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3 Citations
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2 August 2019

In this paper, Thiele–Newton’s blending expansion of a bivariate function is firstly suggested by means of combining Thiele’s continued fraction in one variable with Taylor’s polynomial expansion in another variable. Then, the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multivariate Approximation for solving ODE and PDE)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,252 Views
14 Pages

Improved Massive MIMO RZF Precoding Algorithm Based on Truncated Kapteyn Series Expansion

  • Xiaomei Xue,
  • Zhengquan Li,
  • Yongqiang Man,
  • Song Xing and ,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Baolong Li and
  • Qiong Wu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

11 April 2019

In order to reduce the computational complexity of the inverse matrix in the regularized zero-forcing (RZF) precoding algorithm, this paper expands and approximates the inverse matrix based on the truncated Kapteyn series expansion and the correspond...

(This article belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,883 Views
23 Pages

Generation Expansion Planning in the Presence of Wind Power Plants Using a Genetic Algorithm Model

  • Ali Sahragard,
  • Hamid Falaghi,
  • Mahdi Farhadi,
  • Amir Mosavi and
  • Abouzar Estebsari

One of the essential aspects of power system planning is generation expansion planning (GEP). The purpose of GEP is to enhance construction planning and reduce the costs of installing different types of power plants. This paper proposes a method base...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Technologies in Power Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,377 Views
21 Pages

1 November 2021

To improve the path planning efficiency of a robotic arm in three-dimensional space and improve the obstacle avoidance ability, this paper proposes an improved artificial potential field and rapid expansion random tree (APF-RRT) hybrid algorithm for...

(This article belongs to the Topic Soft Computing)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,358 Views
26 Pages

5 July 2021

Bridge expansion and contraction installation (BECI) has proved to be an essential component of the bridge structure due to its stability, comfort, and durability benefits. At present, traditional replacement technologies for modular type, comb plate...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technology and Management Applied in Construction Engineering Projects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,374 Views
24 Pages

Multilayer Reversible Data Hiding Based on the Difference Expansion Method Using Multilevel Thresholding of Host Images Based on the Slime Mould Algorithm

  • Abolfazl Mehbodniya,
  • Behnaz karimi Douraki,
  • Julian L. Webber,
  • Hamzah Ali Alkhazaleh and ,
  • Ersin Elbasi,
  • Mohammad Dameshghi,
  • Raed Abu Zitar and
  • Laith Abualigah
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

26 April 2022

Researchers have scrutinized data hiding schemes in recent years. Data hiding in standard images works well, but does not provide satisfactory results in distortion-sensitive medical, military, or forensic images. This is because placing data in an i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evolutionary Process for Engineering Optimization)
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  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,684 Views
21 Pages

Flexible Transmission Network Expansion Planning Based on DQN Algorithm

  • Yuhong Wang,
  • Lei Chen,
  • Hong Zhou,
  • Xu Zhou and ,
  • Zongsheng Zheng,
  • Qi Zeng,
  • Li Jiang and
  • Liang Lu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

1 April 2021

Compared with static transmission network expansion planning (TNEP), multi-stage TNEP is more in line with the actual situation, but the modeling is also more complicated. This paper proposes a new multi-stage TNEP method based on the deep Q-network...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Energy Systems)
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  • Open Access
2,422 Views
21 Pages

16 April 2020

In this paper, some new modified inertial-type multi-choice CQ-algorithms for approximating common fixed point of countable weakly relatively non-expansive mappings are presented in a real uniformly convex and uniformly smooth Banach space. New proof...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fixed Point Theory and Related Nonlinear Problems with Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,364 Views
20 Pages

22 March 2024

This work presents an implementation of a Nested Decomposition Algorithm (NDA) applied to co-optimizing generation and transmission capacity expansion planning problems in power systems, including operational flexibility constraints. The proposed met...

