In this paper, a theory is developed to support the synchronization of shift register generators (SRG’s) in the general class of distributed sample scramblers (DSS’s). In the general DSS, the samples transmitted to the descrambler for its synchronization are freely generated out of the scrambler SRG, a special case of which is to take samples directly from the SRG sequence. To describe this gen...

In this paper we study distributed online learning of locomotion gaits for modular robots. The learning is based on a stochastic approximation method, SPSA, which optimizes the parameters of coupled oscillators used to generate periodic actuation patterns. The strategy is implemented in a distributed fashion, based on a globally shared reward signal, but otherwise utilizing local communication ...

In recent decade, development of telecommunications infrastructure has led to rapid exchange of data between the distribution network components and the control center in many developed countries. These changes, considering the numerous benefits of the Distributed Generators (DGs), have made more motivations for distribution companies to utilize these kinds of generators more than ever before. ...

Emerging microscale distributed energy technologies offer the opportunity for transformation to a more efficient and sustainable energy future. This will be achieved by delivering energy services from technologies that convert local intermittent renewable energy resources (eg wind, solar, wave), and small, silent generators that produce both heat and power from a range of locally available fuel...

ower transformers and steam turbines were the key drivers in the development of the AC power system paradigm at the dawn of the 20th century, characterized by huge synchronous generators feeding millions of passive loads through large interconnected systems, all of them supervised and controlled from a centralized energy management system (EMS). In the same way, thyristor valves and IGBTs, intr...

With the introduction of distributed generators (DG), the traditional distribution system characterized by radical network becomes a multi-source one. Therefore the accuracy of the equivalent model of distributed generators directly affects the precision of fault location. To solve this problem, this paper proposed a fault location method based on complex correlation Thevenin equivalent and str...

In the future, the individual entities of microgrids such as distributed generators and smart loads may need to determine their power generation or consumption in more economic ways. Intelligent agents can help the decision-making procedure of the entities by intelligent algorithms and state-of-the-art communication with central controller and other local agents. This paper presents the develop...

While a heterogeneous system ooers substantial aggregate processing power to exploit parallelism in GLU programs, its processors and links exhibit uctuating loads and can fail arbitrarily. On such a system, eeective exploitation of coarse-grain parallelism requires the runtime strategy for load distribution to adapt to system dynamics. In this paper, we describe two eduction-based architectures...