In this paper, a new virtual leader following consensus protocol is introduced to perform the internal and string stability analysis of longitudinal platoon of vehicles under generic network topology. In all previous studies on multi-agent systems with generic network topology, the control parameters are strictly dependent on eigenvalues of network matrices (adjacency or Laplacian). Since some ...

Abstract Background Differences in platelet aggregation response to generic clopidogrel by manufacturer has not been investigated. Purpose Compare rates of among patients receiving medication produced two different manufacturers after acute coronary syndrome and/or percutaneous intervention. Methods This quality improvement project included 515 adult for or ischemic heart disease and referred a...

Interspecific hybridization has contributed significantly to land diversity, species evolution, and crops’ domestication, including upland cotton, the cultivated form of Gossypium hirsutum. Being world’s most important fiber crop species, hirsutum belongs allotetraploid consisting six additional tetraploid species. The lint evolved once in diploid parent A-genome Gossypium’s history passed on d...

The names of named entities very often occur as constituents of larger noun phrases which denote different types of entity. Understanding the structure of the embedding phrase can be an enormously beneficial first step to enhancing whatever processing is intended to follow the named entity recognition in the first place. In this paper, we examine the integration of general purpose linguistic pr...

Doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind turbines with traditional maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control provide no inertia response under system frequency events. Recently, the DFIG wind turbines have been equipped with virtual inertia controller (VIC) for supporting power system frequency stability. However, the conventional VICs with fixed gain have negative effects on inter-ar...