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A Discontinuous PWM Method for Balancing the Neutral Point Voltage in Three-Level Inverter-Fed Variable Frequency Drives
( IEEE , 2008 , Article)The paper describes a new discontinuous carrier-based pulsewidth modulation (PWM) method for use in variable frequency drives (VFD) driven by three-level inverters. The method introduces three different switching patterns ... -
Discontinuous space vector pulse width modulation techniques for a five-phase quasi Z-source inverter
( IEEE , 2015 , Conference Paper)In this paper, discontinuous space vector pulse width modulation for a five-phase quasi Z-source inverter is presented. Two schemes are introduced for the continuous SVM of five-phase qZSI (SVQ1 & SVQ2) and two schemes of ... -
Discovering influential users in micro-blog marketing with influence maximization mechanism
(2012 , Conference Paper)Micro-blog marketing has become a main business model for social networks nowadays. On social networking sites (e.g., Twitter), micro-blog marketing enables the advertisers to put ads to attract customers to buy their ... -
Discrepancy in the Critical State Void Ratio of Poorly Graded Sand due to Shear Strain Localization
( American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , 2020 , Article)The critical state (CS) concept is a theoretical framework that models the constitutive behavior of soils, including sand and other granular materials. It supports the notion of a unique postfailure state, where the soil ... -
Discrete event simulation for sustainable batch production in food processing
( Dime University of Genoa , 2016 , Conference Paper)In a world faced with depleting resources and hazardous biodegradable food wastes, an efficient planning for the food processing operation is crucial to avoid the adverse potential impact of excess food production. This ... -
Discrete Input Signaling for Secure MISO VLC Systems with Randomly Located Eavesdroppers
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)We study in this paper the secrecy performance of the multiple-input single-output (MISO) visible light communication (VLC) channel in the presence of randomly located eavesdroppers. We consider a system model comprising ... -
Discrete particle translation gradient concept to expose strain localisation in sheared granular materials using 3D experimental kinematic measurements
( ICE Publishing , 2018 , Article)It is well known that the constitutive behaviour of granular materials is influenced by strain localisation into zones of intensive shearing, known as shear bands. The failure mode of specimens tested under axisymmetric ... -
Discrete time domain analysis and optimal design of stationary frame AC current controllers with active damped LCL Filter for high power applications
( IEEE Computer Society , 2014 , Conference Paper)Due to the large variety of renewable power sources, power electronics play an important role in energy conversion. Different power converter topologies are used to interface distributed power generation systems (DPGS) ... -
Dispersion of waves characteristics of laminated composite nanoplate
( Techno-Press , 2021 , Article)The current work fills a gap of a small-scale study on wave propagation behavior of symmetric, antisymmetric, and quasi-isotropic cross/angle-plies laminated composite nanoplates. The governing equations are derived through ... -
Disruption factor of asphalt mixtures
( Taylor & Francis , 2012 , Article)Typically, aggregate gradation is selected to meet Superpave mix design specification; however, many Superpave mixtures have exhibited deficient field performance. The porosity of the dominant aggregate size range (DASR), ... -
Dissipativity Analysis of a Class of Competitive Neural Networks with Proportional Delays
( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Conference Paper)This paper dealt with the dissipativity problem for a class of competitive neural networks with proportional delays. Based on Lyapunov functionals approach, new sufficient conditions are derived to ensuring the strictly ... -
Dissolution kinetics of different inorganic oilfield scales in green formulations
( American Chemical Society , 2020 , Article)Scale mineral deposition is a critical problem that hinders the daily production of oil and gas fields. Chemical removal of these scales, based on the scale type, is common. In this paper, borax and diethylene tremaine ... -
Distance-differential protection of transmission lines connected to wind farms
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Distance relays are often used in the protection of the transmission lines connected to the wind farms. The distance relay using the transmission line impedance measurement identifies the type and location of the fault. ... -
DistPrivacy: Privacy-Aware Distributed Deep Neural Networks in IoT surveillance systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference Paper)With the emergence of smart cities, Internet of Things (IoT) devices as well as deep learning technologies have witnessed an increasing adoption. To support the requirements of such paradigm in terms of memory and computation, ... -
Distributed algorithms in wireless sensor networks: An approach for applying binary consensus in a real testbed
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)In this work, we realize the binary consensus algorithm for use in wireless sensor networks. Binary consensus is used to allow a collection of distributed entities to reach consensus regarding the answer to a binary question ... -
Distributed binary consensus algorithm and wireless sensor network
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)We consider the design and implementation of the binary consensus algorithm in wireless sensor networks (WSN) under real life environment. This algorithm is applied for the evaluation of a consensus of a measured values ... -
Distributed binary consensus algorithm in wireless sensor networks with faulty nodes
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)In sensor networks, consensus is a procedure to enhance the local measurements of the sensors with those of the surrounding nodes, and leads to a final agreement about a common value. The question here is how we can achieve ... -
Distributed CNN Inference on Resource-Constrained UAVs for Surveillance Systems: Design and Optimization
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Article)Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have attracted great interest in the last few years owing to their ability to cover large areas and access difficult and hazardous target zones, which is not the case of traditional systems ... -
Distributed computing and artificial intelligence, 12th international conference
( Springer , 2015 , Conference Paper)The 12th International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence 2015 (DCAI 2015) is a forum to present applications of innovative techniques for studying and solving complex problems. The exchange of ... -
Distributed cooperative q-learning for power allocation in cognitive femtocell networks
( IEEE , 2012 , Conference Paper)In this paper, we propose a distributed reinforcement learning (RL) technique called distributed power control using Q-learning (DPC-Q) to manage the interference caused by the femtocells on macro-users in the downlink. ...