(This article belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,408 Views
18 Pages

A New Optimization Algorithm Based on the Fungi Kingdom Expansion Behavior for Antenna Applications

  • Falih M. Alnahwi,
  • Yasir I. A. Al-Yasir,
  • Dunia Sattar,
  • Ramzy S. Ali and ,
  • Chan Hwang See and
  • Raed A. Abd-Alhameed
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 August 2021

This paper presents a new optimization algorithm based on the behavior of the fungi kingdom expansion (FKE) to optimize the radiation pattern of the array antenna. The immobile mass expansion of the fungi is mimicked in this work as a chaotic behavio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue RF/Microwave Circuits for 5G and Beyond)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,292 Views
17 Pages

13 August 2023

Community structure is crucial for understanding network characteristics, and the local expansion method has performed well in detecting community structures. However, there are two problems with this method. Firstly, it can only add nodes or edges o...

(This article belongs to the Topic Complex Systems and Network Science)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,690 Views
22 Pages

10 March 2024

Combined SINS/GPS navigation systems have been widely used. However, when the traditional combined SINS/GPS navigation system travels between tall buildings, in the shade of trees, or through tunnels, the GPS encounters frequent signal blocking, whic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,175 Views
18 Pages

Existing spatial community detection algorithms are usually modularity based. Motivated by different applications, these algorithms build appropriate spatial null models to describe spatial effects on the connection of nodes. Then, by choosing certai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,211 Views
25 Pages

Improving Dry-Bulb Air Temperature Prediction Using a Hybrid Model Integrating Genetic Algorithms with a Fourier–Bessel Series Expansion-Based LSTM Model

  • Hussein Alabdally,
  • Mumtaz Ali,
  • Mohammad Diykh,
  • Ravinesh C. Deo and ,
  • Anwar Ali Aldhafeeri,
  • Shahab Abdulla and
  • Aitazaz Ahsan Farooque
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The dry-bulb temperature is a critical parameter in weather forecasting, agriculture, energy management, and climate research. This work proposes a new hybrid prediction model (FBSE-GA-LSTM) that integrates the Fourier–Bessel series expansion (...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Forecasting)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,134 Views
15 Pages

11 September 2017

Transmission Expansion Planning (TEP) involves determining if and how transmission lines should be added to the power grid so that the operational and investment costs are minimized. TEP is a major issue in smart grid development, where demand respon...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,014 Views
16 Pages

A Game Theory Approach Using the TLBO Algorithm for Generation Expansion Planning by Applying Carbon Curtailment Policy

  • Seyed Hamed Jalalzad Mahvizani,
  • Hossein Yektamoghadam,
  • Rouzbeh Haghighi,
  • Majid Dehghani and ,
  • Amirhossein Nikoofard,
  • Mahdi Khosravy and
  • Tomonobu Senjyu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

5 February 2022

In the present climate, due to the cost of investments, pollutants of fossil fuel, and global warming, it seems rational to accept numerous potential benefits of optimal generation expansion planning. Generation expansion planning by regarding these...

(This article belongs to the Section K: State-of-the-Art Energy Related Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
4,396 Views
14 Pages

8 August 2019

Optimal expansion of medium-voltage power networks is a common issue in electrical distribution planning. Minimizing the total cost of the objective function with technical constraints make it a combinatorial problem which should be solved by powerfu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data Analytics in Energy Systems)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,824 Views
21 Pages

29 April 2017

Reconstruction of 3D structures from multiple 2D images has wide applications in such fields as computer vision, cultural heritage preservation, etc. This paper presents a novel multi-view stereo algorithm based on homogeneous direct spatial expansio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,779 Views
19 Pages

An Algorithm to Detect Endangered Cultural Heritage by Agricultural Expansion in Drylands at a Global Scale

  • Francesc C. Conesa,
  • Hector A. Orengo,
  • Agustín Lobo and
  • Cameron A. Petrie

22 December 2022

This article presents AgriExp, a remote-based workflow for the rapid mapping and monitoring of archaeological and cultural heritage locations endangered by new agricultural expansion and encroachment. Our approach is powered by the cloud-computing da...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,297 Views
16 Pages

