Article history: Received 18 January 2011 Received in revised form 14 March 2012 Accepted 3 August 2012 Available online xxxx

Abstract—Nowadays, the use of renewable energy sources has been increasingly great because of the cost increase and public demand for clean energy sources. One of the fastest growing sources is wind energy. In this paper, Wind Diesel Hybrid System (WDHS) comprising a Diesel Generator (DG), a Wind Turbine Generator (WTG), the Consumer Load, a Battery-based Energy Storage System (BESS), and a Dum...

Increased running speeds and the requirement for rotating machinery to operate within specified levels of vibration mean that the control of machinery vibration is essential in today’s industry. In this work, the flexible rotor balancing problem based on the influence coefficient method and holospectrum technique is formulated as a minimax optimization problem. This formulation can solve the mi...

This paper proposes a novel gradient free multi-simplex topology fabric aided imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) for solving nonlinear systems of algebraic equations by transforming them to equivalent global optimization problems. The high dependence traditional based solvers such on initial guesses and the Jacobeans resulting in false convergence is main motivation behind present work. wo...

In this paper, the optimal design of supplementary controller parameters of a unified power flow controller (UPFC) to damp low-frequency oscillations in a weakly connected system is investigated. The individual design of the UPFC controller, using the imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) technique over a wide range of operating conditions, is discussed. The effectiveness and validity of the ...

an optimal desirability function method is proposed to optimize multiple responses in multiple production scenarios, simultaneously. in dynamic environments, changes in production requirements in each condition create different production scenarios. therefore, in multiple production scenarios like producing in several production lines with different technologies in a factory, various fitted res...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is currently a prevalent disease from which many people suffer. Early detection and treatment could reduce the risk of heart attack. Currently, the golden standard for the diagnosis of CAD is angiography, which is an invasive procedure. In this article, we propose an algorithm that uses data mining techniques, a fuzzy expert system, and the imperialist competitive ...

The design and optimization of the analog complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits (ICs) are intrinsically complicated depend heavily on designer’s experience, associated with very long optimization-cycle times. In addition, in order to radiofrequency (RF) CMOS IC work suitably practice, it is necessary perform robustness analyses (RAs) through Simulation Program Integ...

Recently, there is a growing interest in the industry to replace traditional straight assembly lines with U-shaped lines for more flexibility and higher productivity. Due to mathematical and computational complexity, assembly line balancing problems are known to be NP hard in nature. Therefore, many meta-heuristics have been proposed to find optimal solution for these problems. This paper prese...

In aviation industry, considering more freedom in the selection and modification of flight paths during flight time is a new challenge, which is known as free flight. The free flight concept alters the current centralized and command-control airspace system (between air traffic controllers and pilots) to a distributed system that allows pilots choose their own flight paths more efficient and op...