this paper proposes a novel technique for solving generation scheduling and ramp rate constrained unit commitment. a modified objective function associated with a new start-up cost term is introduced in this paper. the proposed method is used to solve generating scheduling problem satisfying srr, minimum up and down time as well as ramp rate constraints. two case studies are conducted to implem...

The Eocene platform deposits in the Moroccan Ghomarides have been studied. These marine carbonate platforms were located westernmost Tethys approximately 30°N and 0°–10°W during Cuisian to Bartonian. study includes observations from fossiliferous assemblages (such as larger benthic foraminifera colonial corals), their palaeoenvironment well rock texture fabric. Eight microfacies identified that...

This paper prcseirts aj'2edback contrd design for isolated ramp metering cmtrol. This feedback control design, i:nlike the existing isolated feedback ramp controllers, Glso ta1:es into account (he ramp queue length. Using a !ionlizmr Hm ;ontrol design methodology, we formulate ihe problem in the desired setting to be able to utilize the results of the methodolop.

This paper describes the architecture of RAMP-White, an FPGA-based coherent shared memory machine. RAMP-White aims to provide a configurable coherent shared memory research platform while also demonstrating how large systems can be assembled using RAMP building blocks. The platform is sufficiently flexible to handle different coherency protocols, memory hierarchies and even processor ISAs and i...

Abstract This paper presents the facies and depositional environment of early Miocene Dam Formation, Eastern Arabian platform, Saudi Arabia. Deposition Formation (Fm.) was considered as a restricted shallow marine deposition. Few studies suggest role sea-level change in its deposition but were without decisive substantiation. Here, we describe high-resolution model Fm. under varying conditions....

Wind-tunnel experimentswere conducted on a 47-deg sweep, scaled 1303unmanned air vehiclemodel to assess the performance of an innovative windward-surface plasma actuator design for flight control at low angles of attack. Control was implemented by altering the flow past an aft separation ramp on the windward side using a single dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator. The influence of ramp...

This paper develops an analytical framework for ramp metering, under which various ramp control strategies can be viewed as ramifications of the same most-efficient control logic with different threshold values, control methods, and equity considerations. The most-efficient control logic only meters the entrance ramps nearest critical freeway mainline sections so as to eliminate freeway interna...

In this paper we explore and extend the design space of the recent RAMP (Read Atomic Multi-Partition) transaction system for large-scale partitioned data stores. Arriving at a mature distributed system design through implementation and experimental validation is a labor-intensive task, so that only a limited number of design alternatives can be explored in practice. The developers of RAMP did i...

4s-ferrugineone and 4s,5s-ferrugineol as pheromones of palm weevils were synthesized in 3 and 4 steps, respectively, starting from nonane-5-one employing samp-/ramp -hydrazone methodology. 5-nonanone is transformed to its corresponding ramp hydrazone by reaction with the enantiomerically pure hydrazine ramp. metalation with lithium diisopropylamide (lda) in ether to form azaenolate, followed by...