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    Power System Stabilizer Tuning Based on Multiobjective Design Using Hierarchical and Parallel Micro Genetic Algorithm

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    In order to achieve the optimal design based on some specific criteria by applying conventional techniques, sequence of design, selected locations of PSSs are critical involved factors. This paper presents a method to simultaneously tune PSSs in multimachine power system using hierarchical genetic algorithm (HGA) and parallel micro genetic algorithm (parallel micro-GA) based on multiobjective function comprising the damping ratio, damping factor and number of PSSs. First, the problem of selecting proper PSS parameters is converted to a simple multiobjective optimization problem. Then, the problem is solved by a parallel micro GA based on HGA. The stabilizers are tuned to simultaneously shift the lightly damped and undamped oscillation modes to a specific stable zone in the s-plane and to self identify the appropriate choice of PSS locations by using eigenvalue-based multiobjective function. Many scenarios with different operating conditions have been included in the process of simultaneous tuning so as to guarantee the robustness and their performance. A 68-bus and 16-generator power system has been employed to validate the effectiveness of the proposed tuning method

    New heuristic-based design of robust power system stabilizers

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    This paper proposes a new robust design of power system stabilizers (PSSs) in a multimachine power system using a heuristic optimization method. The structure of each PSS used is similar to that of a conventional lead/lag stabilizer. The proposed design regards a multimachine power system with PSSs as a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) control system. Additionally, a multiplicative uncertainty model is taken into account in the power system representation. Accordingly, the robust stability margin can be guaranteed by a multiplicative stability margin (MSM). The presented method utilizes the MSM as the design specification for robust stability. To acquire the control parameters of PSSs, a control design in MIMO system is formulated as an optimization problem. In the selection of objective function, not only disturbance attenuation performance but also robust stability indices are considered. Subsequently, the hybrid tabu search and evolutionary programming (hybrid TS/EP) is employed to search for the optimal parameters. The significant effects of designed PSSs are investigated under several system operating conditions

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed

    Analysis of voltage drop using transformer tap changer and placement of capacitor bank with genetic algorithm

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    The demand for electrical energy is increasing due to high economic growth and population. The impact is that electrical energy operates excessively to meet the required demand. Unbalanced loads, higher power losses on the line, and voltage drops that are higher than allowed are just a few of the issues that may result from this. Adding tap changers and capacitor banks is one method of improving the voltage profile and power losses. To conduct this study, tap changers and capacitor banks were added to the IEEE 33 bus network system. The value, capacity, and location of the tap changers and capacitor banks in the system were ascertained using the genetic algorithm (GA) approach. According to the simulation results, the voltage profile, which initially had 21 buses outside the IEEE standard limits, may be ideal by installing two tap changers and two capacitor banks. Additionally, reactive power losses decreased from 41.8 kVar to 93.3 kVar, and active power losses decreased from 202.7 kW to 130.7 kW, a decrease of 72 kW

    Variations on the Author

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    “Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship

    Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis

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    We provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis

    Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts

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    We conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more sophisticated methods

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    koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist

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    We have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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