We introduce an extension to the spatial model of interaction for CVEs called third party objects that provides support for contextual factors in awareness calculations and that enhances scaleability. Third parties can have two effects on awareness' attenuation or amplification of existing awareness relationships; and the introduction of new aggregate awareness relationships We propose a range ...

This paper describes the design and the implementation of a framework for multimedia information management. The framework is built upon two notions. The one notion is a model that describes multimedia information management by (1) de ning foundation objects that de nes di erent aspects of multimedia management and by (2) providing a composition that brings those di erent aspects together in a ...

—Due to the development of intelligent demand-side management with automatic control, distributed populations of large residential loads, such as air conditioners (ACs) and electrical water heaters (EWHs), have the opportunities to provide effective demand-side ancillary services for load serving entities (LSEs) to reduce the emissions and network operating costs. Most present approaches are re...

Residential microgrid has the capability to participate in the distribution grid as a very flexible and dynamic component for demand side energy management (energy efficiency, peak-load reduction, and demand response). Various hierarchical (appliance, home, and neighborhood level) advanced control algorithms need to be developed and validated for such residential microgrids. GridLAB-D is the mo...

mand Side Management (DSM) in power systems, although in principle known s been getting an increasing amount of attention during the last few years. In its , DSM basically consists of the deactivation of large loads during peak hours, ancial incentives for users [1,2] or remote-controlled by the electricity provider control equipment). The goal of these approaches is usually the reduction of k ...

In limited and asymmetric bandwidth environments such as wireless networks, push strategy can be used to allow a large number of mobile users to access the shared data. Most of today’s solutions assume that the server disseminates data on only one physical channel. In this paper, we focus on the problem of broadcasting data over multiple physical channels that cannot be coalesced into fewer hig...

In order to bridge the speed disparity at the LANWAN interface, enterprises install a number of policy-based devices to enforce administrative policies over the WAN access. The conventional techniques of bandwidth management concentrate only on the outgoing traffic from the local network. Regulating the outgoing traffic is easy given that the user has full control over it. However, controlling ...

In power distribution systems of many countries, service lines are directly connected to the consumer meters without any load management system. Conventional lack in internal quality measurement, and utility also cannot measure factor other values during month. This study aims design a smart kit that aids conventional single-phase energy calculates all phases by measuring voltage, current, on s...