Advanced metering in buildings: strategies for increasing its use

Strategies DACS3 Increasing its Performances

Ant Colony System (ACS) is the most popular algorithm used to find a shortest path solution in Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). Several ACS versions have been proposed which aim to achieve an optimum solution by adjusting pheromone levels. Embedding Malaysian House Red Ant behavior into ACS known as Dynamic Ant Colony Systems with Three Level Updates (DACS3) has increased the ability to reach ...

Advanced Metering Infrastructure Performance

Privacy Strategies in Smart Metering

This paper discusses the threat to privacy that smart meters pose and offers solutions that protect user privacy without diminishing the provider’s capabilities to use the data for legitimate purposes. Two use cases are considered: collection of aggregated real-time data by the provider for optimization, and monthly billing of customers. For the first, we present various approaches before propo...

Advanced Metering Infrastructure Security Issues and its Solution: A Review

Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is the core component in smart grid. Moreover, two-way communication between the user and the power utility is realized through AMI. Composition of AMI is described. AMI security requirements are illustrated. The threats on the smart meters, communications network, and data collector are analyzed, respectively. Passive and active defenses are investigated....

identifying the strategies persian efl learners use in reading an expository text in english and examining its relation to reading-proficiency and motivation: a think-aloud study

هدف اصلی از این مطالعه بررسی نوع و میزان استراتژی هایی بود که دانشجویان فارسی زبان رشته ی زبان انگلیسی در حین خواندن یک متن انگلیسی به کار گرفتند. این مطالعه همچنین به بررسی تفاوت های استراتژی های مورد استفاده بین دارندگان سطح بالا و پایین درک مطلب پرداخت. نوع همبستگی بین استراتژی به کار گرفته و درک مطلب از یک سو و استراتژی به کار گرفته و انگیزه از سوی دیگر نیز در این تحقیق مورد آزمایش قرار گرف...