15 June 2018

Meshfree algorithms offer a convenient way of solving nonlinear steady-state problems in arbitrary plane areas surrounded by complicated boundary shapes. The simplest of these is the polynomial expansion approach. However, it is rarely utilized as a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the 2017 International Conference on Inventions)
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  • Open Access
33 Citations
4,684 Views
14 Pages

3 May 2020

The measurement accuracy of the precision instruments that contain rotation joints is influenced significantly by the rotary encoders that are installed in the rotation joints. Apart from the imperfect manufacturing and installation of the rotary enc...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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  • Open Access
113 Citations
18,383 Views
22 Pages

Obstacle Detection and Avoidance System Based on Monocular Camera and Size Expansion Algorithm for UAVs

  • Abdulla Al-Kaff,
  • Fernando García,
  • David Martín,
  • Arturo De La Escalera and
  • José María Armingol

7 May 2017

One of the most challenging problems in the domain of autonomous aerial vehicles is the designing of a robust real-time obstacle detection and avoidance system. This problem is complex, especially for the micro and small aerial vehicles, that is due...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue UAV-Based Remote Sensing)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,477 Views
15 Pages

Adaptive Industrial Control System Attack Sample Expansion Algorithm Based on Generative Adversarial Network

  • Yun Sha,
  • Zhaoyu Chen,
  • Xuejun Liu,
  • Yong Yan and ,
  • Chenchen Du,
  • Jiayi Liu and
  • Ranran Han
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

5 September 2022

The scarcity of attack samples is the bottleneck problem of anomaly detection of underlying business data in the industrial control system. Predecessors have done a lot of research on temporal data generation, but most of them are not suitable for in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI Applications in the Industrial Technologies)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,464 Views
15 Pages

21 March 2024

Based on an improved genetic algorithm and debris flow disaster monitoring network, this study examines the monitoring and early warning method of debris flow expansion behavior, divides the risk of debris flow disaster, and provides a scientific bas...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Flowing Mechanism of Debris Flow and Engineering Mitigation)
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  • Open Access

TDLAS Spectral Line Identification and Quantification Based on Hill-Climbing Algorithm with Progressive Window Expansion

  • Ze Jiang,
  • Yin Wang,
  • Yafei Wang,
  • Yubin Wei and ,
  • Yangyang Yu,
  • Yaqiang Ji and
  • Lu Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

10 November 2026

The field application environment of TDLAS gas sensors is inherently complex, and the acquired spectral signals are frequently contaminated by interfering backgrounds. Such interferences compromise the measurement accuracy of gas concentration. To ad...

(This article belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,025 Views
17 Pages

For the path planning of quad-rotor UAVs, the traditional RRT* algorithm has weak exploration ability, low planning efficiency, and a poor planning effect. A TD-RRT* algorithm based on target bias expansion and dynamic step size is proposed herein. F...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,369 Views
32 Pages

11 November 2024

The objective of this paper is to study the Wind Farm Layout Optimization/expansion problem. This problem is formulated here as a Multi-Objective Optimization Problem considering the total power output and net efficiency of Wind Farms as objectives a...

(This article belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
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  • Open Access
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A Multi-Algorithm Framework for Multi-Scenario Simulation of Urban Built-Up Expansion in ASEAN Under Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

  • Shuang Xie,
  • Binglin Liu,
  • Yan Jiang,
  • Jiayan Liu and ,
  • Chao Zhang and
  • Weijiang Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

28 September 2026

This study develops an integrated multi-algorithm spatial simulation framework for large-scale urban expansion analysis by combining a Back Propagation Artificial Neural Network (BP-ANN), the Future Land Use Simulation (FLUS) model, Cellular Automata...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Algorithms for Smart Cities (3rd Edition))
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,083 Views
20 Pages

31 December 2021

This paper presents a modeling and solution approach to the static and multistage transmission network expansion planning problem considering series capacitive compensation and active power losses. The transmission network expansion planning is formu...

