

Optimal Network Reconfiguration in Active Distribution Networks with Soft Open Points and Distributed Generation

  • Ibrahim Diaaeldin,
  • Shady Abdel Aleem,
  • Ahmed El-Rafei,
  • Almoataz Abdelaziz and
  • Ahmed F. Zobaa

1 November 2019

In this study, we allocated soft open points (SOPs) and distributed generation (DG) units simultaneously with and without network reconfiguration (NR), and investigate the contribution of SOP losses to the total active losses, as well as the effect o...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,326 Views
25 Pages

This article presents two novel mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) formulations in the complex variable domain to address the optimal phase-balancing problem in asymmetric three-phase distribution networks. The first employs a matrix-based l...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Operation, Optimization, and Control of Smart Grids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,169 Views
26 Pages

9 January 2023

This paper provides a meta-heuristic hybridized version called multi-objective golden flower pollination algorithm (MOGFPA) as the best method for choosing the optimal reconfiguration for distribution networks (DNs) in order to reduce power losses (P...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,974 Views
23 Pages

22 March 2019

Future-generation radio access networks (RAN) are projected to fulfill the diverse requirements of user equipment (UE) by adopting a heterogeneous network (HetNet) environment. Necessary integration of different radio access technologies (RAT), such...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mobile and Embedded Devices in Multi-access Edge Computing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Views
35 Pages

4 November 2026

Edge computing (EC) has emerged as a critical paradigm for enabling low-latency, real-time applications, yet the distributed and resource-constrained nature of edge infrastructure poses significant challenges for energy-efficient task allocation. Tra...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI-Driven Optimization for Sustainable Edge-Cloud Continuum)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,345 Views
28 Pages

9 January 2025

With the rapid development of IoT technology, sensors are widely used for monitoring environmental parameters. The data collected by sensors needs to be stored, and distributed storage systems provide an excellent platform to handle this vast amount...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
1,371 Views
9 Pages

16 February 2026

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) networks guarantee information-theoretical security of exchanged keys, but key rates are still limited. This makes efficient and adaptive routing a critical challenge, especially in meshed topologies without quantum rep...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Optical Networks)

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