This paper examines event-triggered broadcasting of state information in distributed networked systems. Event-triggering has the agent broadcast its state information when its local “error” signal exceeds a given threshold. We present a decentralized approach for determining event-triggering thresholds for nonlinear subsystems with the assumption that each agent only has access to its local sta...

In large-scale air conditioning water systems, variable flow (VWF) control strategies are frequently utilized to conserve energy. This paper presents a differential pressure (DP) set-point strategy for VWF systems based on the pipeline characteristic curve. bifurcates most unfavorable loop into two segments: equivalent main pipe (EMP) and terminal branch (MUTBP). Initially, impedance of EMP is ...

A common technique to cope with the large variability in the acoustic realisations of the phonetic classes in speech, is to partition the data according to a linguistically significant variable. In this work, accent dependent phonetic models were trained and used both as an analysis tool for pronunciation variation and in the attempt to improve ASR performance. The Idea Accent dependent trainin...

Nowadays, geospatial information systems (GIS) are widely used to solve different spatial problems based on various types of fundamental data: spatial, temporal, attribute and topological relations. Topological relations are the most important part of GIS which distinguish it from the other kinds of information technologies. One of the important mechanisms for representing topological relations...

Introduction: Variable resolution x-ray (VRX) CT is a new type of CT that can image objects at various spatial resolutions. In a VRX CT scanner, the spatial resolution increases at the cost of reduction in the field of view (FOV). An important factor that limits the spatial resolution of the VRX CT is the effect of focal spot size. Also, the optimum magnification is different at each incident a...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) exhibit variable patterns among the provinces of China. Knowledge of the geographical distribution of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is needed for the prevention and control of AIDS. Thus, the cumulative number of reported cases of HIV/AIDS from the period 1985-2013, and the incidence rate of AIDS in 2013 wer...