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  • Open Access
97 Citations
14,387 Views
18 Pages

An Efficient and Robust Improved A* Algorithm for Path Planning

  • Huanwei Wang,
  • Xuyan Qi,
  • Shangjie Lou,
  • Jing Jing and ,
  • Hongqi He and
  • Wei Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 November 2021

Path planning plays an essential role in mobile robot navigation, and the A* algorithm is one of the best-known path planning algorithms. However, the conventional A* algorithm and the subsequent improved algorithms still have some limitations in ter...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
799 Views
21 Pages

18 November 2025

Freeform optical design is regarded as a key approach to overcoming the performance limits of traditional imaging systems. However, the existing Seed Curve Expansion (SCE) algorithm has two major limitations. First, the initial and ideal image points...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Topics in Freeform Optics)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,598 Views
14 Pages

Optimization of the Double-Expansion Film-Cooling Hole Using CFD

  • Zhen Zhang,
  • Tianyu Hu,
  • Xinrong Su and
  • Xin Yuan

24 February 2023

Film cooling is a major cooling technique used in modern gas turbines and air engines. The geometry of film-cooling holes is the fundamental aspect affecting the cooling performance. In this paper, a new cooling configuration called the double-expans...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of CFD in Heat and Fluid Flow Processes)
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  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,232 Views
14 Pages

Newborn Screening of Primary Carnitine Deficiency: An Overview of Worldwide Practices and Pitfalls to Define an Algorithm before Expansion of Newborn Screening in France

  • Charles R. Lefèvre,
  • François Labarthe,
  • Diane Dufour,
  • Caroline Moreau and ,
  • Marie Faoucher,
  • Paul Rollier,
  • Jean-Baptiste Arnoux,
  • Marine Tardieu,
  • Léna Damaj and
  • David Cheillan
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

Primary Carnitine Deficiency (PCD) is a fatty acid oxidation disorder that will be included in the expansion of the French newborn screening (NBS) program at the beginning of 2023. This disease is of high complexity to screen, due to its pathophysiol...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,547 Views
20 Pages

18 August 2025

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) symmetric encryption algorithm plays a crucial role in data encryption. To address the limitations of the fixed Substitution-box (S-box) and static key expansion strategy in AES. This paper proposes an improved...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
646 Views
27 Pages

19 May 2026

UAV path planning in complex three-dimensional obstacle environments requires a balance between search efficiency and flight feasibility. However, existing RRT*-based methods often fail to satisfy this requirement, as their random sampling lacks dire...

(This article belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)
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  • Open Access
21 Citations
2,638 Views
21 Pages

A Mathematical Approach to Simultaneously Plan Generation and Transmission Expansion Based on Fault Current Limiters and Reliability Constraints

  • Mohamed M. Refaat,
  • Shady H. E. Abdel Aleem,
  • Yousry Atia,
  • Ziad M. Ali and ,
  • Adel El-Shahat and
  • Mahmoud M. Sayed
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 November 2021

Today, generation and transmission expansion planning (G&TEP) to meet potential load growth is restricted by reliability constraints and the presence of uncertainties. This study proposes the reliability constrained planning method for integrated...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,825 Views
11 Pages

Swelling Prediction for Fissured Expansive Soil Used in Dam Construction, Based on a BP Neural Network

  • Shuangping Li,
  • Han Tang,
  • Bin Zhang,
  • Hang Zheng and ,
  • Zuqiang Liu,
  • Xin Zhang,
  • Linjie Guan and
  • Junxing Zheng
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Fissured expansive soils exhibit pronounced moisture-induced swelling, posing significant risks to the stability of geotechnical structures such as dam foundations and core zones. To improve predictive capacity in such environments, this study develo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,655 Views
15 Pages

Detection System for U-Shaped Bellows Convolution Pitches Based on a Laser Line Scanner

  • Yutu Yang,
  • Zengtao Chen,
  • Ying Liu,
  • Yuting Li and ,
  • Zhongkang Hu and
  • Binli Gou
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 February 2020

An expansion joint is mainly composed of bellows and other components; it is attached on a container shell or pipe to compensate for the additional stress caused by temperature differences and mechanical vibrations. In China, the expansion joint fati...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,421 Views
17 Pages

A Query Expansion Benchmark on Social Media Information Retrieval: Which Methodology Performs Best and Aligns with Semantics?

  • Evangelos A. Stathopoulos,
  • Anastasios I. Karageorgiadis,
  • Alexandros Kokkalas,
  • Sotiris Diplaris and ,
  • Stefanos Vrochidis and
  • Ioannis Kompatsiaris
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This paper presents a benchmarking survey on query expansion techniques for social media information retrieval, with a focus on comparing the performance of methods using semantic web technologies. The study evaluated query expansion techniques such...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence Models, Tools and Applications with A Social and Semantic Impact)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,200 Views
16 Pages

Hole-Edge Corrosion Expansion Monitoring Based on Lamb Wave

  • Xiangyu Wang,
  • Wei Dai,
  • Duo Xu,
  • Weifang Zhang and ,
  • Yunmeng Ran and
  • Rongqiao Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 November 2020

Corrosion is a critical issue for engineered metallic components in mechanical and aerospace industries. Due to the complexity of aerospace aluminum alloy structure, corrosion is particularly tend to occur and expand in stress concentration areas, su...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Localized Corrosion of Metals and Alloys)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,917 Views
15 Pages

31 March 2023

Real objects-based full-color holographic display systems usually collect data with a depth camera and then modulate the input light source to reconstruct the color three-dimensional scene of the real object. However, at present, the main problems of...

(This article belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,893 Views
10 Pages

16 February 2019

The cooperative path planning problem of multiple mobile robots in an unknown indoor environment is considered in this article. We presented a novel obstacle avoidance and real-time navigation algorithm. The proposed approach consisted of global path...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Mobile Robotics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
6,701 Views
16 Pages

Thermal expansion is inevitable for space structures under the alternating temperature of outer space around the earth. This may lead to the thermal stress and deformation due to the mismatch of the coefficient of thermal expansion. Near-zero thermal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Spacecraft/Satellite Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,238 Views
17 Pages

11 June 2025

This work presents a robust box-constrained nonlinear least-squares algorithm for accurately fitting the Jones–Wilkins–Lee (JWL) equation of state parameters, which describes the isentropic expansion of detonation products from high-energ...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,284 Views
23 Pages

8 April 2024

To meet future load projection with the integration of renewable sources, the transmission system must be planned optimally. Thus, this paper introduces a comparative analysis and comprehensive methodology for transmission expansion planning (TEP), i...

(This article belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
9,064 Views
16 Pages

10 January 2022

In this paper, the electronic expansion valve (EXV) on the single-tube heat exchange experimental platform was used as a research object. Firstly, the EXVs were selected according to the experimental requirements, and the functional parameters were s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Process Control in Energy Systems)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,623 Views
14 Pages

6 March 2022

The linear algebraic system generated by the discretization of fractional differential equations has asymmetry, and the numerical solution of this kind of problems is more complex than that of symmetric problems due to the nonlocality of fractional o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue PDE, Optimization Modeling and Symmetry in Multi-Dimensional Data and Low-Level Vision Tasks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
2,877 Views
13 Pages

13 July 2020

With the increasing number of population and the rising demand for electricity, providing safe and secure energy to consumers is getting more and more important. Adding dispersed products to the distribution network is one of the key factors in achie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Millimeter-wave and Terahertz Applications of Metamaterials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,286 Views
23 Pages

17 June 2021

Transmission expansion planning (TEP), the determination of new transmission lines to be added to an existing power network, is a key element in power system planning. Using classical optimization to define the most suitable reinforcements is the mos...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,631 Views
24 Pages

Optimum Distribution System Expansion Planning Incorporating DG Based on N-1 Criterion for Sustainable System

  • Hamza Mubarak,
  • Nurulafiqah Nadzirah Mansor,
  • Hazlie Mokhlis,
  • Mahazani Mohamad and ,
  • Hasmaini Mohamad,
  • Munir Azam Muhammad,
  • Mohammad Al Samman and
  • Suhail Afzal
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

13 June 2021

Demand for continuous and reliable power supply has significantly increased, especially in this Industrial Revolution 4.0 era. In this regard, adequate planning of electrical power systems considering persistent load growth, increased integration of...

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